I had an interesting day yesterday. I spent much of the day working on different projects that I have going right now. Pretty much every one of those projects is work related – things that will earn me money. Every one of the projects involves the Internet too. Oh, I didn’t work all day long, […]
Big Trouble for Tourists?
Lately, I have been watching a TV show that I downloaded from the Internet. The name of the show is “Big Trouble in Tourist Thailand,” and it is a show from the Sky Network in the UK. The show is about British tourists visiting Thailand, and some of the troubles they run into. “But Bob,” […]
Constant Change
Almost everything in life is changing constantly, that shouldn’t be a big surprise. Very few things remain the same over the long term. One place where we American expats are seeing a lot of change lately is in the value of the US Dollar. The US Dollar, in the past few weeks, has been losing […]
Cultural Adjustment
Since it’s Friday, today I’m featuring my column from SunStar Davao Newspaper. While my LiP Web Magazine is targeted toward foreigner readers who have an interest in visiting or living in the Philippines, my newspaper column is targeted at Filipino readers and trying to foster more understanding toward foreigners who are here. Because of this, […]
Is SE Asia Damned?
So far, this has not been a good Century for SE Asia. Yes, we are only 9 years or so into the 21st Century, but the events in SE Asia have not been promising so far. This past week or two have been particularly bad. Over this past weekend, Typhoon Pepeng, Internationally known as Typhoon […]
Let’s count our blessings
This article is from Mindanao Bob’s Journal, which is a regular weekly column in SunStar Davao Newspaper. This column appeared in SunStar today, October 2, 2009. This past weekend, the scenes on TV from Manila were horrific. The flooding in Manila was devastating. The suffering of the people was heart wrenching. It’s really a time […]