One of the things that always seems to generate some interest among readers is when we have a discussion of different cities around the Philippines. We all have our preferences of where we might want to live. Sometimes those preferences are set in stone, sometimes they are not. Sometimes, probably most of the time, we […]
Mid-year review
On December 30, 2008, I published a list of Ten Predictions for the Philippines for 2009. Here we are just getting started on July already, so the year is already half way complete! Time flies, don’t you think? I figured it would be a good time to go back and review my Ten Predictions, and […]
Taking the long way home
Have you ever taken the long way home, just for the experience? I’ve done it, no doubt about it. Sometimes when we go outside our normal path we find new things that we didn’t know about before. Sometimes we learn new things, sometimes it’s good, sometimes the experience is not so good, but it is […]
Positive Or Negative, Where Do You Fit?
I was pleasantly surprised at the reaction to my recent article Why You’re Reading About the Philippines. In particular I’m glad that no one took my examples of how repetitive and cyclical our always present world and national crises are … so many things today sound the same as when I listened to the radio […]
Ten things I love about the Philippines
Today’s Guest Column is from David Katague. David has a blog about his place in his beloved Marinduque, give it a visit, and visit David if you happen to be in Marinduque too! Several weeks ago, I listed the ten most annoying things that bothers me in the Philippines in this web magazine with the […]
I’d like to meet you
A couple of weeks ago, I got a text message request from somebody who reads some of my websites, or so he said. This fellow had been in communication with me in the past via e-mail, maybe 6 months ago or so, so I had no reason to expect anything unusual. He got my cellphone […]