On Monday of this week, I wrote an article about being a Ninong. The events I wrote about in that article occurred at a party that Feyma and I attended. As I mentioned in that article, there was something else that happened at that party which I wanted to write about as well. Today, I’d […]
Are the in-charge doing their job right?
I was just reading my Kindle and Bob just told me something that really bothered me. He said something about a winner of the beauty contest in Bukidnon who was stripped of her title and her other awards. I asked him what’s the reason for it? Bob told me about the girl being an American citizen. […]
The fun of having a business
Having a business in the Philippines can be quite… well… fun. They say it’s more fun in the Philippines, after all. Feyma and I started our first business in the Philippines sometime in 2000, within our first year of arriving here. It was all sort of done by accident. The business I am talking about […]
Where Have All the Roosters Gone
Do you remember that song; “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”? My old beer buddy next door was Boyet and his wife Anna, who both lived off the largest of his Uncle Roberto a 35 year resident of San Diego California and the owner of the land. Boyet was a pleasant man, who didn’t want […]
A simple and important reminder!
I am writing here just a bit of a reminder to the anyone (foreigners or Filipinos that live abroad for a long time) that wanted to retire here in the Philippines. When we moved back here Bob and I had already been coming here many times for a visit. Bob’s been to some 5 star hotels and […]
The new update on my old post here!
A little over 2 years ago I posted a story (The unexpected company) of these 2 young girls named Arnie & Irish who were at our gate asking for our recyclable plastic bottles. My kids not only gave them the plastic bottles, they also fed those kids. We even brought those kids to the dentist. So […]