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Happy to see you write, if he is guilty. No matter what, I'm pretty sure the court will find him guilty. I agree it's totally stupid fight with a local. I do my best to show all people respect, but if someone attack me, I punch back, just my nature. I live here more than 6 years now, but will never agree with the lack of justice to foreigners, and the racism a part of the native exercise. Several years in jail for a punch, come on, out of proportions

 

Hmmmm, sounds like Robert's (Bob's) parents made a mistake, should have named him Richard (Dick)!!!

 

Art Shad
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I recently asked my neighbors’ little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, are liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, ‘If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?’
She replied, ‘I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.’

’Wow…what a worthy goal.’ I told her, ‘But you don’t have to wait until you’re President to do that! You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I’ll pay you $50. Then I’ll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.‘
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, ’ Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50? ‘
Maybe she should be our next president.

 

Many times this has been done in broad daylight, usually to women on bikes, with bag over their shoulder. A notable example a few years ago happened on the corner in front of Silliman computer facility, the grabber took off down towards the harbor (road with Kamalig restobar at the bottom). Fortunately, a civic minded gentleman heard/saw the incident and kicked the w*nker off his bike onto the road, citizen's arrest etc. I personally know the cop(now retired, who first arrived on the scene), he took the suspect to hospital in a pedicab and kicked the living sh*t out of him on the way. Knowing the cop, I completely believe the story( reported in the Visayan Daily Star, though not the pedicab episode afterwards), the bag & cell phone safely returned to the woman of course.

 

Dumaguete has a very nice brick walking path along the water now extending I am told 2.4 kilometres from the tourist police/press club building on the south and now open almost all the way to the harbor on the north, adjacent to the boulevard. Only a couple of local regulars walk around 8:15am and now I am the only foreigner (a European guy used to walk very fast but I haven't seen him for a month or so) . Walk way is normally very clean, dog poo maybe once every two weeks as the locals let their dogs go on the grass above, of course no pooper scooper. The city has planted large planters along the way and it is surprisingly pleasant, except for the sun, if there are no clouds. Works for me.

 

Some of these problems you'll get anywhere. I have heard lots of bad about Foodnet though.

I know people here who only eat from their own cooking or from highly trusted places. If they leave the city, they go on a fast.

Check out True Love. It's a one of a kind place. I have never seen anything like it. Talk to the owner, get to know him. There are large windows into the kitchen. You could watch him prepare his meals and the kitchen is spotless.

Change your diet to remove all bullshit. You shouldn't be eating at Foodnet in the first place. They could drop the food on the ground and it wouldn't look any less appetizing than I already find it. Eat at home and at places in which the food is prepared by a true craftsman and professional, like the owner of True Love.

 

Visited there today, yes lovely spot. Met owner whom was very friendly and very accommodating. Nice guy, the place is organized and super friendly staff.

Unfortunately we had already eaten but enjoyed a nice drink, no entrance fee was charged. Apparently there are ex pats around whom think they can just hang out there for free, use the wi fi and facilities without paying....I fully understand why management charge a fee.

We organized a return to spend the whole afternoon swimming eating, it's really a little oasis.

 

There are basically two types of AVR.
One is a static/transistor controlled AVR. These respond quickly to a voltage change but seem to have a very limited ability to correct the voltage. I think around +/- 15 volts. @DavyL200 this may be why your 1000 VA unit has trouble. Still leaving you short on voltage.

The other type is a motorized transformer (electro-mechanical) that uses an iron core/ copper winding and a motorized arm that moves to correct the voltage, they make noise during adjustments. This type takes about 1-2 seconds to correct a voltage drop/rise.
The motorized version I had could control over a range of about +/- 50 volts (very good). The brand was Hossoni and bought at Polaris.

Most computers/laptops/TVs etc have a built in switching power supply and will tolerate a voltage range from 100 to 250 volts (check the label or manual).
Floor fans really do not care about low voltage, they just slow down and speed up with the supply voltage.

Rice cookers/Ovens/coffee pot/water heaters do not die from low voltage but they do operate slowly. The heating element produces power as the square of the voltage, eg. 90% voltage will only give 81% heat, 80% voltage will only give 64% heat. High voltage can be a killer for these device as 110% volts gives 121% heat and the appliance demise will be imminent.

Microwaves I have no clue.

Refrigerators (and most air conditioners) have a motor that is matched to the attached compressor. The motor torque must be sufficient to start/run the compressor or it will stall.
A stalled motor draws a lot of current, something close to 4 times rated current.
Motor torque is sensitive to voltage, torque drops off as the square of the voltage sort of like rice cooker power dropping off with voltage.
A 1000 VA AVR should be big enough for most refrigerators.
Air conditioners no idea. I suspect that some air cons unload the compressor while starting. If any air con guys know about that I would be curious. I'll ask JRAS one day.

hope this helps

 

Totally correct.

It is quite possible that the fellow with the huge compound sized his solar arrays to cover his bill on good days then tied to the grid so that on bad days he could draw from it.

It is totally conceivable that such a huge compound could consume 40K PHP per month in electric usage so a system that produced that amount on sunny days would likely only produce 1/2 on the cloudy and rainy days. If so then a bill of 20K a month on bad months is still in the Plus column.