For the past 11 years I’ve been supplying my own water to my house, I’ve drilled two wells, I’ve had water delivered. And a few years ago I had water for a few months by a company I believe was named “Fly by Night.” The first water company was a sight to behold, they ran […]
A House in Bataan
While renting houses in Olongapo city years ago, I was still working on board merchant ships, when I was home from sea, every Sunday we would come up the Mountain in Bataan to visit my wife’s family there. While sitting under their mango tree I noticed that the temperature was at least 10 degrees cooler […]
It’s A Dogs Life
I’m drowning in Shih-Tzu, Dachshunds, Spitz and some Heinz 57 type dogs. It all started when I was a wee lad in Boston, My Aunt Helen showed up at our house one day with three French Poodles and said she was being transferred to Panama, and couldn’t take the dogs. My four brothers and I […]
My New Toy
There I was the last Friday wandering through The Royal store on Subic Freeport. My Wife and her sister have their list and are zipping up and down the aisles. I have a little cart and was put in charge of getting Kano stuff. Things like Jimmy Dean Sausage links, frozen Waffles, Frozen Buffalo Wings, […]
A Vacation from a Vacation
The day after Mothers Day we received a surprise here in Bataan. A week-long visit from our daughter, who works in Singapore, a better Mother’s Day could not have been planned, and the look of happiness on my wife’s face was priceless. Naturally our eldest daughter came to the house with my granddaughter to spend […]
Then and now
Bob wrote an interesting article a while back about “Things are getting worse” and Chris Dearne wrote and excellent article on “Electronic improvements in Gen San since 1992” both subjects spoke to different types of changes for the better, that both gentleman had seen during their stay in the Philippines. I told Bob that back […]