The other day I made a post entitled “Are you stupid? Sometimes I am!” It kind of sparked off a debate that lead in a direction that I was not quite ready for! You see, I didn’t really intend that post to be about banking, I had just used banking as an example of what […]
Tourism Woes: Follow Up
On Monday of this week, I made a post entitled “Tourism Woes” in which I described how my Mother came to visit the Philippines and spent the night sitting on the sidewalk in front of Terminal 2 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, waiting for the terminal to open so that she could catch her flight […]
Are you stupid? Sometimes I am!
Being stupid can have it’s advantages! Don’t you think? What, you don’t understand what I am talking about? OK, let me explain. Here in the Philippines, like in probably most countries, if a foreigner does something that is odd or different, local people often excuse the behavior because they understand that he just doesn’t know […]
Follow up on caring for our elders
Not long ago, I wrote a piece about how I felt it was important to consider bringing your parents or other elderly people to the Philippines so that you could provide care for them here. I argued that better care could be provided here for a fraction of the cost that you’d pay in the […]
What is your favorite kind of food in the Philippines?
I get a kick out of my Mom. As you know, she is currently visiting Davao, and will be here for about 6 weeks or so. When she first started coming to the Philippines about 6 years ago, she used to have a problem with the food here. She could not really find a type […]
Why can’t we understand each other?
Pretty much ever since I have been coming to the Philippines, and especially since I have lived here, I have heard foreigners like myself complain from time to time about communications with Filipinos. I hear some foreigners say that Filipinos say things that are lies, and they intentionally lie. I have heard foreigners complain that […]