Didn’t do much yesterday other than recover from my travels, but it still feels nice to be home. It’s funny how just fifteen days can make everything seem almost new and different. I like that. I didn’t wake up until 6:30 and wasn’t feeling very energetic. So, I limited myself to the 4K neighborhood walk.
It dawned on me that I hadn’t had a beer for over two weeks. In the Philippines, I mean. When beer o’clock rolled around, I set about rectifying that. I decided to make it an aMAZEing night, starting at Sloppy Joe’s. Alas, the San Miguel Zero crisis continues, as none of the bars (or the Hash) can purchase that product from the distributor. I’m not sure what’s going on with that. Rumor has it the brand is being discontinued, but Google says the brewery has made no such announcement. So, it was San Miguel Light for me and red wine for Swan. We did share an order of crispy chicken wings to cushion our tummies.
Next stop, Green Room. All our old favorites were there for lady drinks to welcome us back. I settled in and had my usual good time watching some fine pool players work the table. Then we moved next door to Wet Spot for our nightcap, and shared some pasalubong (and lady drinks) with our pals Beth and Irene.
Sadly, we learned that one of our neighbors passed away last week.
One of the first things I noticed when we returned home was that it is chillier now than I ever remembered.
Then again, my last winter in Korea eight years ago provides some perspective:
The last post in the LTG archives from October 2016 was a bit of a surprise. It was mostly photos from the weekend, but I wasn’t expecting to see HER again:
For today’s YouTube video, we take a journey back in time to see what life was like growing up as a boomer. It was a nice stroll down memory lane for me. You youngsters can watch and see what you missed.
And now it’s time for your daily dose of lameness:
And now it is time to get on with the last Sunday of the first month of the year. I’ve ended the Hideaway feeding program, and John’s place is now closed, but the Arizona floating bar is operating, so I’ll start there and see what happens.
As usual your antisemitism is showing, goyboy. The Elders of Zion are going to hear about this.
It’s funny how just fifteen days can make everything seem almost new and different. I like that.
In Vietnam, weren’t you and the girlfriend agreeing that 15 days = too long?
Rest in Peace, Allan. The pain is over now.
I should troll your archives to find out who Allan was and what his problem was.
According to my Facebook post, it was -13 that day.
The return of the pursed, inflated lips!
And you’ve returned to the comfortable routines. Again, welcome back.
I guess it is a good thing that things haven’t changed in your neck of the woods. Familiarity (whether good or bad) brings comfort of a sort.
Re: meme on sold out hotels
Never had to use it, but it was suggested if you go into a sold out hotel and they are adamant that they have no rooms, ask
“If President XXX stopped in here and needed a room, would you make one available?”
“Well, yes, we would find a room for him.”
“I can tell you that he will not be coming tonight, so please give me his room!”
(Apologies, but it was funnier the way I heard it. LOL)
Commenting here rather than in reply to the last post.
You could always take Swan to Jeju. It is visa free for Filippinos (and pretty much everyone). She would get the Korea experience and get to check out quite a pleasant part of Korea.
John,
Having walked the perimeter trail/path around Jeju, I agree with Dr. Greg. But have fun with that Jeju accent. Oh, right… you don’t speak Korean!
Kevin, that reminds me of my first time visiting Jejudo Island. I took my Korean girlfriend with me to provide translation. Out for dinner that first night, and she told me she couldn’t understand what the waitress was saying because of the heavily accented Korean spoken there. I laughed because I remembered something similar when I first moved to Arkansas.
Thanks, Greg. I’ve been there a couple of times, and it is quite nice. But I’d still want to show Swan my old stomping grounds in Seoul.
Brian, what’s hilarious is that joke about having room for the President is an old one in my repertoire. I started to caption the meme with that tale, but gave up because it is easier said than written. Nice to see it here in the comments today. Thanks for that!
Kevin, yeah, fifteen days away made things seem fresh when we got home, but fifteen days was a bit too long for the Da Nang area. Should have spent the final three days in Saigon, then we wouldn’t have had to worry about our flight connection.
I don’t think I mentioned Allan on the blog before. He was an Aussie in his late 70s or early 80s. Got the cancer about a year ago and slowly withered away. I saw him briefly before we departed for Vietnam, and he was looking very frail.
Yeah, glad to be getting back into my routine lifestyle. But there will be some tweaks going forward.
Whatever, Issac. The photo was a joke another commenter left, and I thought it was funny enough to share. I’m a big supporter of Israel and have never said or done anything antisemitic. It seems to me that all your comment shows here is your ignorance.