My granddaughter, Heather Coleen Sanguyo (AKA Ling-Ling), thinks that having a Kano granddaddy is quite a cool thing. . I’m known to her as “Lolo Daddy Paul” as I mentioned in a comment on LIP last week, the first grandchild in the family names everyone of her grandparents. I’m Lolo Daddy Paul, because she heard […]
Being Defined
What defines you? Can a person be fully defined by a single thing he says? I do not believe that would be fair or accurate to judge a person’s being entirely on a single statement he makes. Lately, I have gotten a bit of feedback from a few, only a few, readers of this site. […]
The job that wasn’t
I got an interesting text message back around Christmas. The text was from my former Bisaya teacher from about 5 years ago. Her name is Au, and we keep in touch on a semi-regular basis. Au is a Professor at Ateneo de Davao University. Very nice lady, and quite intelligent. I enjoy knowing Au, but […]
A blind encounter
The night before last Bob and I were watching TV after we ate our dinner. It was a little after 8pm. All of a sudden Bob said he wanted to go to SM to get something. He asked me if I can go with him. It might be quicker if he will just drop me […]
A Little Tax Talk
First, my apologies for the rather long hiatus I’ve taken from writing any articles (not just tax articles) here in LiP. A few chronic maladies have had me down for quite a while, and making my way back to being “my chipper old self” is taking some time away from the keyboard. Though I’m still […]
Farewell to the General
Remember last week, I wrote an article about a scandal in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)? Col. Rabusa, a person who handled money matters for the AFP recently came out and told of massive corruption among many of the upper Generals in the AFP. One of the people who was implicated in Col. […]