Welcome to LiP Blog – John Grant
Well, another day, another “welcome” post! We are adding one more writer today on the Live in the Philippines blog, and his name is John Grant. I met John at the Friend of Mindanao, an organization that I have been attending here in Davao. John is originally from the United Kingdom, and a great guy! I consider John to be a close friend, although we’ve only known each other for a couple of months now.
The first time I met John at the FOM meeting, he was the speaker that day, and when I heard his speech, I was surprised at how much our lives mirrored each other! We had both been involved in similar businesses in the past in our respective countries, and also at similar ages. I have been spending a fair amount of time with John. We always say we are getting together so I can show him how to do blogs or websites or whatever, but it seems we always end up spending most of our time just enjoying intelligent conversation, each other’s ideas and such.
Welcome aboard, John! I see you already made a post on the blog. I’m sorry I was late in recognizing you on the blog!
John
Good one and welcome to you….look forward to hearing from you on this excellent Blog……am in uk now soon……..bangkal, davao, me too am a friend of mindanao, hope to join your community
all the very best
Bob / John
Very much welcome to this excellent site
looking forward to reading more……good fun, informative and relevant to friends of mindanao
all the very best…………..
welcome to the site
hope you guys travel up north of the Philippines and experience the warmth and hospitality of the Ilocanos and maybe write something about their unique culture too. I am a Cebuana and consider myself as an adopted daughter of the Ilocanoes having married to a very good man from Batac, Ilocos Norte. It amazes me that despite the influence of different cultures that colonized this country, we have one common trait that we can truly call Filipino, that is warmth and hospitality.
Hi simplepinai – Thanks for your suggestion about heading north to check it out! Right now, I am on a venture to finish exploring Mindanao, but after that, I do plan to visit the rest of the Philippines as well. I appreciate your tip!