Pretty much everything I write on this site is about having to make some kind of adjustment in your life when you decide to come and live in the Philippines. Although I have lived in only three countries in my life (USA, South Africa and the Philippines) I would venture to guess that any time […]
Got Milk?
Last week, a friend and I were exchanging e-mails. He is also an American who lives in the Philippines. He is going back to the States soon for a combination of a visit home and a “visa run” so that he can get his soon to be expiring visa renewed. In our e-mail discussion he […]
Helping out!
I am so happy that the year 2009 ended good for all of us here on LIP. We were giving away stuff. The year 2010 starts as a good year for us also. We started the year with helping out others. Today I am writing about a teenager, his name is Jonathan, and he is […]
Constant Change
Almost everything in life is changing constantly, that shouldn’t be a big surprise. Very few things remain the same over the long term. One place where we American expats are seeing a lot of change lately is in the value of the US Dollar. The US Dollar, in the past few weeks, has been losing […]
Cultural Adjustment
Since it’s Friday, today I’m featuring my column from SunStar Davao Newspaper. While my LiP Web Magazine is targeted toward foreigner readers who have an interest in visiting or living in the Philippines, my newspaper column is targeted at Filipino readers and trying to foster more understanding toward foreigners who are here. Because of this, […]
A bad habit to get into
In anybody’s life they go through good times and bad times. Good things happen to them, and bad things happen too. It’s just human nature. No life is perfect. Probably, if everything were perfect, we might be bored with life. One thing about it, though, if you have the right outlook, you will take all […]