The Heritage Hotel Manila Pasay

... how much I had. Luckily I keep my large bills separate from the others and showed him that I only had 500 which he promptly said that he would take. Again, laughing I told him that I'd give him 200 where he said no, 500. Anyway to make a long story not go any longer we ended up giving him 400 pesos for the "Policeman's ball". And the funny thing was; he didn't want to take the money but had me fold it and put it in his ...

... There were no waivers to sign for the roller coaster that had harnesses that may or may not have been working properly. But there was a waiver for the snow room. Apparantly cold weather and ice can kill you faster than being flung from a speeding coaster. This is funny to those of us who spent most of our lives braving winter temperatures and storms and lived to tell the tale. We were given jackets ...

We made it, FINALLY!!! We're just using this place to get over our jet lag, get our bearings, and get to a nice quiet island. Kind of like Bangkok, but no temples, no monks, no tuk-tuks, everyone has an armed guard at the door, and no street food. Other than that, it's kind of the same. It's hot and muggy, there's traffic, it's Asia.

... to take it home and have Russ sign his full name and bring it back. She also gave me new signature sheets so we could each sign our name again for the banks records. I'm not sure where the checks and balances are in all this since Russ wasn't doing this in person and he also wasn't signing the signature sheet in person but that is neither here nor there. Then we got back to the balance in my account. She could run me a statement. I told her to ...

... me. If only it was that easy. I had horrible chills all night and none of the medications I was given had a drug in them to make me drowsy. Because I couldn't get comfortable I couldn't sleep. I was determined to get myself back to Manila on Wed morning. I knew the illness was just going to get worse and I figured if I didn't drag myself home soon I might not be able to get myself home for a while. I didn't even shower or eat before checking ...

... charges". He told me the officer asked him to buy him a snack, otherwise he was going to wait a very long time. And there was another P20 to make copies of the accident report. It upsets me that this kind of thing goes on and everybody goes along with it. How do you correct it? What happens if you say no?

... otherwise. We think the lessor was trying to avoid the tax issue altogether. Now that everyone knows the deal we have two new offers on the table at a complex we really like. We are waiting to see the response to the initial offers and are keeping fingers, toes, eyebrows (and whatever else we have) crossed. Hopefully, the next update on this will be about a happy celebration of Russ and Jane finding a place to live.

... The pl*ne w*s re*lly being thrown *round like * toy *nd my p*lms were getting swe*tier *nd swe*tier (wh*t the pilot..or *nyone for th*t m*tter forgot to mention w*s th*t the Philippines w*s being pounded by * 45 knot wind hurric*ne (I found this out *fter l*nding...De*r God). The l*nding itself w*s the worst ever for me..the wings wobbled *nd *t one point I w*s so sure they'd hit the runw*y. But, the pilot being * genius *nd bl*ck belt 15th D*n in flying we l*nded s*fely. June ...

... streets over a cardboard and tiny kids wandering streets alone, begging. We even once thought there was one dead woman since she did not react to her toddler's shakes. And then again, they sleep just next to a huge mall where there are people dining and wining at the fast-food chains and buying nice clothes. It's not about the poor though, there just wasnt anything that interested us very much and we missed fresh air and a bit of silence. After four nights we took a bus to Tagaytay. Nora