Plantation Bay Resort and Spa, Cebu, Philippines

This week twenty-one members of Macrine's immediate family(sisters, nieces, nephews and their children) spent one week of Fun and Relaxation at the famous Plantation Bay Resort and Spa in Cebu, Philippines( above photo).

From Left to Right: Sister Guia, Jean Jambalos Maeda, Chiqui Jambalos ( only daughter of Siony), Pepot, Ella (Pepot's daughter and son Adrian and Babes( Helen) Nunez.

This is a mini reunion of the Nieva-Jambalos sisters ( Macrine, Sister Guia, Fe, Jean and Charro) and sister-in-law, Siony Pagalunan-Jambalos and her children and grand children as well as Fe's(Pepot) two daughters( Elaine and Ella) and their kids, Wesley, Samantha and Adrian prior to the 70th Birthday Celebration of Fe( Pepot) in Manila, September 10.

Macrine wanted to attend, however because of health reasons, she can not travel and easily gets tired. Charro the youngest of the Jambalos sisters is still in the East Coast enjoying her summer vacation. Pepot's 70th Birthday celebration will be in Manila and about 100 guests are expected.

The following video and photos will speak for itself.














For more information about the resort visit: plantationbay.com

The Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii

Seven years ago, Macrine, David III and I spent one week of vacation (time share-exchange) in the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii. We have scheduled one day of our week vacation for the popular, scenic and breathtaking drive- the Road to Hana. However, when I learned that the are numerous narrow and winding roads and bridges along the Hana Highway and because I am prone to motion sickness (in the car), we decided not to do it.

Several days ago, Ditas and Carenna sent me some pictures of their road trip( see below). It reminded me of our aborted scheduled trip.

Suffice to say, here's a video that is very informative and worth watching if you plan to do the scenic and breathtaking drive-The Road to Hana for the first time. You can do it yourself or you can joined a guided tour at a reasonable price if you do not enjoy driving. If you are prone to car sickness and afraid of heights this tour is not recommended for you.

Help in Restoring Google Adsense Account

Last week when I was checking my Adsense earnings, I accidentally checked an update account button that resulted in the following no reply letter from Google.

"Your application has been successfully reviewed. Now you need to create your first ad unit and place the ad code on www.chateaudumer.com to fully activate your account. Note that before your account is fully activated, only blank ads will appear on your pages. Once your account is fully activated, you’ll receive a confirmation email and begin to see live ads. Please don't click on your live ads, even to test them -- doing so isn't permitted by the AdSense program policies. Sign in to Google AdSense to create your first ad unit and get fully approved. For further information, please visit the Your guide to AdSense". Do not reply to this E-mail!

Unfortunately, I no longer own www.chateaudumer.com so I can not create my first ad unit as instructed above. As a result, I can not read any ads in my other sites hosted by Blogger.com. My 7 other blogspot sites are active and I see all the new ads but It does not read in the blog post. So, I have zero earnings for the last week.

I can not have an e-mail access to the Adsense Help because I do not earn at least $25 per week. There is no telephone line for help. I followed all the Instruction in the Help Desk as well as the community forum. So far no luck. I have blocked www.chateaudumer.com., in my list of active sites.

I earn only about $10 per month, so this is no big deal. However if you are familiar with problems associated with Google Adsense, I will appreciate Help! It is very frustrating that I can not have direct or talk to a live person for help.

When It Rains, It Pours!

Carenna at top of the World-Hawaii, 2016

I am not talking about the weather here in Northern California. It had not rained here for the last six months. I am talking about my two daughters ( Dinah and Ditas) and two grand daughters ( Elaine and Carenna)visiting Macrine during this past week. Macrine was beaming with happiness after she got a visit from Ditas and Carenna yesterday. The other day she was also visited and taken shopping by my other daughter and grand daughter( Dinah and Elaine) as I described in my recent posting.

This is the first time since she was diagnosed with Parkinson Disease that she felt loved and not forgotten by her children. And most of all two visits in one week- a very rare occasion. Macrine then blurted out-When it Rains, it Pours!

Ditas and Carenna KT ( Katague-Thompson)

In my case I understand if my children and grand children do not visit us often. They have their own lives and busy with their own activities and they do not live near or just across the street. I am happy to hear from them during Holidays ( Thanksgiving and Christmas), Mothers Day, Fathers Day and our birthdays. But for Macrine due to her PD, she feels isolated and not loved ( side effects of her many medications), so she welcome a telephone call more often.

Thus after Ditas and Carenna visit giving her chocolate covered macadamia nuts( gift from their vacation from Hawaii last week), I was not surprised when she blurted out, I am so happy today!. I asked her why? Well, she said I got two visits this week and I heard news from my other two grand daughters, Alix and Marina. Alix and Marina are our oldest son( Dodie) daughters. I asked Macrine if Dodie call her recently? Macrine said No! Dodie calls me only on Mothers Day.

