Random thoughts that popped into my head sitting at a Sunny Park bench this morning

[Travel memoir21]

Okay I was walking my dog in the park today, there's an Ice cream and lemonade stand nearby and bought a cone and sat on a bench today to eat Ice cream and to enjoy the weather. I was still slightly tipsy from the Coronas and Coca Cola Jack Daniel's from last night. As I petted my dog, I suddenly started day dreaming and just chilling, Here are some of the things I randomly thought about:

- I do a lot of volunteer work in America but I have yet to do any volunteer work while here where I'm currently at in South East Asia. I thought about volunteering at a church, or maybe buying a bag of rice each weekend and giving it to a poor family, How would you guys give back to the community?

- My parent's own a hotel where I'm at and the hotel is a couple of blocks away from our house. The Hotel staff cooks all my meals each day, I'm getting slightly tired of the menu and they cook me the same breakfast each morning. I'm thinking of going to their kitchen and cooking my own food like Chocolate pudding or a nice omlette for example. Do you think this would be a douchebag move? They have more ingredients and my parents don't do enough grocery shopping.

- Okay I thought the concept of Verbal Judo, the art of de-escalating a tense situation verbally. This should be your first line of defense if you're being provoked but when the situation gets out of hand physically, what are some practical take down moves you can do against your aggressor to calm the situation down? I'll look this over with ChatGPT

That's all for now gentlemen.

 

[BillyPilgrim]

Verbal judo bit - admit fault (cuz all parties are always partially at fault) and appeal to the other person's ego. If this is hard preface things with "you're probably right" or "I could be wrong"

For the charity I'd give uncovered pitchers of lemonade and say it's "fresh squeezed" with a lewd wink and inappropriate sh1t-eating grin

For your parent's hotel it's only a douchebag move if you actually carry a physical douchebag to breakfast. Which may either serve as a conversation opener or an source of awkward curiosity.

 

[Travel memoir21]

Verbal judo bit - admit fault (cuz all parties are always partially at fault) and appeal to the other person's ego. If this is hard preface things with "you're probably right" or "I could be wrong"

For the charity I'd give uncovered pitchers of lemonade and say it's "fresh squeezed" with a lewd wink and inappropriate sh1t-eating grin

For your parent's hotel it's only a douchebag move if you actually carry a physical douchebag to breakfast. Which may either serve as a conversation opener or an source of awkward curiosity.

I always see a few cute girls here walking when I go outside. There's a Cathedral Church nearby where I live, I thought about getting my guitar, hooking it unto an amp, street busking and singing a few Christian songs near the church. I know a couple of songs from 'How great art thou, a couple of Cat Steven's spiritual melodies and One Day at a time sweet Jesus. Do you think this is a good way to build some sort of attraction and build some morale for the locals in my area?

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi TravelMemoir,
Your rice charity is a good idea...I visited the Philippines just pre-Covid and was profoundly moved by the grinding poverty,far-far worse than India...Couple of years later a group of Christians at my local Mens Shed
were involved in building a Church Community Centre in Mindenao,my days of skittering around on roofs are over and I couldn't face that oppressive heat and humidity but I did give them A$200 for rice to give to poor Folk,seems it went down really well,for 30 Yankee Dollars you can buy a 25KG bag of Rice,put smiles on a lot of faces!

 

[misua]

Really cool that you backed the church community project and chipped in for rice. It’s wild how even a modest amount can stretch so far in areas facing serious poverty. That $30 for 25kg of rice could go a long way for multiple families. I think TravelMemoir’s plan to donate rice or look for local volunteer work is a solid move too. It not only helps people directly but also builds a deeper connection with the local community while living abroad.

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi Misua,
Travelling in S.E Asia can have a quite depressing effect...I wont be going back to the Philippines...Sure outside Manila Cathedral I got an ego boost giving a few bucks to a pretty candle seller whose high light in the week was an egg on her Sunday Rice...Stripped of its kind and charitable aspects my reasons for being there were less than savoury...I remember as a very young Boy,my Uncle returning from duty with the Army of occupation in Berlin,reflecting on high born Ladies purchased for a five pack of Senior Service Cigarettes...Look at Germany today!

 

[BillyPilgrim]

Hi Misua,
Travelling in S.E Asia can have a quite depressing effect...I wont be going back to the Philippines...Sure outside Manila Cathedral I got an ego boost giving a few bucks to a pretty candle seller whose high light in the week was an egg on her Sunday Rice...Stripped of its kind and charitable aspects my reasons for being there were less than savoury...I remember as a very young Boy,my Uncle returning from duty with the Army of occupation in Berlin,reflecting on high born Ladies purchased for a five pack of Senior Service Cigarettes...Look at Germany today!

LOL Germany is back to being occupied

You know General Patton said we fought the wrong enemy shortly before his fatal "accident", right?

 

[Scaramouche]

LOL Germany is back to being occupied

You know General Patton said we fought the wrong enemy shortly before his fatal "accident", right?

Hi Billy,
Yup! and Churchill saying,perhaps we have killed the wrong Pig?