No, Filipinos are not liars in general. Of course there are people who are liars in every race, but from what I can see, Filipinos have no more greater degree of liars than any other race. Why do I even ask? Well, I hear a lot of foreigners, tell me that they think Filipinos are […]
Independence Day
It’s July 4th here in the Philippines. Or, as most Americans would say “the 4th of July.” The 4th of July is an important day for Americans, it is Independence Day, the anniversary of the day that the Colonists in the New World declared Independence from the United Kingdom, in 1776. True Independence was not […]
Is there anything to do there?
I got an e-mail today from a reader of this blog. He had several questions about living here in the Philippines. One question kind of got me thinking, though. He asked – “Do you get bored?” Hmm… Have you ever talked to a person who retired after years of work? A lot of times, what […]
Big Impact
It’s been almost a year since I first met Bebe Metillo. I was introduced to Bebe by a reader of this column too, a young lady named Shannon. I had mentioned in a column last year that I was looking for a good language teacher, because I wanted to learn to speak Bisaya. Shannon contacted […]
Fifty Two?
Remember, a while back I speculated that the worst of the US Dollar/Philippine Peso exchange had already passed? I mean, I felt like the Dollar had already bottomed out. I wrote that piece back in May, and indeed, the Dollar has been steadily gaining since that time. These days, the Dollar is standing between 44.5 […]
Mighty Manny
People who are into Boxing, or who have some connection to the Philippines undoubtedly know who Manny Pacquiao is. Pacquiao is a World Champion boxer, and he hails from General Santos City, in Southern Mindanao. As I type this column, Manny’s latest fight is just getting started, with Manny fighting against David Diaz for the […]