The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 different islands. A saying that you hear from time to time is that if you don’t like the Island where you currently are, there are 7,106 others that you can try! If you are in a country like the Philippines that is comprised of multiple islands, the easiest […]
Journey brings a new friendship
I have mentioned here a number of times that I tend to be rather adventurous, and I tend to go to places where a lot of other foreigners don’t really go. One place that I went to earlier this year that was sort of “off the beaten path” was to the Island of Basilan. Basilan […]
Roaming around Samal
I’m happy with the reactions you guys made upon seeing the looks of the new “web magazine”. I think everybody likes it the way I see it in the comments section. Well, I’m writing this column to tell you guys the story of the picture of mine in the home page. That picture was taken […]
Touched by an Angel?
I am an explorer, in other words, I like to explore things around me, and things in the vicinity. I have always been the type who enjoys just jumping in the car and heading out. Sometimes, when we do this, Feyma or the kids will ask me where we are going, and invariably, I say […]
Me and Manial
Last week, I wrote a column about things that I like to do with my time, and how retirement time could be filled up with doing these things that you enjoy. Today, I’d like to tell a little story about a time when I met somebody for the first time. His name is Manial. I […]
Mom’s shocking adjustments!
Well a week ago I post about my mother-in-law coming here for a visit. She’s here with us now for over a week. I’m really shocked of some of her adjustments being here in the Philippines. As you recall she was here like 8 months ago. At that time she had a hard time adjusting […]