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 […]
Performance of Lupang Hinirang
Do you remember, a while back I posted the lyrics to the Philippine National Anthem, Lupang Hinirang? A number of people thanked me for providing the lyrics (which I found through a website, with the help of a reader here). I recently found a performance of the National Anthem on YouTube, and I thought that […]
Now, that’s disrespectful!
We had an incident that happened here in Davao over 4 years ago. Bob and I and our foreigner friend together with his half Filipino brother went to a have coffee just to talked about school and living here, because the half brother just came from the States wanting to study here for college. He […]
Tourism woes
A while back I wrote an article about some of the problems in the area of Tourism in the Philippines, and how I thought they could be addressed. Last week, another problem was brought to my attention, and I think that it is a fairly serious problem with Philippine Tourism. As anybody who follows this […]
It’s hot, sir!
One thing that I always found kind of interesting here in the Philippines is that you never really know what the temperature is here! I remember when I lived in the States, if you watched the local TV news, they would give very specific figures on the temperature. They would even give temperature readings in […]
What do you think about street food?
You know, in the Philippines like almost all third world countries, street food is something that is very popular! In the USA where I come from, when you walk down the sidewalk you don’t see too many people selling food out there. In some locations you will – for instance it comes to mind that […]