Do you remember in late 2008, and the early part of 2009, I wrote a series of articles about SIR? SIR means “Smooth Interpersonal Relations” and it is the basic tenet of Philippine Culture. SIR is what controls the way that society in the Philippines functions. One of the tenets of the SIR system is […]
Pondering lifestyle changes
Well, it’s Monday morning here in the Philippines. I hope that everybody had a good weekend. I know that I did! On Saturday morning, I had some work to do, and after I got up, I took my laptop into the office, hooked it to all of my desktop peripherals and sat down to work. […]
Justice
Remember, a while back I wrote an article here about the Subic Rape case, and the conviction of Daniel Smith in the case? It was one of the top commented articles in the history of this site. To refresh your memory, the “rape victim,” Suzette Nicolas recanted her story, and said that she wasn’t sure […]
Summer of swimming
Summer vacation for the school kids here in the Philippines is well underway now, and the challenge for parents like Feyma and I is to keep the kids busy! You know how kids are, if you don’t keep them busy with something, they will spend their time playing video games and watching TV. Doing that […]
A tale of two schools
As I wrote a while back, two of my kids graduated from elementary school this year. That was a few weeks ago now, and I’ve been meaning to write about attending the graduation ceremonies, because it was an eye opener for me. Over the past, I have been to Ateneo de Davao (ADDU) campus a […]
Paying the bills…
You know, when you live in the Philippines, almost every experience in life is different from what you are used to. Even a very simple activity is not like you did it “back home.” Paying the bills is something that nobody enjoys doing, right? At least I know that I don’t. In every place that […]