As I mentioned in an article a few days ago, a large number of people who move here from Western Countries end up leaving within the first year. I would say it is more than half of the people return home, although I have not seen any real official figures on that. Some friends and […]
The Jeepney Business
A lot of foreigners who come to live in the Philippines are always looking for is a business where they can make enough money so that they can live here. A lot of people who move here do not have regular streams of income at their disposal, and don’t have a lot of savings built […]
Why are we dreamers?
Everybody dreams of something, right? I mean, no person goes through life without dreaming about the life he would have if he just does whatever it is he dreams about. None of us can say we haven’t had dreams. Some are pursued, some are not. I like to think of myself as a “doer” instead […]
Julie Campbell, R.I.P.
Recently here in the Philippines, a United States Peace Corp Volunteer was murdered, her name was Julia Campbell. Julia Campbell, 40 years old, was from Fairfax, Virginia. Campbell had been teaching at an Albay College on the island of Luzon since September 2005. She was fluent in Tagalog. I saw her do an interview on […]
Update: A story about helping others
A week or two ago, I posted an article here about helping the people who you select. In the article, I mentioned that there had been some people in the family that I have offered help to, and they turned around and messed up. Well, I have an update about this. Yesterday, a niece of […]
This business idea is not a good one
In relation to this blog, the thing that people ask me the most is how they can get into a business here. They need to earn money so that they can live here, and they don’t know how to do it. Well, I have made other posts in the past about ideas on how you […]