In the two years plus I have lived here it is hot. Usually daytime temperature are in the mid to upper 80’s during most days.
Well this summer it is much hotter. This week the daytime temperatures are in the low to mid 90’s and as always humid. If it is cloudy the temperatures are [...]
May 10, 2010 is a major election day in the Philippines. This year is a Presidential Election. In the Philippines, a Presidents term is for six years and can hold only two successive terms. Because the current President, President Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, has held two terms, she cannot run again for President.
In the Philippines, [...]
Last week I wrote an article asking for contributors needed to keep this site active after I move back to America. I have received two articles and I appreciate them. I will post them either this week or next.
One thing I would like the first time someone sends me an article is a little [...]
This morning I wrote an article that will be posted Friday morning about Good Friday and my plans for the day. Well it is now the afternoon on Holy Thursday. This morning Elena and I want out to see a pool/resort she wants to take the family on Easter Sunday. In the states, Easter is [...]
I have run this site for over two years now and have developed many readers from abroad and here in the Philippines and Expats, wannbe Expats, Foreigners interested in Davao or the Philippines in general and Filipinos.
I started writing as a journal of me, my family and my observations here. Then over time it [...]
Back in November, I wrote an article “OFW, Good or Bad for the Philippines”. In that, I wrote about all the Filipinos that work abroad and how their remittance helps support their families in the Philippines. In today’s Sun Star there is an article about how the global crisis is causing more jobs for Filipinos. [...]
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Saturday I received an email through the “Contact Me” tab.
I do not know what to say since she asked for her situation to be confidential and not to publish anything about her email to keep her situation and questions private.
I replied to her but received a “Failure Notice” saying that the recipient does [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Wedding Day Arrives –More Crazy Stressors
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 [...]
Continue reading about English Usage in the Philippines and other Cultural Differences of Respect
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 [...]
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