Do you know what Pomelo is? Well, it is similar to a grapefruit, although much sweeter. Pomelo, in my opinion is simply far superior to grapefruit. It is sweet, juicy, and generally just all-around-GOOD. I love the stuff. Pomelo is the English name of the fruit, in Tagalog it is called “Suha,” and in Bisaya […]
Let’s talk religion (is this taboo?)
It is often said that you should not talk politics or religion, but I’m going to break that rule today. Don’t worry, I am not going to try to preach to you, or sway you to my religion, though. As I think we all know, the Philippines is a very Catholic Country. The last statistics […]
Did I choose correctly?
Yesterday, I wrote about the big “controversy” that broke out on Compuserve. BrSpiritus made a comment saying that when he married here in the Philippines, the decision was controversial among his family and friends. When I read that, it reminded me of an incident that happened to me when I first came to the Philippines. […]
Oh my! How controversial!
Would you consider marrying somebody from the Philippines controversial? I never thought it was, but some years back I got an awakening. My first foray into doing things online came in 1992. I joined Compuserve. This was before the Internet was really available to the masses, that didn’t come for another year or two, and […]
A Filipina’s first time in the Philippines
While doing some browsing around YouTube, I came across a nice series of videos from a user called “Happy Slip” – Happy Slip is a Filipina, but was born and raised in the USA. She has a series of six videos showing her experience of her first visit to the Philippines. In her first video, […]
Are we reaching critical mass?
In recent years, I am hearing some rumblings in the Philippine society, and these are rumblings that I believe may bring about some changes in the Country. A lot of Filipinos seem to be getting very tired of corruption in the Government, and in society in general. I generally see and hear these rumblings among […]