Picking chico fruit from trees near my home. A woman and two little girls picked the fruit and washed it for sale. It takes some skill to get the fruit from the very high trees. It has to be picked before the fruit bats get to it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=674OdMThiV4
Fireworks at midnight from around barangay magay. It looked like everybody had something to explode or burn.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9CJ8lm7iR4
Events close to home. I didn't have to travel far to capture people singing, playing, or just catching bugs.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twnaa-0yy-4
The upper floor is almost done and the aluminum ceiling framing is close to being finished. The steel trusses for the roof are almost complete and the roofing material has been chosen and will arrive soon. The fence is progressing quickly and looks like it will be finished in a couple of weeks. Another two months of work and the house should be ready.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqe8P7tl_XE
We have 7 malunggay trees which is far too many for our own needs. We invited our neighbors to harvest whatever they need from our trees.This was the first group to show up. Malunggay is the wonder vegetable of the Philippines. Low in calories and packed with vitamins and minerals it is an essential part of the diet here.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0caydDoUEUA
An old tamarind tree at the corner of our land had to come down. It interfered with the fence and there was no way to get around it. The roots would have eventually caused damage to the fence even if we built it away from the tree. The tree was not wasted since tamarind wood makes excellent chopping blocks. The man with the chain saw sliced off chopping block sized pieces of wood to give away to the neighbors. We saved a nice block for ourselves.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZrgO-Oa9lE
I decided to focus on particular activities rather than show everything that's happening all at once. This video show progress on the roof and the kitchen only since that is where much of the work is happening right now. The fence, lanai, patios, and doors are all being worked on too and will appear later. The main gate has been started and some of the bathroom fixtures have arrived. I predict the bathrooms will be the highlight of the finished house.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0asCVVmYVI
Now that rainy season is upon us I had some opportunity to record what it's like to experience rain in the tropics. My pool filled to within 5 mm of the top in less than an hour. My favorite clip is of a little dog on top of some bags surrounded by water.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZfojA_Zzew