Yesterday, Feyma and I took the kids for a little outing, which turned into a wonderful experience. It was something different from anything I ever experienced in the States, something that you probably wouldn’t experience there, given the state of the American society. It all started last weekend. I went up into the mountains overlooking […]
Bob speaks Bisaya!
Good morning. Today, I want to write something different. I will also post an audio of this. Last week, when I wrote an article about pomelo, and I visted a fruit stand in Santa Cruz, I showed a video of the visit there. Some people commented that they were impressed with my Bisaya. I was […]
Do you need to get a Philippine Driver’s License?
If you come to the Philippines for a vacation, did you know that you can drive without need of obtaining a Philippine Driver’s License? It’s true. As long as you have a license from your home country, you may drive here using that license. That, however, is only good for 90 days from the time […]
Still adjusting!
Wow I can’t believed it, that its already 8 years ago that Me and Bob decided to bring the whole family here to the Philippines to live for good. It was really a challenge at first. I really thought I can’t make it here. It was really hard for me and our second child Aaron […]
A tough one to answer!
Back in 1990, when Feyma and I got married, I faced a situation that required a little bit of couthness, hard thinking, and wiggling to get through. It was a sort of test that was placed in front of me, looking to see what my reaction was. Thankfully, I think I passed! When I first […]
Is Mindanao ablaze?
Remember, a couple of weeks ago I posted a column about the agreement between the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) and the Government of the Philippines (GRP) concerning Ancestral Domain? Well, a lot has happened since then. It all started last week when a “mini-war” broke out in North Cotabato. A group of MILF combatents […]