Archive for June, 2008

Service Rotary Invocation

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Fellow Rotarians, Anns, dignataries, distinguished guests, and friends of Rotary, maayong gabii sa tanan.
It has been a good year for our club, the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro, for our community, for Rotary District 3870, and for Rotary International as a whole.
Before we go into “prayer” mode, let me instill in you a couple […]

Rotary Presidential Citations

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Cagayan de Oro Rotary Club Awards Night 2007-2008 Photo Gallery
Marissa earned herself a Rotary Ann Presidential Citation at our last regular meeting of the Rotary year of the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro, “The Mother Club”, which celebrated its 60th anniversary last April. She earned the citation because of her participation in numerous […]

Harbor Lights, a Brownout Refuge

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Many electrical poles are being replaced throughout Cagayan today, so Marissa and I, along with some other family members, sought refuge at one of the local hotels that has their own generator, and we could wait out the brownout in the comfort of the air-conditioned room, or sit in the shady breeze between the bay […]

The Christian Race

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Catholic christening of Race, and the reception that followed, photo gallery.

I am not a catholic, having been raised Methodist, a protestant, but having married a catholic Filipina, and having decided to live for at least the next few years in The Philippines, and raise my son as a filipino, to inoculate in him the values […]