Sometimes, we all have bad days. Monday just was not my day. Actually, being honest, I am not sure I would say it was a bad day, but it was interesting, and in some ways, I felt like I was on a different planet. As I mentioned in my article on Monday, My brownout strategy, […]
How can it be?
I have a nice little Canon digital camera that I got for my birthday in 2009. It is an Ixus I camera, which is a tiny camera with a form factor similar to a cellular phone. In fact, when they first see the camera, many people think it is a cellular phone rather than a […]
My brownout strategy
As I have written several times over the past few weeks, Mindanao is experiencing a pretty extreme power shortage. Davao, I am happy to continue reporting, is still experiencing far fewer brownouts than much of the Island. This is thanks to Davao Light and Power Corporation’s power generating plant in Bajada. Every time that I […]
Nearly powerless
These days, living in Mindanao is a bit tougher than it was just a few months ago. Frankly, the Island is on the verge of being powerless… in other words, without electricity. I wrote a couple weeks ago how Mindanao was on the verge of having to resort to rotating brownouts, and it came to […]
What do you think this is worth?
In my ten years in the Philippines, I have lived in five different houses. I’ve mostly lived in rather large houses, since I have a large family. We did live in one house that was quite small, but it was only for about 6 months or less, because we could not find a larger house […]
You say you want an American Style house?
A lot of Americans who plan to move to the Philippines and live here for good tell me the same thing – “I want to live in an American style house.” I think it is kind of natural to feel that way, given the fact that mostly have lived in the USA for their entire […]