I wrote an article about shopping for groceries in 2007. I compared the price from the time we came here in 2000 – to the year 2007. So it’s been more than 7 years again. For those who think that the Philippines is a cheap place to live, look at the jump in prices. And, think […]
Archives for January 2015
Radio
In most other countries, like the U.S., people listen to music through the internet, there are now even internet radios or streaming services. Here, however, old fashion radio is still commonly used, just like TVs (I’ve heard that a lot of people are cutting the cable because using the internet to watch their favorite shows […]
The Devil You Know
Last week as I sent my missive off to Sir Bob, I closed, by wondering what would crop up that I could write about the following week, but also with the hidden knowledge that the Philippines will never disappoint you. Something mystifying or magical will always come up; you only have to walkout your front […]
Is jail time in the future? EAM
http://media.blubrry.com/lip/p/eampodcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/EAM_Overstaying.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed In recent months, I have been absolutely inundated with inquiries from foreigners staying in the Philippines about a problem, the same problem for all of them. They are here illegally. They have overstayed their visa. Fact is, there is no excuse for overstaying. As a foreigner […]
Thinking of donating blood!
End of last year was really pretty bad on both side of my family. My first degree cousin at the Rodriguez clan (my mom’s side) died third week of December, I was informed by my niece that she’s sick just middle of last year. I just thought that it wasn’t so serious. So shocked finding that […]
The Pope Comes to Pinas
My Twitter feed normally consists of tweets from my favorite YouTubers, stuff related to computers, funny tweets and my friends’ tweets. That last one is the reason I found out about the Pope coming the Philippines, they have been tweeting, retweeting and all that stuff about the Pope being here last week. I don’t have […]