A week or so back Bob Martin made me an offer I really couldn’t refuse. He asked me to join the regular staff here at Live in the Philippines – The Web Magazine for Expats in the Philippines and those who want to join them! I’m a bit busy to take on yet another writing […]
A question of ethics and transparancy
The other day, I published a column here on the site entitled “Limao, Samal Island = Heaven” in which I showed a video of the area where Feyma and I own land, and intend to build our house where we will live permanently. Very shortly after the article was published, I received an e-mail from […]
Would you want to be an “ex-pat”?
The other day, an American friend came over to my house. He is not a close friend, in fact, I had only met him once previously, but had exchanged a few e-mails with him since meeting in person. He’s a nice guy, I met him at a meeting of foreigners who live in Davao that […]
Having a driver
When you live in the Philippines, do you intend to have a driver? Generally, I have always liked driving myself, although I’ve had a driver twice during my time of living here. The first time that we had a driver, it was in 2001, after I had been sick (I had a stroke in November […]
One of my favorite places
I have always been a big fan of Isla Parilla Resort in Alabel, Sarangani Province. For those who don’t know where Alabel is, it is just about 15 minutes drive from General Santos City. I first started going to Isla Parilla back in 2000 when we moved to the Philippines and lived in General Santos […]
Hello to my fans from Alaska to Samal!
Sometimes I am really amazed when I learn of some of the people who follow me on the Internet. It has actually happened so many times over the past few years. I have gotten e-mails from virtually every continent where I have been told of fan clubs and everything else you can imagine. I had […]