Today is a big day in the Martin household! A day that comes around only once in a lifetime in most cases. For sure it is a one time deal for Feyma and I. What am I talking about? Well, today is our 25th Wedding Anniversary! Yep, August 9, 1990 we were married in General […]
Business permits – EAM
A while back, I had a podcast about doing business in the Philippines. What kind of visa would you need, what type of business could you do as an expat in the Philippines. Today, based on some follow up questions that I got from that podcast, I want to dig a little deeper into the […]
My new book is OUT
I’ve been working pretty hard for the past few months! But, hard work is almost always rewarding. Whether the feeling of reward comes from the feeling of satisfaction that you get from a job well done, or from financial reward, the feeling is equally as good. When you get reward from both of those two […]
Guest appearance on the Nomad Capitalist
If you like the subject matter here on LiP, you really should be reading The Nomad Capitalist which is done by my good friend, Andrew Henderson. Andrew is truly a nomadic person, you just never know where he will be from one day to the next. Andrew travels the world looking for good information for […]
How do you get clothes that fit? EAM
If you are bigger than the average Filipino, and most of us westerners are, getting clothing that fits can be difficult if you live in the Philippines. If you are a big westerner, and more and more westerners are quite big, getting clothes that you can even get on your body can be impossible in […]
Generation X or Ex?
You have all heard of Generation X, right? According to a quick Google search it reveals that Generation X is the next generation following the “Baby Boom” post WW2 generation. After World War II, all of those returning solders came home and produced a “bumper crop” of new babies in the years that followed. Although […]