The United States ambassador to the Philippines is Kristie A. Kenney. Ambassador Kenney has been serving in this role since March 17, 2006. Before her arrival the United States went through a period where a number of different ambassadors served over a short time. When Kenney arrived on the scene, I had never heard of […]
A Common Language?
This quote is attributed to Winston Churchill in comments he made regarding Great Britain and the United States. While I’ve often found that Winston is a bit like Yogi Berra who is noted for his assertion that “I didn’t really say everything I said”, I believe that Winston would own up to this quotation. One […]
Suddenly, I’m filthy rich!
About 6 years ago, not long after I moved from General Santos City to Davao, I met a young man. He was the brother of a friend, and had just moved to Davao himself. This young man, his name was Omar, was half Filipino, half American. Omar had grown up in the USA, and had […]
Bob speaks Bisaya!
Good morning. Today, I want to write something different. I will also post an audio of this. Last week, when I wrote an article about pomelo, and I visted a fruit stand in Santa Cruz, I showed a video of the visit there. Some people commented that they were impressed with my Bisaya. I was […]
A tough one to answer!
Back in 1990, when Feyma and I got married, I faced a situation that required a little bit of couthness, hard thinking, and wiggling to get through. It was a sort of test that was placed in front of me, looking to see what my reaction was. Thankfully, I think I passed! When I first […]
Oh my! How controversial!
Would you consider marrying somebody from the Philippines controversial? I never thought it was, but some years back I got an awakening. My first foray into doing things online came in 1992. I joined Compuserve. This was before the Internet was really available to the masses, that didn’t come for another year or two, and […]