Thinking Alike

Daloydoy
Cebu

Noticing his half-smile and empty stare by the window, the girl stood beside her boyfriend and asked. “What are you thinking about?” Silence. Then he replied, “The same as what you are thinking.” She cooed, swayed from side to side and in her softest voice said, “You’re naughty….”

Read My Lips

Daloydoy Daloydoy

Radio Show, Cebu

Why do you like me? I’m not handsome? I’m not rich? I’m not smart? Tell me the reason mi amor, why do you like me so much??? Without speaking a word, she dropped her eyes, a little embarrassed, then pouted her lips to point - at her boyfriend’s crotch. (Recorded laughing)
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Take A Hike

Cebu

Philippines

You have to go down towards the valley floor to a little lake then up a slope. As you go up, the hill in front of you rises, revealing a nipa hut and cows grazing amidst the backdrop of a setting sun and an explosion of pastel colored clouds that linger in the twilight. We usually stop and sit and wait until darkness falls before heading home….
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Snake!

Sudlon

Cebu

I wondered what’s causing the commotion. A snake! All the girls shrieked, terrified.  When I arrived at the scene, Angie already deftly handled the snake with a forked twig pinning its head on the ground. Then she held the head with her hand as it curled around her arm. “It’s a male snake. Look, it has two penises!” The girls shrieked again but this time, of delight….
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Fresh Sea Water

Bantayan Island

Cebu, Philippines

With a red plastic container a boy drew water from the sea. It was low tide and the rocky seabed emerged showing patches of sea-grass, underwater crevasse and a fresh-water well - amidst salty seawater! How is it possible? Earthquake - "It does dramatic changes to a landscape and may sometimes make overland streams go under while allowing it to continue to flow." 

So, subterranean streams, from the surrounding hills, feed this well. I removed my shoes to have a closer look then buried my face on this extraordinary sprout to taste it. “Fresh water!”
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Sleep Walk

Cebu

Philippines

She said she bumped into a man on the street because she slept while walking. I’m not sure if it’s possible, but by her looks, I can tell she wasn’t joking nor was she in the mood to make one. It was already passed midnight. To make ends meet she has to sell chicharon during daytime then balot at night. After finishing all balot in the basket I said, “Here, and keep the change.” She managed a faint smile, took the basket and walked away….

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Cuffed Limbs

The Galleon
Talima, Cebu

This dive site is now called The Galleon, home to huge sweetlips and groupers. A wooden-hulled boat was sunk here. Brought so close to the wall, the surge pushed it to the edge, breaking it in two. Now what is left is the bow, perched on the reef front, rigged by steel wires to rocks. And since most of the wooden planking already decayed, what remains is the skeletal framework shaped like a ribcage. With the rigging, it looked like cuffed limbs outstretched to the heavens. It's only a matter of time before the steel wires pull the bow apart....

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Oktoberfest

Mango Square

Cebu

 Jun Fabian

I’ve never lost in a beer-drinking contest. Never. It isn’t about how much, but how fast you can consume a bottle, two or three. But regardless, I always win! I think I know the fastest way to get that beer down my throat. And it doesn’t matter if it’s against a fellow Filipino, or German…. Now, Fabian, who’s German, made the challenge. I said, “Yes why not.” First match: I won. And then, won the rematch. It was a friendly but boy did Fabian eye me! “How’d you do that?” he asked unbelieving. I said, “Just drink man, drink!”
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It Floats!

Mactan Island

Philippines

“Are you sure it’s going to float?” I teased. He said, “Hai! Hai! Im sure, you’ll see.” For days on end, he cut lumber and planed and sanded then fitted the pieces together to make an outrigger speedboat, the smallest I’ve ever seen. Then he applied paint and sanded again. “Sanding again makes it smooth.” he said. Then he added more paint. “The small dimensions make it fit perfectly to the stern of my sailboat.” “A sailboat? For how much?” “It's a catamaran. I just made it.” “Are you a naval architect?” “Ah no, I just like sailing….”
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