“Streamlined.” Sounds fast. Something that is streamlined even looks fast. Gotta love that streamlining thingy, regardless of the who, what, where, how, and why. Yes sir – in this day and age of motion and speed, one can’t go wrong with anything that is streamlined. “Foreign” and “Domestic.” Exact opposites. Yet the two most often […]
What do you miss in the Philippines? EAM
Is there something that you miss since you moved to the Philippines? What about those of you who have yet to move, but are planning to move to the Philippines? Do you think there will be things you miss from “back home”? Well, I can assure you that you will certainly miss things when you […]
Our baby has babies!
Well, almost over a year ago I wrote about that we had new baby in the house. The name of that baby was Blue. Our helper got her from the ditch (canal) here near the house. Well just 10 months from we found her she gave us 5 kittens. The runt kitten died the next day. […]
DELINQUENT? Who, Me?
Last week, I, ah …… hey, is it just me or is time really flying in this new year of 2015? Already, most of this new week has passed us by like a sidewalk motorcyclist at an Edsa rush hour? (Oh yes, I know that “Edsa traffic” and the word “rush” go together like “balut” […]
What Did You Do Last Weekend?
Sometimes life in the Philippines is just as simple as this. At 0400 I was on Face Book joking and chatting with a group from Dorchester Massachusetts, which is within the city limits of Boston. Now for those of you whom have met people from Boston, I’ll explain to you that they really weren’t from […]
Building a house, native style: Nipa hut!
I’ve been asked by so many people by email on the cost of building a simple house here in the Philippines. Sometimes the budget that they can afford is just low for a very nice house. So an idea came to mind for me again while I was looking at my old photos. I came across […]