Here in the Philippines, names are not used much of the time when addressing people. Or, if a name is used, it will often have a “prefix” code word affixed ahead of it. As an example, our Vice Mayor here in Davao City is Sara Duterte, the daughter of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. But, people don’t […]
Annoying things…
Today’s Guest Column is from David Katague. David has a blog about his place in his beloved Marinduque, give it a visit, and visit David if you happen to be in Marinduque too! My Top Ten Annoying Things in the Philippines Just recently Bob posted an article stating that The Filipinos do not believe that […]
Realistic Expectations
A subject that interests me is the modern day concept of ‘rules’ and the way we deal with them. I guess part of my outlook is shaped by the fact I spent so many years with the military,where you don’t ask why, you do. A day or so back Bob pointed me to a humorous […]
Fishing in Patag River
Summer is over here in the Philippines already. Some kids went back to school a few days ago. Most of the private school will be going back this coming Monday. During summer my kids went to GenSan. They also went to my family farm. As I wrote here before that they like to go there. […]
Filipinos only want your money
Filipinos are only out for your money. I hear it every day from a lot of foreigners. I hear it from people I meet with face to face. I hear it from people who e-mail me. I remember when I first got married to Feyma. So many people told me – “Oh, she only wants […]
Philippine History
Today’s Guest Column is from David Katague. David has a blog about his place in his beloved Marinduque, give it a visit, and visit David if you happen to be in Marinduque too! History of the Philippines in 10 Minutes Yesterday, a friend forwarded me an e-mail titled Brief History of da Pinoy by Dioskodai, […]