As everyone of you know already here that Aaron is going to the States next year. In God’s grace and glory. My gosh, I am so excited for him that he already has the confidence to travel there. But at the same time my heart is aching a little bit each day. To tell you […]
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
A few articles back I wrote a piece about the various destinations close by the Philippines, useful for regular visa runs and also where Phil-Am couples can fly to together and then return so the foreigner half of the marriage can get a free one year Balik Bayan Privilege stamp. I’m Always Watching For Good […]
A Taxi Driver’s Story!
I was riding a taxi from Abreeza mall to our house. When the taxi cab driver saw one of my son with me he could tell that my son is a multi-race. So he asked me if my son is mixture of German & Pinoy? I answered him politely nope. He then asked again what […]
Places To Go Near the Philippines
Many of our readers here are living in the Philippines on various permanent visas, so they never HAVE to leave the Philippines for periodic “visa runs”. Some, (like me), prefer living on the Balik Bayan Privilege Stamp (BB Visa) and making annual trips out of the country. I’m not advocating one plan over another, there […]
Mindanao Madness
Life is full of ups and downs. Hopefully we will experience more ups than downs, and if that is the case, most of us will be pretty happy. The same goes for places, I suppose. Sometimes places experience good times, other times places experience bad times. Over the past 5 years or so, for example, […]
Curiosity about my ethnicity!
You probably wonder why I am writing about this subject. Some of you readers here are friends of mine on Facebook. Maybe some of you hardly open your Facebook too. Well if you are a frequent FB user, you’ve probably noticed my recent profile photo. I changed my picture, to one with me wearing a […]