Jim Marvel left us ex-pats in Cagayan de Oro back in September 2008. I have not much to say about the reasons for his farewell, but I do have something to say about his send off-departure…it was a party not to be missed, at Spooks KTV in Cdo. See the Jim Marvel Send-Off Party Video [...]
I am currently renting a 6-bedroom house in Santa Cecelia Subdivision. I love the house, but there are constant water problems. I can’t take a shower in the master bedroom because of some leak in the water system. I have for the past six months at least had to kabu-kabu my baths. That is, I [...]
After my hit-and-run accident with a Kia 2700 that was driven by an unlicensed security guard working for Kia motors, and my agreement with Kia Motors of Cagayan de Oro City that they would fix the damage to my vehicle at no charge to me, and waiting for the August holidays to pass, inclucing the [...]
Tinnex Jaraula, a member of The Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro, granted club members an audience and interview with him on Tuesday, September 18, 2007, and I was proud to attend. Tinnex has cleaned up the city quite a bit since taking office, clearing out the unlicensed street vendors from Cogon, Carmen and other [...]
I would say we’re not looking for someone who necessarily has a great design ability but he should be totally confident doing front-end work when necessary. We have pretty good xhtml/css designers at this time so there’s not like full on front-end coding work to do but we need a programmer who can manage front/back [...]
There are some trends in The Philippines that are a bit different than in The States. For instance, I have been to seven weddings in The Philippines, including my own wedding, and in all cases the bride was pregnant except for my bride. It seems like the primary motivator for marriage here is pregnancy. I [...]
Security was tight for my 1st Wedding Anniversary family party at Lauremar Beach Resort in Cagayan de Oro City, the site of my wedding one year ago exacty, with all the stars aligned in the sky as they were this day, when Philippines National Security Advisor, the Honorable Noberto “Bert” B. Gonzales, Jr., was visiting [...]