This is my Sister in Law Carmen and her Husband Jose. Carmen is the next oldest child in my wife's family with my wife being  the baby of the family. It's really neat because I have Nieces and Nephews my age or older. Carmen is the closest sister to my wife . After I had moved my family to the states it was Carmen and Joe that put us up. They would give us their bedroom and they would sleep in the living room with the rest of the kids. When I first knew these folks they were living in like a squatter's shack in Tanbunting which is a barangay in  the Santa Cruz district of Metro Manila. If you have never been to the Philippines you would have a culture shock but understand most of us in the States lived like this at the turn of the 1900's . Places like Tanbunting spring up because of the normal third world causes, there is little or no employment in the rural areas so people flock to the city to find work. They now live in better circumstances because their daughter Ruby Lyn honors her parents. You know it is because of their loving daughters Ruby and Jennifer that I started to learn some Tagalog grammar . I do miss them so and Joe is a nice guy to hang out with except I do not drink beer. No sir, it was ice cold Coca Cola Lite  for me. There was a Sari Sari store across the way from their Tanbunting home. Eventually once I get the equipment I will incorporate a video of Elizabeth's fourth birthday party which shows what that neighborhood was like but pardon the adults drinking beer, it's just part of the culture. A Sari Sari was a neighborhood store that sold incidentals such as eggs .oil, ice cream ,cigarettes and soda. This is another instance in which retail practices still exist that we stopped applying in the US after the 60's. You can by a cigarette by the stick, a quarter of butter, or one egg if that is all you need.