A few weeks ago me and my son AJ were riding the jeepney. When we got inside, there were just a few people. Slowly on the way to our destination pretty much almost all the seats were filled. But in between our destination a well dressed lady hopped in. She sat next to me. I […]
Wheelchair access in the Philippines
I was just watching TV at our bedroom and in the show they had someone on a wheelchair. So that really got me thinking of how the people here on a wheelchair go from their day to day lives. I mean not a lot of establishments here that were so accessible by them. I’ve seen […]
Renewing Your US Passport While Living in the Philippines
This article has been a long time in the making. Too long by far, perhaps, so it’s time to launch it into the wild where, perhaps, it can do some good. One question which always comes up at least every ten years in every American’s mind is, “How do I renew my passport”? If the […]
This Kano and Kanin
Being of Irish descent, and remembering my Grandparents telling me of the Great Potato Famine of their youth, and of their migration to America. I’ll freely confess that in my life Potatoes have been a mainstay in my diet. I won’t list the many and varied ways that potatoes can be cooked or prepared as […]
The Other Eight O’clock!
Our eldest daughter YoHanna May loves to wear an attractive wrist watch, her cell phone and I-Pad also have clocks built right into them, but for some reason the world around her must operate on Hanna central time. She’ll be there when she gets there, and not one minute before. When she was a little […]
Josh and Rogelio
Manila is a tough place. It’s tough in many ways. Manila is a city of 20 Million, and is considered to be the most densely populated city in the world. Living in Manila is not easy, especially if you don’t have much in the way of finances. This is true whether you are a Filipino […]