Author: Jay E Moores

  • Walk through of Batasan

    We went out into our neighborhood in Batasan to buy some roasted chicken for lunch. This is our walk home. I love all the interesting stuff in the neighborhoods here. I like to see the people, how they live and work, as well as the animals, like chickens, dogs, cats. So much texture, mixes of old and new, and amazing fruit colors.

  • Bayview Park Hotel Manila

    Here at the Bayview Park Hotel in Manila Philippines their website advertises free WiFi and free breakfast for all rooms, but they charged us for both, AND the room leaked from the A/C until the tile floor was a giant puddle. We had to argue with the manager and show her the hotel website before she would refund us for the surprise charges at the end of our stay. She told us the WiFi and breakfast was not free because we booked online from their website… which states both are FREE… Once we showed her the website she had to make a bunch of phone calls to refund us our money and it took about an hour to fix while my daughter had to wait. If you need to visit the US Embassy in Manila I would advise you to stay anywhere else but this scam hotel.

  • Batasan Kitty

    This is our neighborhood in Batasan Hills in Quezon City, Philippines. Check out how the intersection does not have a traffic light. Every man for himself. We cross this intersection everyday to go out for various needs. No one really wants to stop for anyone else, so it’s a game of chicken. If any place needs a stop light, it’s this busy intersection. Even the kitty knows this is insane. She told me so.

  • Buko

    Today we harvest the coconuts from our tree.

  • Leaving La Laguna

    On our way home to Quezon City from Puerto Galera, Philippines.

  • Jeepney ride to Shopwise grocery store

    The tricycle cannot drive on Commonwealth freeway, so we hop onto a Jeepney for the last minute of our trip to the grocery store. So much fun. Jeepneys are an amazing form of public art. Each one is uniquely painted by the owner. Did I mention that I LOVE it here?

  • Going to the grocery store

    Here we are taking a Trike ride in the Philippines.

  • Afrirampo

  • Little Miss Code Monkey

    So I’m exploding with excitement about our new WordPress blog. You see a friend of mine helped me migrate the 5 year old Blogger SuperFan site on over to WordPress, and all my URLs stayed the same, and now my FTP blog is up and running like nothing ever happened. Wow. And to think, no one got hurt. I owe it all to that girl that knows how to do that sort of thing. Some people are amazing in what they know and can accomplish. So, on with the show!