Why Retire in the Philippines/Marinduque Vacations: Happy Easter to All- Another Day to be Thankful

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

Sunday, April 9, 2023

Happy Easter to All- Another Day to be Thankful

Happy Easter Sunday to All. Everyday when I wake up, I thank the Lord that I am still around walking in Planet Earth. I also thank the Lord for my three living children who I believe loves me and now helping me transition and downsize from my 4BR- 2.5 B single home ranch house to a smaller apartment/condo in an independent/Assisted Living facility near my two oldest children. I am thinking of the East Bay( California), specifically in the Walnut Creek/Pleasant Hill/Lafayette area and maybe in Vallejo in the North Bay.

I am currently preparing the house to be listed for the slow real estate market and getting rid of most of my household goods, plants and statuaries via Estate Sale. In preparation for the listing/sale of the house, the swimming pool had to be resurfaced and all junks/accumulations for the last six decades here in US to be taken to the Dumpster and Disposal.

Today is also the culmination of the Holy Week celebration of the Moriones Festival in our second home in the island of Marinduque- our second home. There should be street dancing in the town of Gasan.

In addition, today I am reminiscing how lucky and happy I am for having professionally accomplished and caring Children. A year ago, I had 4 adults and accomplished children. David E III my youngest son died a year ago at a young age of 59 leaving me alone in this big house with my two cats. Batman and Robin. Along this line my search for a new living facility must be pet friendly, thus limiting my choice. Currently, I have narrowed my choice to 4 facilities in the East and North Bay. Dodie my oldest son is helping me scheduled tours of the facilities next week. Dinah will also be helping me later on the end of April on her day off. Ditas also volunteered to help me in the tours first weekend this May.

This week, Ditas my youngest daughter will have her first year anniversary working for the Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce as Associate Director of Communications and External Affairs. She is part of the Executive Leadership of the Bureau of Census, as listed in the link below.

https://www.census.gov/about/leadership.html

I am indeed very proud of her accomplishments.

Here's a link for the accomplishments of my two older children ( Dodie and Dinah):

https://theintellectualmigrants.blogspot.com/2022/05/accomplishments-of-my-two-older.html

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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