I met a fellow (he is a Pinoy), he used to work abroad for almost 30 years. He was a successful man on the job he did there. He was divorced abroad and he met somebody from here and planned to marry her. While working abroad he built a very nice and expensive house for the lady. He prepared that house for his retirement later. While the house was being built he came here often to see his girlfriend and the progress of the house. While she’s the big boss of the building of the house she also made herself busy by going back to school to study.  The family of the guy was also helping the girl seeing the building of the house. It was really her decision that the worker had to follow since she’s going to be the queen of the house later. The family was okay with it, they thought that she’s going to be the wife of the guy.

Beautiful House!

While working abroad when the house was being built, he also purchased a pick up truck so that it would be easier for his lady to haul stuff, and also be easier for her to go around town and school. I could tell when he was talking that he also sent and gave good amount of money to his lady. He really indulged and spoiled his lady. He was even sending many things through balikbayan boxes for the completion of  the house and for his lady of course. When he decided to move back here for good, he and the lady were staying at the house, the house was already done except for the swimming pool. While living with the lady, he heard of from some of his family members saying the lady had somebody on the side. Of course he would not believe it, first thing in his mind, the family was just jealous of his girlfriend because he gave the girlfriend almost everything. Then some of the other members of the family told him that the lady had a guy on the side.

It turned out she had 2 guys on the side. She had younger guys on the side. She’s a cougar. She got all the money to support to the younger guys from the guy who was working abroad. I didn’t really aske him bluntly if he caught the lady on the act. I’m not sure if thats the reason why he is not going back to her ever. He told me the reason why he is selling the house. To get away from this city at the moment. He might be moving to other parts of Mindanao or somewhere in Luzon just to get away from the lady. He told me that if he stays here he might bump into the lady somewhere in town.  He said its still too painful for him seeing her. Quite honestly just watching him talking I could see his pain. Even his family especially his mom, she’s really in pain too.

He also told me that he might just have to cool off his head somewhere and he might decide to come back here later. So he might not sell or rent the house. My friend was a friend of one of the family. She just let me see the house if we like it and we could rent it. He might just let his family stay there for now. He just wants healing right now. That house was really his dream house he said. I think it is hard for him to let go. I asked him if he was sorry of his decision of moving back here. He said NO.  He said its been his dream to work and earned a lot of money abroad and live and retire here.

Feyma loves Thomas Kinkade!

While walking through his house. One of the people that was with me made a comment. She said, “what was really the girlfriend of this guy wants? Humanly she had everything she ever wanted. She continue on saying that the guy he is not ugly and physically his fine”. I just give my friend a big smile and told her, that really some people are not satisfied of what was given to them. It’s always the grass was greener at the other side of the fence. Is it really a human nature? Or is it just an excuse?

The thing that really attracted me to the house was the decor and the open space.  A lot of the fixtures and the decors came from States and Europe. I know I’ve never seen most of his decor here. Lots of  Thomas Kinkade paintings on his wall. Gosh, seeing the place reminded me of the decorations that I saw in some of the houses  and in some showrooms in the States. That house just not for us though. The location is not ideal for my kids and for our business.

Cheers!

One of the highlights of our trip was the Kariton(cart pulled by the carabao) ride. The kids like it. That was the first time they experience riding it. They were really amazed. The kariton it should be used to get coconut or any stuff from the farm. Sometimes they want to just keep on riding it, but we have to let them stop so that the Carabao can rest for awhile. The kariton is really a big hit for the kids. Even now at our house they even talk about it and sometimes asked me when are we going back to visit the farm again. Honestly we were thinking of going back there a few weeks ago, but canceled it due to some fighting in the Sarangani area. We just felt that its not the right time to go anywhere at the moment. Just to be safe though. One of our friend almost hit by the bombing in Digos. If he would have arrived like 5 minutes early, his bus that he was riding would have been hit too. So it just scared me a little bit. Hopefully it will be fine soon. We will visit there again soon. I want to visit my ailing mom. I want to see her as much as I can now. She’s turning 80 years old in December and bee through a lot.

The kids also went and pick out some veggies. They had fun picking them. The only thing they don’t know how to pick the ready or not. My sister just try to let them get what they want from the garden. Thats the first time the kids ever harvested anything. They also familiarized then the different kinds of veggies in our farm. They really like it there. They told my family that next summer they want to stay in the farm for a month. They also want to help harvesting the coconut and corn.

Really I am looking forward for that. Will see though. I am also glad that they the place that I grow up. They want that we will build a small house there for us to stay whenever we want to visit there. We might. Who knows.

To my family thank you so much for taking care of us while there. I know its extra work for you guys. I love you all!

Bob and I just got back a week ago from Tugaya in Lanao Del Sur. It was really a fun trip. Seeing those people from that place makes moro kris, brass ware, wooden drums and furnitures was more fun. I think its 99% of the people that live there are muslims. They really are nice people. Our guide is a doctor, he lives and practice in Marawi. I would not recommend to anybody to just go to Tugaya without knowing anybody there. For safety reasons. You have to have a guide that knows that area. We stayed in Iligan for two nights, we meet up with our friends there too. Our friends had a party ready for us the night before we head home to Davao. It was so nice seeing them again. I love you guys.

On our way home we also hook up some friends in Cagayan De Oro and Bukidnon.