Debutante Charmaine (”Cheny” or “Maine”) Pallugna, the niece of my attorney and friend, Joe Pallugna, had her coming-of-age party this past Sunday and I and my wife were invited.
I have been to six or seven weddings in The Philippines now, and to a three funerals, but this was only the 2nd Debut party I have [...]
Wak waks are the equivalent of the American Bogyman, a legendary ghostlike monster that haunts the dreams and feeds the fears of children.
Since Wak waks can sense a pregnant woman and will come and steal the live fetus, Marissa has put bullets in the windows of our house to ward them off. I can [...]
The morning of Wednesday, September 26, 2007, Teresa found out that the horse fighting in Conception would not happen until Thursday, and since I was determined to only go to the village of Conception one time, we decided to wait until Thursday for the trip up the mountain.
So instead we toured the mini-zoo at MOAP, [...]
On our way to the remote tribal village of Conception, in the province of Misamis Occidental, and inside the Mount Malindang National Park, we stopped at MOAP (Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park) to spend the night and take our dinner, which is in the municipality of Sinacaban.
This park is in an estuary area, full of mangrove [...]