As part of the government’s minimalist approach to dealing with COVID-19, karaoke house, known here at KTVs, have been shut down. Last week, though, they were offered a reprieve—they can reopen as restaurants.
So Many!
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many fuel prices advertised at a gas/petrol station before. They have LPG and probably diesel, but still that allows for four grades of regular fuel.
We Can Fix It
One of the advantages of a motorcycle culture combined with a mom-and-pop shop culture is that when your vehicle breaks down on the way to work, you don’t pull off and wait for it to be towed. You just push it a couple hundred yards to the next little moto shop and they’ll fix it while you sit and play with your phone.
Cashing In
Right across from the side entrance to St. Joseph Church is this recycling center. Today a girl on a bicycle is bringing a bag of aluminum cans and she will get 25¢ or 50¢ after the lady weighs cans on the green scale. In this culture turning in a load of cans is not an environmentally motivated recycling initiative but rather money for a family.
Lunch Time
Is this what’s called a “working lunch”?
Pool time!
Moving In
Saturday morning we moved the chairs and vestments and other things to the St. Joseph chapel, the new home for the English Catholic Community. In the evening we began moving our members to the chapel! It’s one of those occasions worth a mention in our parish’s history!
New chapel, new priest
Moving Out
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Today we spent the morning moving most of the remaining chairs and other furniture from our old church hall to the chapel we will be using. Click here to see some of the action.
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