Wormy Worms for Silky Silks

“SILK has been revered as the Queen of Fibers for millennia. [...]

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Never Displaced at Neva’s Place

YESTERDAY WAS my first ever regional council meeting as national vice president for Palawan Region of the Junior Chamber International (Jaycees). I wanted to make it special so I arranged for it to be held at Neva’s Place, my favorite feels-like-home restaurant here in Puerto Princesa.
To be honest, my real home isn’t anything like Neva’s [...]

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Teen Girl Commits Suicide

I WAS disturbed by this news story on CNN about a 13-year old girl who committed suicide in Dardenne, Prairie, Missouri because of a special friendship she had with a fictitious boy on MySpace that had gone awry when he suddenly ended it, telling her she’s cruel to her friends. The teenage girl who was [...]

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Meeting “Historical Man”

Schloat with Mrs. Hagedorn. He brought his WW2 uniform and medals with him all the way from San Diego, California and proudly wore them.

Standing with “historical man” outside Plaza Cuartel with Mrs. Hagedorn and Dr. Ganapin and an ex-pat whose name I missed getting.
WORLD WAR II veteran Don T. Schloat might be 86 years old, [...]

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Dress Code

SOME people I know who are catholics are ranting and raving about a dress code announcement that the church came out with last week.
The announcement reminded churchgoers to be conscious about what they wear when hearing masses. On bulletin boards at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, and I would assume, other catholic churches here in Puerto [...]

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Day of the Dead

DON’T PLAY WITH FIRE: A little boy lights up a candle in front of a dead relative’s grave at the expanded old cemetery on November 1.

IT WAS Wola, my dog, who woke me up with his wet muzzle this morning so I can go to the cemetery early to visit my dead relatives. I really [...]

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