Christmas 2012 is quickly sneaking up on us, just a few weeks away now. Unfortunately, though, I am seeing a lot of negative similarities between this coming Christmas and Christmas of 2011. If you recall, last year, Mindanao got hit very hard by Tropical Storm Sendong in December 2011. Tropical Storms and Typhoons rarely hit […]
Chow Time!
Today while sitting in our bedroom watching TV and contemplating on what to eat for our lunch. My maids were already asking me if they could just get roasted chicken (letson manok) for the kids. We usually eat meat with veggies for lunch. But today my helpers were cleaning the kitchen and its already late for them […]
Fascinating and cute
I was helping my niece take care of some orders on one of our site. We were packing the packages that would be shipped out after our flower guy comes here to our house to deliver the arranged flowers. It was just a simple and regular day for us. Packed the package good in the […]
A weekend routine!
I’ve been going to the market every weekend lately. Really ever since our wash lady quit working due to she has to take care of her grand child. Before she quit she used to go to Bankerohan almost everyday. As you know to get the fresh fish and the veggies. But since she quit we […]
Exploitation
When you come to live in the Philippines, or any other developing country, you have to get used to a lot of things. Beggars nearly everywhere you go, different attitudes, different ways of treating people and such are all things that require adjustment. I have to say that I have been able to adjust to […]
Reporting for duty
Since living here I’ve been asked so many times if I worked at call center or a DJ in an FM radio station. It’s been going on for sometime. At first I was puzzled and just didn’t think about it. Just a few days ago the question resurfaced again. I went to a fast food […]