As Bob mention on his column a few days ago, the highlight of our trip to Father Franco’s place was meeting new people especially the 3 ladies who are from Peru. It was really nice talking to them, even the mom although sometimes we had a hard time understanding each other. We did enjoy talking […]
Where does coconut milk come from?
You’ve had coconut milk before, right? It certainly is delicious and can be used for many different purposes and in different ways. Do you know where coconut milk comes from, though? When I moved here, I thought I knew where it came from, but later, I learned that I was wrong! Let’s see if you […]
LiP Reader Dave Brefka, RIP
It was with great sadness this afternoon that I learned of the death of a true friend, Dave Brefka. Dave was a long time reader of LiP, and was engaged to marry Jing and I believe that he planned to live in the Philippines after that. I have known Dave for about a year now […]
Bad news
The weekend brought some bad news for Philippine agriculture, for Filipino consumers, and basically for anybody in the Philippines. The news actually broke on Friday afternoon. I am actually surprised that it did not get more airtime on the news here, more mention in the papers, etc., because, frankly, it is enough to scare the […]
Family Problem!
Last week or so I had my sister here with us for my oldest son Chris’ birthday. While she’s here we went shopping. This time a lot of the malls here were open until midnight. While we went shopping her husband called her up and told my sister that my brother-in-law’s sister (we will just […]
Take care of yourself!
Last night, while I was sleeping, I got a text from a friend. I won’t name this person, but he is a regular visitor to the Philippines, and generally spends a few months here whenever he comes. I guess he has only been here about 3 times or so, but since he stays for quite […]