It’s almost Christmas time again. As usual we, I mean all of you that helped us for the past 2 years now know that we are giving away Christmas gifts to the poor people here in Davao area. Last year Bob and I decided that we will give on the 24th of December so that […]
A little Christmas Cheer!
Yes, folks, it’s true, this is already my second article today! What’s going on? Usually I only write around three times per week on this site! Well, the truth is that I wanted to come back again with a request to LiP readers. Back a few weeks ago, I wrote an article about Heroes, in […]
It’s Christmas Time Again?
September 2009, when I walked into the SM Mall in San Fernando, Pampanga, I noticed that they were playing Christmas Music and the Christmas decorations were up. Since this was about the same time Christmas started when I lived in Puerto Rico, and I’d been coming to the Philippines since the late 60’s, I smiled […]
Taking a break
As any regular LiP readers know, I have been taking Cebuano language classes for more than 2 years now. Recently, I decided to take a little break. It’s actually been about 4 weeks already since I stopped taking classes! At first, having some time away from my studies was a bit of a relief. It […]
Early Christmas decoration!
I am writing today about how the Martin’s decorate Christmas. When we used to live in the States I decorated Christmas right after Thanksgiving. Even when we moved back here to the Philippines. In the States before it would take me a few days to finished up my decorations. I usually decorate the whole house. […]
Heroes
Let’s talk about heroes today on LiP. I want to discuss heroes in two different senses. I want to talk about recognizing a hero, and I want to talk about every one of us becoming a hero in our own small way. What? You didn’t think you could become a hero? Believe me, you can […]