Kicking The Can on April Fool's Day

Goofy stopped by yesterday for a bit of can kicking only to be followed by Wiley

 Opposites in terms of personality and life style approach they are both reflective of how  expat goats choose to deal with residence within Philippine pastures .

 Suspect every " old goat " that has been roaming these pastures long enough has had encounters with both . One kind of represents the glass as being " half full " while the other sees it as " half empty " . I can admit to seeing the glass both ways at times depending on the particular circumstance and i suspect most other goats do as well .

Take for instance this Goat Farm Blog site . I never started it with the idea of making boat loads of cash  though that would be nice . Expectations in that regards i am fairly realistic about based on limitations of the host , the format , subject matter , etc .

 For me , it's more about having an outlet to express thoughts about expat living in Philippine pastures and hopefully exchange ideas and info with others . Having said that there are good days and bad in a blogger sense just like there are in other areas of life .

Traffic to the site has picked up and the blog has established consistent trackers .

Goofy's View

Traffic is up but comments are static and earnings for March are 24 cents .

Wiley's View

The above is just an example of how different varieties of goat reflect their daily experiences living as expats in Philippine pastures . So , what's your view ? Are you more in line with Goofy's approach or Wiley's or maybe somewhere in between ?

Are you the guy in the grocery store check out whose blood pressure is making him red  ( some expats ) or the the one behind that just grins and bears it ( most natives ) ? Are you terribly pissed because the whole wheat bread is sold out and all that's left is the sugary white or accepting that if you had shopped earlier in the day there would be better bread selection ?

Are you the guy whose restaurant food was over or under cooked , too hot or cold ,  too early or late that has to complain 14 times on an expat forum about his experiences or simply say to yourself " don't think i will visit this restaurant again " and let it go at that because customer service here is not the same as customer service there ?

Do you take the Goofy or Wiley approach to not being able to find item  , a , b , c, etc . anywhere locally when you know damn well those items are available in other parts of the country ? And , if someone bought it in Luzon for $100 less than you paid in CDO do you pack up and move to Luzon or just visit and purchase or buy on - line ?

 Does the news that your electric rate will increase ( again ) due to more demand than supply have you ranting about a " why wait till something breaks  mentality " and you run out and buy a new genset ?  Or do you just accept as a lack of long term planning and realize that based on your age long term planning may not be applicable anyway ?   :-)

The list can go on and on of course and i'm sure some " old goats " have their favourites . Bottom line is you ain't there , you are here . Think , maybe it was a dude named Baba Ram Dass that said something like " be here now " . Whole lot of meaning in them three little words . So , is it " happy days are here again " or " bah , humbug " ? Is your glass half empty or half full ?

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