Over the past few months, I have had the pleasure of getting together with two friends from the States. Both of these friends are likely to be known by long time LiP Readers. First, back in June through August or so, Kevin Smith visited the Philippines with his wife and children. Kevin was one of […]
I never really moved to the Philippines
Over the years, I have talked and written a lot about moving to the Philippines. Over the past few days, though, I have been doing some reflection, and I came to the conclusion that I never really moved to the Philippines, at least I never intended to. You see, when I moved to General Santos […]
One person can’t really make a difference
You hear it all the time – One person can’t really make a difference. When it is election time, a lot of people don’t vote, and when you ask why they say… One vote can’t change anything. Frankly, I don’t think it’s a good habit to get into having that kind of attitude. How does […]
Once you’ve been an expat you can never go back
I believe that John Miele and I have entered in to some kind of mutual zone of conscientiousness. A couple of weeks ago, John wrote about body hair, and I followed him when I wrote about shaving in the Philippines. Lately, I’ve been wanting to write an article about being an expat and that causing […]
Good rage!
I just did something, which ordinarily I would not consider a good thing, but this time, well, I think that what I did, and the way I did it was just right. What did I do? I got mad at our maid. I did it in a sort of different way, though. Lately, we have […]