The weekend brought some bad news for Philippine agriculture, for Filipino consumers, and basically for anybody in the Philippines. The news actually broke on Friday afternoon. I am actually surprised that it did not get more airtime on the news here, more mention in the papers, etc., because, frankly, it is enough to scare the […]
Where to put your money?
Yesterday, a friend of mine came to see me. His name is Rudolf Kotik. Rudolf is from Austria, although he has lived in the Philippines for 21 years now! He certainly is a long time resident, and in many ways, Rudolf has taken on many Filipino traits. Most of his actions, opinions and such are […]
Local Deliveries
I guess that it has been nearly 20 years now that in Western countries like the USA and in Europe, companies like Federal Express and others have been offering overnight deliveries of packages. I can remember when this first came into being, the fact that a package could be delivered from one side of the […]
My dream in the Rice Field
Today’s Guest author is James Browning. James is an American who lives and works in Kuwait, but is waiting for the day when he can move to the Philippines and take up permanent residency here. James and his wife are just putting the finishing touches on the home that they have been building in Pangasinan. […]
SIR: The Time-Event Concept
Last week, when I wrote in my continuing series about SIR (Smooth Interpersonal Relationships), by foundation of Filipino Culture, I said that I had only one more aspect to cover, and asked if anyboyd could guess what it was. I was surprised that nobody guessed (Chris tried, but was not correct), because this is the […]
Progress is not always a plus
In my article yesterday, I talked about progress in business that I see almost every day here in the Philippines. The country is moving from being 50 years behind much of the rest of the world to being a player in many games of business. As I said yesterday, it is something that I enjoy […]