Every year during the Christmas Season, the Philippine Television Network, ABS-CBN always seems to come up with an original Christmas song to play on it’s various stations. Each year, the song is sang by all of the stars that appear on ABS-CBN. Not just actors, but the newscasters and other personalities on the network, and […]
Maybe a little clarification is in order
A few days ago, my friend Chas, a regular LiP reader forwarded me a link to a news article, something which he does on a fairly regular basis. Sometimes, I get links to stuff I already know about, but sometimes I get little jewels of information that is totally new to me. In this case, […]
Monday was a big day
This past Monday, December 14, was a big day in the Martin Household. That date is always special for us, because it is our eldest son’s birthday, but this year it was extra special. Our eldest son, Chris, turned 18 this past monday. I have to say, that I had mixed emotions on the big […]
Tiger by the tail
Back in the mid-1960’s, Buck Owens had a hit country music song called “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail.” These days, when you mention a “Tiger by the tail” it has a whole new meaning. The world’s best golfer, Tiger Woods is in a rather difficult situation. Back on November 27, Tiger Woods got […]
A little Christmas Cheer!
Yes, folks, it’s true, this is already my second article today! What’s going on? Usually I only write around three times per week on this site! Well, the truth is that I wanted to come back again with a request to LiP readers. Back a few weeks ago, I wrote an article about Heroes, in […]
Here’s something a bit different!
Often, I write articles where I tell you how things here are a bit different from what you might expect. Life here is not the same as what you might be used to, and that is true in almost every aspect of life here. Recently, I’ve written a couple of articles talking about how the […]