I just walked into my office and noticed that it is raining. I didn’t realize it until I stepped into my office and looked out the window. My office has a wonderful view out into the neighborhood where we live. I was surprised to see the rain, because it rarely rains during the day in […]
SIR: A debt of gratitude
Well, it has been a few days, so it seems to be time for another installment in my SIR series. What is SIR? If you are asking that, you must have missed my earlier articles! SIR stands for Smooth Interpersonal Relations, and it is the foundation of Philippine Culture. In case you did miss my […]
Consumer What?
Since it is so close to Christmas I figured this was a very good time to bring a couple things to the attention of those thinking about moving to the Philippines, dreaming about moving to the Philippines or just remotely interested in the idea … which covers a lot of people who will be reading […]
SIR: Ulaw or Hiya
For today, we will delve back into SIR: Smooth Interpersonal Relations, the foundation of Filipino society. For todays specific topic, we will look at Ulaw (as it is known in Bisaya areas) or Hiya (the Tagalog equivalent) which is another very, very important part of Filipino culture. For my writing, I will use the term […]
Christmas is coming
Wow, Thanksgiving just passed by. Time to think of Christmas again. Gosh, I felt we just had Christmas yesterday. Now time to celebrate again. Honestly with the world problems right now any family would have a hard time celebrating Christmas. I know for us we told our kids that we don’t want to spend too […]
Who is more Filipino?
Between Feyma and myself, who do you think is more Filipino? Of course, since Feyma was born and raised in the Philippines, I am sure that almost all of you will say that Feyma is more Filipino. Many would argue that I am not Filipino at all. Am I, though? Let’s see. About a month […]