Why Retire in the Philippines/Marinduque Vacations: Another Productive Week of Personal Blogging

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, October 31, 2019

Another Productive Week of Personal Blogging

Indiana Jones and Me

This week, I posted eight articles in seven days. For some reason, I feel energetic in spite of the very windy, and cool (but sunny) weather here in Northern California. Here's a summary of my blogs in case you missed them.

October 23-Choral Singing Reminds Us of Our Younger Days

https://whyretireinthephilippines.blogspot.com/2019/10/choral-singing-reminds-us-of-our.html

October 25-Carlos Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis

https://marinduqueonmymind.blogspot.com/2019/10/carlos-bulosan-center-for-filipino.html

October 27-List of Diabetes Drugs and Saving on your Prescription

https://lifeinus1960present.blogspot.com/2019/10/list-of-medications-for-diabetes.html

October 28-October is Filipino American History Month

https://theintellectualmigrant.blogspot.com/2019/10/october-is-filipino-american-history.html

October 29-The Jambalos Clan of Northern California Plus One

https://planningtovisitthephilippines.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-jambalos-clan-of-northern.html

October 30- Mirtazapine for Depression and Loss of Appetite

https://marinduquemyislandparadise.blogspot.com/2019/10/mirtazapine-remeron-for-depression-and.html

October 31- Eleven Years of Blogging and Counting and this Article(2)

https://divadbeugatak.blogspot.com/2019/10/eleven-years-of-personal-blogging-and.html

Articles Drafted for the Month of November:

Medications for High blood pressure, for Pain, STD, ED and Herbal remedies for arthritis . Also watch for my articles on my USP Involvement, Putong, Reading vs Television Watching, Cockfighting and Bull Fighting, and Cooking Quotations.

Articles Drafted for December:

Turning 85- what Have I done? First Winter Snow Experience, Recipes for tuna sandwiches and sardines, tours to Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, and memorable photos of yesterdays and the DC area. Last but not least is the California 2020 Census.

Do you have any suggestions of topics That may be interesting to my blog readers? Medications for STD and ED had been suggested by a reader of my blogs.

Meanwhile enjoy this painting of my youngest daughter, Ditas

http://ditas-katague.squarespace.com/#/before-the-fall/

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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