Do you like corn?  I do.  I especially enjoy a really fresh piece of corn on the cob.  There is just nothing quite as good as a fresh piece of juicy and sweet corn on the cob!  Problem is that it can be quite hard to find a decent piece of corn here in the Philippines. The Philippines is really an agricultural Country, so you would expect that you could find some good corn here, but the fact is that it is very hard to find such.  Most of the corn that is grown in the Philippines is feed corn, used to feed animals.  It is very dry and hard.  Not delicious to eat. I can remember when we lived in the States, we lived in an area where … [Read more...]

2010 is really a banner year for the LiP Christmas Giveaway!  For those who are new to the site and don’t know about the LiP Christmas Giveaway, I will start out by giving a bit of history.  For 8 years now, Feyma and I have been spreading the Christmas Cheer around Mindanao by giving out food and treats to the poor in areas in and near Davao City.  In the beginning, we did this on our own, using our own money.  As the years went by, and this website got bigger and more popular, we decided to invite LiP readers to join us in the giving by donating money to the event, and we would use the money to give out food to the needy here.  … [Read more...]