I can’t explain the why, but a couple of years ago Ayala Corp and SM Corp (Someone told me they were the same, but what do I know) built two new malls here in Olongapo for our shopping pleasure, and no doubt to make a few Pesos, on the positive side they brought a lot […]
My Phil Health was Cancelled?
And I don’t blame them at all; it seems that for some odd reason my wife Mayang let our Phil Health Insurance lapse. I found out the hard way, the day we needed it! Bob Martin has spoken at length what a good deal Phil Health is and its different plans and of course I […]
Wow, just wow!
Sometimes marriages don’t work out, they end in divorce. That is probably at least as common as success, I guess. I have been lucky. In August 1990, I married Feyma Bayoy. We have been married for more than 26 years now. You all know Feyma because she regularly writes on this website. When I married […]
Microwaveable Medal Spoons
The microwave (Radar Oven when I was young) is not that important here in the Philippines unless you are a foreigner then it is a convenience used in everyday life. I like to Nuke a frozen Dunkin Donut or Krispy Kream in the morning to have with that cup of coffee. I did explain that […]
NEWS Flash its Christmas
Mayang went into Dinalupihan to pay the water bill, and like always she likes to wander around the market with her twin sister and see what there is to see. This week it was 75 yards of material to make new Christmas Curtains. Out comes her Singer Sewing machine to be cleaned and oiled and […]
Time for an expat chill out?
This past couple of weeks has found a lot of email in my inbox, messages on Facebook and whatever kinds of communications are possible… I have been getting them. The vast majority have been on one topic… President Duterte and where Americans and other Western expats stand with him. To be honest, Duterte has always […]