Kuya is still taking it easy because he pulled his back out at the farm last week.
Joy is busy as usual...she visited her mom, who has Parkinson's disease but is a bit better after her medicine was adjusted.
The big fiesta here is for the Three Kings: Instead of a parade with lots of folks walking in the parade, and beautiful girls on floats, we had closed cars and floats with statues of the saints etc.
the mayor is quite popular, because he is investing in the city.
out neighborhood/barangay has lots of beautiful old houses and shops, some of which were in good shape and others which were not kept in good repair. But the mayor has invested in the city to restore an area near the church to make a open air mall for shoppers and socializing. Here is a local vlog about this.
no, I haven't visited there yet.
Like the huge Christmas tree in the plaza (which had been blown down by the typhoon but is now back) and the ferris wheel, and the kiosks/night market for buying street food and tables that let you do open air dining, the idea is to invite tourism here, especially since we have a lot of ex pats who are coming home to retire. It also helps keep the kids off the street: one reason to take drugs is boredom, and hey, if you can go out at night and party (with a mask of course) this will help.
In the meanwhile, a lot of people are hurting and out of work, or their OFW family members lost their jobs, so are asking for help with their medicine etc. One distant cousin, who I often gave money to help her buy her BP medicine, died of a heart attack last night, age 49 with three kids. Sad.
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