I think I’ve mentioned this before but the Manila Embassy has a charity organization called the US Embassy Club (USEC). They sponsor eight different welfare projects in the city and fundraise primarily through two Bazaars per year (one of which is in jeopardy by another impending...
Manila is finally drying out and beginning to rebuild itself. It’s been a tough few days and the stories are heart-wrenching. I haven’t ventured far enough out of Makati to experience the places where devastation was the greatest, but just hearing the first-hand stories is...
Hi friends- I didn’t realize the extent of the situation when I posted last night. I’ve been talking with expat friends and surveying the local news and things are quite bad. I’ll start by saying that we are just find and that traffic is flowing outside our place and...
It’s a typhoon! It’s a typhoon! It all seems a bit surreal and crazy right now. It’s more fascinating that anything, especially since I’m not out and about in it. The typhoon isn’t even going to hit manila but we’re feeling the heavy effects of being in...