Last week I was running some errands with my niece Glenda and my son Chris. We were gone for quite awhile. When the place we went to didn’t have the stuff we wanted we then head home. As soon as we opened the gate I could see my kids and my other niece and our […]
A surprise phone call from a friend!
While I was eating my lunch the other day, I got a phone call on my cellphone. I noticed that its the Davao local number so I thought it was like a doctor or the Globe company for our DSL (our land line is Globe too). But thinking its Sunday so no establishments would be […]
Strange phone call
Yesterday I got a phone call while cooking breakfast for Bob. It was really early in the morning. It was just me and Bob who were up. I thought it was an inquiry from the email about some land. I thought it was an overseas call because it was too early for people from here. […]
Our maid’s education!
I’ve known for awhile now that our helper (Mel) has a hard time reading and understanding what she does read. I’m trying to observe her without her knowing, I don’t want to embarrass her. My nieces told me that they are helping Mel on how to read during night time before she goes to bed. They also […]
A mother’s disappointment
Over a year ago I posted about our helper here that has a teenage daughter from her previous marriage. The second husband of our helper tried to touch the daughter of our helper. He was beat up by the brothers of our helper and the husband was out of the house and he was staying […]
Dear Feyma: “First imppression”
I got an email from somebody asking for an advice on how to handle meeting the family of the girl he was corresponding with for some time. “Hi Feyma, I will shortly be visiting the Philippines and meeting a lady who I have been in contact for some time. She is a widow, both her […]