Note from MindanaoBob – I would like to welcome a new writer to the site, RT Cunningham! RT is a long time Expat Blogger in the Philippines and has operated a number of his own blogs over the years. I am happy to have RT aboard on LiP, and look forward to his contributions! If […]
Archives for August 2014
Is the Philippines safe? EAM
http://media.blubrry.com/lip/p/s3.amazonaws.com/MBPodcasts/EAM0010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed It’s that time again! Yep, Podcast time. I am back again with another edition of the Expat Answer Man Podcast! Today we have Episode 10. Hey, if you are enjoying the podcast, or if you see need for improvement, would you do me a personal favor […]
Thinking differently!!!
A few days ago I went to Nicole’s classmates house. I went there to ask some questions from the mother of her classmate. I guess one day last week Nicole had no class because the class coordinator had some meeting to attend to. He told his students that they can go to school the next day, just go to the […]
The fun of having a business
Having a business in the Philippines can be quite… well… fun. They say it’s more fun in the Philippines, after all. Feyma and I started our first business in the Philippines sometime in 2000, within our first year of arriving here. It was all sort of done by accident. The business I am talking about […]
Become Persona Non Grata Over a Joke?
This month, Davao is celebrating the Kadayawan Festival, and like many festivals here, celebrities usually come and do something. One of these celebrities was Ramon Bautista, not sure if you’ve heard of him, I haven’t, anyway, he’s a famous comedian here in the Philippines. He performed here in Davao last week and it didn’t go […]
Where Have All the Roosters Gone
Do you remember that song; “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”? My old beer buddy next door was Boyet and his wife Anna, who both lived off the largest of his Uncle Roberto a 35 year resident of San Diego California and the owner of the land. Boyet was a pleasant man, who didn’t want […]