I recently published a book on the Amazon Kindle called Expat Answerman: Understanding Philippine Culture. A fellow named Jeff purchased the book, and enjoyed it, but found that he had a cultural question that was not covered in the book, so he contacted me and asked! I decided to make a podcast out out of […]
Quick Cash
Most readers of this site know that I make a living nearly entirely online. Be it from building websites, income that my websites earn or whatever, really, just about everything that I earn is earned through the Internet. Because of that, one of my major ways of getting that money is through Paypal. I have […]
Expat Interview: Bill Asberry
Bill Asberry is an American who is preparing to move to the Philippines real soon now. I have come to know Bill over the past 5 months or so and have enjoyed interacting with him and building a friendship. I asked Bill if he would agree to be my first Video Interview here on Expat […]
Are these clothes appropriate? EAM
The Philippines is, in my view, a generally safe country. There can be arguments about that, some people feel it is quite dangerous. I am not in that camp, though. I will say, there are some isolated parts of the Philippines, though, where westerners would not be as safe and precautions should be taken. Recently, […]
The Tony Scam
I recently got a note from a reader who had just visited the Philippines. He wanted to submit an article for LiP, and I agreed to publish it. He asked that his full name not be used, only his initials, LB. So, here is LB’s article, I hope you enjoy it. You take it from […]
Outside looking in
If you are from a country like the USA, England, Australia or just about any developed country, you are probably used to knowing people of many different races. Some countries in particular are known as melting pots that experience large scale immigration over many years. Certainly the USA is probably the world leader in this […]