Once a supplement to our, now defunct, website but now more of a personal peep through my window at the world, but still mostly drivel
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 31st, 2006
As I become ever more decrepit, it seems on a daily basis, there seem to be more and more drugs thrown at me. While this was fun back in the Sixties (those of us who only remember parts of them usually capitalise it), it is definitely less fun now. The latest pills are supposed to [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 26th, 2006
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed is the name of the Lord. Mama’s brother, who I knew as Tatay, was taken yesterday night after a very short illness and apparently without pain, I am glad to say. After a perhaps somewhat turbulent earlier life, in the last few years he had become [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 26th, 2006
My wife, Alice, . and my daughter, by my late wife, . are both beautiful . . . . . . . Why ain’t I?
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 25th, 2006
There is no doubt that Alice is an ace cook, but due to the difficulties of getting us all to the table at the same time and being a lover of restaurants anyway, I am often led towards a meal out. We have rarely gone to an Indian restaurant recently, being too overcome by the [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 23rd, 2006
Just yesterday Alice and I returned to the Condo from a North Indian restaurant and, in the car park, bumped into a really nice friend of Alice. She was with some-one new to us but who was also a keen tennis player and we stopped and chatted for a while, as they arranged a 2 [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 20th, 2006
I glanced at my photos just recently and was reminded of certain of my cravings, how I, and many other, English (I will accept the despised designation for this alone) miss the grand Pork Pie. With a pickled onion or two, maybe some Branston’s or mustard pickle and a beer, or twelve, it can really [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 18th, 2006
Following my note on food I received a comment from an obviously caring guy concerned about my health (or possibly merely being sarcastic) saying “Have you checked your cholestrol [sic] level? It’s probably higher than the Empire State Building. Just be careful.” His blog is “Austinites” should you wish to learn about a dog lover, [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 18th, 2006
I am rather fond of the first Rambo film, and indeed of the book, although the follow-on films seemed pretty abysmal. In fact I have the first in the series on VHS, VCD and DVD; interestingly enough all three versions differ, particularly as he escapes into the woods and gains clothing. However it suddenly entered [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 12th, 2006
I have to admit that I am more of a gourmand than a gourmet but having come across this charming escaping snail (although I claim Scottish blood and our kings escaped to France whenever the damned English outfought us, I still see no reason for using French terms when perfectly good English ones exist, escargots [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 9th, 2006
As the owner of a fair number of surprisingly effective Ju-Ju bags, bought at the regular big market at the small village at the turn off towards New Marte, from the road from Maiduguri (Nigeria) to N’Djamena (Chad), and also due to my being capable of pronouncing Gris-Gris, it behooves me to listen to the [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 5th, 2006
Not yet having any photographs for the fifteenth anniversary I could not help but put up this one from our tenth, just to tide over those dreadful days as we wait to see the record of how much older we now look! Yesterday, when I was off, we first went to Mount E, this being [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 4th, 2006
I had the afternoon off on our fifteenth wedding anniversary, and also the following day. There was quite a lot to fit into this short break, but having just had a longish holiday over Christmas we felt it could not be extended; quite apart from the lack of cash following Christmas! (But at least Alistair [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Jan 3rd, 2006
Alice and Flor at Corcini & Flor’s delightful new year lunch. I am not a fan of singing and yet again managed to avoid using the microphone, which was a real relief. But what I did manage was rather more food than I usually do and (perhaps) a little less booze. Corcini can be seen [...]
