I’m going to take you on a trip to the past and yes this will relate to the Philippines (Later). I was assigned to the USNS Mars (TAFS-1) (Formerly the USS Mars (AFS-1) it was my second time onboard and I was upset as it wasn’t fully converted to accommodate a civilian (CivMar) crew so […]
As Time Goes Driving By
I’m boarding Mr. Peabody’s Way-Back-Machine and flashing back to February 2014, the day my wife and I walked into the Mitsubishi Car world Subic Showroom which was the second dealership I had visited on the first day of my car shopping adventure. Next, I had planned to drive my new old Honda to San Fernando […]
We’re Even, Aren’t We?
Over the years here in the Philippines I’ve urinated away more money than I care to think about, or if I were being polite “I frittered away my cash many times”. I’ve noticed this subject comes up on LiP quite often. I noticed some foreigners feel they are a walking ATM machine to their Philippine […]
It’s My Own Damn Fault
These words are from a Jimmy Buffet song. If you are not a parrot head I’d be wasting your time explaining it. Like that song “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” I have been to the bar where the song was written, not one of the three hundred bars that claim their bar is the one. The burger […]
I Don’t Want To See Russia From Here!
I had just reported to a new ship (New to me) the USNS Observation Island tied in San Diego Ca. We were sailing to Hawaii and I was notified that my father had just passed. Normally they would pay me off and I’d be on my way home, but I requested that I just take […]
It’s Been One Hell of a Ride
Why July is so special to clan Thompson; First and foremost there is the Fourth of July, the celebration of the birth of our great nation the United States, a time when we should reflect on what our forefathers had blessed us with, a nation, though imperfect, but still one to be envied and emulated. […]