Its that time of year, here we go here we go here we go back to Bataan, or is it Bacolod City !"


Well folks I guess its that time of year, nearing the end of yet another summer term in the Essex area, the kids will be off in 2 weeks time, 11 days and a wake up, and its off on a big giant bird that will take us back to the land of smiles, sexy young babae, (p.s. the girls should be more mahal now the pound has dropped over last 6 months), sshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I cannot pay.....hindi ako kabayad, wala akong qwuarta hehehehehe

But seriously, if you can be, comon guys support me here, what will this year be like, the ususal bullilit box with 50 tonnes of Cadburys chocolates has already gone ahead by snail ship cargo, and all our purchases for the garden and house, we have sent enough Pasalubong to sink a ship.

What else can I think in the last 2 weeks, before we make this annual pilgrimage to the Mecca of the Philippines.

What have I forgot now, Doctors visit to make sure jabs are up to date, and extra meds for the 4 weeks I am there, dentist treatment, oh yes already had the dreaded root canal, new clothes, shorts, and trainers, for the hot weather, plenty of spends, been saving for quite a while, well the list is endless.

Its only a few days to go and a wake up, and then its toddling off down to Heathrow for the long 12 hours to Hong Kong, I wonder if Cebu Pacific air will do their usual and charge us for excess baggage again, I wonder if the Manila taxi driver will try and sing his sob story about how things are, and request an extra 100 pesos for taking us downtown to the Shangrila, but then again, who cares about 100 pesos when you are hot and tired, and just want a shower and a dressed crab dinner in the mall.

Yes its all coming back to me now, have I forgotten just how hot it is when one arrives at NAIA 3. no matter how many times, and this must be number 15 !!

its damn hot, real hot, hot hot hot, I can tell you man its hot hot hot.

Pilipinas here we come, for better for worse, we are off once more, and its only a few days to go....