Daily Report: Only Skin Deep

One thing about girls worldwide is that they are always looking for ways to improve their looks. I try to explain to Epril that she is perfect and cannot be more beautiful; she still is naturally inclined to try.

Unfortunately, here in The Philippines (and in many parts of Asia), beauty products are sold that would never be approved for sale in Europe or America due to safety reasons.

About 2 weeks ago, unbeknownst to me, Epril went out and bought herself what is, in essence, a $5 chemical peel. For 5 days, her face was covered in flaking bits of skin, and then for another 5 days she had light and dark blotches on her skin. Only now, her skin is coming back to it's original radiant lustre.

I wish I could get this message out to every girl on the planet: If you find a product that claims to do for $5... or $20... or even $50 what normally costs hundreds or thousands of dollars to do in a doctor's office, for God's sake, don't use it. The Philippines is filled with this junk. My wife, thankfully, was spared from any real or lasting damage, but shit like this can really hurt people.

We had visitors today: A new friend, Tom Greane, and his wife, Grace. He is another foreigner (from California) who lives a couple of miles up the coast from me here in Jasaan. I saw him playing tennis at the town park with his wife the other day and stopped and introduced myself and invited him to stop by, so today he took me up on his offer. We had some iced tea and chatted for a while. We'll be going over to the Greane's house this Saturday for the afternoon.

Tonight, I walked into the bedroom, not immediately noticing Epril's laptop, screen-saver on, sitting open on the bed. I stripped, climbed onto bed, picked up the laptop computer, and opened up the desktop. Epril had left her webcam on, and her friend, Honey Mae (now in England), was there sitting at her desk with her webcam still broadcasting to Epril's computer. I had been walking around in the buff, being broadcast over the internet. Gee: Thanks Sunshine for getting my "face" out there. (I sure have been getting a lot of extra exposure to unsuspecting girls lately.)