You know, over the past weekend, Feyma, myself and a group of friends journeyed up to Father Franco’s house in Buda for some fellowship and food (among other things like Father’s liqueur). John Grant and I were walking around, kind of roaming Father’s land and enjoying the countryside. It sure is peaceful up there! I […]
Watch for travel deals!
The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 different islands. A saying that you hear from time to time is that if you don’t like the Island where you currently are, there are 7,106 others that you can try! If you are in a country like the Philippines that is comprised of multiple islands, the easiest […]
Witness to tragedy
I didn’t sleep well last night. I was quite restless. Couldn’t get something out of my mind as I laid in bed trying to get some rest. Yesterday morning, some friends gathered here at the house to make an out of town trip. We had all been invited to Father Franco’s house in Buda to […]
Take time to avoid the pitfalls
I have talked many times about the importance of choosing where to live, and reasons for that. I have talked about whether you should live near your wife’s family or not. I have talked about renting first before buying or building a house. These things are very important! I know that a lot of people […]
The Real John Grant
One of the columnists here on the Live in the Philippine Web Magazine is John Grant. From what John displays on the site, you would think that he is quite a nice guy, but is he really? I have known John for about 6 months now, and I’m sorry to say, he seems to have […]
Striking up a conversation
A few months ago, John Grant wrote a column on this site about a journey that he took in a taxi here in Davao. It was an interesting article, and mostly talked about communication between taxi drivers and foreigners. Mostly, I don’t ride taxis, I have my own car, so I generally drive myself wherever […]