Every year during the Christmas Season, the Philippine Television Network, ABS-CBN always seems to come up with an original Christmas song to play on it’s various stations. Each year, the song is sang by all of the stars that appear on ABS-CBN. Not just actors, but the newscasters and other personalities on the network, and […]
Cell Phones and Christmas
The Saturday before last on12 Dec… I set off to the SM Mall in Pampanga, with my wife, eldest daughter, son-in-law, and of course my granddaughter. This time I took the expressway from Subic to the mall avoiding traffic accidents and blown tires. My wife has her trusty Charismas list and I have my wallet. […]
Maybe a little clarification is in order
A few days ago, my friend Chas, a regular LiP reader forwarded me a link to a news article, something which he does on a fairly regular basis. Sometimes, I get links to stuff I already know about, but sometimes I get little jewels of information that is totally new to me. In this case, […]
LIP Christmas giveaways!
It’s almost Christmas time again. As usual we, I mean all of you that helped us for the past 2 years now know that we are giving away Christmas gifts to the poor people here in Davao area. Last year Bob and I decided that we will give on the 24th of December so that […]
Monday was a big day
This past Monday, December 14, was a big day in the Martin Household. That date is always special for us, because it is our eldest son’s birthday, but this year it was extra special. Our eldest son, Chris, turned 18 this past monday. I have to say, that I had mixed emotions on the big […]
I Be A Plummer
I mean how just hard it can be, every unemployed guy on my street tells me that he’s a Plummer, and then borrows my two pipe wrenches. My father, who was a construction engineer, had to hold many trade licensees, electrician, carpentry, and plumbing plus some others. He told me the plumbers’ creed when I […]