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Nipa Hut and Beyond

Nipa Hut and Beyond

#44. I paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

How sad it is for me to write a blog with this title. However, I built a house of concrete, roof of steel and floors of porcelain so a…

3 min readFeb 25, 2024

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#44. I paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

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Nipa Hut and Beyond

#43. Now I have to be aware “ of softshoe shufflers, dancing down the sidewalk.”

With the new path leading up to the front door completed, George’s words are something to heed.

2 min readJan 16, 2024

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#43. Now I have to be aware “ of softshoe shufflers, dancing down the sidewalk.”

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Nipa Hut and Beyond

#42. is this technically the …Beyond?

The old original Nipa Hut that was the inspiration for the title of the blog has served its purpose and is now being replaced — hence…

2 min readJan 5, 2024

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#42. is this technically the …Beyond?

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Nipa Hut and Beyond

#41: Don’t you want to see me crawl across the floor for you.

A clarification of the last blog. The term “Dodong” is a word commonly used in the Philippines to describe a younger man. Dodong can be a…

2 min readNov 18, 2023

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#41: Don’t you want to see me crawl across the floor for you.

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Nipa Hut and Beyond

#40. Truckin, like the “dodong” man

I’ve walked out to this car (called the Nipa… blog) so many times to get going and then turn around to go back to the house because I…

2 min readOct 15, 2023

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#40. Truckin, like the “dodong” man

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39-Long time gone-again.

A gap of several months have passed since #38 riprap blog. It is now time to start the interior work. The architect and my wife have spent…

2 min readMay 24, 2023

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39-Long time gone-again.

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Nipa Hut and Beyond

#38. Build a bridge and get over it.

Told the guys I wanted a seawall and gave them some parameters and off they went. They buried they initial lower layer 1 ft in the beach…

2 min readNov 14, 2022

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#38. Build a bridge and get over it.

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Nipa Hut and Beyond

#37-Still dealing with Operation Overlord.

First addressed in #35. Remember the bamboo fence in this pic.

3 min readOct 28, 2022

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#37-Still dealing with Operation Overlord.

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Nipa Hut and Beyond

36. “I wonder what the Rockefellers are doing today?”

My dad would say this when he was sittin’ pretty on a boat or fancy restaurant. This NIPA.. season start up reminds me of that statement…

2 min readOct 28, 2022

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36. “I wonder what the Rockefellers are doing today?”

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Nipa Hut and Beyond

Blog 34.5?? QRwellian

The wife said I should write a little ditty about the US-Phil travel experience. First of all, everything went fine. Check-in, TSA…

2 min readMay 12, 2022

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Blog 34.5?? QRwellian

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Nipa Hut and Beyond

Nipa Hut and Beyond

A blog for people interested in the life of a recently retired man planning the construction of a 2nd home in The Philippines…and beyond.

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