It’s hard for me to decide exactly what this article is about. I have in mind a few different thoughts that are seemingly unrelated, yet I believe that for the terms of this post, and for my thinking, there is a relationship between my thoughts. Let’s see if I can write my thoughts down in […]
Just a week away
The 2012 Olympics are just a week away, and you can be sure that there are athletes from the Philippines en route to London for the games! The Philippine contingent for the 2012 Olympics is a small one, in fact, this year’s Philippine Olympic team is the smallest team that the Philippines has ever sent […]
The Philippine Banana Business is sagging
Yes, as you read in the title, the banana exporting business in the Philippines has been sagging in recent months. The Davao Region, where I live, is a major exporter of bananas, so that is a big concern here. Firstly, for those who don’t know, the title of this article is a bit of a […]
Happy Birthday, Mommy
So, in yesterday’s article, A Close Friendship, I told you about my friend, Jon. I left off at the point where Jon and I were talking on the phone – he in the USA and I in the Philippines – and he invited Feyma and I to an event in Davao. But, I didn’t tell […]
A close friendship
This article is about a very dear friend of mine. My friend, Jon, is a Dabawenyo (he is from Davao), but has lived much of his life in the United States. While Jon has given me permission to write about this, I have decided not to use the family’s last name for the sake of […]
What a deal!
I got an interesting e-mail on Saturday evening. Basically, the e-mail was from an American who had been living in Davao City for a couple of years or so, and he said that he was ready to return to the States. I didn’t really know why he wanted to return, but he did mention that […]