The guy at the end of my street opened an internet café, his first month was very slow, but then he had no internet connection. Somewhat like building a swimming pool, but having no water. But he knew something that I knew; two years ago Fiber Optic Cable was laid on the Nation Highway between […]
It’s All Woggly
I’ve mentioned before that I am a big fan of e-readers and an even bigger fan of reading. In the 1950’s and 60’s my father would come home on payday with an armload of comic books (I think for some reason they are called “Graphic Novels” now) for his five sons, they belonged to all […]
The Ber Months, and it’s not even cold
The Philippines reminds of the Spanish Caribbean Islands, and South and Central America. Which has gotten me used to the Christmas Season Starting in September or as it is referred to here in the Philippines as the “BER” months? The stores that are not yet NIS (Not in Stock) will start to put up Christmas […]
Questions Galore from Viewers
It’s another episode of the Expat Answerman Video Cast today! No monologue today, I have several viewer questions that I want to address! We start out today’s show with a question from an anonymous reader! He is wondering about bringing a laptop or other electronic device to the Philippines. The difference in voltage concerns him […]
Let There Be Light
In 1999 my house was completed on a mountain in Bataan, and we moved in. I was heading to San Francisco to be assigned to a new ship. The USNS San Jose (T-AFS) which was tied up in Singapore so I had to fly back across the Pacific to SFO and back to Singapore all […]
American Battleground Monuments Commission
I recently learned some things from a friend that surprised me. The things my friend told me were actually the exact opposite of what I had been told by others. I had heard for years that several Cemeteries for American Veterans in the Philippines had been abandoned by the US Government and had no funding […]