I was hoping to have a few stories for you but things have been a little boring since the rainy season started. And there’s another 2 months of rain.

You probably heard we had a typhoon a few weeks ago, we couldn’t leave the apartment for a few days, everything was flooded, a ferry with 800 people went down with families and many children on board, only 30 survivors they said… very sad...

The president blames the coast guard for allowing the ferry to sail while there was a typhoon. The ferry company would lose a lot of money if it the sailing was cancelled and probably paid the coast guard to allow it to sail which is normal practice here.

Adrian is arriving tonight. The stupid man arranged to see his former lover Mae when he got here. Mae has a new boy-friend and with him is going to Thailand tomorrow for a holiday. Adrian was going to spend the night with her, luckily his flight has been delayed for 5 hours and as he will arrive in Angeles after 2am, he had to cancel the rendevouz with Mae. I don’t think he’s going to recover from her, its been a long time and he still cant get her out of his mind...

Tony and Edelyn- Hapiness in Photo

End of Woes???

All is well here, just got back from holiday, spent 10 days on Boracay, a resort island about 200 miles from Manila, Nice break, no drinking or partying, just vegging out. I missed my girls though.

Adrian has broken up wih his girlfriend again, he has seen her a few times with another guy and is devastated, she won't come back this time which is a very lucky thing for Adrian. Time and the company of a few Philippine girls will hopefully help him recover.

Another girl has been brutally murdered by a German national, fortunately he did not manage to escape the country and has been jailed. The sad thing is if he has enough money he will be able to pay off her family and leave the country. Hard to imagine that the parents would take money but you have to remember this is a third world country and money buys you anything. I will keep you informed.
I haven’t seen my mother for 2 years and she’s driving me crazy to visit her, i will visit her this year so i wont be coming to Australia until next year, will you manage without my intellectual… conversation for another year? I do miss our long chats though….

Alone in Angeles

Me: It's really uncanny how the moments of departure and return roll in. I was a bit excited about my voyage to China, I suppose because it was not consciously planned. It just happened... How did Edelyn enjoy her visit to her parents? Actually I wondered why you did not join her... Though I remember your nightmare story about a trip you took to the Provinces with another companion...

Alberto: Sorry,sorry, sorry, I have been so lazy to email. You went to China? I’m so jealous; China is on my list of things to do in the next few years. Yes your right, my bad experience in the province a few years ago is part of the reason i didn’t go with Edelyn, also the thought of being alone for a week in Angeles.

I had a good time while she was away, I did some planning before Edelyn left so I was well organized, I indulged with a total of six girls, variety of ages, shapes and sizes, one of the girls was 7 months pregnant, this has been one of my fantasies and it was very enjoyable. I never took any of the girls to my apartment, always to a hotel, $6 for 3 hours. A few times I used the hotel twice in one day, I slept well on those days.

Since Edelyn has been back I indulge with other girls only 2 or 3 times a week so I have enough energy for Edelyn, it's a far cry from once or twice a year with Mary. I still can’t believe how my life changed so drastically in such a short period of time.

Adrian is doomed. His girlfriend is the worst type of girl you would want to be involved with, dishonest, unfaithful, manipulating, liar etc. etc. He’s besotted by her and although he knows he should unload her he is unable to. I’ve tried for a year to convince him to get rid of her and he has cast her off a few times but within a few days he’s begging her to return… pitiful sight. And each time she returns, her demands increase and are accepted. Nothing else I can do, I’m just going to sit back and watch his life unfold. I’ts a great shame because he’s a nice guy and there are so many girls after him…Love always…
Thank you very much for the photo and the GREAT UPDATE on your adventures in Paradise. Your back and knees must have healed and life is treating you well, you sound satisfied and content.

I am NOT SORRY for Adrian, often many of us get cought in senseless ruts where we become easy preys of unscrupulous characters. I fell into such trap myself once and I remember the pain... (quite interesting really)... Maybe pain is what masochists want, need and get addicted to... Only it should not last too long, like with a disease, the afflicted should seek and accept the cure...

Me: Alberto, thank you very much for the photo and the GREAT UPDATE on your adventures in Paradise. Your back and knees must have healed and life is treating you well, you sound satisfied and content.

I am NOT SORRY for Adrian, often many of us get cought in senseless ruts where we become easy preys of unscrupulous characters. I fell into such trap myself once. I remember the pain... (quite interesting really)... Maybe pain is what masochists want, need, get addicted to... Only it should not last too long, like with a disease, the afflicted should seek and accept the cure...

China was just great, I travel budget and had a great experience, as a surprise to me (it should not have been) the Chinese were gracious, wonderfully hospitable and honest, I am sad the trip is over and I did not get to Beijing to see Tiannamen Square, The Forbidden City The Great Wall... But I saw a beautiful countryside, immense cities, fabulous monasteries...

Living not Dying

Hi Mirella,

not knowing were you want to live and not having any direction in life can become very depressing, I remember the feeling well during my last years in Australia. You are attached to your material belongings??? My first year here (although very enjoyable) also had many moments of depression, depression??? how could any healthy male become depressed living in a place like this you may ask?? Hard to explain...

For the first time since I was 21 I owned nothing, no business, car, house, furniture etc etc etc, only my clothes in a suitcase. I felt completely naked and vulnerable. Living in a hotel without even a cup or kettle to make a cup of tea. I think the most accurate way of describing the feelings I felt at that time would be to say " I felt like a looser" As time went by, common sense prevailed.

