A quick series of exciting, happy, and shocking events in our family’s life. (Photos at the end of this post.)
♦ July 31: Opening of Mars Hill Study Center. Few have used it so far,...
In the midst of Typhoon Fengshen that hit the Philippines since Friday, a new Bible study group met at our home in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines last Saturday afternoon. As the storm was approaching Manila...
Our family blog resurrects after three months. Since the last post, here are some highlights:
(1) Evelyn and Rachel arrived in Manila on August 18. Rachel was late for school 11 days, and had to make...
I believe that the jeepney today, instead of being the blessing that it had been in the past 60 years, has become an archaic relic of the past, an invention that had its day, and should be encased in a museum of Philippine history.
After the elections, celebrity fans will not have to go to the movie theaters and ritzy hotels and restaurants to scream at the sight of Manny Pacquiao or Richard Gomez, they just have to attend the sessions of Congress, and the various provincial, city and municipal halls.
Last Thursday, October 1, Rachel’s school sent out over 200 staff and students in several teams to the surrounding areas hit by severe flooding caused by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” (”Ketsana”).
In the Philippines, these heroes do not have any lasting effect on the public officials as well as the ordinary citizens, as seen in the rampant corruption and social ills in the culture, seemingly unequaled in the rest of the world.