In May of last year my Grandson Jayden arrived at our house on the mountain here in Bataan Philippines. We were all quite pleased with the new little dude, plus I’m thinking, it’s a good sized house how much room can the little guy take up? The answer to that I’ve found is; “All of it!” It […]
Hail & Farewell
There is a strange thing that happens here in the Philippines that can only be compared to Florida and it’s called “The Snowbird Syndrome” This is where a group of human beings live in a part of the world that has that thing called winter. And that winter thingy causes them to abandon their regular […]
Saturday Was Good Enough For Me
I’ve never viewed a question as a command, well with a few exceptions as in the Navy when the Commanding Officer would ask me; “Senior Chief, that project will be done by Friday, won’t it? Or my wife asking me; “Paul, you will be back home by supper, won’t you? Well I guess questions for […]
Good Friends, Good Times
Last Friday night a group of us went to the By-The-Sea resort here in the Olongapo area to their Mongolian BBQ dinner, this is a night out that over the years we’ve done so many times. Our first time was in 1994 and it was the first time our daughters had been. I noticed that […]
I Read You Loud and Clear
My wife Mayang got something in her eye, so the next morning I took her to the eye doctor to have it looked at, he flushed the eye and gave her some eye drops and pronounced her fine. While I was waiting, I was reading a book by Vince Flynn (Term Limits) which was recommended […]
Just Another Brick In The Wall
Back in November I wrote “Who Gave You Permission” about the empty land beside my house. Two weeks ago this guy shows up with a construction crew to wall it in. Was it the same guy and his wife that were here a couple of months ago? Absolutely not, it was the son of the […]