Anniversary Flowers from Ton Lamyai, Chiang Mai

Ton Lamyai, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Today is our anniversary.  It's been fourteen of the best years of my life.   I have to admit I am uniminaginative when it comes to suprising my wife.  

SOCOTECO 2 POWER INTERRUPTION - JUNE 21-23, 2013

General Santos, Philippines

SOCOTECO 2 POWER INTERRUPTION for JUNE 21-23, 2013, for the following areas:

On to Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai, Thailand

10:30 a.m. :  Checked out of Best Western Klassique Sukhumvit to go to DMK, Don Mueang International Airport.  Traffic was good so we got there in just 45 minutes.  

SOCOTECO 2 BROWNOUT SCHEDULE JUNE 17-23, 2013

General Santos City, Philippines

I live in General Santos City, Philippines (read here why) and the city has been plagued from everyday brownouts.  It used to be 3 hours, went up to 4 hours and now has been extended to an unbearable 7 HOURS!  

Update:  Since May, brownouts have been reduced to 2.5 hours.

Best Western Klassique Sukhumvit

Best Western Klassique Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand

This hotel is hard to find.  Although we were provided directions in Thai, the cab driver still had a difficult time finding it.  He called the hotel for directions and still got lost.  Eventually found it though as I kept on looking at the map which was in English.  I told the driver to make a u-turn under the Phra Kanong bridge.  He eventually understood and made a u turn under the bridge before it reached the toll expressway. Just right after the u turn was the hotel.

Bangkok - Day 1

Bangkok, Thailand

I haven't been able to post for a while now as my laptop screwed up. Good thing I have an android and if I can get a good internet connection, maybe I can make a quick post (whole day yesterday and the other day this page wouldn't even load), also kinda hard typing letters with the android keyboard :(

Add Floating Social Share Buttons To Your Blogger Blog

Having the floating share buttons in your blog page

is an excellent way for your blog visitors to share your blog page to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google+.  

How To Create "Read More" feature in Blog Posts

Create Read More feature in Blog Posts

This is a feature which lets you create posts that appear as an introduction with a link to “Read More” of the rest of your blog posts.

SOCOTECO II Feeders Assignment for the General Santos City Brownouts

General Santos City, Philippines

Since moving here to General Santos City (read here), I have experienced daily brownouts.  Since February, we have been enduring 7 hour rotational brownouts.  With this happening, it is better to know your Feeder Assignment and current brownout schedule so that you would (approximately) know when the brownout would strike.

Update: As of May 2013, daily brownouts have been reduced to two and half hours.

Angelina Jolie Had Double Mastectomy

Angelina Jolie announced last month that she had double mastectomy.  

Mother In Law

Mother (Momster) In Law

Maxim's Finest 2013

Guess who tops Maxim's Hot 100 this year?  

On May 3, Miley Cyrus divulged to the whole world through her Twitter and Instagram accounts by posting a photo from Maxim saying "It feels amazing to be No. 1, especially because it was voted on by the fans. I have the best fans in the world!" she told the magazine of her achievement. "It's every woman's fantasy to be told she's No.1 on Maxim's Hot 100! So crazy!"

Maxim's Top 10 Hottest for 2013 Pics

Maxim's Top 10 Hottest for 2013 Pics

1-Miley Cyrus

Maxim's Hot 100 List 2013

And the rest of the list...Maxim's Hot 100 for the year of 2013

You've Got The Love

Love is all you need.

Ever since I moved here to the Philippines - currently General Santos City (read here) I find myself sighing every single day.  If I had hair I would've pulled it.  “This is too much.”  I ask myself, “Why in the world did I fall for FIL’s words?”  I had a good job, a home, a life.  Now I have none.

Reese Witherspoon Arrested

Reese Witherspoon with husband Jim Toth

A dash cam video from a Georgia State Patrol's shows Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon having a drunken confrontation with a police officer which ended up in her arrest for disorderly conduct.

Reese Witherspoons Arrest Video

Reese Witherspoon's arrest video showing drunken confrontation with police officer

The police officer's dash-cam video shows the situation intensifying as Reese intervenes as her husband is being administered a field sobriety test by the trooper.

13 Year Old Slashed Boy's Throat Because Of Playing Gears Of War 3?

In an argument about Gears of War 3, a 13 year old slashed another boy's throat

A thirteen year old boy from Clydebank, Scotland has been playing Gears of War 3.  Gears of War 3 is an Xbox 360 shooter game.  It is rated 17+ by ESRB.

