I’ve been growing up in the province. Studied my grade school there, studied my high school days in the city, but usually I went home by the end of the week. During weekends I stayed in the farm helping my parents taking care of the animals and our coconuts and corn fields. In the province […]
Strawberries and Dreams
Last week, Feyma, the kids and I took a day trip up to Bukidnon to see our old friend, Father Franco Uras. Father Franco is an Italian Priest who lives in Buda, which is right on the Bukidnon/Davao border. We have known Father for years now, and we always enjoy spending a day visiting with […]
A Simple Day
It was last week and a Saturday morning; I’m on the “Puter,” connected to the world, when I notice the twins were absent, they weren’t inside the house, or in the front or the backyard. But then I heard chopping and falling branches on the empty lot next-door to our house. I went to investigate, […]
Pizza everyone?
We’ve been living in the Philippines for a long time now, and we’ve been longing for a good pizza for that long too. I have been trying to make pizza since learning how to cook. I made some that it tasted good and some just okay. We like our pizza to be super thin crust. […]
How’d it happen?
Mayang and Clara return from spending the day in town with my new old 1996 Honda. I notice that they were both very upset, and both are trying to tell me what happened at the very same time, or to put it mildly, the same story in stereo. After settling them down, I asked; “What […]
Pasalubong
What is “pasalubong?” It is a travel gift. In other words, if you travel from a far away place, you are kind of expected to bring your close friends and family a gift of some kind. I am talking about Filipino friends and family, of course. For example, if you come from the USA to […]