Last week, I received an e-mail from a fellow named Rommel. Rommel is a Filipino and a very nice fellow. Here is the e-mail he sent to me: Hi Bob, Totally enjoying your site! I’ve worked in MNC’s over the past years and had a lot of expat bosses and ALL of them enjoyed the […]
Our tradition on celebrating Christmas
Growing up on the farm we used to celebrate Christmas with the whole family, I mean my parents, my siblings that’s not yet married at that time, my siblings with their family, my aunt that lives near our house, my cousins and some of our tenants. My dad would have one pig butchered during Christmas […]
Now I’ve Seen It All
A few years ago my friend was moving from one house he owned here on Luzon to another. It went smoothly until at the end we’re looking at his 1957 Chevy which the body is on blocks and the frame and running gear is separated. The frame is easy; we push it like it was […]
Fruit trippin’ in Tupi
You’ve heard of a “food trip,” right? Usually that is like a road trip that somebody takes to go partake in food. Like, maybe you would take a trip to Memphis to eat BBQ at a lot of Memphis BBQ places. Well, not long ago, Aaron and I went “Fruit Trippin’.” Yep, we went on […]
Bob’s friend!
A few days ago Bob bought a basketball for some kids that he knew a few months ago. Bob introduced me to these kids like a month or two ago. They are living not too far from our house. Really near the small market in our area. One of the kids was kind of the […]
Our Barangay Crime Wave
Here on the mountain in Barangay Roosevelt Bataan we have a full scale crime wave within out sleepy corner of paradise. Oh prey tell this is not the first time, as we all sadly remember a couple of years ago when Do-Dong was in love with Miss Peachy Pie, and he declared his un-dying love […]