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Monday, September 1, 2008
It’s Monday, September 1, 2008 here in the Philippines, although it’s probably still August 31 for many people who are reading this. The first Monday in September is Labor Day in the United States, so I thought I’d write a little bit about Labor Day in the Philippines. Now, let me be clear, though, Labor [...]
Friday, July 25, 2008
A couple of days ago, I wrote a column about Gated Communities, and one of the regular site readers, Carolynn commented that caroling and such during the Christmas season would only last for a few days. Carolynn has only been here for a short time, so she didn’t understand that Christmas goes on for months [...]
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
For today’s video, we will be visiting Holiday Ocean View, a very high-end development that is under construction on Samal Island. Holiday Ocean View will be located right on the Northern Tip of Samal, looking across to Panabo, Davao del Norte. It will include a housing development, Hotel, Spa, and even a Marina where people [...]
Friday, July 4, 2008
It’s July 4th here in the Philippines. Or, as most Americans would say “the 4th of July.” The 4th of July is an important day for Americans, it is Independence Day, the anniversary of the day that the Colonists in the New World declared Independence from the United Kingdom, in 1776. True Independence was not [...]
Monday, March 17, 2008
Note: This is Holy Week here in the Philippines, and while I wrote this article for Holy Week 2007, it applies today as much as it did then. I decided to re-run this article for those who might not know about the significance of Holy Week here in the Philippines.
The week before Easter Sunday is [...]
