In 1996 while still living in Olongapo City in a rental house, we would go to my wife’s parents house in Roosevelt Bataan (Where we live now, but down the road) every Sunday when I was home between ship assignments. One such Sunday our girls YoHanna and Ymir Thea asked me if they could bring […]
So, what are your plans?
We all have plans in life. Sometimes our plans all work out, most of the time, though, things don’t necessarily work out as we planned. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, in fact, many times things out better than we had expected or even hoped for. My first time to visit the Philippines was in […]
Dear Feyma “mixed emotions”
Hi Readers, I got a note the other day from another LiP reader Although she has been living abroad for some time, she had questions regarding some of her nieces who are still living in the Philippines. It seems like her life in a different culture has sort of “broadened her horizon,” she fears that […]
The Plant that Devoured Bataan
Over the last few years I’ve regaled you with tales of building, repairing and improving out house on the mountain here in Bataan Philippines. This is a story of carnage and destruction by an act of nature on an unpatrolled scale, and no, it is not a Typhoon, Earthquake or Flood. This havoc had been […]
The Crab guy made me crabby!
On Monday of this week, I guess it just wasn’t my day! From early morning and all through the day, I had a series of things happen that just did not make for a nice day for me. First thing in the morning, Feyma and I were sitting out on the patio talking. We had […]
Update on our unexpected company!
I wrote an article two weeks ago about these kids that came to our house. They live not too far from us. They just came by our house to asked to see if they could get some empty bottles from our garbage can. But my kids can’t resist on giving them food. My kids can […]