A few days ago I got a surprising text from somebody saying that “Feyma please stop advising my daughter and my son-in-law to get an apartment while in the city, I want them to live next to me here in the province.” I texted her back to please read our site and take a look […]
A tale of two schools
As I wrote a while back, two of my kids graduated from elementary school this year. That was a few weeks ago now, and I’ve been meaning to write about attending the graduation ceremonies, because it was an eye opener for me. Over the past, I have been to Ateneo de Davao (ADDU) campus a […]
Paying the bills…
You know, when you live in the Philippines, almost every experience in life is different from what you are used to. Even a very simple activity is not like you did it “back home.” Paying the bills is something that nobody enjoys doing, right? At least I know that I don’t. In every place that […]
Different attitudes
As Bob mention on his column a few days ago, the highlight of our trip to Father Franco’s place was meeting new people especially the 3 ladies who are from Peru. It was really nice talking to them, even the mom although sometimes we had a hard time understanding each other. We did enjoy talking […]
Davao is going green!
In the past few weeks, Davao City has been having a green revolution! I’ve never been much of an environmentalist. I believe that we should take care of the environment, but I am not a rabid “go green” person by any means. I do believe, though, that when there is an opportunity that comes along […]
OK, I just don’t get it
I like to think that I am a person of reasonable intelligence, and understanding when it comes to dealing with other people. Sure, sometimes I lose my cool a bit, but we all do that from time to time, I think. But, something happened the other day, which just reminded me of other similar events […]