Last week, I invited a group of Filipino friends over to my house to sample some of my freshly roasted and brewed coffee. I know that these people are serious coffee lovers, because I see them often in local coffee shops, so I decided to invite them over for some seriously good coffee! We not […]
Quagmire in Mindanao
The Government of the Philippines finds itself in a quagmire these days. What is a quagmire? Well, the definition of a quagmire is a difficult, precarious or entrapping situation. Unfortunately, that is where the Government of the Philippines sits at this time when it comes to the situation in Mindanao. Of course, as I often […]
Oops! American thinking!
The other day I wrote about how two of my kids will be starting high school in a couple of months. My oldest son is already 17 years old. I have another son who is turning 9 years old today too. So, as my kids are growing up quickly, over the past couple of years, […]
Wow, I just realized something
Did you ever have a time when something that is a sort of important fact went unnoticed, and then it just hit you? That just happened to me! I just realized something that I had not thought about before, and it is something kind of important too. In my life, I have moved around a […]
Are you a Filophile?
OK, I admit it. I am a Filophile. I guess I’d think that almost everybody reading this site is probably a Filophile. What is a Filophile, you ask? Well, it’s something that I just made up! It is a person who loves the Philippines. I got thinking about the term Audiophile, and then my mind […]
Two of my kids are starting High School
Well, the school year in the Philippines is winding up this week for most kids here. It’s kind of a milestone year here in the Martin household, as two of my kids are going on to High School next year. The next school year startes in early June. It makes me both proud and happy […]