OK, for my article yesterday, I wrote somewhat glowingly about Cebu City, to the point where I even said that maybe someday down the road I could even end up living in Cebu. While I won’t change that statement, I have seen more of the city now, and my opinion has shifted to some extent. […]
I May Have to Buy a Mailbox
I’ve written a number of times in the past, I am sure and certainly on my PhilFAQS blog about the abysmal mail service here in the Philippines. Even though we Americans sometimes almost make a comedy career out of complaining about and dissing our dedicated US Postal Service workers (anybody remember Men in Black II?), […]
Impressions of Cebu
I arrived in Cebu City on Tuesday morning. Although it had been about 8 years since I visited Cebu by my recollection, the airport in Mactan basically had not changed in that time. It surprised me, because Davao has a new airport in that time, and frankly, the Davao airport is much nicer than the […]
Can you get there from here?
There is an old joke that’s been around forever. I’m living that joke as I type this into my PC. As I said in my article yesterday, I am traveling to Cebu this week. Well, I am trying to anyway. As of right now (it’s Saturday as I type this), I am not sure that […]
A week of adventures
This week is going to be a traveling week for me. Most of the week anyway. I’m not going anywhere that I’ve never been before, but I am going where I am going armed a little differently than I have in the past. I’ll be venturing to Cebu this week. First, I’ll be spending some […]
Fight day in Davao
So, yesterday, Sunday, was fight day. Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton. I wrote an article on Friday in anticipation of the bout, and although it was a very short match, it certainly lived up to my expectations. I was a little worried for Manny, maybe he had not taken the “Hitman” seriously enough, but he […]