My best friend Tommy and I share the same birth date 13 July, albeit we were born on different years. We had at one time sailed together as Merchant Seaman, I retired and Tommy is still sailing. Every year he tries to be home in the Philippines for his birthday and we usually celebrate it […]
Flooding in Davao City
For the past few days now, it’s been raining heavily here in Davao City during night time. Last week there was bad flooding here in the city. We didn’t even know that it was bad until the next morning. We usually go to bed early because I would wake up the next morning so early. […]
Simply Put, It’s The Rainy Season on Luzon
Here on the Archipelagos’ known as the Republic of the Philippines, there are varied weather systems, depending on where you live. I live on the Island of Luzon which has a rainy season or monsoon if you will. This phenomenon came as no surprise to me since the first trip here, low those many years […]
In fear, but strong
Last Friday our day started kind of busy. In the morning I already had my day planned out. First go to the Immigration office here in Davao. I told Bob that since I am going in that area me and my niece will swing by at the ukay-ukay place (they called UK here). But It […]
The Rest of the Story
This is a story about 4 Paul(s), Paul K. flies home to the Philippines to be greeted by a typhoon named Megi internationally or Juan here in the Philippines. And I named it Megi Juan Kenobi. Well thankfully Paul Keating arrived home safely and the typhoon spared his area from severe damage and according to […]
My Journey to Samal
The other day, I set out to go to Samal Island. I was excited to go, because it had been a while since I had gone to Samal, so this was indeed a journey for me! For regular readers, you will likely remember that I used to write relatively often about Samal and the time […]