Over the last few years I’ve regaled you with tales of building, repairing and improving out house on the mountain here in Bataan Philippines. This is a story of carnage and destruction by an act of nature on an unpatrolled scale, and no, it is not a Typhoon, Earthquake or Flood. This havoc had been […]
Things left behind…
I don’t often think negative thoughts, especially negative thoughts about my life in the Philippines. Last night, though, my thinking bordered on being negative. Maybe it was not really negative, but more reflective. Let me tell you what happened. I was up kind of late, because I was unable to sleep. Normally, I sleep kind […]
Hey Joe; Wanna Buy A Car?
Between trips to Manila for ACR I-cards, my Grandson being born, and life in general I’ve also been looking at new cars (still being flexible). My 1996 Honda Civic (New Old Car) almost has 100,000 kilometers or Approx. 60.000 miles on it, and I might sell it, and take the plunge into the new car […]
The unexpected company!
Last week I was running some errands with my niece Glenda and my son Chris. We were gone for quite awhile. When the place we went to didn’t have the stuff we wanted we then head home. As soon as we opened the gate I could see my kids and my other niece and our […]
Staying Flexible In the Philippines
Last week I told the story of the birth of my grandson, I was told, that there would be a party at the house on Saturday Evening. I asked; (First mistake) “Pray tell, what is the reason for the party?”Our daughter Hanna and her husband Chris’ birthday fall on the 19th and the 20th respectively. […]
But, Bob, why Davao?
A while back, I wrote an article here on LiP based on an e-mail I had received. The e-mail asked me why I chose to live in Davao. I interpreted the meaning to actually be “why did you choose to live in the Philippines,” and I based my answer on that interpretation. But, a smart […]