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Are you sure about that Happy?

 

When you have found a Bad one you won't know......However when you find a GOOD ONE you will know the difference!! Trust me.

 

As an expat who lived for years in Saudi Arabia I do have some experience in this area. Real fruit juices work best of course, not flavored sugar water. 5 gallon plastic containers work great. Bakers yeast works just as well as brewers yeast however, it does leave a bit of aftertaste, not much. Leave the container vented while it brews. It will off gas like crazy. More sugar = more alcohol. Once the sugar is consumed it will stop fermenting and the liquid will slowly clear as sediment settles to the bottom of the container. You don't need to wait for months only till the liquid clears, however when you bottle or put in containers make sure you do not allow any sediment into the containers and is a good idea to strain with cheese cloth as well. Sediment in wine means bad hangovers. Aging this kind of plonk will not improve the taste, in fact the opposite is likely to occur. If you bottle and the wine still smells yeasty and is degassing then you have bottled while it is still fermenting and you will end up with sparkling wine or an explosion. Cheers.

 

The article quotes "Some of the patients testing positive again showed no symptoms, while others were suffering from fevers and respiratory issues, according to the Financial Times. "

But I agree, there is far too much unknown about this virus and people need to avoid being scared by every 'twist and turn' reported on (there will be too many for people to cope with) - as well as not being overly positive about cures in the immediate future.

The pandemic is a fact and we have passed through the stage of promoting 'self protection' because if people don't get it by now then they never will (or don't wish to), to the stage of self-preservation in terms of obtaining food supplies. The big picture is out of our hands - that is up to governments and the scientific teams racing to find treatments.

We are really very lucky to be in this country at this time rather than our homelands in most cases. We just have to accept and do the best we can - the Forum once again has proved its value in keeping people informed on all aspects of life in this very unusual time.

 

I think the question is actually 'will our quarantine be extended?' 2 or 3 days ago I was still convinced that an extension of the ECQ was pretty much a certainty. Now I'm not so sure. That chart above is updated and published each day, and there's been a very clear and strong trend. Now regardless of what we may think of the numbers validity, I think these are the numbers that the government is managing by. I think it's going to be difficult to extend the ECQ when these numbers are all zeros, and we're getting there quite quickly.

I also saw something today (although it was from the 7th) about Dumaguete City Hall being disinfected prior to the resumption of services on the 13th. I still haven't seen any indications that Duma Mayor Remollo was ever in a hurry to shut things down.

Anyway, I'm starting to think that the ECQ might not be extended after all. At least in it's current form. Still need to keep the provincial borders closed of course, and maybe we'd just go back to whatevertheinitialquarentinethingywascalled, but it would be nice to see things loosen up a bit within the province...

 

Walked past it this afternoon looked very nice. Parking would have to be in the street I think. Here are some pics.

 

Simply put you would want to be off your rocker to buy anything that resembles a condo, unless you make the rules and set the fees you are on a loser in every way possible, every decision is out of your hands, we have all been around the Philippines stayed in condos as part of hotels or airbnbs or otherwise, sub standard at best, most of these units are bought off the plans, by horny fiancees and OFW looking for some breed of an investment that could get them home quicker to their families, Condo purchasing should be added to the "Diseases to avoid" list

 

Found out today Sans Rival at the mall will be moving to the empty Dong Juan site in June.

 

My pool is around 24 thousand gallons, chlorine and electricity ( running the pump average 3 to 4 hours a day) runs around P3,500 per month. Labor for maintence is done in house so no labor costs. From time to time cleaning equipment will need replacing and pump house problems can spring up. If you develope an Algie problem my guess you would be looking around P2,000 for additional chemicals/shock treatment.
My biggest expense is food and drinks for all the people that show up for a swim... HaaHaa.