In May of last year my Grandson Jayden arrived at our house on the mountain here in Bataan Philippines. We were all quite pleased with the new little dude, plus I’m thinking, it’s a good sized house how much room can the little guy take up? The answer to that I’ve found is; “All of it!” It […]
Why I hate New Years Eve
This is a story about New Years Eve and how and why I do it this way. It occurred to me years ago that my family here in the RP had a tradition celebrating the New Year that went back to when my wife Mayang was a kid. It had never changed until I entered […]
The refund (or the Christmas Miracle)
Those of us who have lived here for a very long time and those who have just came here know one thing for a fact. There are no cash refunds in the Philippines. You may if you’re lucky, get a replacement item or a store credit, but cash in hand, only when pigs fly. For […]
The Little Dude
On March 13th this year my Grandson Jayden was born, and three days later he was home at our house where he’ll be staying while his Daddy is off in Alaska working. My daughter seems quite happy to be back home and after her four years in Singapore and the truth be told I’d missed […]
She’s Turning Ten
The apple of my eye, the light of my life, my granddaughter Heather Colleen Sanguyo turned ten years old on the 3rd of October. And every year on that date I go crazy trying to come up with a unique and memorable birthday present. For years I’ve had check with her parents Chrisanto and YoHanna […]
The techie in the house!
A few days ago Bob got home after attending a meeting with Intel people. He was talking to me about how the meeting went, and continue on saying about the new processors that Intel was creating now. From what I can tell on what he was talking to me about, what Intel created must be […]