Shipping Items

I found myself looking for wooden boxes and steel strapping because I wanted to send to the US some native wooden furniture and native sculptures. An American friend who visited the Philippines recently saw some really nice wooden furniture and sculptures in Laguna. He bought a lot of pieces but left them with me since he couldn't bring them with him and he didn't have the time to have them shipped door to door. The Internet helped me locate the materials I needed. Problem solved.

Memories

My mother's late uncle had a safe where he stored all kinds of memorabilia, from old photographs to love letters from his past sweethearts. I saw a few dog tags and strange looking coins in his safe, they did not look like money. I did a bit of research and I found out they were challenge coins custom made for the group of service men who came to the Philippines. He worked closely with some of these men. I think the dog tags and the challenge coins were from his American

Highland Hideout

I accompanied a rich friend of mine to Baguio. He is having a mansion built there and wanted a fireplace in the living room. He ordered a fireplace insert straight from the US to have it installed in the fireplace of his mansion. He his mansion is being built on a big lot and had lots of trees planted in the compound. It was very peaceful and quiet inside his property. A good place to disappear for a few days to relax.