It’s Sunday the 26th as I crawl from my bed, and sit at the computer to pen (or type) about the phenomenon known as Christmas in The Philippines. I thought I’d experienced all that was different here, or different than my Native New England Christmas’s of long ago, or during my ten years in Puerto […]
2010 LiP Christmas Giveaway – Part 1
2010 is really a banner year for the LiP Christmas Giveaway! For those who are new to the site and don’t know about the LiP Christmas Giveaway, I will start out by giving a bit of history. For 8 years now, Feyma and I have been spreading the Christmas Cheer around Mindanao by giving out […]
The verdict is still out
Yes, the verdict is still out. On what? On my Globe DSL Internet. Right now the verdict is looking positive, but a week or two ago it was not. Where will it all end? We’ll have to wait and see. If you remember, some time ago, after moving to our new neighborhood, I told readers […]
Just Plain Lazy
Who is lazy? I’ll have to admit it, it’s me; I could blame it on retirement, my age, the weather, or the Philippines easy way of life. But that would all be wrong and unfair. I’m lazy because I can be, and that’s the simple truth, with no excuses. My wife is a small part […]
A Webb of Lies?
Back in 1991 there was a massacre that killed a number of members of a family here in the Philippines. The crime was brutal and received huge media coverage at the time. I can remember sort of following this case when we lived in the States. Feyma had just come to live in the States […]
Christmas time again!
Another year passed, again to celebrate the Christmas season. I just do not feel the season yet. I guess, I was too busy with our move that I didn’t think about Christmas time again. If not that I saw the Christmas tree that is lighting Victoria Plaza Mall and some other areas here in Davao […]