Commanders of the 4t Army Infantry Brigade at Camp Evangilista, in Cagayan de or Oro, were interviewed by me on April 10, 2008, and I was able to come away with a lot of information that I did not know, and will publish here. I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Brigadier General Roland [...]
The first Saturday of every month is expat night at Zax Retro-bar. (I’m not sure what “retro-bar” means unless it means they play songs from 20 or more years back. I’ve heard the bands there play songs that are from the ’50s.) This place is packed with foreigners the first Saturday of every month and [...]
Don Livingston, the wittiest of all Cagayan de Oro ex-pats, if not the oldest, passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2008. The above is a photo of Don from his wife’s birthday party back in September, 2007. Don also happened to be a client of my attorney, Joe Pallugna, which is how I know him. [...]
The new bridge is getting close to completion. Whether that’s just a couple of months from now or more than six months is beyond my guess. If the same bride were to the same stage of completion in South Florida it would probably open to traffic in less than a month. The previous three photos [...]
Here in The Philippines there are such things as cigarette girls. There are Winston Girls and there are Marlboro Girls. There may be others. The Winston Girls get paid PHP 1000 (about $20 USD) per night to go to bars and restaurants and sell promotional cigarettes to customers. The Winston Girls make a share of [...]
Strip joints in The Philippines are commonly called “KTV Clubs”. The KTV stands for Karaoke Television, otherwise known as Videoke. I know that karaoke has only been around a dozen years or so, so I wonder what they called these clubs before karaoke came around. Not all KTV clubs have strippers. Not all KTV clubs [...]
Three men were at Park Cafe in Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City, a few days ago, and they made the mistake of teasing one of the street-kids. One of the homeless unfortunate kids that live on the street. From what I’ve heard he was likely a rugby addict. Rugby is, as best I understand it, [...]
As an aspiring business-oriented Internet junkie, the thought of developing an online dating site impulsively emerged from my feral mind. It was just only early this year that I appreciated the potential of the World Wide Web as a venue to be creative and productive. Likewise, it proves to be a lucrative source of income [...]
I posted one blog entry. Just a bunch of photos. Then I got waylaid by a major incident in my life at SES New York 2006, and I haven’t added anything since. While not logging anything, I have thought a bit about what I would be writing and I imagine I will post initially mostly [...]