Remember when you were a kid and your Mom would serve you dinner? Dad would always say that “you better clean your plate!” Mom would chime in, “there are poor kids in China who are starving!” There were probably a few starving kids in the Philippines too, don’t you think? Back in 2001, Feyma and […]
Simply shocking!
Yesterday afternoon, I had a little mission that I went on with a friend. We had scheduled an activity that we both wanted to do. My friend, Lucky, is a German who is also studying Bisaya like I am. We both have the same teacher (Bebe), so we met through her some time back. Lucky […]
Philippine injustice
Can a foreigner expect to get justice in the Philippines? Just ask Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith. Smith was convicted of rape in 2006. The “crime” supposedly took place in November 2005, while Smith was in the Philippines to participate in joint military exercises between the US and Philippine militaries. Smith and several other Marines […]
Business Unusual
No matter where in the world you go, things work differently than in other places. I guess that everyplace has it’s own little nuances. The Philippines is certainly no exception either, as sometimes it seems that nearly everything is different here! One of the things that I find quite different here is the way that […]
The Crocodile Chronicles
Do you remember the 1970’s? It was in the mid-70’s when the movie “Jaws” came out. For those who are too young, or who don’t remember the movie, it was about a shark attack that happened in the United States, a fictional place called Amity Island. Basically, a viscious shark attacked on the beach of […]
Davao City 911 Center
Update March 2009: Yesterday, a friend who lives in the Philippines had some health problems. He texted me and asked if there is 911 in the Philippines. I told him that it is only available in Davao, but now that I thought about it, there are a couple of other cities that have it too. […]