200 Weeks ago fearless leader Mindanao Bob asked me if I’d write a weekly article about my life in the Philippines. I thought about for a day or two and agreed to do it. For years I wrote a monthly report about my life in The Navy and Puerto Rico as a night club owner, […]
Taking a shower in public
When I first moved to the Philippines, I was a bit shocked when I saw people actually taking a shower in public. A few weeks after I moved to the Philippines, I was going to go to a small town about an hour drive away, along with another expat friend of mine. His name is […]
Seasons in the sun: Winter goes straight to summer
It’s been a couple of weeks now since I posted my first installment of my series, Seasons in the sun, talking about the different “seasons” of life that I have gone through while living in the Philippines. Last time I talked about my winter years in the Philippines after I first arrived in the country. […]
How Hungry Are You?
In the long distant past while consuming adult beverages with the neighbors here in my Purok, the subject of pulutan (Snack food consumed while drinking) and the subject of eating dog (Aso in Tagalog) meat had come up a few times, without my saying a word my friends knew how I felt about that, as […]
Shopping at the Sari Sari Store
Do you know what a “sari sari” store is? If you have ever been to the Philippines, I bet you know! If you have yet to visit the Philippines, though, maybe you don’t know what a sari sari store is. Basically, a sari sari store is kind of a neighborhood convenience store. I would be […]
Visa questions!
I was just talking to an old friend of mine. We were buddies from years past, before I even went to the States. We had not seen each other for quite sometime. Later on our conversation she found out that I am already a dual citizen. She was really happy for me. She then asked […]