I met Bob for the first time in Cebu. I was there to study college. I never thought he will be visiting there that soon. We were corresponding for 6 months and he decided to come here for a visit. We talked regularly almost the time for his visit. My family in Cebu just didn’t […]
A day of many firsts
Last Friday was a fun and interesting day for Feyma and I. We spent the day entertaining some guests who are in town, Kevin Smith, and his wife Bebing. Longtime readers of this site may remember Kevin, when we first converted to a multi-author platform, Kevin was a writer on this site. I had never […]
A bundle of surprise!
A few days ago I got a surprise text from my sister that a member of our family got pregnant. That sad part on this is the girl, she’s less than a year from graduating college. She didn’t even bother to informe her parents before the beginning of the enrollment that she will not be […]
Bayoy family home
When Feyma was a child, the family lived in Sarangani Province. Actually, it was part of South Cotabato Province back in those days, but back in the 90’s the area broke from South Cotabato and formed a new Province, Sarangani. Until recently, I had never visited Feyma’s childhood home, but a few weeks back I […]
I am blessed
Yesterday was Father’s Day here in the Philippines. As many of you read this column it is still Father’s Day where you live. I am actually writing this on Father’s Day here in the Philippines, but it won’t be posted on the site until Monday, the day after Father’s Day. I have been sitting here […]
My first visit to Patag
Not many people would be excited about going to Patag, Sarangani. It’s a quiet little place full of coconut trees, corn fields, and a big population of Carabao. But, for me, going there was special. Why was it so special for me? Well, because that is where Feyma is from. She was born there, grew […]