Sitting on a lofty mountain in Bataan gazing south to Mindanao pondering the situation and thinking back to the 1970’s and 80’s and what was going on then… I was here in Olongapo City many times during Martial Law years ago, it was Inconvenient, for American servicemen who were here at the time, but that was […]
Keepin’ busy
Well, I am not ashamed to say it…. I miss my wife! Feyma is gone! She left the Philippines last Thursday, arriving in the United States on Thursday night, and at her (temporary) destination of Portland, Oregon on Friday morning. As Feyma reported to you last week, she has left for the States, and she […]
Being Frugal in the Philippines
Sir Bob made a great comment in his article “Does Philippine Internet Suck?” To paraphrase what he said “You get what you pay for”. Truer words were never uttered. I told my wife I needed some house shorts to wear at home and around the purok. Off to the market she went and returned with […]
No Matter How You Say It
Spanish = Mierda de Toro, Tagalog= kalokohan, Gaelic = Cacamas or just plain “Bullshit” The truth is that most of us posses a BS detector, that will sound an alarm when someone attempts to blow smoke up our arse. When I hear it I respond much faster than I really should and diplomacy and politeness is […]
“One Beer per Wheel Rule”
Part Two: (My First Beer in a year) I used to subscribe to the “One Beer per Wheel Rule” Back in the 1960”s and 70’s, in other words if you are riding a motorcycle you can have two beers, or an extra beer if you have a sidecar. A car is four beers if consumed […]
The Check is in the Mail
Great lies I’ve been told while here in the Philippines, I’ll admit that falling for them was 99% my fault for taking other peoples word on it, or for reading it on the internet and not verifying it. And no doubt it will happen again. When I moved to the mountain in Bataan I was […]