New York, New York

Let me postpone the scheduled blog for one day to pop in this tribute to an amazing city. New York is one of the grand cities of the world. It ranks with London or Paris or Beijing or Moscow as a community of people that rises to stature as prominent as the nation in which … Continue reading →

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A Philippine Ethical Value: Subservience

I’ve developed this guiding principle of discovery as it pertains to an American living in the Philippines. It derives from the fact that, often, things don’t make sense. The principle: When behavior does not make sense, keep thinking about it, because it MUST make sense. Garcia JoeAm’s Confusion My early morning pondering the other day, … Continue reading →

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An Alternative View of Pedro Calungsod

Guest Article By Andrew Lim AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF PEDRO CALUNGSOD In the context of the Spanish-Chamorro Wars 1671-1698 Applying what a Filipino historian wrote, it could be a case of veneration without understanding. Pedro Calungsod Let me get this out of the way first: this is not an attack on the canonized Pedro Calungsod. … Continue reading →

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Now THAT was a blog! And Wheelchairs!

Today is a twofer. One comment on blogging, one on wheelchair jokes. Blogging    I think different bloggers have different ideas of what a blog is supposed to be about. Here are some of the conceptual approaches I see in the blogging world: A blogger who says: “I’m the technical professional here and will honor … Continue reading →

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Filipinos Don’t Do Insecurity

As per usual, I arrived at this blog topic circuitously as one thought led to another. Here is the thought process . . . What if I wrote a blog and some really bright people showed up? What if you gave a party and no one showed up? What if you gave a party and … Continue reading →

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