The Philippines is currently involved in an ongoing battle with Taiwan over the deportation of some 14 Taiwanese citizens on February 2nd of this year. The Taiwanese were involved in a fraud scheme in which Chinese citizens were defrauded of some US$20 Million. The Taiwanese government admits that their citizens were charged with such crimes, […]
Backward thinking
My friend, Dave, wrote an article in the past couple of days about Waiting to Retire in the Philippines. Dave mentioned, and some of the comments got into talking about the fear that so many have of moving to the Philippines when the timing is not perfect. The biggest fear that I hear from a […]
Have we arrived?
For people of my age, or older, can you remember the days when we were kids. Computers existed, but were not the household item that they are today. Back in our day, only a very big office would have a computer, like major corporations and such. As we became older, “home computers” became more common, […]
Knotty Filipinos
Knotty? Bob, don’t you mean naughty? No, indeed I mean knotty. Filipinos are knotty, and it bothers me! 🙂 What am I talking about? Filipinos like to tie knots in everything. You go to the grocery store and buy some groceries, when you get home every single bag is tied into a knot on the […]
Being Defined
What defines you? Can a person be fully defined by a single thing he says? I do not believe that would be fair or accurate to judge a person’s being entirely on a single statement he makes. Lately, I have gotten a bit of feedback from a few, only a few, readers of this site. […]
The job that wasn’t
I got an interesting text message back around Christmas. The text was from my former Bisaya teacher from about 5 years ago. Her name is Au, and we keep in touch on a semi-regular basis. Au is a Professor at Ateneo de Davao University. Very nice lady, and quite intelligent. I enjoy knowing Au, but […]