Hello friends, you haven’t heard from me for a while, several weeks now. Some of you who are friends on Facebook know what’s been going on, but probably most readers here don’t know. I have been very, very sick. I’m not completely better yet, but I’m on the mend, and feeling a lot better. It […]
Driving Thoughts About Living in the Philippines
I recently wrote an article about getting ahead in the Philippines by backing up. Just a simple piece about some of the reasons it is often better and easier to back into tight spots and an observation or two that foreigners and Filipinos alike are often not practiced and comfortable with backing their vehicles. As […]
To Get Ahead in the Philippines, Sometimes You Have To Back Up
Welcome dear reader. It’s a beautiful bright sunny day here in the Philippines, just north of the NCR (Metro Manila) and I’ve got a few minutes to write. My car is comfortably backed into my narrow little carport, all tucked away waiting for me to give the call for action to go somewhere. Could I […]
Seed Corn and Utang – Will They Sink Your Boat?
Sometimes I get the urge to write about something and I get right into cranking out words without knowing exactly where I’m going to use them. The post then sits in my “draft” folder, sometimes for a long time. Recently my friend and fellow author here on LIP wrote a great article full of advice […]
Birding In The Philippines
Birding? What the heck is that Dave? You mean those folks who go out with boots an binoculars trying to see how many different bids they can see in a day? Well yes, sure, that’s birding … and a very popular hobby it is with some folks. There’s plenty of “real” birding to be done […]
Sorry, you can’t get that here
Lately, I have been seeing a lot of expats talking about the things that they can’t get in the Philippines. Mostly I see this on Facebook, people, especially those who have recently moved to the Philippines lamenting those things that they miss so badly from “back home” and you just cannot buy here. I find […]