All my past possessions required a huge effort and cost to maintain, my car required me to work at least one day a week to maintain it and to make up the depreciation, 20% of my working life to own a car, RIDICULOUS. So consider what a house costs to maintain and the time it takes and the years of toil, 35 years of buying houses, furniture and trinkets just to show the world that I have climbed a few rungs up that ladder of success.

I look back at that time of my life and the only word that comes to mind is "PATHETIC". The only thing that I have to remind me of those days is an English carriage clock that is now worth $2,000, two weeks of toil to buy just to know what time it is when a $5 clock would do the same without having to polish or maintain it. Can you think of any other word than pathetic? I cant...

I’ve now become very comfortable with my suitcase. I look at so many people and wonder if they will ever realize that they should step off that ladder and start living not dying. I don’t want to look back on my life remembering the good times, I want to live them so my advice has to be "LIVE"

Like the Wind

I would like to be the wind

So that as you walked along the seashore

You could bare your breasts

And let me caress you

With my breath

From an unknown Greek Poet-Greek Anthilogy

Angeles re-boot

Hi Mirella, how was Canada? do you want to live there now? Everything is fine in Angeles. I am taking Edelyn to Hong Kong next week, We are staying 5 days and can't wait. There is a Disney World there, it should be a lot of fun!

Won’t be going out much the next few days because there’s a typhoon hanging around so the weather is terrible, a few Islands have been evacuated, we are in a safe area but it's very wet. I would not volunteer this information but you ask about A. as if you really cared... He and his girlfriend have broken up again, for the last time I hope, he is very unhappy at the moment, just yesterday he saw her with another guy...

There is a gorgeous girl in one of the bars I go to, iIhave known her for several months and always have a drink with her when I’m there, She always wanted me to have sex with her and I wanted her too, the only problem is she is a midget... A few days ago I had a few drinks with her and I was feeling a bit frisky so I took her to a discreet hotel for a few hours, I was surprised at how enjoyable it was. The only problem is my friends wont stop joking about it... hehehehe... I'm happy to entertain...

Update on Hapiness

I’ve been waiting for a good story to send but things have been a little slow here. Edelyn and I are going great. The last few weeks we have been fixing up the apartment, painting, new curtains etc. Everything is very cheap here, new curtains for 7 windows was only $150 so its nice to have a change every few years. I still haven’t been caught indulging with the local girls so far but I’m very discreet. A few of my regular girls have moved on for one reason or another so I’m now looking for some new ones. There are thousands of girls here to choose from, there’s no problem satisfying my needs but it takes time to find 2 or 3 compatible enough to have as regulars. Now that updating the apartment has been accomplished I will have time to go prospecting... Edelyn now has a passport and we are planning on going to Hong Kong in November, should be fun. As Edelyn hasn’t been anywhere it will be a good experience for her. My back is improving but it’s taking a long time, might have something to do with my age… hehehehehe… I miss some good conversation but Adrian will be here in 4 weeks, he and his girlfriend will be coming to Hong Kong with us. You are going to Canada? Make sure to send some email…

A River of Rain

My back is improving very, very slowly… but the inconvenience is not stopping me from indulging in my favourite pastime, it’s very easy… I just let the girls do all the work… hehehehehe…

It’s still raining… we are having some of the nastiest downpours I’ve ever seen. Perhaps I told you before of my apartment’s great position, only a few minutes walk from the bars, clubs and restaurants and a five minute walk to a very large modern shopping mall, everything I need is within 5 minutes walk from home. The location is so good that my two friends, André and Felipe now occupy 2 more of the 6 townhouses in the block.

The only problem we have here is that we are not on a real street (no concrete or tar). It’s a very wide street, though a better description would be - a broad dirt road. - Without exaggeration when it storms the street becomes a river… that is, the full width of the road becomes flooded. It’s a strange sight indeed for when the street is underwater it looks like a river with floating houses on either side. The water is fast flowing, VERY FAST, with small white-tipped waves, like rapids. I could not run faster than it flows… Our street obviously has all the run off from the surrounding area. It’s an odd feeling watching large objects floating by your home, the funniest sight was a dog calmly sailing past, right before my very eyes… Fortunately it’s not deep, never more than 12inches and my apartment has never been in danger of flooding, not yet anyway… hehehehehe.

A Baby in Angeles...

The rollercoaster ride on the stock market in the last 5 weeks was not a surprise… A correction was coming and for me not as painful as the back injury I suffered while (feeling like an overconfident adolescent) I lifted a heavy item… The injury is causing me a lot of pain and presently prevents from standing upright…

You asked - Would I have a baby????
I have been thinking about it… in the Philippines having a child is not the burden it would be in the west. Full time nannies costs about $30 a week, private education is also very affordable. The most important thing is if the relationship fails, a Philippino girl does not have claim to a man’s assets providing the man offers support to the mother and child. At present $60-80 a week would suffice. Because of low financial risks many western men have children late in life.
I will let you know when i decide what to do…

You asked - Would I take Edelyn to Australia???
Very risky… Edelyn would fall in love with Australia because Australia is paradise compared to the Philippines and every Philippino girl’s dream is to live overseas. But these girls don’t understand that a good life in Australia comes at a price and that price requires us to work, which is something Philippinos don’t like doing. Our life here... nice apartment, entertainment and restaurant-eating almost every day and night of the week, entertainment most afternoons for me, if we need something we buy it… (clothes etc). Manicures, pedicures, facials, dentistry, medical, maids, movies, holidays… ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS AFFORDABLE HERE. A weekly expenditure for the above list in Angeles is only $600. The same lifestyle in Australia would cost $3000-4000 a week so… ponder awhile…