FLOWERS AND TREES - A STROLL THROUGH MALY'S GARDENS - A GLIMPSE AT LIFE ...

A Walk Around Maly’s Garden - A Glimpse of Life in the Philippine
Province

Flowers and trees - Maly loves to have plants growing all
over. It matters not if they are edible or just for show and tell. She enjoys
them all. She is often busy trying to make our yard look better by planting
different plants here and there.  From
her plants out at Maly’s Country Market to brighten the landscape, to the ones
she has out front around our porch and finally the multiple fruit trees she has
planted in our back yard.

We take a short walk around to see what all is in Maly’s
Garden. We hope you will come along and enjoy your walk with us. There are way
more plants than I can come up with names for. If I know the names, I will try
to let you know what it is she has growing.

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PAINTING PROJECT UPDATE - A Glimpse of life in the Province

We managed to finally complete the painting on the inside of the house. We have now begun to make it look more like a home than a construction zone. We have added pictures and decorations to the walls along with shelving and other nick-nacks Maly has collected. The master bath is still a work in progress, but hopefully one day soon this too will be complete. Our front porch has now been tiled and we are ready to welcome you through our doors with open arms.

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4 Key Signs to a Family Friendly Neighborhood - A Glimpse of Life in the...

A Family Friendly Neighborhood

There 4 Key Signs to a Family Friendly Neighborhood - A
Glimpse of Life in the Province

Is living in the Philippines a good place to raise a family?
Maybe this will help you decide. Here is a look around our neighborhood.  Kids playing outside, Friendly People,
Proximity to Necessities, A Safe Environment Can you spot these here? 

Let’s take a short walk around our neighborhood and let’s
see if you can locate these 4 key signs of this being family friendly
neighborhood or not. From kids playing ball in the streets, to neighbor’s
greeting you with a friendly hello or even meeting the local carabao as he
takes a rest from a hard day’s work. Even the luxury of having a sari-sari
store almost in every house!  These are
the things you really see in the Philippines when you live off the beaten path.
The sights and sounds that surround you are very real and can be soothing to
the soul looking for some relaxation. 

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Walking to Grandma's House for a Visit A Glimpse of Life in the Province

Grandma’s house is just down the road from us. No need to
worry about the BIG bad wolf, but she does have plenty of barking dogs. 

It is
interesting visiting with Grandma as she is an avid gardener and has many
plants growing in her yard. This is just a quick little video of an evening
walk down to Grandmas and viewing some of her yard. The Barangay is to put in a
new road, so they moved her fence back a meter. Now we will see if the new road
gets accomplished anytime soon.

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Chicken Tinola - Maly's Lesson A Glimpse of Live In The Province

Chicken tinola or tinolang manok is a favorite dish of the Philippines and a taste from my wife’s childhood. Typical ingredients are chicken, green papaya, malunggay leaves and sili (pepper) leaves. The malunggay is very nutritious and can add a unique taste to this dish.

RICE HARVEST - A REAPER IN ACTION A GLIMPSE OF LIFE IN THE PROVINCE VIDEO

The reaper is coming! No it’s not the grim reaper, but it is
called a reaper in the Philippines. This is a harvester they now use for
harvesting the majority of the rice in our valley.

Over just the last few years, we have been seeing more and
more of these reapers during the harvest season. Living in a farming community,
the people relied on the different seasons of the year to provide them with an
income. During planting time, they would all be out helping to plant the rice.
When harvest season came, these same people would be out with their bolos
cutting and harvesting the rice. They would also bring in thrashers to thrash
the rice with.

Now this has all become automated with the use of the
reapers. No longer are there scores of farmers in the fields cutting the rice
by hand. The reapers have taken over this job from them. Only the ones that
cannot afford a reaper or only have small plots use the traditional way of
cutting rice. If the rice is blown over by a storm, the farmers can be called
in then to try to salvage more of the rice harvest. Still the reaper is able to
do this work too, but with the rice on the ground already, the quality of the
rice is not as good when harvested with the reaper. The reaper is coming! No
it’s not the grim reaper, but it is called a reaper in the Philippines. Over
just the last few years, we have been seeing more and more of these reapers
during the harvest season.

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Bud Brown - Christmas 2016

Mr Brown is an extraordinary gentleman. Him and his wife Gloria live in the Dumaguete area in the Philippines. He has many wonderful videos he has shared. He is well know for all his charity work he has provided to the children and others in this area. I think some would even call him lovingly as the "Tsinela Man" Often while out in town you can catch him handing out tsinelas (flip-flops) to those Filipino children (and adults) less fortunate. Several have sent him donations as well to help support his works of charity.

This video is a collaboration with Ned and Michelle of Philippine Dreams. Last year they got together for Christmas and handed out spaghetti meals to the poor around Dumaguete. The success they had last year resulted in the quest to do it again this year. They went to McDonalds and purchased 120 meals this Christmas to be handed out. With the Help of Mr Brown's Molly Mobile they went into the parks and areas where the less fortunate stay and handed out all these meals. Ned and Michele even brought along some helpers this year.

This is Mr Brown's version of the day. I hope you will watch and enjoy this video as much as I did.