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The House Saga Continues...
... had stolen all our copper heating and water pipes along with electrical wiring to the stove. What??? When they reported it to the police, the dispatcher said three houses in the neighborhood had been hit. Her pipes had been stolen too. The police said it appeared to be a professional job. We assume that in the chaos following hurricane Sandy, someone saw an opportunity for easy picking. There are predators out there who look for these ...
The Big Trip
Meine erste lange Reise:
19:00 den Bus zum Flughafen genommen obwohl mein Flug erst um Mitternacht ging (es war der letzte, alles andere viel teurer). Dann bis 22:00 mit einem Indonesier ueber Motorraeder geredet und die besten Tore der Premier League angeschaut. Eingecheckt mit der Frage nach meinem Rueckflugticket aus den Philippinen, das ich natuerlich noch nicht hatte. Ohne dem kommt man nicht ueber die Grenze. Also raus und auf die Suche nach ...
Walled in and chased by a tricycle!
... replied. I again thanked him and walked towards the Cathedral for my first photo opp. The exterior is nothing grandiose but a nice, regular catholic cathedral. I was looking forward to seeing what the inside was like as that is what I have found differentiate one from another from country to country. Sadly, due to some major structural fractures, the Archdiocese has decided to close the cathedral indefinitely until repairs can ...
Car Registration at the LTO
... go ahead and register the car now instead of transferring in and making more trips to the LTO in Taguig. Paperwork is submitted and it starts running through the process. We wait, and wait, and then wait some more until it gets to be 12 noon at which time everything shuts down for lunch. No problem, we're close so it's off to find some lunch and we'll be back.
- They come back ...
Manila
... to beat their backs with a bundle of small bamboo sticks about 5 inches long, apparently the number of sticks represented the number of years they were to perform penitence. Once their backs began to blister they would go to a man who would use a bamboo stick with a small razor on the end to pierce their backs several times until the blood was flowing. Then the men would start their walk to various churches or other towns. On the way men would give them water and ...
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