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[jayarr]

after seeing the rig, I wouldn't have ziplined, either

[Macman]

Yeah, jayarr, that's exactly what did it for me. I thought there was going to be a harness around my chest and legs. That damn thing looked as though it was tilted forward. I knew I'd have a panic attack, thinking I was going to slide right out of that thing.

Macman

[thailover57]

Looks like an Episode of Fear Factor! Or maybe Wiley Coyote. I could see those straps breaking one at a time and falling in a very uncomfortable way. I'd pass too.

[Legend]

i too would have backed out of the zip line.
i would never put my life in the hands of these people,
getting a taxi ride is bad enough.
your death would just be shrugged aside.

nice update macman.

[Macman]

Holy cow, Anthony. That's pretty harsh. That harness really scared me, though. As Thailover said, it was like an episode of Fear Factor.

[Legend]

Holy cow, Anthony. That's pretty harsh. That harness really scared me,.

its reality my friend.
its not a coincidence that all falang deaths are "suicide".
a few quid to the right bloke, and you are just another suicide in pattaya people with a photo of a copper pointing at your body.
foul play not suspected.

i wasnt swiping at the filipino,s particularly, i never put my life in the hands of any fairground, bungy , watersports etc......

[Macman]

Okay, Anthony. Fair enough.

I forgot to mention in my last post that I had a pretty productive day yesterday as far as my social life is concerned. I thought I was supposed to play golf, but actually it was just to meet with a couple of members of the golf club here. I was concerned that I wouldn't be allowed to join because I'm a foreigner, but that isn't the case. They made me feel very welcome, and I played early this morning. We teed off a little after 5:00 AM, played just 9 holes, and I was back home by 8:10. The cost to join is more than reasonable,and it gives you unlimited play. All you have to pay is the caddy fee. I don't know about the cost of golf in the UK, Australia, New Zealand or Denmark and the like, but Americans will sure appreciate this. The annual fee is 7,500 PHP (about $175 U.S.) and the monthly dues are 1,500 PHP (roughly $35). So for less than $600, I get golf for a year. The caddy fee, by the way, is 200 PHP (less than $5).

BTW, Angel came with me to the meeting because it was a friend of her mother's that arranged it. I wondered what the reaction would be, and was maybe a little worried. They could not have been nicer about it and to her. Both of these men have homes in the U.S. with dual citizenship. One of them even got into a discussion with Angel about the fact that same sex marriage can't occur in P.I., but can in the States. He owns a number of businesses here, and said that he would see to it that Angel would get a discount whenever she shopped at any of his stores. Because I don't have my Alien Certification Registration card yet, I can't buy a car, so he picked me up at 4:45 this morning. They play every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, so we're playing again this Saturday (Thursday I'll be in Cebu, extending my visa, and seeing about the ACR card). Incidentally, the other guy didn't realize that Angel was a LB until his friend explained it to him. I had been talking about the difficulties of getting Angel to America, even if just for a visit, and he said that we should marry. That's when his friend explained the situation.

A few more pics - I had said that the wealthy neighbor owned horses, but I now realize that people rent horses to graze on their property to keep the grass trim. The horses that I sometimes see in the morning are not even on his land; they're in a lot that separates our property from his.

[Surin Nix]

I'd have done the zipline in a second. Last time I checked, life is 100% fatal....just a matter of when.

You are on the zipline ride of a lifetime Mac. It takes some serious cahonas to do what you're doing, and it makes for a fascinating read. Glad to see that you're posting photos. Brings to life all the stuff you've been telling us about. Angel, by the way, is a cutie. (nice rear-end, if you don't mind me saying so... ).

How is the overall vibe now that you've been there for a few days? It surely must seem like a honeymoon....at least i'd think so. Does it feel that way to you? Is everything still a little bit akimbo, or does life seem to be taking on a predictable rythym?

...and does Angel seem happy with the arrangement?

As always, just native curiosity. Don't mean to pry....

Nix

[thailover57]

Sorry you couldn't get the VPN to work. Anchor Free is the source. They have a website here: http://anchorfree.co...hotspot-shield/ and advertise their product with download buttons. Hope that will work for you.

And your report is great - continuing to enjoy it.

Thanks

[Macman]

I don't consider it prying, Surin. I'm posting this stuff, so questions are definitely in order. Thanks for the compliment about Angel. I had asked her if it was okay to post those 2 photos before I did so, and made sure I used pics that didn't actually show her face. Nothing wrong with doing so, but I just wanted to protect our privacy to a small extent. The overall vibe is very good. I'm adjusting pretty quickly. It doesn't really feel like a honeymoon. Angel is so easy to be with, it just feels like a normal relationship. It's as though we've been living together for a lot longer than we actually have been. I know Angel feels as happy and comfortable with the arrangement as I do. When I was here a little over a week, my younger son asked, "On a scale of 1 to 10, how is it going for you?" At that time, I said "It's a 7.5, and trending upward." It's a solid 8 now, and still trending upward.

Thanks for that, Thailover. I'll give it a try tomorrow. BTW, Angel and I were supposed to go to Cebu today so I could go to Immigration for a visa extension, and apply for an ACR card. The weather service was predicting a very serious tropical storm, so we decided to go to Tacloban instead, not wanting to risk the ferry ride. It was a pleasant surprise. We got to the Immigration office at about 2:15 PM. No one was there except the office workers. I got my extension, and applied flor the card. The ACR will take about 3 weeks because they have to mail everything to Manila, but I am very glad it went so smoothly. We were out of there in less than an hour.

I'm still finding it a little hard to get used to how many things I can't buy here. A silly thing, but I tried to buy deodorant today. I like plain deodorant, not anti-perspirant. No such luck. Every product I looked at was a combo of both. I got my first haircut in P.I. yesterday. Every day is a new "first". It'll take time, but soon I'll be a full-fledged Pinoy.

Macman

[Legend]

Every day is a new "first". It'll take time, but soon I'll be a full-fledged Pinoy.

as long as that dos,nt involve dressing up and enetering a pageant, you,ll be alright.

[Macman]

Anthony, if that happens, it would most likely spell the end of pageants not only here in P.I., but all over the world. And rightly so.

Macman