How to Backup Blogger Blog Template

How to Backup Blogger Template

Once we have personalized our blog template, we might want to add more changes to it later, or choose to use another template but would want to go back and use the former template.  Before making any changes to your blog template, make it a habit of backing up your blog template.

Half Of Kriss Kross Is Gone

Kriss Kross - Chris Kelly (L) and Chris Smith

Do you guys remember Kriss Kross?

They were a 90s hip hop group that made the hit Jump.

Easy Way To Add Facebook Like, Tweet & Other Sharing Buttons At The Bottom Of Every Blog Post

Having social sharing buttons at the bottom of every Blogger blog post

is a great way of engaging your visitor to share your individual blog posts to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and so on.

How To Adjust Widths of Blogger Blog Template

How To Adjust Widths of Blogger Blog Template

If you are using blogger blog and you want to change or adjust widths of your blog, in this post you can easily find how to do this.

Reduced Brownouts in General Santos City

Are they really going to cut down brownout time in GenSan?

General Santos City, Philippines - Socoteco 2 services General Santos City, the entire Sarangani Province and the municipalities of Tupi and Polomolok in South Cotabato.  These areas hopefully will get a reprieve this week from the daily extended brownouts.

Blogger's Post Editor

Blogger's Post Editor

When you want to create a post, you click on the create new post icon in the blogger home page.

MetroDeal Congo Grille Voucher

Deal Or No Deal?

General Santos City, Philippines - Back home in Canada we ate out every week.  But after moving here (read here) I almost never ate out as my wallet always says nL.  I just sold something and happened to chance on the MetroDeal Congo Grille voucher.  I told myself, I need to treat my wife and I.  I grabbed it.  Yes!  We’re going out on a dinner date ♥  No cooking and dishes to do J

How To Change Blogger Blog Templates

How To Change Blogger Blog Templates

In Blogger blog you can easily change your blog template and Blogger provides templates which you can easily use in your blogger blog. In this post I’m going to share with you how to change your blogger blog template.

April 22 Is Earth Day!

According to Wikipedia, Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection.  Today is Earth Day and it is observed on April 22 each year and Google Doodle celebrates it with what else?  A doodle! 

Deaths Blamed On General Santos City Brownouts

General Santos City, Philippines

The brownouts here in General Santos City, Philippines have recently claimed a couple of lives.  Two asthmatic locals of the city died because they weren't able to use their nebulizers while having an asthma attack amidst the brownout.

I Hate General Santos City Brownouts

General Santos City, Philippines

General Santos City in Mindanao, Philippines has been hurting from brownouts.  Power outages here in General Santos City used to be three hours.  Went up to four hours.  Now it is a total of an abominable seven hours. 

When You're Feeling Down

As I've said before in my previous post (here), I have been selling some of my possessions.  Most of them are in storage, as to why, that's another topic.  But it's not always I'm able to sell something.  Last month I had no sale and I just had P20 (about .50c CAN) in my wallet.

Good Grief!

Pasalubong, balikbayan boxes, and gift giving in the Philippines:)

I’m usually a generous person (when I have something to give).  Back home in Canada, every time my friends visited, they would always go home with a gift from me. 

When I was vacationing here in the Philippines, my wife and I would always bring boxes of gifts for the family and friend (sometimes not) of 
the family.  They called those gifts “pasalubong”. 

You Owe, You Pay

My sister in law's sister owns a restaurant here in General Santos City, Philippines.  Last year, she offered to "help" me sell some of my items (why I'm selling it, read here why) by displaying it on a table in her restaurant.

How to heat lunch during a General Santos City Brownout

General Santos City, Philippines

I live in General Santos City, Philippines right now and suffer from the 7 HOUR BROWNOUTS almost everyday (read more here).   As General Santos City is one of the hottest cities here in the Philippines, this is what I did to heat my lunch when there was a brownout.

Slow Sun Broadband Stick

Slow Sun Broadband Stick - Philippines

I use a Sun broadband stick to connect to the internet here in the Philippines.  I'm telling you it's nothing like the connection back in Canada.  It's like the stone age version of internet connection.

Ok. I'm Here, Now What?

How would you feel risking everything because of blind faith in one person, and lose it all?

Reluctant Merchant

Hi, my name is Jim and I'm a displaced Canadian currently in the Philippines (for now, General Santos City).

Before Philippines, I lived in Toronto my whole life.  I used to work for the City of Toronto.