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A Senior Moment on a Son’s 21st Birthday
William Realon
April 11, 2009
On time, we all have our own many ways of marking it. As a former soldier, I used to measure time by the number of tours of duty, which usually run from 2-3 years at a time and each tour reminds me of personal significant events. My son was born towards the end of my first overseas assignment in 1988, as the cold war was winding down. Our daughter, a generation from Desert Storm homecoming, came along four years later on my second tour of duty in Germany. My wife seems to have programmed herself to lay her eggs in the same nest.
After 23+ years of counting military assignments, somehow I have lost track of time. Time has caught me by surprise as I first realized it when Kevin left for college three years ago after he turned 18.
William Realon
April 11, 2009
On time, we all have our own many ways of marking it. As a former soldier, I used to measure time by the number of tours of duty, which usually run from 2-3 years at a time and each tour reminds me of personal significant events. My son was born towards the end of my first overseas assignment in 1988, as the cold war was winding down. Our daughter, a generation from Desert Storm homecoming, came along four years later on my second tour of duty in Germany. My wife seems to have programmed herself to lay her eggs in the same nest.
After 23+ years of counting military assignments, somehow I have lost track of time. Time has caught me by surprise as I first realized it when Kevin left for college three years ago after he turned 18.
Hooked on Fishing
William Realon
March 8, 2009
“Give a man a fish and he will live for a day; teach a man in Alaska how to fish and he will drink beer and fish all day,” a bumper sticker that makes a mockery of an old adage, done in humor but rings a bit of truth among diehard fishermen in Alaska.
In a place where more than half of the year is cold dark winter and spring and fall are just ephemeral intervals of the seasons, people eagerly look forward to the long days of a rather very short summer. But summer seems to have skipped in 2008. Marked with mostly wet and chilly days, this year’s summer maybe one of the coldest ever recorded. Yet, for the diehard outdoorsmen
William Realon
March 8, 2009
“Give a man a fish and he will live for a day; teach a man in Alaska how to fish and he will drink beer and fish all day,” a bumper sticker that makes a mockery of an old adage, done in humor but rings a bit of truth among diehard fishermen in Alaska.
In a place where more than half of the year is cold dark winter and spring and fall are just ephemeral intervals of the seasons, people eagerly look forward to the long days of a rather very short summer. But summer seems to have skipped in 2008. Marked with mostly wet and chilly days, this year’s summer maybe one of the coldest ever recorded. Yet, for the diehard outdoorsmen
City under the Midnight Sun
William Realon
When Elton John belted out his rendition of his famous 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me,' at the...
Fond Memories of the Holy Week in Magsingal
William Realon
Candlelights flicker from every window and sometimes on the fences as they faintly brighten the unpaved dusty streets where people...
William Realon
We immigrated to the US in 1981 and settled in Kauai, Hawaii where I joined the United States Army the same year. I retired from the Army after 23+ years, 11 years of which were spent in Heidelberg, Kaiserslautern, and Stuttgart, Germany - my best times in the Army.
The rest of my tours were in New York, Maryland, Hawaii, the Middle East, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Alaska, where my family and I settled, at least for the time being.
After retirement, I was hired by the same organization, US Army Alaska, that I worked for as a soldier.
I now work as the budget analyst for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (Light). I have been married to the former Milagros Sajor from Cabugao, Ilocos Sur for 22 years. Kids - Kevin, 20, who's a chemical engineering major at University of Washington, and Kristine, 16, a junior at East High School.
RELOAD YOUR DREAMS - Rebecca Bustamante Inspires Toronto
Michelle Chermaine Ramos
On Friday, August 19 2016 iKUBO Media in cooperation with Chalre Associates hosted Reload Your Dreams at the YWCA at 87 Elm Street in downtown Toronto....
My ‘Tall Dark, and Handsome’ younger brother, Hermes
Renato Perdon
In commemoration of the 70th birth anniversary of my TDH younger brother on 28 August 2016, I am posting this piece....
HWPL to Host “2nd Annual Commemoration of the WARP Summit” in Seoul, South Korea in September
Marilie Bomediano
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Ambassador Gatan Celebrates Summer Reunion with PAG Artists
Michelle Chermaine Ramos
The Philippine Artists Group of Canada celebrated their annual summer reunion with Ambassador Gatan, Mrs. Debbie Gatan and Consul General...
LUNIJO’S MISS GRAND CONTINENTAL QUEEN CANADA PAGEANT A CLASS OF ITS OWN
Li Eron
This year's Taste of Manila in Bathurst Street disrupted traffic in a good way for it being one of North...
Durham Crossover Basketball team wins tourney
Dindo Orbeso
Durham Crossover Basketball team won the U11/U12 Last One Standing Tournament held last August. 20-21, 2016 at Bill Crothers Secondary...
`CON AMOR’ FOUNDATION B0ARD MEMBERS VISIT PROJECTS IN PHILIPPINES
By: Orquidia. Valenzuela, as reported by Myrla Danao
Businessman Jaap van Dijke, chairman and two board members, Myrla Danao and Dr. John Deen of Con Amor foundation in...
Art Creations
Vicente Collado Jr.
Welcome!
Many believe formal training is a prerequisite to quality in painting. Not a few will agree with me one can...
THE CHILDREN IN DON MANUEL GK VILLAGE
Orquidia Valenzuela Flores
Sixty-three children from age three to six years, in the very poor community of Don Manuel village in Barangay...
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