Why Retire in the Philippines/Marinduque Vacations: My Second Year Anniversary Writing for Hubpages.com

Planning to Retire Soon!

If you are planning to retire in the Philippines soon, I suggest you visit several excellent websites on pro's and cons of retiring in the Philippines. However if you want to retire in the provinces, where life is simple, standard of living cheaper, less traffic congestion and pollution, availability of fresh seafood and vegetables compared to the big cities, my island province is the place for you! If this is your first time in my site, welcome. Some of the photos and videos on this site, I do not own. However, I have no intention on the infringement of your copyrights. The photo above is the front yard of Chateau Du Mer- Our Retirement Home in Boac, Marinduque, Philippines

Thursday, September 1, 2016

My Second Year Anniversary Writing for Hubpages.com

Last week was my second year anniversary writing for HubPages.com(formerly from squidoo.com). As of today,I have written 32 articles (hubs) on almost all subjects except politics. My total reader's views as of today is only 17,772. I have also on record only 200 comments and only 58 followers. I earned a few dollars per month, just enough to buy me a cup of coffee. However, I enjoy writing for Hubpages even if it is not a money making activity.

HubPages is a user generated content, revenue-sharing website. On December 7, 2013, the website published data that showed that the website consisted of 910,106 "Hubs" (magazine-style articles on a specific topic), 73,969 published users, and 2,498,967 forum posts. Two years ago it acquired a famous content publishing website Squidoo. Hubpages has currently 24 employees and based in San Francisco.

Hubpages give scores for articles and authors separately. The scores for articles and authors varies from 50 to 100. I am happy and glad to report that the average score of my 32 hubs is 71 and my author score varies from day to day from 80 to 86. The lowest hub score I have now is 67 and the highest 81. My highest scoring article is about my childhood experiences during the American-Japanese War in the Philippines filed under Commercial and Creative writing. My two most widely read hubs are Caste System in the Philippines ( over 2500 views) and My Bucket List-101 Things to Do before I Die( over 8200 views).

Today, however, not all of my 32 hubs are featured because of low traffic (readership). I will appreciate if you help me re-featured the hubs listed below by reading them and if possible write a comment. Your comments positive or negative will be published and much appreciated! The following are my hubs not featured due to low traffic.

http://hubpages.com/relationships/most-memorable-new-year-s-eve-escapade
http://hubpages.com/relationships/the-secret-of-long-term-marriage
http://hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/premonition-of-death-and-extrasensory-perception
http://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/bridge-is-my-card-game
http://hubpages.com/education/the-day-the-world-trembled
http://hubpages.com/travel/the-philippines-nation-of-fiestas-and-festivals
http://hubpages.com/travel/marinduque-philippines-my-second-home
http://hubpages.com/money/My-Personal-Experience-on-my-Application-for-Home-Refinancing
http://hubpages.com/health/joys-and-activities-after-retirement

My hubs are filed under:
http://hubpages.com/@chateaudumer

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Fruit Trees in the Gardens of Chateau Du Mer

The Mango Tree-I have three varieties in my Garden-The Indian, Guimaras and Carabao Mangoes My caretaker/gardener informed me last month that due to the El Nino drought in Marinduque, two of my Durian trees died in spite of his vigilant watering. One of the tree was attacked by insects that looks like a big fly but yellowish in color that sucks the sap of the seedling. The roots of the other tree was attacked by ants residing in the soil. However, my other fruit trees, the rambutans( 2), the lanzones(2) and the jack fruits ( 2) trees are doing well. The above eight fruit trees were given to me by Retired General Recaredo Sarmiento of Boac and Lucena., about three years ago. General Sarmiento is the “atid” of my wife. “Atid” is the colloquial term for brother. Evidently, Macrine's father, the late Bernardo Jambalos was the Godfather of General Sarmiento during his baptism and comfirmation. Gen Sarmiento's hobby is orchard planting, reforestation and farming. The other fruit trees in my garden are guayabanos, cashew, avocados, starapples, duhats, ates, guavas, mangoes( 3 varieties) and papayas as well as several varieties of bananas . Of the above fruit trees, my favorite is the guayabanos, also known as soursop tree known for its anti-tumor and anti-cancer properties . The following are photos of the fruit trees. The Durian photo is from the web. Note that it almost look like a jack fruit tree, except that the leaves are bigger and shiny. My desire is to have a passion fruit tree in the near future. You are welcome to visit my orchard and flower gardens any time, if perchance you are in the vicinity of The Chateau Du Mer Beach Resort and Conference Center.

The Rambutan Tree and Fruits

The Lanzone Tree and Fruits

The Jack Fruit Tree

The Durian Fruit Tree