It took some looking around here but there is a bakery closeby that sells banana bread. It's wonderful. And cheap, P50 for a std size loaf (10-4-6?)

This bakery makes 3 loaves a day. Sometimes we buy them all. Sometimes we let someone else have a loaf to enjoy. :)

The bread has a perfect consistency and is still hot when we buy it. Absolutely delicious.

The second shot is of the Tocino and a baked potato. Baked potato smothered in butter (not margarine :mad: ) is good here as anywhere in the states.

Friends have told me back in the US that commerical chickens just don't taste as good as home grown.

My experience here confirms that. These chickens were delicious.

You may imagine that I took photos of the entire slaughter and preparation for cooking these birds. I'll spare you all the gory details.

Live chickens prepped on the spot are fabulous.

We baked them in the oven rotisserie for an hour plus. They came out tender and juicey even better than the fast food places here.

The two chickens cost P150 each, about $3.50. That's not cheap food but it's great tasting.

When we use the oven the heat is unbarable but the results with the chickens are worth the extra heat for an hour.

The breast meat was not the least bit dry or tough. The thighs, wings and drums, along with all the skin was the best that I've had in a very long while. :drool: :yum:

Now here is a little bastard that I'd like to stick on the skewer. Ok, maybe not but slitting his throat and euthanizing him would make me happy. :)

This is the cat that terrorizes our mouse chasers. He swats them away from their food bowl if we don't pay attention and has seriously injured several of the other cats in the neighborhood.

I'm very sympathetic to the life of a street cat here BUT, this guy is a pain in the ass. Very aggressive and fearless.

I cant catch the little bastard by chasing him so when I saw this....

It became part of our toolbox for PITA cats. ;)

This replica shoots plastic pellets. I've hit the MFer with the pellets and they do get his attention.

Sometimes I do a little snipe action and hide while waiting for him to snarf the food bowl. :D

He's not nearly as bold now as before having "my little friend".

Then I look at the details on the replica. The sights are very similar to the original. The mag works very similar too.

Also the warning is in Chinese. What would you suppose that it might say? Be careful not to put your eye out? :lol:

Something a bit different.

This is the roof level of one of the buildings in the neighborhood. We don't know the owner and have never seen anyone up on the roof.

It seems like a very cool place to drink some beers and shoot a replica AK-47 at the local problem kitty though.

The roof has a roof too. It's open to the outside but keeps you out of the direct sunlight and the rain.

These are the Philippine twin trade towers.

Nice looking buildings in the Global City.

There are some nice buildings here. It's not all cement block houses and corrogated roofing.

Here is a mini car show at Market Market. The foreigners that are moving in must have the money for the cool looking cars and accessories.

IIRC the majority of foreigners here now are Chinese.

The second shot shows the overpriced condos in the background. :D

The next few frames will show what I call "walk and snap" shots from inside the mall. Many are blurry but you can see what's available and on display here.

Many of these photos are taken for my own benefit so that items or places of interest can be located again when we don't have the time to stop and look around.

In those cases the camera is around my neck but I don't use a flash nor take the viewer to my eye. It's just walk and snap (WAS).

Religious figurines, WAS

More religious stuff and cheap watches.

Clerk: (Chinese accent) Hello Sir, watches? You buy now. :lol:

A Halloween display inside the mall. This is a WAS and didnt catch the big gorilla costume that is shown to the right side of the tent.

The other shot is the elevator which seems a bit twitchy for me to use now that I've experienced the miracle of elevator science here.

Just found this.

Another unlucky commuter hanging off the back of the jeepney.

The first shows more so the dashboard than the scenery.

This is the car of a 35 yo ( straight ) professional pinoy. Why in the world someone would have these dumbass stuffed animals in their car, let alone on the dash is completely beyond my comprehension.

That's a trend here though. Not just the chicks with silly animals on the dash, the guys have them too. :confused:

Second shot is from Roxas Blvd (?), Club Temptation. This is where someone may find an old Marine if he was to visit here.

That would not be Zippy but some other old Marine. ;)