Well, the school year in the Philippines is winding up this week for most kids here. It’s kind of a milestone year here in the Martin household, as two of my kids are going on to High School next year. The next school year startes in early June. It makes me both proud and happy […]
Clean up your plate!
Remember when you were a kid and your Mom would serve you dinner? Dad would always say that “you better clean your plate!” Mom would chime in, “there are poor kids in China who are starving!” There were probably a few starving kids in the Philippines too, don’t you think? Back in 2001, Feyma and […]
Simply shocking!
Yesterday afternoon, I had a little mission that I went on with a friend. We had scheduled an activity that we both wanted to do. My friend, Lucky, is a German who is also studying Bisaya like I am. We both have the same teacher (Bebe), so we met through her some time back. Lucky […]
Tourism Basics
Funny how time goes by. I’m way behind on my article writing here, and for that I can only say, sorry ‘bout that, retirement is a lot busier than I thought it would be. I started to write the sentence “a few days ago” and then I looked at the dates … turns out that […]
Philippine injustice
Can a foreigner expect to get justice in the Philippines? Just ask Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith. Smith was convicted of rape in 2006. The “crime” supposedly took place in November 2005, while Smith was in the Philippines to participate in joint military exercises between the US and Philippine militaries. Smith and several other Marines […]
Business Unusual
No matter where in the world you go, things work differently than in other places. I guess that everyplace has it’s own little nuances. The Philippines is certainly no exception either, as sometimes it seems that nearly everything is different here! One of the things that I find quite different here is the way that […]