Gosh! I have been in Mactan now for two weeks - don't have Internet yet so I use those awful cafes when I can.

However, I am shocked at the number of new people who have appeared over those two weeks - and also shocked because I have lost the thread of all the threads.

So, to all newbies - 'Hi and welcome. I'm Al. - the sensible one.'

Al Clegg - Filipinouk News - Lapu Lapu City, Mactan - shocked (Twice) - handing back to the studio.

A thief fell into a bucket of wet cement and became a hardened criminal.