Leaving Iloilo
Leaving Iloilo. Next year. Why? Lolo’s Alzheimer’s. No water. Constant brown outs. After nearly two years in “The City of Love,” and four years since moving to the Philippines, my asawa and….
Category: LIZARD POOP! ADVENTURES IN ILOILO
Posts from my 2nd blog, “Lizard Poop!”
The Asawa Joins Me for Visit to the Iloilo Immigration Office
My asawa must have been bored. She volunteered to go with me to the Immigration Bureau Office in Iloilo City. I had to make my annual report as a foreigner…..
The Iloilo Dentist and the Ten Dollar Extraction: Part 2
Got seated in the dentist’s chair when the cell phone rang. It was my asawa. I informed her that I had found a dentist to pull my aching tooth but….
The Iloilo Dentist and the Ten Dollar Extraction
Toothaches. Don’t know many who enjoy them. I don’t. Had a bad tooth pulled earlier this year at a dental clinic at SM City in Iloilo City. Not happy the dentist….
The Filipina Fish Bone Fiasco Finale
My asawa woke up with the fish bone still stuck in her throat. Last post told the story of how my spouse, after 47 years of eating fish, had managed….
The Filipina Fish Bone Fiasco
Healthy eating can occasionally have adverse side effects. Just ask my asawa. It was laundry day. Our hot laundry lady had finished the wash and was on her way home….
Missouri Invasion Slams Iloilo City! The Philippines Project Hits Town!
One of the perks of “working” on this website, “PhilippinesPlus.com” is meeting in person some of the folks that actually read the crap I write and admit it. I recently….
Return of a Legend! American Expat Brother Tom is Back in the Philippines!
American expat, Brother Tom, pictured on the far left, is back. My favorite oblate from the Trappist Monastery in Guimaras has returned after an eight month absence from the Philippines…..
Paying Bills? Pay Bills Online or go to a SM Mall?
Live in the Philippines and paying bills? Here’s some tips.
The Iloilo City Move. Part Three. The Conclusion.
With our sofa bed on the top of our rented multicab and Guimaras porters, young Joseph and the mullet-wearing Neil, hanging on in the back, my asawa and I were….
The Iloilo City Move! Riding The Tawash on Guimaras Strait.
Had just arrived with our rented jeepney at the Jordan Wharf a week ago this past Tuesday afternoon in Guimaras. Part two of our trek to Iloilo City was is….
The Iloilo City Move! Part One.
Had been raining all Tuesday morning last week as my asawa and I were furiously packing the rest of our boxes for our move that afternoon to Iloilo City. We….