I have come to the conclusion that I’ve been living in the Philippines long enough that I have actually forgotten some things about how it is to live in the States. I mean, I find it kind of amazing, though, that having lived 36 years of my life in the USA (I moved here at […]
Why You’re Reading About the Philippines
I’ve had this post sitting around “un-done” in my drafts folder for some time. Today I was housecleaning (disk cleaning) and I decided to make something out of it rather than giving it the old heave ho. It’s my thought that many of you are reading here for many different reasons, but the various reasons […]
The snowbird lifestyle
Do you know what a “snowbird” is? It is an American term, which I don’t think is that widely used in other countries. Probably it is also used in Canada, but maybe nowhere else, although I am uncertain of that. A snowbird is what we Americans call a person who lives in two different places. […]
Watch your mouth…
A few days ago, I got an e-mail from a lady in the USA. The lady is a Filipina, but indicated that she had been living in the USA for quite some time now. She told me that in fact, she had kind of lost touch with her Filipino side, and had actually forgotten much […]
Moving down the road?
Today’s Guest Post is from Alan Cline, an American expat who currently resides in Cagayan de Oro City, in Northern Mindanao. Alan has his own blog, and has also written guest posts here on LiP in the past. The title sounds kind of like some country western song from the US I guess but you […]
I May Have to Buy a Mailbox
I’ve written a number of times in the past, I am sure and certainly on my PhilFAQS blog about the abysmal mail service here in the Philippines. Even though we Americans sometimes almost make a comedy career out of complaining about and dissing our dedicated US Postal Service workers (anybody remember Men in Black II?), […]