Must Learn Bisaya

There are 22.5 million native tagalog speaker and 21.9 million bisaya speaker (2010 stat). It is at par with 23 million native dutch speaker. A meeting with other Filipinos in Germany made me realize that tagalog speaker is likely to speak tagalog at home while bisaya speaker speaks english. I need to remind myself to…

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Decision Making

My mom dreamt of her dead parents for several nights. She thought its a sign that she might be joining them soon. So they travelled to Leyte, visit the cemetery, said a little prayer and lighted some candles. And when that is done, she knew that she will not dreamt of her dead parents anymore…

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War and Gas Price

Gasoline price per liter in germany is now about 127 pesos. I cannot relate because I dont maintain a car. I walk more than 3 km per day to pick up the kids from school/kindergarten. But if the price of removing hornhaut/callus/kubal for the feet will start to go up, awwww, cry baby cry. 🤣…

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WANTED: Blood

A facebook post kept popping up in my profile: My mom is at the hospital and needs blood type AB+. If anyone is willing to donate or sell blood, please come to the Coconut Hospital Room 009. I wonder what happens if you need blood in Germany. Do people also make a request over facebook?…

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