Amazing Filipinos!

[Terry P]

1 minute ago, Snowy79 said:

I'm just trying in a round about way to show how two people getting the same thing done can have a completely different perspective on things here and neither would be wrong. 

If it gets done that's usually a bonus it would appear in most cases

[Terry P]

5 minutes ago, TerryP said:

If it gets done that's usually a bonus it would appear in most cases

Enough of this frivolity

It's 230 am here in blighty

I've enjoyed myself far too much and the beer bottle is empty

Good night chaps and any chapesses that maybe lurking in the background

[RBM]

1 hour ago, TerryP said:

Doesn't wash with me fella. Never mind penning whatever you want in the future this is the defining statement

I'll say it because many others are too polite

You haven't even got the decency to apologise

 Hey why carn"t you move on....

[Tommy T.]

4 hours ago, Snowy79 said:

As you say it's normal for no one to return calls, text, messages.  That seriously does my head in especially when you know you have good money to give them and they plead poverty.

I'm a pretty technical person and good with my hands so after no one got back to me I'd have done it myself.  Similar when I wanted a wifi mast installed, " Yes sir we can do that" then no one turned up. Phoned three suppliers of internet for a survey, " Yes sir our technician will be out today or tomorrow," not one turned up.  I could list a dozen other examples.  My Filipino mates all tell me if you want something done you must go in person and sit and wait or you will go to the back of the queue.  Maybe that's where the habit of pushing in comes from and why Filipinos are great at queuing.

L and I have had this same experience numerous times. L is, as I have previously mentioned in other posts, 100% Filipina. It drives her nuts that people do not reply to messages or not show up to do work when promised. I, actually, do not get as upset as she does, surprisingly - maybe advanced years have given me a bit more patience?

So, much as I am really not in the mood for it, I am starting to do more things here at the new home myself. Then I know it is either done properly or I mucked it up myself and it's my fault...I can live with that.

However, to bring my post back to the topic at hand, I am also truly amazed at how so many Filipinos create or repair "things" in decent ways. Yeah... the electrical is a bit lacking (e.g. always twisting wires together and wrapping with electrical tape) ...but they make it work. Few, if any, of the workers here owned their own tools (the sparky was the exception), but they did get things done. Overall, I am impressed with their ingenuity and resourcefulness in the scope of poverty and lack of trade education... 

[stevewool]

6 hours ago, Gandang Smile said:

Apologise for what, sorry?

Did you apologise for calling me a pimp?

You need some more time off, maybe away from the Philippines.

I thought you and the other one had kissed and made up , sounds more like one of you have tried to bury the hatchet in the other ones head for real.

[Gandang Smile]

19 hours ago, stevewool said:

I thought you and the other one had kissed and made up , sounds more like one of you have tried to bury the hatchet in the other ones head for real.

That's what I thought...no idea what's in these people's minds...

[hk blues]

32 minutes ago, Gandang Smile said:

That's what I thought...no idea what's in these people's minds...

...a hatchet?

[Queenie O.]

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1137990

Here's a young man from m Cebu that is making waves recently.

CEBU CITY – Cleevan Alegres, dubbed as Cebu’s “Little Merman,” has completed his swim around Mactan Island shortly before noon on Monday, making history as the first man to achieve such a feat.

Alegres, a resident of Lapu-Lapu City, finished his 42-kilometer swim at 10:37 a.m. at the Liberty Shrine in Barangay Mactan, becoming the first person to make a full swim around Mactan Island.

The 25-year-old open-water swimmer started at 5 p.m. on Sunday from the waters of Barangay Punta Engaño.

At around 10 p.m. Sunday, Alegres reached the vicinity of Barangay Maribago and was already near the roll on, roll off (Ro-Ro) port in Cordova town around midnight, Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan said in a Facebook post.

Chan said after swimming about 20 kilometers as of early dawn Monday, Alegres made a quick stop at around 1:30 a.m. to wear his wet suit to ease the coldness and eat something.

“After more than eight hours of swimming, he had two nutrition bars and 20-30 minutes of water and hydration intervals from 5 p.m. on Sunday,” the mayor said in Cebuano.

Alegres already completed 32 kilometers of swimming at around 7 a.m. Monday and was already in the vicinity of the Nuestra Señora Birhen de Regla Parish in Barangay Poblacion, Chan said.

Aside from giving honor to Cebuano hero Datu Lapulapu in line with the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Mactan, Alegres made the historic swim to raise awareness on the importance of cleaning the environment particularly the sea and preserving marine life.

Chan has expressed his continued support to the Cebuano swimmer and hoped for the latter's continued success.

Before circumnavigating Mactan Island, Alegres, last April 5, also made a successful swim around the island of Olango, a separate islet located east of Mactan Island.

He completed the full swim around Olango in 12 hours. The distance was estimated at 19-21 kilometers

Edited April 27, 2021 by Mike J
Added article text in case URL fails in the future

[Old55]

Fantastic accomplishment! Good for him speaking out about the environment.