Arthur Miller wrote a play about Willy Loman an American salesman, yet I doubt if he’d ever ran into a salesman in the Philippines. It’s a whole different game here. The guy or girl will show up at your gate, with a clipboard taking a survey about one thing or the other. Attempting to tell you […]
A bitter/sweet family get together
Beginning of last month my family suffered a terrible incident. April 1st to be exact. It used to be a really special day for us, the birthday of my dad. Used to be a big party with us family and friends our tenants. Just trying to remember my dad, on that early day I was […]
My Non Profit Mini-Storage Business
I’m not sure if it’s really a storage business per say, all though two complete bedrooms in my house are used for that purpose, and not by me. It seems that when our oldest girl got married 9 years ago she never really moved out of our house. Her old bedroom is packed to the […]
Does NAIA give a crap?
I saw a piece of news over this past weekend that was rather shocking to me. Apparently, a website called the Guide to Sleeping in Airports did a survey recently. In this survey, Manila’s International Airport, NAIA or Ninoy Aquino International Airport, was ranked as the 5th worst airport in the world. Honestly, I am […]
Dear Feyma “Thanks for listening”
It’s been awhile since I have posted a Dear Feyma letter here. I just didn’t go through a lot of my emails yet. But I had this email that caught my attention. “Dear Feyma, I am a Pinay. An OFW working in the Middle East. I just got back from a month of vacation there […]
Out of Stock
Out of stock is a catch phrase for just about anything you need and can’t find. It’s a term I use a lot (jokingly) since I first arrived here. I caught on to how it works back in the early 1990’s. You could be in a large grocery store see the young employee stocking spam. […]