Everybody dreams of something, right? I mean, no person goes through life without dreaming about the life he would have if he just does whatever it is he dreams about. None of us can say we haven’t had dreams. Some are pursued, some are not. I like to think of myself as a “doer” instead […]
Julie Campbell, R.I.P.
Recently here in the Philippines, a United States Peace Corp Volunteer was murdered, her name was Julia Campbell. Julia Campbell, 40 years old, was from Fairfax, Virginia. Campbell had been teaching at an Albay College on the island of Luzon since September 2005. She was fluent in Tagalog. I saw her do an interview on […]
Update: A story about helping others
A week or two ago, I posted an article here about helping the people who you select. In the article, I mentioned that there had been some people in the family that I have offered help to, and they turned around and messed up. Well, I have an update about this. Yesterday, a niece of […]
This business idea is not a good one
In relation to this blog, the thing that people ask me the most is how they can get into a business here. They need to earn money so that they can live here, and they don’t know how to do it. Well, I have made other posts in the past about ideas on how you […]
Being an ex-pat opens many windows
Living in a country other than your own opens all sorts of windows that you did not have in your home country. The “window” that I want to talk about today is having friends from all over the world. I never really thought about this topic until about a year ago. I have an American […]
RP best retirement haven for foreign nationals, says Gen. Aglipay
General Santos City (29 March) — Smile at life…in the Philippines! Retired Police Director General Edgar Aglipay, chairperson of the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) proudly enunciated the agency’s battle cry shoving the Philippines as retirement hub in the world. “We have this branding because Filipinos are by nature happy people and it is the kind […]