Well, almost over a year ago I wrote about that we had new baby in the house. The name of that baby was Blue. Our helper got her from the ditch (canal) here near the house. Well just 10 months from we found her she gave us 5 kittens. The runt kitten died the next day. […]
DELINQUENT? Who, Me?
Last week, I, ah …… hey, is it just me or is time really flying in this new year of 2015? Already, most of this new week has passed us by like a sidewalk motorcyclist at an Edsa rush hour? (Oh yes, I know that “Edsa traffic” and the word “rush” go together like “balut” […]
What Did You Do Last Weekend?
Sometimes life in the Philippines is just as simple as this. At 0400 I was on Face Book joking and chatting with a group from Dorchester Massachusetts, which is within the city limits of Boston. Now for those of you whom have met people from Boston, I’ll explain to you that they really weren’t from […]
Building a house, native style: Nipa hut!
I’ve been asked by so many people by email on the cost of building a simple house here in the Philippines. Sometimes the budget that they can afford is just low for a very nice house. So an idea came to mind for me again while I was looking at my old photos. I came across […]
When Carabao Fly
When I bought the land in 1997 that my house sits on, the thought of internet was not even at the back of my mind. There was no running water up here on the mountain, and a landline phone was nonexistent and trash removal was only a dream and the fire department was 45 minutes […]
Life Can Be Taxing
The best laid plans of mice and men ……… I planned to be here every week or so to provide you, dear readers, with another helping of the finest eggs that my mind can scramble. Well, two failures are the result – one obvious and one not. Obviously, unlike MacArthur, I didn’t return. As I’ve […]