I hear those words regularly from people… “I just sent her money for the airfare, she is coming soon.” Hmm… Let me fill you in with a little more. Because I write in a number of places, and most of my writing is related to the Philippines in some way, a lot of people contact […]
Helping out!
I am so happy that the year 2009 ended good for all of us here on LIP. We were giving away stuff. The year 2010 starts as a good year for us also. We started the year with helping out others. Today I am writing about a teenager, his name is Jonathan, and he is […]
Dear Feyma: Chatmate asking money
Dear Feyma, I am chatting to a lady from the Philippines. We’ve been chatting not for a long time. She’s been asking money. Well, I was writing about this same topic before but I will rewrite again. Somehow some people still get suck in with the beautiful picture of the young girl they’re chatting with […]
The 21st Century Bargirl
Many foreigners who come to visit, or even to live in the Philippines are into the whole “girlie bar” scene. Many areas all around the Philippines feature bars where girls dance, either naked or semi-naked. I’ve been to such places, as have most men. For me, though, I’ve never really been a big patron of […]
Our laundry lady
Well, I am writing today about the lady we have here in the house. She’s really our laundry lady. She’s been with us for 4 months now. She was brought here by our previous laundry lady who also we were happy to have but had to go home to her province because of family problems. […]
But, she’s not family…
For Americans, and I dare say, for people from most every Western Country, we really are not used to having full time maids, or for that matter, we are not used to having maids at all. Maybe 50 years ago, having a maid in the house was a little more common than it is today, […]