This article was the one I was going to submit last week, but Mayang’s trip to the hospital caused me to do a re-write. This is about health and exercise, and me getting fit and trim. I joined the Navy with a 27 inch waist and finished boot camp with it going up to 29 […]
It’s calendar time in the Philippines
This is a special time of the year in the Philippines. December and January have special meaning for Filipinos. Christmas? No, that’s special, but not what I’m talking about. New Years? Again, New Years is great, but once again, not what I’m talking about today. I can just hear you asking: But, Bob, what else […]
What Very Little I Know
On Christmas day we admitted my wife to the North Pointe Hospital on Subic Freeport, Let me explain she is home now and just fine. She had an infection starting in her foot, and while there they found a kidney stone and admitted her for a few days. MY WIFE MAYANG IS FINE!!! Our daughter […]
Squash pancake everyone!
Well, Thanksgiving is over and yet we are dreading on what to do with the leftover pumpkin puree. Luckily Bob was so resourceful in finding new recipe for me to cook. One of the recipes he got was about was a pumpkin pancake recipe. Since we don’t have pumpkin here in the Philippines, we just […]
A somber Christmas in Mindanao
Christmas is a season of joy. It’s a season of pleasure and rejoicing. It’s a time of year when we put our troubles behind and focus on goodwill and spreading the joy with our fellow men. Christmas, for us, is in a large part all about the LiP Christmas Giveaway. What is the LiP Giveaway? […]
Peter Pan Syndrome
Here it is just a week before Christmas and I’m in the Christmas Spirit and have been for awhile. I know how old I am, as my body reminds me on a daily basis as to that fact. But my mind won’t believe it. As a matter of fact, it rejects the concept of aging […]