March 2000
MARCH 2000 It’s a Sunday night and on Monday, at 3 AM I have to head to Manila’s NAIA to jump on a plane heading for Japan then onward to Las Vegas. I will be eating my oats in that town for around 30 days. John, at Beeline, insisted that I submit a few words [...]
December 2000
DECEMBER 2000 Viva Las Vegas!! Having just returned from my two week visit to Las Vegas, Nevada I find that I must hustle to get out a shortened article, work on my annual Christmas letter which will go out to friends in Jan or Feb again, and finish up with the Christmas shopping. I’m too [...]
November 2000
NOVEMBER 2000 It is nearly that time when those poor old turkeys try to hide before they are slaughtered, dressed and tossed in the oven for that American Thanksgiving dinner. Thank goodness the pilgrims did not decide to feast on horses. After that, Christmas, New Years and then another bloody year gone mate. Time goes [...]
October 2000
OCTOBER 2000 October is the month in which Fields Avenue begins to show a bit more glitter and excitement. It’s the beginning of the tourist season. Yes, we have the tourists all year round but there is a bit of a slow down from April to September of each year. Those are the months in [...]
September 2000
SEPTEMBER 2000 I was able to make it to the Mirrors Lounge and watch the Efren (Bata) Reyes challenge in which he had around 25 challengers and each one had a race to 3. On this night no one was able to beat the champ but one young, 6ft 8″ giant from Okinawa with a [...]
August 2000
AUGUST 2000 In July, as I left a meeting at the Powder Keg I saw a crowd of people in front of a rather well known bar around the corner where the girls are trained to be orally proficient in their conversations with customers. It seems that I had just missed the “excitement” of the local [...]
July 2000
JULY 2000 Welcome Here it is time to start writing my July column. I feel like I am water logged as it has been raining for 6 straight days. Today, 12 Jun was the first meeting of the Asshole’s Club (AH) and only Ray from Streetlights up. That was one more than I expected. But, Damien [...]
June 2000
JUNE 2000 Welcome to the month of June which in past years was usually the month that welcomed the rainy season. This year it has been different as we have just experienced a very wet May which at least did provide a cooler environment. The weather may have been cooler but things were hot at [...]
May 2000
MAY 2000 We started off May with a week or two of very hot weather and then the rains started and for 6 straight days we have had a bit of wetness which did cool down the temperatures. Now there is one sure way to know when it is raining without looking out the window. [...]
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