Family news

We spent all day yesterday going to Manila to pick up Lolo's hearing aid.

It had to be sent to Singapore to get fixed, and has been back for two weeks but this is the first time we had a chance to go. Now I don't have to shout at him to be heard.

Since it was Chano's birthday, we celebrated by eating at a local (US BASED) Restaurant/Steakhouse.
Lolo hasn't eaten steak for three years: Steak here has to be imported from New Zealand or Australia. The local beef is waterbuffalo or old cow, and has to be boiled or marinated/pounded to make it tender.grill

As we ususally do, we shared: I had the salad (something else we rarely eat here) and he got the steak, and we still had steak to take home. Chano got the "Family mixed grill", with babyback ribs and barbecue chicken...yum. Again, we ended up taking half of it home...the bad news is that it cost the same as it would in the US. Oh well. It's only for once a year.

Lolo's infected foot is still red and hurts, but the redness is getting smaller.

The rest of us are okay.It's the cool season, so everyone is coughing.