Foreign Travel?

[ultrarunner]

SM malls are fantastic a bit of trivia SM stands of shoe mart. If you get a chance eat some krispy pata, its like a ham hock that takes hours to prepare.

mark

Henry Sy... a real rags to riches story how he started selling shoes out of the space no bigger than a closet...

Tips always welcome.

 

[2manyrocks]

You haven't caught any of them measuring your office?

 

[dmccarty]

One thing that is really big in that part of the world is RC cola, a couple pesos cheaper than a coke or pepsi. All bottles of pop are good there because they are sweetened with pure cane sugar vice corn sweetener. ...

mark

Too funny that RC Cola is a big thing over there. RC Cola is an old time Southern favorite along with peanuts and Moon Pies.

As a kid, the school took us on a field trip to a soda plant in Atlanta GA. It was not a Coke plant but another brand, I want to say Fanta but that does not seem right. Maybe Nehi. We got "fruit" flavored sodas to drink. I remember the owner of the company was a big game hunter and we saw lots of his trophies. Maybe it was an RC Cola plant but I remembered the colored, "fruit" sodas we got.

Sometimes Mexican Coke Cola is sold in grocery stores. It has cane sugar and not corn syrup. Or at least used too.

 

[mjarrels]

You haven't caught any of them measuring your office?

I remember a few years ago tony borndian did a eposode on OFW's that was good, I'm very familiar with ofw, most of my family there are working in Eroupe or the middle east. I sent some to china a few years ago to work in the new gaming industry and they did not like it, much too cold.

mark

 

[WinterDeere]

All bottles of pop are good there because they are sweetened with pure cane sugar vice corn sweetener.

One thing that's been popular to order at Mexican restaurants around here is "Mexican Coca Cola", for the same reason, it's sweetened with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. I don't know if it really is better, the power of suggestion can be strong, but my brain seems to tell me it is.

 

[ning]

Numbers say you’re much more likely to get hurt by a family member or someone you know than a stranger.

While IMO the op should go on the trip as he'll be with locals, this ^^^ "numbers say" doesn't actually indicate that those close to us are actually more dangerous - it's just that you're with them for such a larger amount of time that the "danger adds up". You're with a rando from the street for five seconds once in your lifetime. Risk from that one person overall = very low, even if they're a serial killer (surprise, serial killers don't kill everyone they glance at). You're with your alcoholic husband 12 hours a day; risk from that person is already high, but being around him so much increases the likelihood of injury significantly.

I'm much more likely to get hurt by a family member than by a shark, but that's not a good reason to go swimming with sharks, or tipping bulls, etc.

Once again, though, traveling with and staying with locals is an entirely different matter than traveling solo. I'm iffy about solo travel but would definitely take them up on this - it's a perfect opportunity.

 

[ultrarunner]

You haven't caught any of them measuring your office?

Not yet… but if they wanted to send a message…

 

[ultrarunner]

While IMO the op should go on the trip as he'll be with locals, this ^^^ "numbers say" doesn't actually indicate that those close to us are actually more dangerous - it's just that you're with them for such a larger amount of time that the "danger adds up". You're with a rando from the street for five seconds once in your lifetime. Risk from that one person overall = very low, even if they're a serial killer (surprise, serial killers don't kill everyone they glance at). You're with your alcoholic husband 12 hours a day; risk from that person is already high, but being around him so much increases the likelihood of injury significantly.

I'm much more likely to get hurt by a family member than by a shark, but that's not a good reason to go swimming with sharks, or tipping bulls, etc.

Once again, though, traveling with and staying with locals is an entirely different matter than traveling solo. I'm iffy about solo travel but would definitely take them up on this - it's a perfect opportunity.

Itinerary tentatively is time at the plantation and then the family booked several days at a resort to celebrate the matriarch’s birthday… plus some local sights and a trip to Cebu and maybe Camiguin Island…

 

[2manyrocks]

Then there could be some practical jokers waiting for their opportunity once you go on vacation.

 

[dmccarty]

Itinerary tentatively is time at the plantation and then the family booked several days at a resort to celebrate the matriarch’s birthday… plus some local sights and a trip to Cebu and maybe Camiguin Island…

That sounds like an awesome trip. Something not many people get to do.

Very tough decision.

 

[mjarrels]

That sounds like an awesome trip. Something not many people get to do.

Very tough decision.

Be brave and try a pop cola, twice the sugar and caffinee and dirt cheap.

mark

 

[dmccarty]

Be brave and try a pop cola, twice the sugar and caffinee and dirt cheap.

mark

Easy for me. I don't drink sodas! They really are too sweet for me and I don't like them. It has been many, many years since I had a soda. Now beer.....

 

[ultrarunner]

Red Horse or San Mig?

 

[mjarrels]

Red Horse or San Mig?

Red Horse, extra strong. I half empty red horse and san migual bottles in my garage now. There is a food max store in town that sells products from the Philippines, Thailand and south america products. When you walk in you feel like you just entered a new country same for the local walmarts. Remember Cebu is the leachon captial of the country.

mark

 

[ultrarunner]

This is reported as being a 2 leachon celebration with the second with more family in Cebu and a celebration mass at the Cathedral in Cebu...

Being the matriarch of a large family comes with provides...

Temp actually the same or slight cooler there right now... the difference is California is 90 blue sky and 57% humidity and Mindanao is typhon with rain everyday of 10 day forecast and humidity in the 90's expected.