I came back from the Philippines with an infection in my knee that could’ve taken my leg, or worse. While in the hospital, the Filipina nurse looked at me like I was nuts and said, “You went to the Philippines on vacation?!”
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Hawaii- Done
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I don't disagree. Life in the Philippines is tough.
To be fair, it is not all poverty and misery in The Philippines. Generally speaking, the further out you get in the provinces from the cities the nicer it is, but correspondingly difficult to earn a cash income. Hence, the moves into town or overseas, just to find a paying job.
Still, very few Filipinos who have lived outside of the country for a period of time would voluntarily return - you get soft living in America, Canada or especially Australia.
surfEXPLORE® The Philippines
And thousands of ethnic Japanese born in Hawaii or California returned to Japan to fight for the Emperor in WWII - most of them were never heard from again, as they died on islands in the Pacific.
Few people ever mention these Japan returnees in Hawaii, as no one mentions any Filipinos who voluntarily returned to The Philippines before or after their plantation contracts expired -
Big south from a couple weeks ago…Done.
Kona winds ffs please be done. Still swell in the water right now…Not done. Looks like we got at least 2 weeks straight of head high plus south swell starting mid week….Not yet.
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I came back with a bunch of pirated media, crackers and candy and five promises of marriage.
Leg went through a rotted out 2nd story floor. Surfed amazing waves in the week that followed
ching $$$$ ching$$$$a good pal married a filipina lonely heart...but then he died so she got
the ofront real estate in Maui...which she sold...wonder what she's up
to now?
bitch outta da slums Manila...hit paydirt!
to her credit she did give my buddy a daughter before he died tragically young
from hep he got at the marketplace in Marrakesh...on his first surf trip....
After we came back from our vacation to a friend's timeshare on Oahu, one of my sisters was asking me about Honolulu.
"I didn't got there really, just one afternoon for a walk along the sand."
"You didn't go to any shops or restaurants or clubs?"
"Sis, I live in a cramped urban city, I go on vacation to get away from that sort of stuff."
Actually, I think Honolulu has more people in it than San Francisco.....certainly has the same terrible traffic during rush hour.
The parking in honolulu is the stressful part for me.
Driving in it is easy if you grew up here and know which streets which
Driving in it is easy if you grew up here and know which streets which
