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Shortages in The Philippines
Lately there have been way too many outages in the Philippines, no cokes, no smokes, no freaking electricity way too much of the time.
Chocolate Bread
Evil Food of The Philippines
Evil does come in a pleasing form and this chocolate colored bread is hard to resist. It taste great, beyond any other bread I think I’ve ever had except for on. Nothing can compare with my grandmother’s home made cinnamon rolls! If anything could it would be this chocolate covered bread.
Philippine Peso Exchange Rate Trends
Dollar and Peso Exchange Rate Trends
Many people visit this site looking for exchange rate information. To make it easier to find, I thought I’d post this “sticky topic” to make it easier to find what you are looking for.
Living In Cebu 03-10-09
Photos While walking in Bogo City
Captured this beautiful girl near sunset today. It is easy to sometimes forget just how pretty a girl is when you are with her every day. A fresh look at Jessie always reminds me how beautiful she is. So beautiful that it makes it hard to forget how beautiful she is!
I also captured these sunsets on that same day for my walk down to the wharf. A child was sitting on the bamboo floats added to boats to stabilize them. He started running when he saw me but the picture still turned out well, I think.
Buying a Goat
Go to City Hall, Come Home With A Goat?
About a week ago, I made my usually monthly trip to Philpost. The postal service of the Philippines. I send off some forms to my insurance company. They pay me and then say they never got the claim. Funny. 
We usually take a tricycle to the post office which is located within the Bogo City Hall complex. We walk back. Kind of a long walk to do round trip, I’ve gone further but not when I have to deal with people. I don’t like to walk a long way and then have to buy things or deal with others.
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Bantayan Island Fun
Bantayan Island
I’ve spent the last couple of days in Bantayan Island. If I hadn’t run out of clean clothes, I would still be there. I enjoyed my time with no news and no computer. Heck, I was out of credits so I didn’t even have a phone.
What I did have was my camera, I took over 200 pictures. I had my girl. I had white sand and crystal clear salt water and all its healing properties. I had the cool ocean breeze and the waves kissing the steps of my hotel room.
Cebu City, Pension House Review
Palladium Suites
On our visit earlier this month to Cebu City we stayed with walking distance of Osmena Circle and the price was less than P1000 for two people.
We stayed at Palladium Suites. The room was quite small but clean, the service was good and timely we even checked in about four hours early without any kind of problem. During the night, someone did ask us what time we would checkout which was a strange request. Seemingly trying to rush us? Jessie told her before 1pm which was checkout time. Later I told Jessie that she didn’t help that girl out very much. Which was okay with me, the girl on the night shift should have never asked that. I had thought about staying a second night but since we spent so much already, I decided that wouldn’t be a good idea anyway and we headed out as we originally planned. Staying only one night.
Virgin Beach Resort Barrio Fiesta | Bikini Contest
Fiesta, Friends, Bikini’s and a Beach in Cebu
About 15 miles north of Bogo City is a secret known as Virgin Beach Resort Cebu (VBR). Not that the management wants it to be a secret but it is more of one than he wishes I think.
The owner, known as Uncle Ron is an American but has a deep understand of the lifestyle of the Cebuano. Deeper than mine, I’m getting there but he’s been doing for a few more years than I have. He definitely has that laid back feeling about him, most often found in the older pinoy (male Filipino). I’m starting to get that more laid back approach to life as well though I don’t know if it yet shows on me.
Moving To The Philippines | Part III
Filipina
One of the main positives of the Philippines can easily turn into a negative. If you’re coming to be with a woman, you need to be ready for the possibility that she will not show up. You might want to even hire a private detective to check her out before you get to devoted and committed to her and certainly if you’re sending her money. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard, “I thought my girl was different.” Sometimes the girls fool themselves, thinking they can leave their home town to be with you. Sometimes the girl was only fooling you. Be very careful of that.
Philippine Parks
Philippine Parks, A Cultural Experience
Instead of driving up and down certain streets to socialize and meet other teens, Filipino teens cruise the parks but they do it on foot. And it is not limited to teens, the young and the old can be found in the park. While it is mostly teens and young adults there are older Filipino men and couples in the park. You can often find couples tucked away in a more quite area of the park enjoying each others company. Mostly young couples but not always.
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