I believe that John Miele and I have entered in to some kind of mutual zone of conscientiousness. A couple of weeks ago, John wrote about body hair, and I followed him when I wrote about shaving in the Philippines. Lately, I’ve been wanting to write an article about being an expat and that causing […]
She Did Promise Me!
For my putting off the purchase of a new car, and having all her house projects completed, my wonderful wife promised me a new Pioneer car stereo that would play USB Flash drives in my old Honda. The one I had, played MP3 CD’s, and worked fine. The thought of one month of country music, never […]
Follow-up on Martin Household Bayanihan
As I told you earlier, we planned a Bayanihan, or a work party at our maid, Pat’s house. A few weekend ago my kids, my nieces and nephew and of course Jun & Jun Jun, and I went to Pat’s house to start working on her house. It was really something for the my kids […]
Are you sure about that?
I’ve been told many times that the stuff that is made in the Philippines is nothing but cheap junk. I usually agreed with that, but I did so without giving it too much thought. As I think it over, though, next time somebody tells me that, my response will certainly be… Are you sure about […]
You Can’t Get There from Here
When I lived in Puerto Rico I knew to never ask direction from a local, as it was at best, a crap shoot. If they knew, they would gladly head you in the right direction. But, if they had no idea, then they would just send you somewhere. They were not being malicious, but, machismo […]
Round Two
I had a situation last week, and particularly on Friday which absolutely infuriated me. I kept my mouth shut for the most part, though, and simply avoided the confrontation. That situation, though, caused both Feyma and I to make some re-evaluations about our future. I will explain how this will affect our future in a […]