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Darth Vader’s #2 In The Philippines

Darth Vader’s #2 In The Philippines

Today I felt like combining two of my favorite things:  Star Wars humor and ripping on the Philippines.  For those not living here you wouldn’t understand but the reality is “toilet paper” isn’t very popular here.  Instead they use a small plastic ladle called a tabo and a bucket of water:

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If they do have toilet paper you can’t put the used material in the toilet but instead have to put it ...

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OUCH!

OUCH!

So a week a ago I rode my motorcycle up to Subic to visit my wife and kids who were there on vacation. Once I got there I had what I THOUGHT was an ingrown hair on my right thigh. So as I normally do I “popped” it. Um, it got worse. WAY WORSE. Two days later it was as big around as a slice of pepperoni. That was the dark red, swollen part. Then another six inches or so ...

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I Miss Bologna Sandwiches!

I Miss Bologna Sandwiches!

Don’t know why tonight I’m in touch w/ my inner white-trash / redneck self but FUCK I wish I had a bologna sandwich.  The ingredients are so SIMPLE:

white_bread bologna
american_cheese mayo mustard

 

That’s it. ...

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Office Toilet Paper Thief Finally Foiled!

Office Toilet Paper Thief Finally Foiled!

Someone from another office on our floor keeps stealing our toilet paper from the shared bathroom.  I don’t understand why we even have this problem.   Most people around here don’t even use toilet paper:

Heh, that’s not from my current office building, but a good representation of what is normally found here.

Anyway, every time we left TP in the CR (comfort room) it wound up gone.  I did research how to make ...

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PLDT: No Longer On My Shit List

PLDT: No Longer On My Shit List

Had a VERY interesting call last week.  Out of the blue the new head of Customer Care from PLDT called me up.  Apparently someone had taken note of my blog coverage of they’re (in my opinion) less than stellar service.

Honestly folks, I’m impressed.  The guy (won’t post his name) was very straight-up in addressing my complaints.  Where they were blatantly wrong he apologized and made an offer to give me what I wanted and asked for into to try and ...

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