A few years back my son, my niece and I decided to take a trip on a Jeepney. We were going to ride from Davao City to Cagayan de Oro, which is unheard of on a jeepney! As things turned out, it did not really work out as we expected, but that is a different story […]
The presumption of innocence
Yesterday, Feyma had an article here on LiP about the fact that Davao City Mayor, Rody Duterte, is running for President of the Philippines in 2016. I do not get involved in the Philippine politics, as it is not legal for foreign citizens to be involved in the political process here. I respect that, and […]
Rody Duterte for President 2016!
Finally Mayor Duterte of Davao decided to run for President of the Philippines in the election in 2016. For Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN). Many Filipinos are thrilled with his decision especially the Mindanaoans. Really when Mayor Rody said a few months ago that he is not interested to run, many people of the Philippines […]
Let there be light Bataan
The USNS Observation Island had just sailed from Pearl Harbor Hawaii in November 1997 after sitting in port spending two months in Honolulu. (That’s why I never quit that job) But as with all things it was time to earn our pay so we set sail for the coast of northern Russia to sit off […]
What happened to our world today?
It’s just so unbelievable that a massacre happened in Paris a few days ago. It’s really depressing to see on TV of what’s going on there. It’s so hard to be writing and not shed tears for the innocent people there. When I saw the bodies of too many people lying on the outside of that cafe […]
Street Food
There are street food vendors all over the Philippines. Most of them have like a stand along the sidewalk, or something like that. What do you think about this one? It is a street food tricycle! They used a tricycle so they can easily get to and from their house to the place they sell […]