I like to think that I am a person of reasonable intelligence, and understanding when it comes to dealing with other people. Sure, sometimes I lose my cool a bit, but we all do that from time to time, I think. But, something happened the other day, which just reminded me of other similar events […]
Shopping for towels?
Shopping for towels? It sure seems like a very esoteric topic for LiP, but don’t worry, it will have relevance, just read on. You see, when we moved to the Philippines in May of 2000, we brought plenty of towels with us, in addition to all of our personal/household items. As a matter of fact, […]
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 […]
Easter Sunday with old friends and new
Spending a day with old friends and making new friends at the same time always makes for a great day. Mixing that together with a special holiday, and also some wonderful food and spirit only makes it that much better! A week or more ago, our old friend, Father Franco Uras, an Italian Priest who […]
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 […]