Alix Katague at the Cornell University Gardens, 2014

Evidently, Macrine asked Ditas if she heard from Dodie. Ditas told her Marina is now in her second year of College at San Luis Obispo Poly Technic University and Alix is in her senior at Cornell University.

The good news about Alix is that she had accepted a job offer from a Hi-Tech Company based here in San Francisco. She will work for the company( I know the name of the company) after her graduation next year. Alix had worked for this company this summer as part of her Internship program. The company must have been impressed of her summer internship, they did not hesitate to offer her a job, even before her graduation. Alix is majoring in Computer Engineering. Congratulations, Alix!

A Welcome Relief from My Duties as a Primary Care Giver

The other day, my daughter and grand daughter, Dinah and Elaine(photo above) visited us. They stayed overnight and the next day they took Macrine shopping in our local mall. Macrine my spouse of 59 years has stage 2-3 Parkinson Disease. Her tremors and movement problems are controlled by medications. However, there are side effects of her medications. One of the side effect beside numerous others are her feeling of isolation and not loved. So, Macrine welcomes a telephone call and even better a personal call from her friends and relatives.

As my wife's Primary Care Giver (PCG), I need relief once in a while for my own health and sanity.

A week before, Dinah during her weekly call had already discussed this visit. Macrine was super anxious of the visit and keep asking me when the visit would be. She insisted I prepare a good breakfast and lunch. She insisted I buy Linguisa( Portuguese sausage) besides fried rice, and huevos rancheros for breakfast as well as La Sagna and Hawaiian bread rolls for lunch.

On the day of the visit, the three ladies went to the mall for shopping ( shoes and watch). Macrine was planning to buy only a pair of shoes. She went home with three pairs. She said there was a buy one get one free sale. They went shopping for 3 hours and was back home in time for her next medication. This was a welcome relief and reprieve for me. During this 3 hours I had time for a leisurely bath and shower and time for cooking lunch. What a relief not too hurry taking a shower. I had also time to write this posting.

Once again, my million thanks to my Daughter and Grand Daughter for the visit and taking time from their own hectic schedule to visit and take Macrine for shopping. This was a much needed relief from my duties as a PCG.

Macrine enjoyed this visit very much, they have already scheduled a date for the last week of October, when Dinah can take a day from work.

My Second Year Anniversary Writing for Hubpages.com

Last week was my second year anniversary writing for HubPages.com(formerly from squidoo.com). As of today,I have written 32 articles (hubs) on almost all subjects except politics. My total reader's views as of today is only 17,772. I have also on record only 200 comments and only 58 followers. I earned a few dollars per month, just enough to buy me a cup of coffee. However, I enjoy writing for Hubpages even if it is not a money making activity.

HubPages is a user generated content, revenue-sharing website. On December 7, 2013, the website published data that showed that the website consisted of 910,106 "Hubs" (magazine-style articles on a specific topic), 73,969 published users, and 2,498,967 forum posts. Two years ago it acquired a famous content publishing website Squidoo. Hubpages has currently 24 employees and based in San Francisco.

Hubpages give scores for articles and authors separately. The scores for articles and authors varies from 50 to 100. I am happy and glad to report that the average score of my 32 hubs is 71 and my author score varies from day to day from 80 to 86. The lowest hub score I have now is 67 and the highest 81. My highest scoring article is about my childhood experiences during the American-Japanese War in the Philippines filed under Commercial and Creative writing. My two most widely read hubs are Caste System in the Philippines ( over 2500 views) and My Bucket List-101 Things to Do before I Die( over 8200 views).

Today, however, not all of my 32 hubs are featured because of low traffic (readership). I will appreciate if you help me re-featured the hubs listed below by reading them and if possible write a comment. Your comments positive or negative will be published and much appreciated! The following are my hubs not featured due to low traffic.

http://hubpages.com/relationships/most-memorable-new-year-s-eve-escapade
http://hubpages.com/relationships/the-secret-of-long-term-marriage
http://hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/premonition-of-death-and-extrasensory-perception
http://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/bridge-is-my-card-game
http://hubpages.com/education/the-day-the-world-trembled
http://hubpages.com/travel/the-philippines-nation-of-fiestas-and-festivals
http://hubpages.com/travel/marinduque-philippines-my-second-home
http://hubpages.com/money/My-Personal-Experience-on-my-Application-for-Home-Refinancing
http://hubpages.com/health/joys-and-activities-after-retirement

My hubs are filed under:
http://hubpages.com/@chateaudumer