Hardly a day goes by on this site that we don’t discuss safety in one form or another. Especially in the comments, a lot of people comment that they think it’s not safe here or they worry about safety when they travel here. Many of us who are living here, and those who have a […]
Fifty Two?
Remember, a while back I speculated that the worst of the US Dollar/Philippine Peso exchange had already passed? I mean, I felt like the Dollar had already bottomed out. I wrote that piece back in May, and indeed, the Dollar has been steadily gaining since that time. These days, the Dollar is standing between 44.5 […]
Oil prices in the Philippines
Yes, yes… I know that oil prices are high everywhere! Today, though, I just thought that I’d give you an update of where fuel prices stand in the Philippines. It seems that every week, the price of fuel goes up, and not just little by little. It usually happens on weekends, the big oil companies […]
I think we’ve seen the worst
My gut is telling me that the worst has already passed. I’m talking about the currency exchange rates between the US Dollar and the Philippine Peso. Late last year, it was looking like the Dollar was in for more of a fall, but things have begun to recover already, and it’s just a gut feeling, […]
A strategy for creating passive income in the Philippines
I have talked a number of times about strategies about how I make money in the Philippines. To this point, I almost exclusively make my money through e-Commerce and advertising on my various websites. Any kind of investment adviser or financial planner will tell you one things when they advise you on how to build […]
Something just isn’t right…
Sometimes we come across situations that just don’t seem to pan out in our brains. Situations that seem very clear turn out to be murky. I am kicking such a situation around in my brain right now, and am not quite sure what to conclude. Prices for almost all kinds of foods are way out […]