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Me & Mama
Zosima Bayoy, or “Osing” is Feyma’s Mom. I call her Mama, or “Ma” most of the time. Ma is nearly 80 years old now, and her health is not good, but over the 17 years of my marriage to Feyma, I have known Ma during many years of good health. Mama speaks virtually no English […]
Passing along responsibility
How do Filipino families afford to send their kids to school? I think this is one of the questions thats pops up to the minds of some of the people that come here to visit and not live here and seeing how big many people we have here in every household. We all know that […]
A wad of money!
Last week, I wrote a column here called “Cash is KING.” In the comments, AmericanLola mentioned about how when she first moved here the largest bill available was the P100 bill, and that people would bring boxes to the bank when they were withdrawing money, since they would need a large pile of currency even […]
Cash is KING!
Anybody who has lived in the Philippines, or traveled here extensively will know this, but for the advantageous of those who are less experienced here, it’s important to know that in the Philippines, cash is always king. Although since the first time I came here, some 17 years ago, the acceptance of things like Credit […]
DAVAO ATHLETIC WATER BOY
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