These days, the color of the shirt you wear here in the Philippines can tell people a lot about you. Did you know that? It’s true! The color of your shirt is very important these days! Why? It seems that every Presidential campaign has a certain color of shirt that the candidate wears, and many […]
How can it be?
I have a nice little Canon digital camera that I got for my birthday in 2009. It is an Ixus I camera, which is a tiny camera with a form factor similar to a cellular phone. In fact, when they first see the camera, many people think it is a cellular phone rather than a […]
It’s so meaningless…
Politics is the age old debate that mankind has been having for centuries. In much of the world these days, no matter who is in power, half of us hate them (or more!). If the party in power is liberal, we tend to be more conservative. If the Conservatives are in power, our thoughts seem […]
The Immigration “Superbody”
The Government of the Philippines is currently working on new legislation to create an “Immigration Superbody” that will help make it easier for foreigners to visit the Philippines. Here we go again… Actually, it is not hard to visit the Philippines now, from the standpoint of immigration. In fact, the Philippines, to my knowledge, has […]
Here’s something a bit different!
Often, I write articles where I tell you how things here are a bit different from what you might expect. Life here is not the same as what you might be used to, and that is true in almost every aspect of life here. Recently, I’ve written a couple of articles talking about how the […]
I’m so excited
Since it’s Friday again, I’m sharing my column from SunStar Davao, our local newspaper in which I write once per week. I hope you enjoy the article. I’m excited! I’m actually surprised, because I didn’t think that I would be excited about this. Hmm… what’s that? Oh, you are wondering what it is that I’m […]