I am considering doing something a little bit different. I am thinking about “living out.” What’s that? Well, I’ll explain it in this column. As anybody who reads this column regularly knows, I have been studying Bisaya (the local langauge where I live) for some time now. I started studying in August 2007. I am […]
Touring Mindanao
As you surely read in my column a couple of weeks ago, I recently went on a Mindanao tour with John Grant and Migs Bassig. We traveled from Davao to Cotabato City, then to Parang, through Lanao del Sur, and to the Zamboanga Peninsula. After visiting all three Zamboanga Provinces, we also visited Misamis Occidental, […]
What an interesting trip!
I took another trip recently, and I really enjoyed it. I didn’t go anywhere fancy, nothing that I could write a travelogue about. But, I went somewhere that had a lot of meaning for me. I visited a little barrio called Patag, which is in Malapatan, Sarangani Province. I have been to Malapatan before, but […]
Is the Philippines paving the way to the future?
The Associated Press reports that some US Farmers are starting to use mules in lieu of mechanized farm equipment, due to the high cost of fuel! That’s right, farmer T.R. Raymond in Tennessee has switched over to mule power to handle some of his farming chores. Raymond’s son, Danny says of the use of mules […]
A learning experience
Learning is not always fun, but it is almost always beneficial. Even though I have lived in the Philippines for over 8 years now, I learn new things about life in the Philippines regularly. Sometimes I learn the same lesson many times over, because I forget what I learned previously. Forgetting lessons is not a […]
Logdeck Nursery & Cafe
This video is shot at Logdeck Nursery & Cafe in Marilog, Davao, along the BuDa Highway. Logdeck is just recently opened, and is owned by a friend of mine, Oded Arbel, and Israeli man who lives here in the Philippines with his wife, Norma. I said in the Video that Norma was going to come […]