No matter where in the world you go, things work differently than in other places. I guess that everyplace has it’s own little nuances. The Philippines is certainly no exception either, as sometimes it seems that nearly everything is different here! One of the things that I find quite different here is the way that […]
I Was a Bote Boy — And I’d Do It Again
What the heck is a “bote boy”? Well only those who haven’t lived in the Philippines will be asking that question. From the very north of the country up around Batanes and Loag to way down in the southland where this online magazine is based the tradition of the “bote boy” is common. “Bote” (bot-ay) […]
Planting the Seeds
My daddy always told me to avoid discussing religion and politics and in general I hold to that principle pretty tightly. But I am going to dance around the edges a little bit right now and mention a verse from the King James Bible that seems to shape the lives of a lot of people, […]
Why Not Eat the Seed Corn?
Seed Corn: Seed that is saved from one year’s harvest for the subsequent year’s planting, rather than being used to make flour etc. Doesn’t make any sense for me to actually define “seed corn”? After all, most readers of this Philippine Living magazine will be familiar with the term, won’t they? Such was the thought […]
Dinner with Matt (yes, THE Matt)
Last night, I had dinner with Matt. Matt Mullenweg. For those who don’t know who Matt is, he is the founding developer of WordPress, the software that this site runs on, and that powers millions of blogs on the Internet. Matt is also the founder of Automattic, the company that runs his online ventures. It […]
Conducting business on the net
The Internet has changed our world a lot since it became widely available to the public about 15 years ago. In today’s world, we can go online and buy things or get information from anywhere in the world! Twenty years ago or more, if we wanted to buy something from a shop in Paris, we […]