How to get your hands on your money is always a topic that draws a lot of discussion on this site and other Philippine related websites. If you are keeping your bank in the USA, or whatever your country of origin is (something that I recommend as a good idea), then you need to figure […]
A bad habit to get into
In anybody’s life they go through good times and bad times. Good things happen to them, and bad things happen too. It’s just human nature. No life is perfect. Probably, if everything were perfect, we might be bored with life. One thing about it, though, if you have the right outlook, you will take all […]
Have you taken advantage?
As I have mentioned many, many times on this site and other places where I write, the Philippines, culturally, is a very different place compared to our homelands. I mean, if you are a westerner – American, European, Australian, etc., the Philippines is not the same as where you come from. So many things are […]
Banking question
Yesterday in my e-mail, I got a question from a regular LiP reader. His question was on the topic of banking. I won’t share his name, but that is not important anyway. Let’s look at his question and my answer to him, as that may be beneficial for other readers as well. Bob, hoping you […]
What Lolo Jim Taught Me About Moving to the Philippines
James Young Duncan II was my mother’s grandfather. He was born in Scotland back around 1890. Of course we didn’t call him “Lolo,” that’s Tagalog for “Grandpa.” I don’t even know if my grandpa ever met anyone from the Philippines, or even had any interest in the Philippines, but he was an international traveler in […]
Exactly what is her name?
I read on the Internet very often about name issues in the Philippines. No, I am not talking about names that are strange to us, I’m not talking about funny nicknames. I am talking today about Philippine Birth Certificates. I see on blogs, and read on various e-mail lists people saying that there is a […]