I’ve been a pretty lucky guy. It all has to do with the Philippines. That is where my luck came from. Many of my friends are involved in some type of relationship with somebody in the Philippines. The vast majority of those who follow me are people (mostly men) who have a significant other in […]
Grandma shocked me!
I was very surprised! It happened when Grandma met Feyma So, I went to the Philippines in July/August 1990. Before my trip to the Philippines, Grandma told me that I better not go and get married there! She had no idea that I was considering doing just that. To be honest, I was a little […]
My Grandma said what?
It was a shock! Thankfully, I didn’t follow her advice Recently I wrote a series of articles about my Russian friend, Val. I wrote that I had planned to go to Russia and visit Val in 1990. As it turned out, I canceled my trip to Russia because I met Feyma and wanted to go […]
Val: Reflecting
Who is Val, really? Ever since we met in person I have wondered In my previous articles in this series, I told you about my friend, Val. Val was a citizen of the Soviet Union, and after the USSR dissolved, he was a citizen of Russia. I first Met Val through Ham Radio, we contacted […]
Val: The Meeting
My friendship with Val was about to peak We would meet in person after all! So, when I left off with the previous installment in the story, I had decided to cancel my trip to the USSR because I met Feyma. I would travel to the Philippines instead, meet Feyma and possibly marry her. I […]
My Comrade, Val
During the Cold War, I had a good friend in the USSR It was kind of like a “one-person to another” diplomacy In the late 70s until around 2000, I was a ham radio operator. I would talk to people all over the world, and I really enjoyed that. At the time I didn’t speak […]