Philippine Dreams

23/06/2024

Happy Sunday!

19/06/2024

Our Boston girls ❤

17/06/2024

Well, the time has come. Teaching/mansplaining Chichay had to drive our car. While not quite ready for prime time in the chaotic maelstrom known as Dumaguete City, she did pretty durn good.

Well, the time has come. Teaching/mansplaining Chichay had to drive our car. While not quite ready for prime time in the chaotic maelstrom known as Dumague...

14/06/2024

The Badjao. World's largest spleens (and coolest pajamas).

The Bajau tribe of Indonesia possess a unique genetic mutation that allows them to live an amphibious life, spending long periods of time underwater.

12/06/2024

Good morning.

09/06/2024

Another day in paradise. Living the dream ❤

09/06/2024

Sugar beach 🏖❤

01/06/2024

File under "I should have done this years ago." While I was in the US last month, I finally opened up a Schwab bank account and brokerage account. After 12 years of Citibank slowly eroding away, it was time for the change. Schwab has no "monthly maintenance fee" for not maintaining a minimum balance (when you can get 5%+APY in money markets/cash sweeps, who is keeping their money in .02% APY checking/savings accounts?), $15 international wire fees (Citi was $30), reimbursed ATM and foreign transaction fees and an ACTUAL HUMAN BEING that answers the phone, I have been VERY happy with them. I have also consolidated all of my other brokerage accounts with them (they reimbursed each of the $75 brokerage transfer fees). And as long as you are not buying/trading mutual funds, they don't care about proof of residency (mortage bill, electric bill, etc.).

30/05/2024

Time for the yearly conversion. And apologies to all the developing nations around the world who are being fu%$ed by the power of the US dollar.

28/05/2024

Odinsday!

28/05/2024

Godzilla coffee date.

24/05/2024

I gave Ned the bird. 🤣
-Chichay's duck you crochet

23/05/2024

Matchy Matchy Sisters. Time flies so fast ! ❤

16/05/2024

It's good to be back home.

14/05/2024

I had one more bb box to put together for my 2024 trip to the US, so I decided to do a quick video on it. I used my old Hero 6, so the sound and video wasn't that great, but when has production value ever been a priority on My Philippine Dreams?

I had one more bb box to put together for my 2024 trip to the US, so I decided to do a quick video on it. I used my old Hero 6, so the sound and video wasn'...

12/05/2024

Here's a few things I picked up in the USA that I will be selling next weekend when I get back to the Phils. Message me if ya interested. First on the list, first option to buy.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro SM-R925U, GPS+LTE, 45 mm Titanium - 9,900 pesos (cheapest on Marketplace).

Like new/mint condition. Unlocked for use with eSIM (Smart for example). No scratches or scuffs. Comes with original leather band and maybe a nylon one.

RFS: Too big and bulky for my little, frail self. Just gonna just keep my Samsung Active 2.

12/05/2024

Here's a few things I picked up in the USA that I will be selling next weekend when I get back to the Phils. Message me if ya interested. First on the list, first option to buy.

Dell XPS-15 9530, i7, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, 2K+ IPS Touchscreen- 20,500 pesos.

Excellent condition. Fast and stable. New battery. Great for AutoCAD, gaming, online work and the like. Can meet at Gabbys Bistro on Rovira to test it out.

i7-4700HQ 2.3 GHz, 3.2 GHz Turbo, Haswell
16 GB RAM, Dual-channel DDR3L 1600 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - 2 GB GDDR5 VRAM, 941 MHz
15.6 inch 3200x1800 WQXGA+, IPS Touchscreen display
512 GB mSATA SSD (system drive)
500 GB HDD (data drive)
Brand new 61 Wh battery (about 4 hours)
Aluminum and carbon fiber chasis
Bluetooth 4.0
AC-720 Wifi
130 watt AC adapter
3 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1 1
1 USB 2.0
HDMI port
DisplayPort
3.5 mm audio combo-jack
Card Reader: SD, SDIO, SDXC
Intel Wireless Display 3.0
NFC

Included sofware:
Win 10 Pro
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premiere
AutoCAD 2022
Windows Office 2016 Pro
Adobe Lightroom
Sony Vegas
Wondershare Filmora
Far Cry 3
Metro 2033 Redux
Metro Last Light Redux
Complete Half-Life 2 series

12/05/2024

Here's a few things I picked up in the USA that I will be selling next weekend when I get back to the Phils. Message me if ya interested. First on the list, first option to buy.

