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I’m using the slogan of the Philippines right now, “it’s more fun in the Philippines.” Why? It just dawned on me of whats going on with us a couple of weeks ago. Almost a month ago our daughter Jean told Bob and I that she found a gown that she likes for their Junior prom. [...]
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Have you ever heard the saying, “every good thing has to come to an end”? Well that’s exactly the case here, after 3 months of summer, it;s time for school. The “exact” date that school began was June 6, so thus begins the old routine of getting up really early, freshening up, put on a [...]
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Its June, back to school time here again in the Philippines. I know in the States, school just ending there. Starting mid May here a lot of people just had their kids enrolled or getting enrolled here it could be public school or private school. It’s time to open our wallets and spend some money [...]
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It’s the time of the school year again when we must say goodbye to current classmates, and wait nervously for new ones. This time is called summer. And to celebrate it, we had our farewell party last Friday, March 11, 2011, our class went to Mergrande Ocean Resort, in Toril. The day started of with [...]
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Last Friday our day started kind of busy. In the morning I already had my day planned out. First go to the Immigration office here in Davao. I told Bob that since I am going in that area me and my niece will swing by at the ukay-ukay place (they called UK here). But It [...]
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I have to admit, February was a challenging month for us students, first reason being, the final exams almost upon us (only like 1 or 2 weeks left) and the projects piled up on us (I guess that’s why they call it the month of love, because teachers just LOVE to give us projects) and [...]
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I got this joke from an email I received. It was kind of funny. Thinking back it is really true for some of the kids and parents here. I know this really happens here. I’ve heard a lot of similar stories with the people I’ve met everyday. This joke really meant of how much the [...]
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My friend, Dave, wrote an article in the past couple of days about Waiting to Retire in the Philippines. Dave mentioned, and some of the comments got into talking about the fear that so many have of moving to the Philippines when the timing is not perfect. The biggest fear that I hear from a [...]
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Adding up to the festivities that are happening this school year, the Ateneo de Davao High School unit celebration, they call it the 2nd Academic Festival, which is ironic because I call it the break FROM academics. A lot happened, like the crime scene investigation activity where a group of 4 would solve a crime [...]
Just last Friday, we had our report card day, almost the same as any day, but, it’s half day, and you have to play more video games than usual, just in case you fail a subject. Although to some it might be called D-Day, to me this only held true …
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Lots of things in life fall into a gray area. They are neither 100% right nor are they 100% wrong. They are somewhere in the middle. Things that we consider right can still have a bit of wrong mixed in, and the same for things we consider wrong.
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If you read my article on Monday, you know that the 2010 LiP Christmas Giveaway happened last Friday, December 24, 2010. I told you in that article, though, that there was an unexpected twist this year, something totally new for the LiP Christmas Giveaway. To me, what happened last week will change the LiP Giveaway [...]
Now that Christmas is over, I feel that school is tomorrow. Like we only have a few hours to do the things we want, to be free. It has been one of the most memorable Christmases yet, but somehow it just gets ruined by the approach of school. With a lot of the subjects promising [...]
The last days of December are approaching. It’s coming, and I am shakin’. No, I’m not shakin’ with excitement. Sure, it is nice to know Christmas is approaching, which also will mark the anniversary of when I left home to fly here to Davao (later arriving on the 27th). I’m shakin’ because I’m scared. Hahaha. [...]
Keeping to the holiday spirit, our school has been having what’s known as the “Christmas package drive”, where a class will donate stuff like old clothes, food, toys, or other things. I am really happy because not only can we share, but the class with the most points (the things we give has a particular [...]
Over the last few weeks, school has been taking a break. We have been having an abnormally large number of holidays, starting during the Day of the Dead and Day of Saints. And unsurprisingly November 16, 2010 is another holiday in this hopefully unending chain of canceled school days. I heard from the radio about [...]
As you may know, I have been trying to get into college for several months (almost this whole year!). The enrollment process was super long. For the entire enrollment process, I still have more to add and write later, when I have the time. Of course, these days for the next four years, my time [...]
I’m proud to say that I am enrolled in Ateneo de Davao University! It took 3 days, despite it being on campus though. On the 28th of October, I went early in the morning to get the final few steps of my enrollment finished up. I went to talk to the head of registration on [...]
A few days ago I went to Samal with my oldest son Chris and my nephew Deo. I went there to get some pictures of a real estate property that I am working on. Someone from the States wanted to see some photos of the place. After we went to the area that was of [...]
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I’m not sure if there is such a word as “denguephobic” but if there is not there should be. I’m sure that most of you know what I mean when I use the “word” – I have a fear of dengue. Dengue Fever is a tropical disease that is caused by mosquito bites. It takes [...]
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