louievill

@louievill (28791)

Philippines • Age 66

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Enjoying cycling, something I had not done for quite sometime

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 15 Jul 20

A few days ago I tried to test the bicycles ( together with my son) that I conditioned from our storage. We had a fun ride that I had not done in ages. I felt that I should do more of these besides walking to make me strong and...

bicycles

cycling

staying healthy

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My first time to go to the mall since the lockdown

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 13 Jun 20

The other day I was forced to go to the mall because I had to look and buy a new inverter type refrigerator to replace our aging unit. Me and my son decided that we walk the 2.5km private road from our subdivision to the mall...

mall

lockdown

pandemic

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Harvested Romaine lettuce from my rooftop garden

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 16 May 20

I bought different kinds of seeds when the virus was still in Wuhan. Sowed them just before quarantine begun. I harvested my Romaine lettuce yesterday by just cutting the leaves and not uprooting. I chopped it finely and mixed it...

lettuce

rooftop garden

pandemic quarantine

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This snack seems to be taunting me

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 29 Apr 20

I was watching a movie and I asked my wife to hand me any snack and she gives me this " pasencia" it sounds like the Tagalog word for " be patient" and I'm sorry . I've been locked down for over a month and...

snacks

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Our mangoes are bearing fruits again.

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 22 Apr 20

I thought that mango season was over. I had not heard the usual " thud " on the roof from falling mangoes. I went up the roof this morning and i was surprised to see clusters of mangoes that are not yet ripe.( Some are) As...

fruit trees

mangoes

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What doesn't kill us will make us stronger

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 17 Apr 20

So we are already in the midst of a pandemic what doesn't kill us..... so our first concern is to stay alive, obviously none of us wants to get the virus, succumb and die.... Now assuming we all get out of this alive then...

post pandemic

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Capability to produce your own food, pandemic/ financial collapse preparedness #4

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 13 Apr 20

Let's all face it, almost all of us are on lockdown, did it ever occur to you that if this goes on any further that your supplies might run dry? Even if you're a prepper and have a lot, it's not infinite and another financial...

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Finally some help from the Government or at least I thought so

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 11 Apr 20

I heard a knock on the gate and when my wife opened it somebody handed her something and the man went away quickly. Upon inspection we were so surprised that it was 1 whole chicken(in the picture) I thought that it...

lockdown

free chicken

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Finding treasures in the house amidst the pandemic

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 9 Apr 20

So during this lockdown, quarantine, stay at home whatever you want to call it almost all of us had done some house cleaning. Tell you what, did you know that there might be silver lying around your house? I know some of you know...

constitutional silver

finding treasures

junk silver

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Why I think saying " kill the virus " might be wrong

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 7 Apr 20

I often read or hear people say " kill the virus " I think it's erroneous, then you may ask "why " it's erroneous because a virus is not a living thing from a biological or should I say microbiological standpoint....

virus

living and nonliving things

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Had our roof vent exhaust replaced this morning

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 6 Apr 20

The heat is killing me, our roof air vent stopped working despite my greasing it and hot air trapped between the roof and ceiling makes our ACs work extra hard and would surely make the power bill go up. I had previously bought a...

roof air vents

summer heat

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Painting to pass away the time

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 5 Apr 20

One of the things I did before was to paint, it was one hobby and talent that although I had sold a couple was something I learned and did just for my personal satisfaction. As my family grew it was one of those pastimes that that...

painting

killing time

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I want to share this site with all of you.

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 2 Apr 20

For those of us who are hungry for news regarding statistics on the New Corona Virus, I think I had found a good site that updates on real time. It gives a tally of countries from most affected to the least, number of deaths,...

ncovid 19

pandemic

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Making my own disinfectant using ordinary bleach, pandemic preparedness# 3

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 31 Mar 20

Yesterday somebody posted about Lysol aerosol spray being hard to find. You see folks I make my own cheap disinfectant spray using good old unscented bleach or what we Filipinos call Chlorox by simply diluting 5 tablespoons...

bleach

disinfecting

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NCOVID-19, sad day for our " Barangay" yesterday

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 29 Mar 20

It was was a sad day yesterday for our " Barangay" ( Barangay is the smallest political unit in the Philippines similar to a county or township) we got our first confirmed positive. NCOVID-19 case. Our city has 2...

ncovid 19

pandemic

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The lockdown makes me do things I would not normally do

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 27 Mar 20

Since we are on enhanced quarantine or a lockdown due to the virus, yesterday I was looking for something productive to do, I found some leftover water based latex paint and decided that I would paint the tree trunks of the mango...

painting trees

lockdown

overcoming boredom

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Mother's 88th birthday just before the lockdown and the Philippine's oldest restaurant

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 26 Mar 20

We were fortunate enough to celebrate my mother's 88th birthday before all this quarantine and lockdowns took place and number of infected people balooned ( around a week or two) at the Philippine's oldest restaurant " Toho...

philippines oldest restaurant

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The Rice Cometh!, Pandemic Preparation #2

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 23 Mar 20

Just before the rise of NCOVID-19 cases in our country, before the community and later enhanced quarantine I ordered 2 sacks of rice ( 50kgs.each) to be sent to us from my mother's small rice field down South of our country....

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More time to Mylot

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 22 Mar 20

Because of the "enhanced community quarantine " ( just a glorified way to say " lockdown" lol) now enforced on the whole Luzon island ( one of the 3 main island groups of the Philippines) to fight the Pandemic, I think I would now...

mylotting

enhanced quarantine

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Pandemic preparation # 1Water

louievill @louievill (28791) • Philippines 31 Jan 20

Now that it's official that the Philippines is no longer 2019-nCOV ARD free with the first case of a Chinese woman testing positive for the virus it's time to hike up preparations incase of a lockdown and we won't be able to go...

pandemic

2019 ncov ard

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