Just a couple of days ago, I had an article entitled “It’s Coming! I can’t wait!” Now, today, I wanted to use the exact same title for this article, but I refrained! What’s coming this time? Well, I’ll get to that in a minute. About 6 months to a year ago, somebody started preparing an […]
Oh brother are you really jealous?
Well, I’ve been meaning to write this article for a long time now. I’ve been hearing lots of expats when they get together all they talk (tsismis) about was the other expats that live here. I felt that if they say that the Pinoys have the crab mentality, so do a lot of the expats. […]
Easter 2012 Celebration at our house!
We always celebrate the Easter with painting of eggs the night before. The kids will paint to whatever design they like and dip it into different colors for fun. The Easter bunny will have some goodies for the kids too the next morning before the kids hunt Easter eggs. This year, we have a newbie […]
Philippine Graffiti Revisited
More than 4 years ago, I wrote an article about Graffiti in the Philippines. I noted that I was starting to see graffiti around Davao, and it concerned me. And, to be clear, I was talking about gang type graffiti. To be honest, I had not thought much more about the topic over the years, […]
Carpentry work!
Over the weekend we had some carpentry work done here in our house. It’s the cupboard under the sink and the ceiling on the kids bathroom. The owner of the house sent her brother with the carpenter he had hired. They came before the weekend to estimate how much and how long they have to […]
Where’s the beef?
Yesterday, I took the jeepney into the city and got a haircut and took care of a few other things. On the way, I saw this new restaurant just near our house. They had a big banner hanging in front of the place with a photograph of a hamburger, and advertising their “Amara Hamburger” for […]