A few days ago me and Aaron went to the Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA to file for our Philippines passports. First time for Aaron to get a Philippine passport and a renewal Philippine passport for me. We’ve been wanting to go there since middle of last year, but didn’t get around to it […]
Conversation that I heard!
It’s really nice now that we decided to ride jeepneys in going anywhere here in the city area. On one of our jeepney routes, me and my niece overheard a very interesting conversation of 2 old friends. One of the ladies might be in her mid 50’s and the other one might be a little […]
Christmas is giving to the less fortunate here!
Well Thanksgiving is over. Time for us to think now of the Christmas shopping. We are so lucky that we can buy even just a few presents for our kids and give some to our friends and family. Living here now for 13+ years, I’ve seen people – too many people here struggling to buy […]
Mindanao Madness
Life is full of ups and downs. Hopefully we will experience more ups than downs, and if that is the case, most of us will be pretty happy. The same goes for places, I suppose. Sometimes places experience good times, other times places experience bad times. Over the past 5 years or so, for example, […]
The S & R fanatics!!!
It’s been a few weeks now since the opening of S & R. We’ve been very happy with it. I’ve been rarely going now to the other grocery stores here. When going there I’ve been eyeing some stuff there, coming back a few days after and its gone. Just for example I want a purple […]
Seasons in the sun: Winter goes straight to summer
It’s been a couple of weeks now since I posted my first installment of my series, Seasons in the sun, talking about the different “seasons” of life that I have gone through while living in the Philippines. Last time I talked about my winter years in the Philippines after I first arrived in the country. […]