On a recent visit to an expat American’s nipa hut residence, I witnessed what appreared to be a termite “bloom”. The local resident expert, another expat American, Jil Wrinkle, told us that what we were witnessing was a “termite bloom” and that it would only last about an hour, and then the termites would lose [...]
On July 17, 2008, Cagayan Traffic Czar, General Filipino Amoguis, granted me this interview so that I might better understand the changes in the traffic routing and street law enforcement around the City of Cagayan de Oro.  Both he and I are member of the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro (The Mother Club), and [...]
My brother-in-law said when he driving home last night he saw a snake in the road. I asked him why he didn’t catch it. Some snakes are valuable. Some are more valuable than others, but you really have to catch them first, so that you can ID them, otherwise they are gone. A couple of [...]
The last time I was in Davao this banner ad in a drug store window caught my eye. Based on a Metro Manila Public Toilet Survey from February 2006 “79 Percent use toilets without toilet paper”. This is an advertisement for “Loperamide”, which is in America sold as “Imodium”, an anti-diarrhea drug commonly sold over-the-counter. [...]
Another client came to town last week to visit our Philippines SEO Outsourcing business operations in Cagayan de Oro, and that meant a 2nd trip down the “advanced” course of the Cagayan de Oro River. We took four rafts for 20 people, plus we had two Filipino visitors from Sacramento, California, close to where my [...]
Interview with the Commander of the 403rd Brigade “The PeaceMakers”, stationed in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Mindanao Island. Michael Turner: Where was your previous assignment? Colonel Peralta: My last assignment was as Task Force Commander of Task Force Zamboanga. Michael Turner: How do you find your new assignment? Colonel Peralta: It’s a very good unit. Professionalism is [...]
The Fun Shoot had originally been scheduled to take place during the National Phiippine Eagles Week, but had been postponed for two week beecause of a conflict on range usage. Still, the Fun Shoot was held, on July 5, 2008, and while I competed, I did not win any trophies. But then that’s not surprising [...]
As a member of the Philippine Eagles I joined the Joint Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Eagles Emissions Testing to pull over vehicles on the national highway, just West of Bulua. I was there to watch, learn, and document. I did not stick my hose in anhyone’s tailpipe. LTO-Eagles Joint Emission Testing Task Force [...]
So, the Cagayan de Oro Philippine Eagles Club has a joint exercise today with the LTO, starting at 1:30, to do emissions testing of vehicles. As a member of the Eagles, I wanted to participate or at least observe what was happening. I needed a new Philippines Drivers License, because mine had been damaged. This [...]