Alan
26th May 2008, 13:25
Bit of a misleading title to the thread I know - but -
Drove over to Cebu yesterday (Well, got the barge over actually - otherwise the bike would've got a bit wet - and - would never have made it anyway - because we are, in our waters, being 'invaded' by box jellyfish - get stung by one of those blighters and no need to bother with hospital! Mind you, whoever heard of a hospital catering for submerged motor cyclists in the middle of the strait between Negros and Cebu islands? Did you realise that here on Negros, if you, or any of your family are hospitalised, they give you a list of required medication in the morning and you have to go out to the pharmacy YOURSELF and buy the medicines and bring them back for the hospital to administer?
That is, people who are with you in the hospital have to do that - if YOU are the patient, you do not have to go out - I mean, that would be a bit difficult if you had gangrenous legs or something of that ilk - don't you agree?
But, what if it had NOT been a box jellyfish?
What if it had been a great white that had lopped my head off or something? I mean, who would have rescued my motor cycle, recently repainted for a VERY generous price by a lovely fellow (Filipino) by the name of Newton.
Certainly not Hanna - who does not ride motorcycles - and, even if she did, I would challenge her to escape from a fathomous, sandy entrappment such as that!
I am now selling aforementioned bike and hope to make a tidy profit - because second hand bike and car prices are very sustainable here. Nevertheless - you have to wonder who would want to come and test drive a bike lying in 100 metres of water surrounded by jellyfish and great white sharks. Not many people I wager.
My grandma had a moped once. She bought it shortly after she bought her hotel in Ostende in Belgium. It was a lovely hotel with a red carpet in reception. The rooms were reasonable - and had ABSOLUTELY NO great white sharks in them. Jellyfish were RIGHT OUT!!! Although she did serve prawns on her restaurant menu. I actually preferred her roast beef and Yorkshire puddings, although not very 'continental' fayre!
Do you know that a shark has to keep swimming 24/7 otherwise it will drown or something?)
When I got to Cebu I stopped for fuel. 54.6pesos a litre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I arrived here in January I was paying 40.8pesos.
Quite a price hike wouldn't you agree?
Al.:)
Drove over to Cebu yesterday (Well, got the barge over actually - otherwise the bike would've got a bit wet - and - would never have made it anyway - because we are, in our waters, being 'invaded' by box jellyfish - get stung by one of those blighters and no need to bother with hospital! Mind you, whoever heard of a hospital catering for submerged motor cyclists in the middle of the strait between Negros and Cebu islands? Did you realise that here on Negros, if you, or any of your family are hospitalised, they give you a list of required medication in the morning and you have to go out to the pharmacy YOURSELF and buy the medicines and bring them back for the hospital to administer?
That is, people who are with you in the hospital have to do that - if YOU are the patient, you do not have to go out - I mean, that would be a bit difficult if you had gangrenous legs or something of that ilk - don't you agree?
But, what if it had NOT been a box jellyfish?
What if it had been a great white that had lopped my head off or something? I mean, who would have rescued my motor cycle, recently repainted for a VERY generous price by a lovely fellow (Filipino) by the name of Newton.
Certainly not Hanna - who does not ride motorcycles - and, even if she did, I would challenge her to escape from a fathomous, sandy entrappment such as that!
I am now selling aforementioned bike and hope to make a tidy profit - because second hand bike and car prices are very sustainable here. Nevertheless - you have to wonder who would want to come and test drive a bike lying in 100 metres of water surrounded by jellyfish and great white sharks. Not many people I wager.
My grandma had a moped once. She bought it shortly after she bought her hotel in Ostende in Belgium. It was a lovely hotel with a red carpet in reception. The rooms were reasonable - and had ABSOLUTELY NO great white sharks in them. Jellyfish were RIGHT OUT!!! Although she did serve prawns on her restaurant menu. I actually preferred her roast beef and Yorkshire puddings, although not very 'continental' fayre!
Do you know that a shark has to keep swimming 24/7 otherwise it will drown or something?)
When I got to Cebu I stopped for fuel. 54.6pesos a litre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I arrived here in January I was paying 40.8pesos.
Quite a price hike wouldn't you agree?
Al.:)