No not the lizard of Arizona fame, and not the ship that fought the Merrimac during the Civil War but the one attached to my Putter that allows me to see all the pretty pictures on the Interweb thingy. The one I had was imported from China it was a 15 inch flat screen and […]
A little Surprise (Part Two)
It now Saturday afternoon (14 Sept) Froggy is making Fog Horn sounds today so it must be raining plus it’s in stereo so Froggy has a new friend, it’s raining a real gully washer (I heard that on Roy Rogers) the new furniture shows up at the gate and driver man wants to start unloading […]
Wheelchair access in the Philippines
I was just watching TV at our bedroom and in the show they had someone on a wheelchair. So that really got me thinking of how the people here on a wheelchair go from their day to day lives. I mean not a lot of establishments here that were so accessible by them. I’ve seen […]
A little Surprise (Part One)
Mrs. Thompson and I had a discussion or if I stated it clearer Mayang told me that our bedroom needed re-painting. She explained that the car was fine and Christmas (And yes in the Philippines we can still say that word, even on the TV and in Newspapers.) was 3 months away. According to her […]
Flip flops: It’s more fun in the Philippines!
I think we really know what we have to be thankful in life until we see everyday the poverty that just shows on our very eyes. Really to be honest seeing lots of less fortunate people here really has changed the way I live daily. I know sometimes that we want more than what we […]
The Ambient Vendor in the Philippines
When I was a kid in the Dorchester section of Boston there was a horse and wagon that came around all summer and sold fruit and vegetables in the neighborhood, and the guy was called a huckster (or Hawker), also there was the Hoodsies truck (Or the Good Humor man) that sold Ice Cream, to […]