Two years ago on 17 March 2016, I check into the hospital for a three-month stay. By the end of May, I was home again and on the mend. I had three operations during my first thirty-six hours there and completely missed Saint Patrick’s Day. BTW I’m fine now. “Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit!” (Happy […]
Should We Sell our House?
Sometimes the reasons for moving sound reasonable. We built our house with four bedrooms 3 baths when our two girls were in school. But both are married now and the house is too large for just Mayang and me. First thing in my head was to sell it and re-build close by, but then I […]
Where the hell am I?
Any subject I write about here on LiP which BTW is located in The Republic of the Philippines (RP) may come from a myriad of sources; one that is very normal for me is to be shooting the breeze over a beer with friends and comparing life and why we like it here. My friends […]
Water, Water from Everywhere
Where to begin my tale of water? On the mountain in 1998, we had a broken dirt road, single phase electricity, no phone (Land Line), no cable TV and of course no water. Yes I wondered why the hell I was buying the land. First I’m informed there must be a wall, a great and […]
25 Years of Fun with the RP’s Land Transportation Office
In the past few months here on LIP I noted that some had found fault with the Philippine LTO System, I’m here to present another point(e) of view, just to defend these much-maligned hard working folks. The Land Transportation Offices are the folks in charge of Drivers Licenses, Tags and Car Registrations (They might do […]
What’s The Pointe?
I have been going to Bay Pointe Hospital on Subic Freeport for my medical care for quite a few years, not only is it a fairly new hospital, but it also is certified by Tri-Care (my military insurance) I have grown to know and like all the Doctors there and have been treated well within […]