Live ’em while you got ’em, that’s the best and only option. Here’s how that worked out for me yesterday.
Our housekeeper, Jane, is Swan’s niece and resides in our basement apartment with her hubby and three kids. It’s equipped with everything they need to live comfortably except a television. Our mission yesterday morning was to rectify that situation. There’s an appliance store on the far side of town, and I told Swan we could make that our walk destination. She was a little surprised when I took her the back way via the My Bitch trail and Rizal Extension, arriving at Robinson’s a little over 6K later. Here’s some of what we saw along the way:
And then we arrived safely at the Robinson’s appliance store, where I purchased a 50″ Smart TV for a little under $400. Our downstairs residents were ecstatic.
Later in the afternoon, Swan and I made our way to the Kokomo’s floating bar.
Our visit to the floating bar proved to be a disappointment. No wine for Swan, so she had water. They wanted 120 pesos for a gin shot, plus another 100 for the can of soda water. I had one, and then we decided to move on.
But we weren’t giving up on our beach time. There’s a small resort named Tropical Garden, further up Baloy, owned by a Hasher (Goat Fucker). We decided to check out the vibe.
So, Tropical Garden wanted 180 pesos for a gin shot. Add in a can of soda water, and it’s nearly three times more expensive than a beer. Nope, no can do. I’ll have to find another way to reduce calories and carbs. I still haven’t been able to find out what’s going on with the unavailability of San Miguel Zero beer.
I’d given up on gin and soda by this point, but I enjoyed a couple of cold San Miguel Lights, then we called it an early night and headed on home. Notwithstanding the Kokomo’s disappointment, we enjoyed our beach time.
It’s December 2017 in the LTG archives, and in this post, I recount the once-in-a-lifetime experience of walking over 50,000 steps. It’s chock full of pictures of the area surrounding Camp Humphreys and the city of Pyeongtaek. Thanks to Kevin Kim for the challenge and inspiration to make the journey of a lifetime.
For today’s YouTube video, we’ll take a journey back in time and see what traveling on a stagecoach was really like. Spoiler alert: it was not a comfortable experience.
Now we will travel on to where the humor is:
Another day, another post about yesterday. And now to get on with today.
And then you get to the final chapter and start worrying about how many pages are left to be turned.
But if you have the Amazon Kindle app, you can see how many minutes are left in your chapter (based on calculated reading speed).
That tall thatch grass has now been burned, which makes the walking easier. After all my time living here, I still can’t figure out the motivation for coming up here to burn.
From these two tonally opposite sentences, I have no idea whether you’re happy or upset about the burning.
A wanted poster outside the local DILG unit. Be on the lookout, especially if you are a Korean.
Catch the Korean-catcher!
Welcome home!
Is that really a 50-inch TV? Looks kinda small, but I have no sense of scale. Did you manually measure it diagonally to confirm 50″? Then again, as long as it does the job and leaves everyone happy (and doesn’t disturb your slumber upstairs), I guess that’s all that matters.
So, Tropical Garden wanted 180 pesos for a gin shot. Add in a can of soda water, and it’s nearly three times more expensive than a beer.
But I thought your gin/soda strategy stretched one drink into three. Shouldn’t that all even out, then?
I still haven’t been able to find out what’s going on with the unavailability of San Miguel Zero beer.
Time to order it yourself and drink at home.
How’d that work out for the men on the [Titanic]?
At least those men didn’t have to die with the sound of nagging in their ears.
Kevin, I don’t want to know how many minutes are left.
Well, I don’t like how the burning impacts air quality, but I enjoy not having to trudge through grass that is over my head. I just wish I understood the how and the why they do it.
I didn’t measure the new TV, but the box said it was 50″.
The fact that I turn one drink into three doesn’t make the unfair pricing any more palatable. I could buy a lady drink for that amount!
That’s the problem, the beer distributors can’t get it. For some reason it seems San Miguel stopped making Zero, but it’s weird that there has been no announcement or news about that published anywhere that I can find. Here’s what the AI search assistant just told me:
I guess I’ll just have to learn to adjust.
G’day John.
Kev Kim is right…..No way is that telly 50 inches – Get some measuring tape. Seems like they saw ATM Gwapo coming and put a 38 inch in a 50 inch box.
Dr. Greg, I think it is the photo that is deceiving. The screen does measure 50.”