I’ve known for awhile now that our helper (Mel) has a hard time reading and understanding what she does read. I’m trying to observe her without her knowing, I don’t want to embarrass her. My nieces told me that they are helping Mel on how to read during night time before she goes to bed. They also […]
Please Wait, But Stop To Smell the Roses
Second trip to Mega Manila to finish off the re-stamping of my passport (see last week story) While there last week,I had no time to enjoy the trip as the bureaucracy at the Bureau of Immigration had me dancing to their drummer and not mine. Owing to the fact that I still held my “Double […]
Another day in paradise
One of the words you hear associated with the Philippines is “paradise.” Mostly you hear that word from people who “want” to move here. Want to retire here. Have a long distance love affair with the country. You rarely hear that word from people who have lived here, though. Is the Philippines a paradise? Personally, […]
Carpentry work!
Over the weekend we had some carpentry work done here in our house. It’s the cupboard under the sink and the ceiling on the kids bathroom. The owner of the house sent her brother with the carpenter he had hired. They came before the weekend to estimate how much and how long they have to […]
Do we all think alike?
Sometimes I wonder, do expats think alike? Do we all think of similar topics at the same time, or relatively close tot he same time? Sometimes I think it is true. Here on LiP we have a variety of writers. One of the key things we have in common is that we are all expats. […]
Please Wait! The Trip to Mega Manila
Going to Manila, beneath the warm and tropical Philippine sky! First I hired a van and driver, the reason for that is, my last trip to the “City” my car was damaged by a group of nefarious street kids, for reasons only they would know. With a hired van and driver I don’t care if […]