When buying a major item like a car, a new PC or an appliance, most of us always consider what kind of warranty is being offered. The longer the warranty, the more likely we are to consider buying the item if it meets our needs. In my time living in the Philippines, more than a […]
The Mieles and the Martins
This weekend was a great LiP get together! One of our popular LiP writers, John Miele, and his family came to Davao for the weekend. John was accompanied by his wife, Rebecca and their son Juanito. John came to Davao to sort of enjoy a get-away from the city, and all that is associated with […]
It’s on the Coconut Telegraph
I admit it. I’m a Parrothead. Big time. Oh wait… some of you are asking… what the heck is a “parrothead?” Well, a Parrothead is a fan of Jimmy Buffett. For the uninitiated, Jimmy Buffet is an American Singer. His music is hard to categorize. It is not quite rock. It’s not quite country. It’s […]
The Big Adventure
Prior to our youngest girl “Ymir Thea” moving to Singapore to work last year, she had a job with a large Japanese Electronics Firm on Subic Freeport, as an assistant administrator in the main office. Her supervisor tasked her with updating the company’s instruction manuals. She brought them home and worked on them, on our […]
I felt good!
I had an experience last Friday that really made me feel good. I thought I’d tell you about it today. On Thursday evening, my oldest son, Chris, mentioned to me that he wanted to go get a haircut on Friday. I needed a haircut myself, as I had not had one in 2 weeks. I […]
My Journey to Samal
The other day, I set out to go to Samal Island. I was excited to go, because it had been a while since I had gone to Samal, so this was indeed a journey for me! For regular readers, you will likely remember that I used to write relatively often about Samal and the time […]