I was talking to a friend tonight. She called me up since we haven’t seen each other for quite awhile. Both of us were just so busy lately. Also since my cell phone I lost all of my contact numbers.. I thank God for FB and email, I am still in contact with some people even though I don’t […]
Missing a food from the past…
Favorite foods from our childhood can be a huge draw. Those foods are ingrained into our souls, and they mean a lot to us. That is why such foods are often called “comfort foods”. They make us comfortable. Many people, if they are experiencing stress in their lives, or some bad event happens, they will […]
Our baby has babies!
Well, almost over a year ago I wrote about that we had new baby in the house. The name of that baby was Blue. Our helper got her from the ditch (canal) here near the house. Well just 10 months from we found her she gave us 5 kittens. The runt kitten died the next day. […]
DELINQUENT? Who, Me?
Last week, I, ah …… hey, is it just me or is time really flying in this new year of 2015? Already, most of this new week has passed us by like a sidewalk motorcyclist at an Edsa rush hour? (Oh yes, I know that “Edsa traffic” and the word “rush” go together like “balut” […]
What Did You Do Last Weekend?
Sometimes life in the Philippines is just as simple as this. At 0400 I was on Face Book joking and chatting with a group from Dorchester Massachusetts, which is within the city limits of Boston. Now for those of you whom have met people from Boston, I’ll explain to you that they really weren’t from […]
Building a house, native style: Nipa hut!
I’ve been asked by so many people by email on the cost of building a simple house here in the Philippines. Sometimes the budget that they can afford is just low for a very nice house. So an idea came to mind for me again while I was looking at my old photos. I came across […]