It’s 7:45 in the morning. I was sitting in our dining room area. One of my workers came to work for the day. She greeted me “good morning ma’am”. Upon seeing her face I could tell something was wrong. She went directly to all the garbage cans. My nephew told her to get all the […]
A Little More Tax Talk
Last week, I started answering income tax-related questions that frequently pop up this time of year. While it’s the “stuff” that FAQs are made of, there are enough twists and changes from year to year to preclude anything but the most general and open-ended FAQ file. This week, I’ll speak to something near and dear […]
Knotty Filipinos
Knotty? Bob, don’t you mean naughty? No, indeed I mean knotty. Filipinos are knotty, and it bothers me! 🙂 What am I talking about? Filipinos like to tie knots in everything. You go to the grocery store and buy some groceries, when you get home every single bag is tied into a knot on the […]
Why are they miffed at me?
My granddaughter, Heather Coleen Sanguyo (AKA Ling-Ling), thinks that having a Kano granddaddy is quite a cool thing. . I’m known to her as “Lolo Daddy Paul” as I mentioned in a comment on LIP last week, the first grandchild in the family names everyone of her grandparents. I’m Lolo Daddy Paul, because she heard […]
Being Defined
What defines you? Can a person be fully defined by a single thing he says? I do not believe that would be fair or accurate to judge a person’s being entirely on a single statement he makes. Lately, I have gotten a bit of feedback from a few, only a few, readers of this site. […]
The job that wasn’t
I got an interesting text message back around Christmas. The text was from my former Bisaya teacher from about 5 years ago. Her name is Au, and we keep in touch on a semi-regular basis. Au is a Professor at Ateneo de Davao University. Very nice lady, and quite intelligent. I enjoy knowing Au, but […]