Live in the Philippines - The Web Magazine for Expats in the Philippines And those who want to join them!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
I enjoy writing about life in the Philippines, and especially enjoy helping people understand cultural aspects of life in the Philippines. I in no way claim to be the supreme authority on such things, but what I have learned, I can share. I also enjoy talking about Cebuano and explaining things I have learned in [...]
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The last week we were part of a training seminar in cross-cultural conflict resolution. It was really excellent! I thought I would share some of the things we learned about culture that were really interesting.
I don’t have the illustrations to post, so you will have to use your imagination to picture the simple diagram that [...]
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
One thing we have noticed is that greetings are important here in the Philippines. People say, “Good morning,” “Good noon,” “Good afternoon,” and “Good evening.” We tend to just say ‘Hi!’ or nothing in particular. We noticed that when we came into the kitchen in the morning, and our girls were there, they always said [...]
Friday, September 21, 2007
Today we will look at several things that will be helpful to know how to use. Some of these you may have already figured out. I will make the stressed syllable bold and put an * to show a glottal.
First of all, let’s look at how to say, ‘this, that, these and those’. These are [...]
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Sorry for the delay in getting out this lesson, I have been out of town a lot during the last two weeks. I hope you all are continuing to listen and write down new words you hear. John had an interesting method for remembering new words! For me, this seems more complicated, but I know [...]
