I wrote an article a few months ago, maybe more, about having to use the metric system living here in the Philippines. I’ve lived here long enough that I am pretty comfortable using the metric system now, but for an American, it took a while to gain that comfort! Over the years, one of the […]
A nice trip last Friday
Last Friday, Feyma, the kids and I all took a drive down south to General Santos City. For anybody who has been following this site, you will know that we lived in GenSan, as it is affectionately called, back from 2000 until 2002. We still go back from time to time, but not too often […]
Do you vote?
2008 is a Presidential election year in the USA, everybody who has been awake over the past couple of years has no doubt read about, seen on TV, or somehow heard about all the campaigning. Even if you live half the world away, you can’t escape the politics! So, my question for today is this […]
It’s February 14 today
Yes, it is. Today (Philippine time) is February 14 – Valentine’s Day, or St. Valentine’s Day as some call it. Valentine’s Day is a huge event in the Philippines. I can certainly say that Valentine’s is a much larger event here than it is back in the USA where I come from. Why is that? […]
Window screens
Today, I am going to talk about window screens! What? Window screens? Am I crazy? Well, some people say that I am crazy, but that’s a whole different story! But, yes, I have something I want to say about window screens. You know what I mean when I say window screens, right? I mean the […]
Personal Space
A lot of things are very different between Philippine Culture and western Culture. Way different. Recently, I have come to the conclusion that there is one difference that accounts for many other differences at once. What is that difference? There is no “Personal Space” allowed for in Philippine Culture. In the west, we assume that […]