Posted on January 7th, 2012 by GenSan Chris
Every year, in order to Celebrate the Christmas and New Year Holidays Philippino’s like to make as much noise as they can especially to welcome in the New Year. Some make noise by Rattling things, Some, Blow Whistles, Some Rev their Vehicle Engines but the majority like to set off Fire Crackers, the louder the [...]
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Posted on January 4th, 2012 by Sugar
Another year over and new 12 months to looked forward. I hope that good things outweigh all the bad things that happened. Lets celebrate new year with positivity! It’s nice to usher in a brand new year with positive vibes. Here’s my question, do you have a new year’s resolution? Do you do that? We [...]
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Posted on January 2nd, 2012 by Paul Thompson
On Christmas day we admitted my wife to the North Pointe Hospital on Subic Freeport, Let me explain she is home now and just fine. She had an infection starting in her foot, and while there they found a kidney stone and admitted her for a few days. MY WIFE MAYANG IS FINE!!! Our daughter [...]
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Posted on December 29th, 2011 by Feyma
Well, Thanksgiving is over and yet we are dreading on what to do with the leftover pumpkin puree. Luckily Bob was so resourceful in finding new recipe for me to cook. One of the recipes he got was about was a pumpkin pancake recipe. Since we don’t have pumpkin here in the Philippines, we just… [Continue Reading]
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Posted on December 28th, 2011 by PaulK
As I sit here writing on Christmas day, and enjoying a little snack of chicharon (artery plugging, heart stopping, deep-fried pork rinds), I can’t start without wishing everyone the best of season’s greetings. To my Ilocano friends, it’s, “Naimbag a Pascua ken Naragsac nga Baro nga Tawen!” To my Visayan & Cebuano friends, it’s, “Malipayong Pasko ug… [Continue Reading]
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Posted on December 26th, 2011 by Paul Thompson
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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Posted on December 25th, 2011 by MindanaoBob
Christmas is a season of joy. It’s a season of pleasure and rejoicing. It’s a time of year when we put our troubles behind and focus on goodwill and spreading the joy with our fellow men. Christmas, for us, is in a large part all about the LiP Christmas Giveaway. What is the LiP Giveaway?… [Continue Reading]
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Posted on December 24th, 2011 by GenSan Chris
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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Posted on December 23rd, 2011 by MindanaoBob
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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Posted on December 18th, 2011 by AJ Martin
After a year of waiting, the Christmas season is finally here! Now as many of you know, we always do a big Christmas giveaway, usually going to the outer regions of Davao, and even going to Bukidnon. Now I would like to go back to all those times we’ve done this. Our Christmas tradition started… [Continue Reading]
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Posted on December 15th, 2011 by Feyma
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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Posted on December 7th, 2011 by Sugar
HO HO HO Merry Christmas! I know I can be weird at times but I’m just imitating Santa. He he. Plus it’s not yet even Christmas yet, but as you can see I’m excited already I’m greeting all of you! No groaning please, I know this another Christmas themed post, you’re probably full already and… [Continue Reading]
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Posted on November 25th, 2011 by Feyma
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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Posted on November 21st, 2011 by Paul Thompson
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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Posted on November 11th, 2011 by MindanaoBob
Yes indeed, it’s getting close to the holiday season again. For Filipinos the Holiday Season starts when the months end with “ber” like September, so now that it’s already November, Christmas is almost here. There is a lot of excitement in the Philippines at this time of year. People are happy and friendly. Back in… [Continue Reading]
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Posted on June 10th, 2011 by PopsB
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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Posted on May 21st, 2011 by GenSan Chris
As many readers will know, when Holy Week or Easter as it is known in much of the world, here in the Philippines there is always Much celebration as the country celebrates the death of Jesus Christ. This year it is a bit special for me, no, I did not receive any chocolate Easter Eggs from [...]
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Posted on April 27th, 2011 by Sugar
Yes, summertime in the country. Bring out the sunblock, your umbrellas, bikinis, trunks, tank tops, shorts and flip-flops as the sun is scorching your skin and the DOH is warning people out heatstroke. As the summer officially begins, many will troop to the beaches or go to provinces. Many do this during Holy Week as [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2011 by AJ Martin
After a long school year, it’s always good to take a break, thankfully summer has just begun. We are just a few weeks into summer, and it is a constant up and down roller coaster ride, first the Japanese earthquake, then Jared’s birthday, add the XBox360 getting fixed, again, and of course, what is summer [...]
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Posted on April 3rd, 2011 by GenSan Chris
On March the 17th each year many areas of the world tend to act a bit strange to say the least in order to celebrate the Irish Patron Saint, even though he was from Wales, Saint Patrick who is most famous for removing the Snakes from the Irish Mainland. For what reason he did that [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2011 by MindanaoBob
For people of my age, or older, can you remember the days when we were kids. Computers existed, but were not the household item that they are today. Back in our day, only a very big office would have a computer, like major corporations and such. As we became older, “home computers” became more common, [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2011 by Sugar
And who doesn’t love chocolates, huh? Diabetics, I think. But anyway, the title is so because I’m Sugar, I’m sweet, I like chocolates and it’s going to be (Saint.. there you go) Valentine’s day. So, I don’t mind getting sweets. I’m kidding, or course. Funny thing is, I meant it. Gee, I’m silly. Just indulge [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2011 by GenSan Chris
At last, the Festive Season has come and gone and my life can get back to normal once again, if you can call my life normal that is! For me, the real Christmas Season starts at the beginning of December as this is usually the time when the Parties at t…
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Posted on January 6th, 2011 by Feyma
2010 was a busy year for us. At the middle of the year we were busy with our planning to move away from Marfori to another area here in Davao. It was quite a challenge to find a house that suits our needs. Later when its just Bob and I and Chris we can…
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Posted on January 5th, 2011 by Jawz
With no classes, I had a relaxing holiday. No worrying and stressing over math. On December the 20th, I went to a small Christmas party at the police station my girlfriends mom works at. We ate a large meals, and of course, there was karaoke hooked to …
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