I am writing today about how the Martin’s decorate Christmas. When we used to live in the States I decorated Christmas right after Thanksgiving. Even when we moved back here to the Philippines. In the States before it would take me a few days to finished up my decorations. I usually decorate the whole house. […]
Bloodbath
I have some rules that I live by. One of my rules is that I don’t become involved in Philippine Politics. As a guest here in the Philippines, the political situation here is not my concern, and it is not my place to tell Filipinos how to run their own country. Today, I am going […]
Is Pay for view worth it?
When pigs fly, could be my answer to that question. Sunday 15 November, I sat down to watch the Pacquiao Cotto fight, l phoned Dream Satellite and booked the big event well in advance. I asked “What time does the main event starts here in the Philippines?” “8am sir”, the tiny voice responded to my […]
Heroes
Let’s talk about heroes today on LiP. I want to discuss heroes in two different senses. I want to talk about recognizing a hero, and I want to talk about every one of us becoming a hero in our own small way. What? You didn’t think you could become a hero? Believe me, you can […]
Getting your US mail
When you move to the Philippines, one of the important things you need to consider is how you will get your mail from “back home” after you are here. I use a service called “MyUS,” which is part of Access USA, a company that has been in the mail forwarding business for many, many years […]
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. […]