Dell XPS-15 9560 Signature Model, i7, 32 GB RAM, 512 SSD, 4K IPS Touchscreen - 26,900 pesos.

In excellent/like new condition. No issues. Fast and stable. Meet at Gabby's Bistro on Rovira Road to test it out.

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU 2.80GHz / 3.8 GHz Turbo Kaby Lake
GeForce GTX 1050M - 4 GB VRA GDDR5 1354 MHz /7008 MHz
32 GB G Ripjaw RAM 2400 MHz Dual Channel
512 GB NVME SSD
15.60 inch 4K 3840 x 2160 pixel IPS touchscreen, InfinityEdge
Aluminum/carbon fiber chasis
Killer 1535 WLAN and integrated Bluetooth 4.1
64 Wh battery (4+ hours)
130 watt adapter
2 USB-C ports
HDMI port
Thunderbot port

Included sofware:
Win 10 Pro
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premiere
AutoCAD 2022
Windows Office 2016 Pro
Adobe Lightroom
Sony Vegas
Wondershare Filmora
Far Cry 3
Metro 2033 Redux
Metro Last Light Redux
Complete Half-Life 2 series

10/04/2024

Millions of Filipinos just trying to put a daily meal on the table and then you have s**t like this. Unfuggenbeleebable.

10/04/2024

What a COMPLETE JERK that arrogant, loud complainer was!! Oh, wait, that jerk was ME!! A little context: There were about 170 people inside and outside the LTO waiting to get thier licenses renewed. I was actually using my inside voice (not loud) but I did say to him, "Jayzus Keerist, what a clownshow. I sure do miss the fixers." I followed his advice, did the medical, took the test and five hours later they processed through the 170 folks in line for their DL and I got away clean. Come to find out, the guy who posted this marites/chismis is a devoted Christian, so he might have been upset that I took the Lord's name in vain. Bahala na.

09/04/2024

G'night, Cebu.

08/04/2024

Well, it looks like Cebu might be on fire.

08/04/2024

Adyos, Dumagute. Pero balik rako!!!

28/03/2024

Good (Friday) Morning

22/03/2024

DITO is CRUSHING PLDT and Globe when it comes to internet speeds/stablity and (very) affordable phone plans. DITO has its own submarine lines running into the Philippines at multiple locations and has created its own very efficient backbone. The towers continue to go up, and the coverage is getting better and better. The DITO yearly phone plan is about 800 pesos a YEAR and gives unlimted texts and 3600 minutes of calls to all networks and 98 GB of data. And if you don't use all that is one year, it rolls over! We just got Starlink as we are not in the DITO 5G coverage area yet. In short, PLDT, Globe, Skycable and SMART are facing SERIOUS f'ing competition. Expect a price war soon (which is good for the consumer).

DITO Home UNLI 5G only starts at Php990 with 200GB data and Php1,490 for UNLI 5G.DITO Home UNLI 5G: https://yugatech.ph/ditowifipageMore tech news and review...

20/03/2024

Another day!

18/03/2024

Up for adoption. Goodbye, PLDT. It's been real...

17/03/2024

Thank you. NORECO, for the completely unanounced 11 hour blackout today. It's truly more fun in the Philippines!

10/03/2024

TLDR: Buh-bye PLDT. It's been real.
PLDT was out AGAIN and we got a text saying it may take up to 36 hours to start working again. Unboxed our Starlink, climbed up on the blazing hot roof, learned how to drill into purlins, plugged everything in and voila! The best thing about Starlink is the low latency compared to the Philippines faux-backbone they created for their internet (instead of going with PacNet). Latency with PLDT is usually 220+ ms and with starlink it is around 35 ms.

27/02/2024

Got our starlink.