Why Retire in the Philippines/Marinduque Vacations: A Short Visit from Igsoon Ceding Braceros

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, September 15, 2019

A Short Visit from Igsoon Ceding Braceros

Yesterday, Igsoon Ceding Braceros ( Mercedes) dropped by for a short visit along with her two daughters, Christine and Eileen. I have not seen Igsoon for more than a decade, so Macrine and I were very delighted and happy to see her with her two adult daughters.

Igsoon Ceding is also originally from Iloilo( my province of birth). She used to visit us( during her teenager years) in my parents home in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo.

Igsoon Ceding is at back row standing second from the Right

Visit with Mama Pacing

She is about the same age as my younger sister Myrla (Nen) Hilaga.

The three were on their way to attend a wedding of the son of Eileen' friend here in Sacramento. They came from San Jose about a 2 hours drive.

I served them homemade soup that I prepared the day before. It is my own creation- fresh sweet corn with artificial lobster and crab meat. My recipe is similar to the recipe in this site.

https://acommonconnoisseur.com/2015/05/24/sweet-corn-soup-with-lobster/

I received a compliment for my cooking from Christine when she said it taste better than the food served in fancy restaurants. The three stayed only for a couple hours as the wedding invitation was at 3:30PM. They arrived around 1:15PM .

Macrine and I are looking forward for their next visit.

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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