December 2001

DECEMBER 2001 Welcome to December, the month to spend all that money you have been holding on to for the whole year. This is when Santa smiles at you and the credit companies love you more than your spouses or girlfriends. This is the time, from now until end of March to visit the Philippines, [...]

November 2001

NOVEMBER 2001 Game one of the World Series is on as I start this column and my wonderful Yankees are not looking too good but no problem, everything here in Angeles City is looking OK. Do not be put off by various negative travel advisories put out by our overzealous U.S. State Department who does [...]

October 2001

OCTOBER 2001 GREETINGS FROM LAS VEGAS As promised I wrote in September that I would drop a few lines on you from Las Vegas to finish off my October column but I certainly did not anticipate that four days after my arrival I would awaken to the horror of what happened in New York. I [...]

September 2001

SEPTEMBER 2001 There are times when I sit down to write this column that I look at a blank screen for many minutes because I can’t quite find the words to start me off in the right direction. There is much to cover this month but I will take a few words to  a couple [...]

August 2001

AUGUST 2001 When visiting this most wonderful Angeles City at this time of the year, be sure to carry an umbrella with you as you go from bar to bar in the afternoons and evenings or be prepared to get a bit wet. We are in the monsoon season and are experiencing afternoon downpours that [...]

July 2001

JULY 2001 News in the Philippines is always rather dramatic. The Abu Sayyaf kidnap at will, torture and behead captives, elude the military and the President can’t decide what type of emergency to call. Past President Estrada still seeks house arrest, though denied, but manages to stay in the hospital because of arthritis, bronchitis, and [...]

June 2001

JUNE 2001 Surprise – surprise, this month I am a bit early because computer man Tom is flying out to the States on 25 May and I am lost without him. Since he is not returning until the end of June I am forewarning you that the July issue will be late. That evens out [...]

May 2001

MAY 2001 It is 28 Apr as I start this article and I must say that within the last week my belief that living in the Philippines is definitely not boring has been reinforced by events. As we head into May the peso rate has exceeded P50 to the dollar and we are enjoying a [...]

April 2001

March 2001

MARCH 2001 March is upon us and Valentines Day is past but the love bug hit Chuck Andre who sent his lady, Cheryl, an “I want to marry you” e-mail on 3 Feb.  He has told her to bring her birth certificate to Thailand and that he has everything arranged for a wedding.  Now, those [...]

February 2001

FEBRUARY 2001 Since reaching the age of 50 I began to have mixed feelings about the month of February as it is birthday time for me.  It began to dawn on me that I was starting to creep into that Senior Citizen status.  Now that I am going to be 63 years old I am [...]

January 2001

JANUARY 2001 Happy New Year !  Yes, I am late again but this time it is not my fault.  The man responsible for putting this on the Internet site has been in the States and only returned 10 Jan.  I am pretty sure that the Feb issue will be out a bit earlier.  The latter part [...]