It’s inevitable. The locals love fresh imported blood. Mosquito Bite Tally:
Alex: 16
Grant: 15
Sandy:11
The life and times of a true knucklehead – No photos to be used without permission
It’s inevitable. The locals love fresh imported blood. Mosquito Bite Tally:
Alex: 16
Grant: 15
Sandy:11
Today we met with the party coordinator at the Shangri-la for some last minute details on Mommy & Daddy’s 50th Wedding Anniversary. Now this is one beautiful hotel.
Auntie Presy & Auntie Puring arrived today from San Diego and we met them at the Makati Sports Club for lunch. While waiting, Alex got a good workout and a swim.
Dinner was at the Rallos house and I finally got a photo of camera shy Princess… well kinda.
Okay, after 2 days of giving Sky (Pinky & Tante’s Rottweiller) pig ear treats she still wants to kill me. So I’ve given up trying to get on her good side. We’ve been told that when Sky is taken for a walk, it takes 2 to control her. When she realizes that they are headed back home, she’ll plop herself in the middle of the street and refuse to move. Which means she needs to be carried back to her kennel. I would love to get a photo of that but at the same time I don’t want to have her caretakers endure the strain.
Today I found out that Sky is scared of my camera. While it was amusing, it also made it impossible to photograph her.
This is a one time pass to use the bathroom at one of the malls Alex went to, it cost 10 Pesos!
We spent this afternoon with the dogs… Princess & Freddie that is. Hard working dirty dogs need a good washing. Princess is self reliant while Fred is a bit more hands on.
Later we went to Iceberg’s for a light, light snack and desert.
This was followed by a dinner at the Rallos house, which by the way included desert.
Jetlag still has a hold of me so I woke up at 4:30am today. After a little geek time on the PC, I started out on breakfast #1. Half an hour later when the rest of the household got up, I hit breakfast #2.
We rounded everyone up and went to the Makati Sports Club where we had lunch in 3 batches, Alex hit the gym, the nieces went swimming, I got a haircut, mom visited the beauty salon and we all watched a bowling match pitting Brian against Alex.
We later went to Mommy & Daddy’s house for dinner #1, then to Pinky’s for dinner #2.
I still have yet to take a single photo, so needless to say these photos are all from Sandy.
We’ve been in the Philippines for 24 hrs and I haven’t taken a single photo. Although I did manage to get a 1 hour massage and purchase 3 suits (they fit better over here).
I should mention with all the Philippine hospitality, we’ve been eating 6 times a day. Will those suits fit?
More later.
Last night Alex arrived from South Carolina to accompany us on our trip to the Philippines. We decided to cook something EZ… yeah Steak! Sorry forgot to photograph it.
Our flight day was spent taking Judy to the Burd Hotel and lunch at the India Palace.
4th of July 2003