to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy… and to laugh along the way
GP is an old blogger-friend who’s been writing mostly about World War II. You should visit his blog if you want to learn more about common soldier stuff during the great war. Here, he gives us a different side of the soldier, especially the old fun-loving, irreverent vets.
Taiwan will always occupy a special place in my heart. Its majestic monuments; its amazing balance of tradition and modernization; its green, lush forests and ever-clean environment; its friendly and helpful people. Taiwan, we’re truly glad to have visited you!!! Taiwannabe be with you indeed; as our airline of choice for this trip – Cebu Pacific – proclaims. And I shall always be grateful for the friendship and camaraderie that my old friend, Chao Yung, gifted me. Hope you can come visit us in the Philippines soon, mistah!
Up north was Baler, known as ‘the surfing capital of Luzon’. That title seemed intriguing enough. And the family got sold to the idea easily.
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We, the members of Philippine Military Academy ‘Makatarungan’ Class of 1978 (PMA ’78), celebrated Remembrance Day last April 11,…
Despite the passage of years, and the different paths we took, and the diverse views we may have developed through the years, there remain among us that special bond that brought us together during our early teenage years. It is an amazing glue that has kept us close. Even for those who have found a better life for themselves and their families in other countries, there still remained that yearning to reconnect and reminisce those beautiful memories of our high school days.
It’s a long, wonderful process all the way from growing cacao trees to harvesting, fermenting, drying, roasting, winnowing, grinding, (refining, tempering), and molding. And what better way to learn it than to experience the process first-hand in the farm.
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