Last Friday I wrote about the increase of traffic in the city. Well that is not the only problem for Davao. With the increase of construction and population, there is an increase on the public utilities. This is not only for Davao since the island of Mindanao is on a power grid. Last Friday in [...]
At first you are asking, what is “Ayo.” This is the Filipino version of Hello when you are calling from outside a house or locked up business.
In America, most homes have no fence around the property and if they do they are an open picket fence type. If you go to visit someone, you [...]
It is now the third New Years I have experienced in Davao and the second one since I moved here. While trying to think about an article for this week, I started thinking about celebrations here and life in general. In addition, what I hope for in the New Year to bring. I am not [...]
To continue with my last article “Wedding Stressors in the Philippines” the day of the wedding arrived. I was woken early because there were about 10 members of the wedding party in my house and they had to get to the hotel to get makeup, hair done and dressed for the wedding. The wedding was [...]
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Here in the Philippines, you see signs and advertisements for ESL schools here in Davao and I would guess all major cities in the Philippines. One of the readers here sent me a link to the Korea Times Newspaper online site about this fact. Many of the schools cater to Korean Students.
Over the 2 [...]
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As an English-speaking person from America, at times, I have been confused or smile how Filipinos use, misuse or shorten words of the English language. In addition, you will hear things that sounds like English but is a local word that sounds like something else.
In the beginning, I would get upset or try to [...]
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As many in the world have heard, there was a great tragedy this week in the Philippines on the island of Mindanao. There was a massacre where, as currently counted, 57 people were killed and placed in a mass grave.
As alleged, this was a due to a family clan feud over a political dynasty. [...]
Some of the readers sent me a comment that the article could not be opened. I am not sure if it was a browser problem or some software not on their computers. I was able to view it on both my computers and from another comments I think it could be seen.
I redid the [...]
In the past, I have mentioned the different Expat groups in Davao. They all have their own dynamics and agendas. The first one I became part of is the Friends of Mindanao. A man named Ian Fredericks, a New Zealander, who had lived here for many years, started the Friends of Mindanao. He was a [...]
Just like last year, and because Elena had her Marco Polo privilege card renewed, Elena again took me to a night in the Marco Polo again. Wednesday, the day before my special day, we had to stop by the hotel to confirm our reservation with the Privilege Card Dept. and the front desk. George and [...]
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The other day I received a comment on the article “Jobs and Self Improvement in the Philippines” that disturbed me.
At first, I was going to delete it. It had nothing to do with the subject of the article and it upset me with the content. Someone, who found it somewhere else, submitted it. There [...]
If you are not in the Philippines, you will ask what I am talking about. It is only early October and in America you are just starting to plan for Halloween. Then there comes Thanksgiving and then finally Christmas.
In the Philippines September starts the Ber season. That is because the all the month’s end [...]
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Thursday, do to a computer virus, I had to restore my computer, which broght it back to the state as when I first purchased it.
During the setup, I lost an email from a young man from South Carolina. If you are reading this, please resent me your email so I can answer you… [...]
If you live here in Davao City, Philippines or if you read many sites, you will read a lot of complaints about customer service and trying to get a problem resolved about something you purchased. If you buy something in the Mall, you need the receipt and can only exchange the item within 24 hours. [...]
A week ago the Manila and Luzon was hit by the worst storm in over 40 years. As we all have seen on the news, tropical Storm Ketsana (Ondoy) caused major floods and a major loss of home, and life. A week later, Super Typhoon Pepeng (Parma) hit northern Luzon with winds over 108 [...]
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