Tuesday April 9, 2013 7:00 a.m. Legazpi, Philippines It’s funny how the little things affect one’s life. I’m thinking in terms of living and traveling in a relatively poor country. For example, I’m inside this little canteen in Legazpi and having a cup of coffee. A pleasant experience. However, the…
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Bubble Milk Tea in the Philippines? Yep – with “sinkers”
Monday, April 8, 2013 7:30 a.m. Legazpi, Philippines There were no adventures large or small yesterday, so I don’t have much to say this morning. It was a Sunday, and I noted that Sundays really do mean something in the Philippines. The streets were nearly empty, the jeepneys had ceased…
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Running Errands in Legazpi – SIM Card
Yesterday was something of a busywork day. I went to an Internet café to upload some pictures to Flickr. I wasn’t sure how that would work out, but I wanted to give it a try. I put the SD card into a card reader and plugged it in and then…
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Clowns and Mascots
A local business in Legazpi. This operation is right on Rizal Street, and I pass it several times a day. They can arrange for performers to come to your events or they can rent you costumes. Having been traumatized by Stephen King’s “IT” long ago, I experience a small freakout…
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My New Room in Legazpi
My new room in Legazpi, Philippines. My old home in Legazpi was booked by a large group for today and tomorrow, and I was asked to move out. I was just staying day to day, so technically I didn’t have a reservation and they gave me the boot. I moved…
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Lunch in Legazpi
Meet my lunch in the Philippines. I ordered rice plus one meat dish and two vegetable dishes. The meat dish is called pork steak. The yellowish vegetable dish at the top is called “ginataang kalabasa.” It seemed to be a kind of squash cooked with coconut milk. The green vegetable…
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Meet Aljon in Legazpi, Philippines
Meet Aljon. Aljon works at the Mayon Backpackers Hostel in Legazpi. He works the front desk and cleans the kitchen and rooms and gets the rooms ready for the next guests. Aljon puts in such long hours that I thought he never went home. Then I learned that the hostel…
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Job Opportunity in the Philippines
Job opportunity in the Philippines. I’ve seen copies of this poster all over Legazpi. It looks like people are paid to surf the Internet – clicking on links – to make it look like advertisers are getting their money’s worth. A bit of a scam, of course. The numbers in…
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Canteen or “Eatery” in the Philippines
Meet a typical canteen or “eatery” in the Philippines. I’ve eaten pretty much every meal in the Philippines at a place like this so far. The food is great and it’s very economical. The food is cooked beforehand and laid out in buffet trays. You order rice (7 pesos –…
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Bubble Milk Tea in the Philippines (with “sinkers”)
A bubble milk tea stand at a shopping mall in the Philippines. I chatted with the women at this stand and I told them that bubble milk tea was invented in Taiwan. They didn’t believe me. I ordered a Royal Milk Tea (medium). When you want the full bubble milk…