A few months ago I wrote about renewing my United States Passport which was due to expire on Christmas Eve December 24th 2010. (The State Department is still laughing about that one) When I received my new one I noticed that all my Philippines Immigration stamps were now on the expired passport, and my new […]
My Week in Bataan
The Day Was Wednesday, 12 January 2011 here in Dinalupihan, Barangay Roosevelt, in the Republic of the Philippines. It’s a cool early morning, the time is 5: am and I’m sitting at my Puter looking at a blank screen, without a clue as to what will be my subject I’m going to write about this […]
Who Knew?
I went up to the Barangay Plaza one night a couple of weeks ago to watch my brother-in-law’s (Jhun) basketball team play for the senior’s Championship. They won and we were all proud of them. The Barangay Kaptain sat me at a table with him courtside, and we joked and enjoyed the game. I asked […]
Mass Suicide in the Koi Pond
My wife Mayang, decided the water in the first pond needed changing as the water had gone from a light brown to a very thick green. Her troops were assembled and mustered, and the water was pumped out. All the fish were moved to a laundry tubs for safe keeping, and the cleaning commenced. They scrubbed […]
The Day after…
It’s Sunday the 26th as I crawl from my bed, and sit at the computer to pen (or type) about the phenomenon known as Christmas in The Philippines. I thought I’d experienced all that was different here, or different than my Native New England Christmas’s of long ago, or during my ten years in Puerto […]
Just Plain Lazy
Who is lazy? I’ll have to admit it, it’s me; I could blame it on retirement, my age, the weather, or the Philippines easy way of life. But that would all be wrong and unfair. I’m lazy because I can be, and that’s the simple truth, with no excuses. My wife is a small part […]