It has been a while now since I wrote about my language studies, but that doesn’t mean that I have not been staying busy with it! Now that my teacher, Bebe is also teaching here on the LiP site, I hope that some of you are also doing a little language study of your own! […]
What currency do you think in?
If you have lived in a foreign country like the Philippines for an extended time, it is likely that after some time, in financial terms, you will begin to think in the currency of the country you are living in, instead of the country where you came from. When you first come to live in […]
Happy Days (NOT)
The last few days have been tough days for me. I am not going to go into detail about it, but I’ll tell you a little bit. It all has to do with problems with plumbing in our house. The landlord has people working on this for us, trying to get it fixed, but it […]
Something that bothers me
I love Filipino people. They are without a doubt some of the friendliest, most accommodating people in the world. Sometimes they are accommodating beyond the realm of comfort, though, and this is something that often bothers me. An example of what I am talking about is when it comes to food. Sometimes, during the day, […]
What about my citizenship?
One question that I get from people all the time has to do with Citizenship. The question usually comes from Americans, and that is what I will address in this article, because since I am an American, I really don’t have much knowledge about Citizenship issues for Countries other than the USA and the Philippines. […]
What happened to my brother?
My parents had three kids. I am the oldest, and my brother is the youngest. My sister was 2 years younger than me, but she died at age fifteen, and I was 17 when that happened. So, during my adult life, my only sibling has been my younger brother. When I moved to the Philippines, […]