Last week, I got an e-mail from my good friend, Dave Starr. LiP readers will know Dave, because he is a fellow writer on this site. Dave and I have been friends for a couple of years now, and communicate almost daily about anything in life. Dave’s e-mail to me read: As both a live […]
Early Enrollment
We accomplished some big time stuff yesterday. Our kids are already registered (enrolled) in school for 2009/2010 school year. Two of our kids will study in Ateneo. My goodness I didn’t know how much the high school tuition for the freshmen student until I was ready to pay at the cashiers office. I asked the […]
A tale of two schools
As I wrote a while back, two of my kids graduated from elementary school this year. That was a few weeks ago now, and I’ve been meaning to write about attending the graduation ceremonies, because it was an eye opener for me. Over the past, I have been to Ateneo de Davao (ADDU) campus a […]
Two of my kids are starting High School
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 […]
How do you like Soy Sauce?
As I wrote on Monday, Feyma and I spent this past weekend in GenSan. One thing that I enjoy when we go there is that it gives me a chance to talk with family members that we don’t get to see often. One of the people that I always enjoy getting together with is my […]
Unbelievable, but normal
As I type this, it is mid-morning on Thursday here in the Philippines. We have been experiencing unusual weather here in Davao for a while now, maybe 2 or 3 weeks. As Rusty wrote yesterday, it has been quite cool here in the Philippines, and that includes Davao City. I’m not really writing an article […]