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Well, 2012 is just around the corner, in fact by the time you read this it will already be 2012 here in the Philippines, and that means that it’s time once again for me to predict what will happen next year in the Philippines. This is something that I’ve been doing for about 3 or… [Continue Reading]
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Well, 2011 is drawing to a close, and that means that it is time for me to gaze back into the past year and see how I did with my 2011 Philippine Predictions. Last year, I just about hit the nail squarely on the head, my success rate on my predictions was a really good… [Continue Reading]
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That Saturday (17 Dec.) was Christmas shopping at the mall day for the Thompson Family. I swear I was not the one to pick a Saturday morning to go to a mall here in the Republic of the Philippines; my first choice would have been to receive a beating from a few large men, than… [Continue Reading]
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With it being that time of year once again we Scuba divers got our heads together and decided to celebrate the season with a Christmas Party. We had a primary meeting to try to get things organised and to my surprise we actually managed to achieve something before the beer took over. We managed to… [Continue Reading]
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A couple of years ago, I wrote a new Philippine interpretation of the classic Christmas Poem, The Night Before Christmas. As much as I wanted to run it for Christmas again this year, I have run it two years in a row now, and I decided it was time for something new. If you have… [Continue Reading]
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Well, now I’ve gone and done it! I promised you, dear readers, that I would “lay off” the project talk. I promised a hiatus from describing this task and that as some form of project. For the life of me, I don’t know how else to classify this one other than a project. Yes, yes,… [Continue Reading]
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Here it is just a week before Christmas and I’m in the Christmas Spirit and have been for awhile. I know how old I am, as my body reminds me on a daily basis as to that fact. But my mind won’t believe it. As a matter of fact, it rejects the concept of aging… [Continue Reading]
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Last week, I received an e-mail from a fellow named Rommel. Rommel is a Filipino and a very nice fellow. Here is the e-mail he sent to me: Hi Bob, Totally enjoying your site! I’ve worked in MNC’s over the past years and had a lot of expat bosses and ALL of them enjoyed the… [Continue Reading]
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Growing up on the farm we used to celebrate Christmas with the whole family, I mean my parents, my siblings that’s not yet married at that time, my siblings with their family, my aunt that lives near our house, my cousins and some of our tenants. My dad would have one pig butchered during Christmas… [Continue Reading]
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Do you think football in the Philippines will prosper? Recently Major League Soccer winner, LA Galaxy played a friendly exhibition match against our very own Philippine Azkals. Of course, David Beckham’s team won. The game created excitement amongst football fans here. Partly because hey, it’s David Beckham, and company! But also fans wanted to see… [Continue Reading]
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Today we have a Guest article from Jack Emery. Jack has been a LiP contributor in the past, and is here to tell us of another of his adventures since living in the Philippines. Thank you for your contribution, Jack! I always enjoy reading your articles. MindanaoBob This month marks the end of our first… [Continue Reading]
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A few days ago Bob bought a basketball for some kids that he knew a few months ago. Bob introduced me to these kids like a month or two ago. They are living not too far from our house. Really near the small market in our area. One of the kids was kind of the… [Continue Reading]
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Here on the mountain in Barangay Roosevelt Bataan we have a full scale crime wave within out sleepy corner of paradise. Oh prey tell this is not the first time, as we all sadly remember a couple of years ago when Do-Dong was in love with Miss Peachy Pie, and he declared his un-dying love… [Continue Reading]
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While in GenSan this past weekend, I was able to do something that I had not done before. I stayed in Paradise, I stayed at Sarangani Highlands! I had visited Sarangani Highlands many times in the past, but they never had a hotel there before, so I had never stayed overnight at Sarangani Highlands. Sarangani… [Continue Reading]
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Yes, indeed, MindanaoBob was on the road again this past weekend, along with his trusty sidekicks, Feyma and Aaron. We had a great time attending the Socsksargen Blogfest 2.0 in General Santos City this past weekend. I will be writing several articles about the trip, different aspects of the trip which are unrelated. Today, I… [Continue Reading]
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Wow, its another year for us to celebrate Thanksgiving again. It’s really one of the most exciting days for us to celebrate. We are so thankful to God of all the blessings He had given us for the whole year. I’m so happy to have my family in good health. I know that we lost… [Continue Reading]
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I know this because my wife Mayang told me it was. The stores were trying to tell me last month at the Mall in September that it was Christmas, but they didn’t fool me for a second. Christmas is when brings in people to start hanging her Santa’s lighted sleigh on the top roof, her… [Continue Reading]
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Want to get together with me next weekend? Well, if you are in the General Santos City area, or can get there by next weekend, it’s a great chance to do just that! Today, I wish to announce that I will be speaking at the Blogfest Soccsksargen 2.0 event, which will be held in General… [Continue Reading]
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Well, a week of “Nothing!” certainly was everything but. Try as I may, there was plenty to do and it appears that I’ll have to put off doing absolutely nothing until that magical “whenever I have the time” occurs. One of the many things that filled my social calendar and “to do list” was a… [Continue Reading]
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Long ago, when the computers were still in their infancy, all the kids had 2 choices, die of boredom inside, or play with friends outside. It was an easy choice, so they would go outside and play their hearts out. Since we moved here in 2000, I’ve slowly gained knowledge, and scratches, from these games. [...]
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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 [...]
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I started working on radio when I was 15 years old. As a Disc Jockey. That was the beginning of a 10 year career in broadcasting, 7 of it was spent everyday in the DJ’s booth. It only ended because the woman who has captured my elongated heart wanted me to run after her on [...]
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I’m going to roam around a bit in my writing today, friends, but please indulge me. To be honest, everything I am going to write about is related in one way or another, it just probably will not be apparent. I’ll try to tie it all together though, and in the end you may see [...]
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Flores de Mayo Filipinos love fiestas, and while they are celebrated all-year round all over the country, May is the most special month of the year. It is the season of the Flores de Mayo or Santacruzan festival. Flores de Mayo translates as the “Flowers of May,” My brother in law, the father of my [...]
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Desperately seeking something? Someone? A change? So what I want to know what makes expats want to live in the Philippines. Okay, okay, I know there have been many articles regarding this topic already. Mainly I think it’s because of the enchantment with a Filipina beauty. Or the Philippines..Thailand sounds more exotic a place but.. [...]
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