I’ve made seven cross country trips (The USA) during my time both in the Navy and sailing for MSC, as you can surmise from the number of trips, they were not all round trip. But all were solitary or at least six trips were, most taken on I-10 Florida to California or vice-versa and one […]
Environment
Spotify and Localization
About a week ago, my Dad signed us up for a Spotify family plan. Spotify is a music streaming subscription, you get almost all the music under the sun for a monthly fee. While I do prefer actually owning the music, it’s just much more convenient to have something like Spotify. Instead of having to […]
Adventurous Tourists in Palawan
Today we have a Guest article which was submitted by PalawanBob. PB submitted this article using our Article Submission Form. If you would like to submit an article, please use the form and we’ll be glad to publish your article on the site too! About two months ago a friend here got two visitors from Germany. This was […]
The Coal Fired Power Station
Some years ago in a previous article I made comments about how I was not in favor of such a Coal Fired Power Station Power Station as I was Born and Raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England which was a really filthy City and the cause of the filth was quite simply Coal Power. Everything […]
Trash segregation in the Philippines!
I’m applying for a business license here in Davao City. One of the requirements is to attend a seminar for “The City Environment and Natural Resources Office” (they called it CENRO). It’s the garbage disposal/collections here in the city. The City has implemented a mandatory waste segregation scheme since 2009 under the Ecological Solid Waste Management […]
Robin Williams and his Philippine Connection
It was a sad week this past week for many people. A comedian and acting genius left us. Yes, Robin Williams checked out and moved on. Williams’ death was an apparent suicide, he had suffered from depression over the years, in addition to substance abuse problems. Apparently, Williams hung himself earlier this week. It left […]