Well, it’s Monday morning here in the Philippines. I hope that everybody had a good weekend. I know that I did! On Saturday morning, I had some work to do, and after I got up, I took my laptop into the office, hooked it to all of my desktop peripherals and sat down to work. […]
Changing mindset…
It’s funny how the human mind can be conditioned. Given a certain set of circumstances, we will act in a certain way, but if circumstances change, our reaction to a certain event may be exactly the opposite. Yesterday, I wrote an article about our Easter Sunday trip to Buda for lunch with Father Franco. During […]
Rapid changes
If you’ve been following along with my articles this week, you know that I am writing about things I have learned since living in the Philippines. Today, being Friday, will be my last article in the series. There are so many things I could write about today, because I have literally learned thousands of things […]
Culture is important
Continuing this weeks series of articles about things I have learned about life here in the tropics, today I would like to look at culture. In the past, when I lived in the USA, I never really thought all that much about culture. These days, I have thought a lot about culture, and with all […]
Phone call from a friend
I got a phone call from a dear friend a few days ago. I could tell that there was something wrong because she called me up. Our communications are usually through email, or I always call her up because I have a Vonage phone and can call cheaply. When I answered the phone I could […]
Did I get you?
In my previous article, “That’s it. I’ve had enough.” I wrote about how I’ve decided to move back to the States. As many of you, no doubt guessed, the article was an April Fools Joke! Yes, it’s true, that was just a joke, and I have no intention of leaving the Philippines. I will, unless […]