Timmy is a silly bee who is with me and currently watching The Revenant but I’ve already seen the movie that’s why I’m in here writing a one-sentence post to update you that he’s been with me for 6 nights … Continue reading Beecation Teaser Post
Wow have I really not written anything here in three weeks? A lot has changed between Jenny and me since. For starters, we’ve completed the first step in being together forever/until she gets sick of me. Back in February we … Continue reading Petitions, Beecations, and Food Then More Food
Because Timmy won’t go through with the wedding unless I’m at least 120 lbs maximum. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ugh, that is so impossible to do now. I can’t lose 100 lbs in two months! Timmy loves me anyway no matter what weight … Continue reading I’m Meeting My Fiancé in Less than Two Months So I Need to Lose Weight Fast
The other day I was in line. It doesn’t matter where or what brand of rubber fist I was buying. The point is I was reminded of a major cultural difference between the United States and the Philippines I experienced … Continue reading Old People Get Their Own Line for Taxis in the Philippines
Jenny made a comment a few weeks ago about the state of the hair on my body. It was one of those statements someone makes where it was completely innocent yet if said the wrong way to a sensitive person … Continue reading Asian Medicine Doesn’t Realize White People are Hairy
Transportation in the Philippines is significantly different than it is in the US. Most notably, an hour long cab ride is about the equivalent of six bucks over there. You can hardly get lunch in New York City for this … Continue reading Filipinos Appreciate the Practicality of Motorcycles, Americans Love Gas Guzzling Minivans
Jenny doesn’t know this, but I came really close to dying when I visited her in October. Something I didn’t know about Filipinos is they love bones in their meats or at least they are too lazy to remove them. … Continue reading I Almost Died in the Philippines Then I Had to Poop
The same way Jenny has to deal with people thinking I’m some rich old white man I am burdened with people assuming she is a step above a mail order bride. Because the Philippines isn’t a nation Americans typically know … Continue reading Yes, My Filipino Fiancée Speaks and Understands English
There were four times I consciously tried to ignore Timmy: twice when we were separated by almost 9000 miles, twice when we were less than an arm’s length away. Unless there are more instances where I unconsciously made him felt … Continue reading How to Ignore Someone You Love and Completely Fail
In the Philippines, because it’s so hot and they aren’t a country created by Puritans who hanged women for knowing how to write, people are not shocked to see you in your underwear. Not many people saw me in mine. … Continue reading People in the Philippines Aren’t Shocked to See You in Your Underwear
Jenny and I are not your typical couple. As you may have noticed by browsing around briefly, we’re continents and oceans apart. People will say to me “it must be tough, all of that distance between you two.” Whenever they … Continue reading And I Said, What About Breakfast in the Philippines?
You’re not a real Filipino if you don’t recognize what a lechon is. Even those who don’t eat it because of religious beliefs know how popular it is in the Philippines. For every celebration–birthdays, weddings, fiestas, Christmas, you name it–the … Continue reading Lechon a.k.a. Roasted Pig/King of all Filipino Foods
I’m in an interracial relationship yet I often forget this is a fact. It’s 2016 now and interracial relationships are pretty common. Even famous people have them. Disney movies for goodness sake center their plots around two people of different … Continue reading I’m in an Interracial Relationship and Sometimes I Forget
I’m used to a very different type of person in the United States than what I experienced in the Philippines when I visit in October 2015. Growing up and living entirely in the Northeast, each day of my life I … Continue reading Everyone in the Philippines is Extremely Polite
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