The other day, I published a column here on the site entitled “Limao, Samal Island = Heaven” in which I showed a video of the area where Feyma and I own land, and intend to build our house where we will live permanently. Very shortly after the article was published, I received an e-mail from […]
A bridge to Samal?
For about two months now, there’s been a lot of talk about a bridge being built to Samal Island. Actually, the talk is been going on for years, but it’s gotten serious in the last couple of months. Why has it gotten serious? Well, because there’s been a lot of speculation that it’s about to […]
Limao, Samal Island = Heaven
Yes, I said it all in the title, didn’t I? For me, Barangay Limao, on Samal Island is heaven! Limao is where Feyma and I purchased some land last year, and where we intend to live in the coming years. Neither one of us can wait to get there! But, it will have to be […]
The pizza wars
One thing that most people really love is good pizza! Ex-pats are no different. But what about pizza here in the Philippines? Well, over the years it’s changed a lot. I remember the first time I came to the Philippines, it was in 1990. There wasn’t much to offer in the way of foreign foods […]
Oil prices in the Philippines
Yes, yes… I know that oil prices are high everywhere! Today, though, I just thought that I’d give you an update of where fuel prices stand in the Philippines. It seems that every week, the price of fuel goes up, and not just little by little. It usually happens on weekends, the big oil companies […]
What does Tim Russert teach us about the Philippines?
Virtually anybody reading this column who is American knows who Tim Russert was, and that he died last week. Tim Russert was just 58 years old when he suffered a massive heart attack and died almost instantly. In 1992 my father died under similar circumstances. It was totally unexpected, and just a few months prior […]