A few months ago I posted here the pictures and articles about helping out Pat to rebuild her house. They really were in bad shape at that time. They couldn’t even have a good night sleep if it rained a lot here in Davao. During summer time here I was working for a friend renovating […]
Corrupt Police! Oh my!
Corruption, corruption! Corruption is terrible in the Philippines, didn’t you know that? I mean, you can hardly go an hour in your life without facing some terrible kind of corruption. Or at least, that is what people say. In my life, I simply have not experienced such terrible things, though. Maybe I am different than […]
Bizarre Foods!
Today I was gonna write about the bizarre behavior of our dear neighbor. I can’t even begin to tell you how their attitudes were. They are the one at fault but didn’t up to it. Instead of saying sorry they are blaming us. My gosh, what a neighbor we have here. Well, when I look […]
If It’s On The Menu
The Advertisement said that every Friday Night they served Mongolian BBQ, I’d been there before, just two weeks prior, it was good. (Their lunch menu has a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich that is the best I’ve had outside of Philadelphia.) My buddy has just come home after being to sea for the last three months. […]
Follow-up on Martin Household Bayanihan
As I told you earlier, we planned a Bayanihan, or a work party at our maid, Pat’s house. A few weekend ago my kids, my nieces and nephew and of course Jun & Jun Jun, and I went to Pat’s house to start working on her house. It was really something for the my kids […]
You Can’t Get There from Here
When I lived in Puerto Rico I knew to never ask direction from a local, as it was at best, a crap shoot. If they knew, they would gladly head you in the right direction. But, if they had no idea, then they would just send you somewhere. They were not being malicious, but, machismo […]