Why Retire in the Philippines/Marinduque Vacations: A Day in the Life of David B Katague Here at THD

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

Monday, October 28, 2024

A Day in the Life of David B Katague Here at THD

My thoughtful nephew and namesake from Australia, AI expert/lecturer and International Videographer visited me again yesterday💚. He completed the video he took during his first visit here at THD last July 31, 2024.

The day of Dave's first visit was the last day of our Chair Volleyball Championship Game, the Award Ceremony and Reception. The video is only 5 minutes long. He titled it, The Day in the Life of Uncle David Katague at the Heritage.

In the video members of the Fairmount Chair Volley Ball Team Champions were interviewed. The film has comments from Glenn Mays, Jay Pollack, Mary Alice Rathbun and Steve Kam. The video also showed photos of several residents and employees. Among the employees in the video who are no longer employed here at THD were Galen Corson ( Activity Director) and Teresa Nudo ( Activity Coordinator). Jenny Shively and Cydney Carbah are also on the video. THD Management had approved Dave's taking of the video. It is his gift to me for my coming 90th Birthday Celebration and Lunch in Dublin, Ca this coming December 21.

Here is the 5-minute video for your viewing pleasure. I believe it is a Good Advertisement for THD.

I treated Dave to Brunch yesterday and here's the photo of the occasion. With Aileyn Ecob, Guest, and Susie Bramson 💚https://www.davekatague.com/)

Watch the video

💜THD is an active senior living community in downtown Walnut Creek, CA. Currently it has about 130 senior residents housed in 4 buildings with 147 apartment units. There is an in-house restaurant ( Newton's) and a Cinema. There is a small gym, yoga studio, small library and two meeting rooms. However, there is no Hall or Room that could be rented by residents for private parties ( birthday etc..) that could accommodate more than 50 attendees. THD has 47 employees (some are part time) and a Garage for Residents and Guests for Parking. THD has been awarded the Best For Senior Living Award for 2023 and 2024 by the Place for Mom organization.

I am the only Filipino-American Resident in this Senior Community. It is owned privately and hopefully will not be sold to a mega corporation for Senior living in the near future. This is my 17th month residency here and I am very happy with my living environment. Of course, there is no perfect place in the World and I believe THD and its employees are trying to do their jobs to the best of their abilities to enhance the residents well being and sense of belonging during the last stage of our lives.  But again there is always room for improvement. Suggestions for improvement have been posted in my previous blogs.

https://theintellectualmigrants.blogspot.com/2024/02/suggestions-for-improvement-of-quality.html

https://theheritagedowntown.com/

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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