The Tale of the Latondans

The other morning, I woke up to walk Indo out. In the past, whenever I go out to the garage and start to put on my shoes, he starts barking, anxious to walk out. This time he was quiet and he went back sniffing the van. I called him and he finally came over so I can leash him. I noticed he was limping a bit. It seems he's favoring his right front leg. He's just a bit under 10 years old. I pray it's not arthritis. I haven't walked him since because of the rain.

Donna gave me a scare the other night. She had a bout with the "up and down", sitting on the toilet and up-chucking. She had the same case a few years back when she went on vacation here. She got hospitalized after she arrived in the US. A couple of years ago, (or was that last year?) she had the same thing happened to her and our comadre, Dr. Santos had to make a special house call to check her out.

So yes she has a history. She's feeling better although she hasn't been eating full meals yet. Her diet consists of Sky Flakes and bananas.

Speaking of bananas, our latondans have been ripening on a much rapid rate than anticipated. So now I have to figure out a way on how to give them away. It'll be such a waste if they get spoiled from being too ripe. Between me and Donna, there's no way we can eat all of them.


One of my favorites here is the buko (young coconut) carved out from its shell.

I usually just eat it chilled then drink the juice. But today, Donna had this bright idea of putting it in a blender with milk and ice cubes. Result? Drink of the gods! Oh, yeah!!