I made a Doctor’s appointment last week, as I’ve been having trouble sleeping through the night. Now my father had joked with me years ago that it was quite common as you get older. (Meaning many trips to the CR at night) I smiled and said that I was middle aged and was not too […]
Winter and Cold
Mr. Paul Keating, my fellow LIP writer wrote a great article about winter last month, with a lot of responses from people who were still wearing thermal socks. I’ll say that the popular response was anti-winter. And yet they still live through it every year, as with that Mid-Atlantic Blizzard that’s happening as I write. […]
It’s All Up Hill From Here
In choosing to live here, I wonder if we fully realize all that is involved. I live in Roosevelt, Dinilupihan Bataan. While I was at the city hall I asked why there was no trash collection in my barangay. Their response being, that it was to far from Dinilupihan for the truck to go. Now […]
Do you have one?
Have what, you could ask? An, I love me wall, do you have one? First, what is a I love me wall? It’s that one wall in your house with all your awards, photos, and or things that you feel belong there. Hey Paul, is this a military thing? That answer is no, unless you […]
Fulfilled in the Philippines
Ten years ago I bought two Dream satellite systems, as no cable is available in my area of Bataan. Since I can enjoy watching a stateside NFL Games and Baseball on the ESPN channel, albeit I must get up early some days to view the games, in my opinion it’s worth it, to me. There […]
They can always Fix It!
In The states I think it’s called, “Planned Obsolescence”, you buy it, you use it, and then you junk it, and replace it. But not so in the Philippines, anything and everything can be fixed and or wired and duct taped, so it works a while longer. My wife used to pick things out of […]