About 6 years ago, not long after I moved from General Santos City to Davao, I met a young man. He was the brother of a friend, and had just moved to Davao himself. This young man, his name was Omar, was half Filipino, half American. Omar had grown up in the USA, and had […]
Dinner with Matt (yes, THE Matt)
Last night, I had dinner with Matt. Matt Mullenweg. For those who don’t know who Matt is, he is the founding developer of WordPress, the software that this site runs on, and that powers millions of blogs on the Internet. Matt is also the founder of Automattic, the company that runs his online ventures. It […]
The lost C130
Last week, a C130 Hurcules aircraft crashed last week near Davao. So far, they haven’t found it. What they know is that the aircraft took off from Davao International Airport a couple of hours after nightfall, in the rain – a heavy thunderstorm. In less than 10 minutes, the plane was gone, never to be […]
I’m 500 today!
Can you believe it? I hit the big Five Oh Oh – 5 0 0 – today! No, that’s not my age, so don’t start making those jokes on me! What I mean is that as of this very article, I have personally written 500 original articles for this website! LiP got started out in […]
Only the Lead Dog Ever Gets a New View
There’s little doubt that one of the things most often talked about when education and helping families in the Philippines comes up is nursing and nursing school. Let me go on record right now and state clearly that I have a great respect for nurses, and the nursing profession. I need to make that crystal […]
Labor Day
It’s Monday, September 1, 2008 here in the Philippines, although it’s probably still August 31 for many people who are reading this. The first Monday in September is Labor Day in the United States, so I thought I’d write a little bit about Labor Day in the Philippines. Now, let me be clear, though, Labor […]