Manila-bound.

We’ll be returning to Manila on Valentine’s day, Tuesday. I look forward to the big city life again. I want to catch a horse race while I’m there. I’m not sure how long we’ll stay. Perhaps we’ll stay as long as two weeks. I know I want to come back to Libmanan again before I [...]

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Pau-Pau’s birthday.

Pau turns five years old today. We had a big party complete with Lechon Baboy (sp?). The pig’s head was right there on the table by the front door… just where it oughta be.
Also of note, Lovell, my 18 month-old cousin who lives with us, has finally taken a liking to me. When I first [...]

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There’s a white girl in town!

Leave it to the Mormons to import a white girl. I almost ran into a crowd of people with the van while I was trying to confirm her racial make-up. I wasn’t planning on seeing a white person until I got to Korea, my first transfer point on the way back to the [...]

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Not unlike being a kid again.

I’m walking around here with the same feeling I had when I was 8 years-old following my dad around Chicago. I’m hoping I’m saying things correctly to people and I’m trying to listen to their responses but not fully comprehending what they’re saying. It’s a bit awkward at times I have to admit. I look [...]

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