A few months ago, John Grant wrote a column on this site about a journey that he took in a taxi here in Davao. It was an interesting article, and mostly talked about communication between taxi drivers and foreigners. Mostly, I don’t ride taxis, I have my own car, so I generally drive myself wherever […]
Remembering Ida
A while back, I posted a story about helping a poor man that I saw at a gas station in Calinan, Davao. Phil left a comment, and asked me if I would have considered picking the man up and giving him a ride somewhere. I’m not sure where you came up with that question, Phil, […]
Is the LiP Lifestyle for you?
Yesterday, I was doing my normal rounds of reading different blogs. I have maybe 50 different blogs which I read daily. One of the blogs that I read daily is called Problogger, which is about earning a living online through blogs and other means. Problogger is operated by a very well known blogger, Darren Rowse. […]
Frustration setting in
Sometimes living in the Philippines can be frustrating. Lately, I’ve been feeling that frustration. It’s kind of like recently, when Klaus wrote a column entitled, “My patience is wearing thin…” that’s how I feel today! Living in the Philippines, there are constant reasons to make your patience wear thin, or bring your frustration to the […]
Creating your own culture!
In yesterday’s column I talked about my effort to adjust to Philippine Culture. Thinking back, I remember how Feyma made a great effort to adjust to American Culture during her years of living there. But, regardless of where we live, one thing that always comes to my mind when the subject of culture comes up […]
Can you fully adjust?
I have written about cultural adjustment many times on this site. As I have said, overall, I feel that I have become fairly well adjusted to living in the Philippines. It took a while, but I have come to accept the way things work here, the way people act, etc. These are things that are […]