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 […]
Dear Feyma: I need a house!
Time for another edition of Dear Feyma, where I try to help readers with Philippine related issues that they may be facing. If you have a question you wish to have featured here on my “Dear Feyma” column, please contact me through the “Contact Us” link at the top of each page here on the […]
House tour
I often get e-mails (and Feyma does too!) from LiP readers asking about finding a house to rent here in Davao, or elsewhere in the Philippines. The people often want to know what kind of house they can get, and how much it will cost them. Or, they might say “how much is it for […]
I fell in love with the place
A few years ago, I had an employee working for my company, WowPhilippines. She mostly took care of Customer assistance, packaging of customer orders and such. She also did some blogging for me on some sites that I had back then. This girl was from the Davao area, but more up in the mountains, going […]
I don’t know what to do…
Helping people is something I enjoy doing. It isn’t always easy, though! Sometimes people who say they want your help seem to go out of their way to do the opposite of what you tell them! Then, when that doesn’t work, they come back and ask you to help them turn things around! It can […]