Two of our LiP readers are coming to the Philippines on vacation PapaDuck and Bruce who both live in Florida and soon will be moving here fulltime, in a year or so or whenever. Bruce contacted me through LiP and e-mail, giving me his arrival times and said he and his wife would be staying […]
I was wrong!
I’ll blame it on my advancing years, but the first week in September I stopped at the Retired Activities Office or RAO down in the Barrio here in Olongapo City and picked up my US Mail. Since I was on my way to lunch with friends I tossed it into the back seat of my […]
Do You Ever Get Hungry?
I’m not talking about the local gastronomy; I’m talking about a taste of home. I was at a birthday party with some Kano friends, and I arrived at 1130, the young man was turning 12 and his folks had invited his entire class from school and quite a few Madams’ (Teachers). The hosts had put […]
She’s Turning Ten
The apple of my eye, the light of my life, my granddaughter Heather Colleen Sanguyo turned ten years old on the 3rd of October. And every year on that date I go crazy trying to come up with a unique and memorable birthday present. For years I’ve had check with her parents Chrisanto and YoHanna […]
The Dongles Final Chapter
I receive a call from my friends at Globe, (Refer my article “Bad Dongle” 10 September 21012) they are sure that they have solved my old Bad Dongle problem, I’m thinking; “Right, and I just saw Big Foot in my yard!” But I’ll make the trip to the New SM Mall in Olongapo anyway, because […]
Of Course, When It Rains.
Why is 90% of all roadwork done during the rainy season? The National Highway at the end of my street was being worked on in July, when they removed the asphalt from the road. Then of course they disappeared for August and September as we were inundated with foul weather and no work could be […]