Over this past weekend, I was reading the blog of a friend, Nomad4Ever (aka Chris). Chris and I have had only limited contact with each other, but I consider him a friend. We both blog along the same topic, or very close to it. I know that Chris regularly reads this site and comments here, […]
Philippine Tourism Improvements on a Budget — Part 3
Let me start this installment with a couple updates. I was in Manila for a few days on business and I noticed a program promoted by the DOT that runs two shuttle vans on hourly routes between major hotels and tourist attractions in Manila. It’s run by a company called Busina and uses the somewhat […]
The group dynamic in the home
Do you remember in late 2008, and the early part of 2009, I wrote a series of articles about SIR? SIR means “Smooth Interpersonal Relations” and it is the basic tenet of Philippine Culture. SIR is what controls the way that society in the Philippines functions. One of the tenets of the SIR system is […]
Pondering lifestyle changes
Well, it’s Monday morning here in the Philippines. I hope that everybody had a good weekend. I know that I did! On Saturday morning, I had some work to do, and after I got up, I took my laptop into the office, hooked it to all of my desktop peripherals and sat down to work. […]
Justice
Remember, a while back I wrote an article here about the Subic Rape case, and the conviction of Daniel Smith in the case? It was one of the top commented articles in the history of this site. To refresh your memory, the “rape victim,” Suzette Nicolas recanted her story, and said that she wasn’t sure […]
Summer of swimming
Summer vacation for the school kids here in the Philippines is well underway now, and the challenge for parents like Feyma and I is to keep the kids busy! You know how kids are, if you don’t keep them busy with something, they will spend their time playing video games and watching TV. Doing that […]