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We have spent this week in Lingsat, San Fernando City, La Union, hoping to begin work at the beach property. On Tuesday we went to see it and found lots of overgrowth. I started to survey the property when I started to get attacked by mosquitos. They went straight for my legs and immediately I started to feel really itchy. It's "dengue" season here so I didn't want to take any chances, I quickly returned to my dad's truck and sat there bathing my legs in rubbing alcohol.
Peter, on the other hand, went to check out the shoreline, talk to the next door neighbor and Aki, the local japanese surfer. They have voiced their concerns about the municipal's plans to build a concrete boardwalk there: it will only bring unwanted people at night, cause the surf to disappear or be changed, and the sand will most likely never come back.
Meanwhile, my dad tried to tackle some of the overgrowth only to stop after a few minutes due to the hot weather.
My Uncle Apit arrived an hour later so we can all talk about putting some water pump and tank and setting up electrical lines. Fortunately, with the new municipal road next door, electrical lines have been put up so it will now be easy for us to hook up our own line and then upgrade to commercial line in the near future.
Wednesday we went to buy a weed whacker and a tree pruner for the beach property. It wasn't until Thursday when they were able to try both. The problem of doing some work at this time of the year is that the weather makes it difficult to work non-stop, it's just too hot, too muggy, to do hard labor at this time. So doing one thing less than a day is actually achievable.
This weekend is reserved for my family, so we can celebrate both mine and my mom's birthday. I think my dad got some of his friends to contribute food for Sunday lunch. I look forward to this celebration as it has been years since I've celebrated it here with my family.
BTW, on a sad note, our old family and Church friend, Tatay "Col." Godofredo Carreon passed away at the age of 88 a couple of days ago.
We have spent this week in Lingsat, San Fernando City, La Union, hoping to begin work at the beach property. On Tuesday we went to see it and found lots of overgrowth. I started to survey the property when I started to get attacked by mosquitos. They went straight for my legs and immediately I started to feel really itchy. It's "dengue" season here so I didn't want to take any chances, I quickly returned to my dad's truck and sat there bathing my legs in rubbing alcohol.
Peter, on the other hand, went to check out the shoreline, talk to the next door neighbor and Aki, the local japanese surfer. They have voiced their concerns about the municipal's plans to build a concrete boardwalk there: it will only bring unwanted people at night, cause the surf to disappear or be changed, and the sand will most likely never come back.
Meanwhile, my dad tried to tackle some of the overgrowth only to stop after a few minutes due to the hot weather.
My Uncle Apit arrived an hour later so we can all talk about putting some water pump and tank and setting up electrical lines. Fortunately, with the new municipal road next door, electrical lines have been put up so it will now be easy for us to hook up our own line and then upgrade to commercial line in the near future.
Wednesday we went to buy a weed whacker and a tree pruner for the beach property. It wasn't until Thursday when they were able to try both. The problem of doing some work at this time of the year is that the weather makes it difficult to work non-stop, it's just too hot, too muggy, to do hard labor at this time. So doing one thing less than a day is actually achievable.
This weekend is reserved for my family, so we can celebrate both mine and my mom's birthday. I think my dad got some of his friends to contribute food for Sunday lunch. I look forward to this celebration as it has been years since I've celebrated it here with my family.
BTW, on a sad note, our old family and Church friend, Tatay "Col." Godofredo Carreon passed away at the age of 88 a couple of days ago.
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