Back in the mid-1960’s, Buck Owens had a hit country music song called “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail.” These days, when you mention a “Tiger by the tail” it has a whole new meaning. The world’s best golfer, Tiger Woods is in a rather difficult situation. Back on November 27, Tiger Woods got […]
A little Christmas Cheer!
Yes, folks, it’s true, this is already my second article today! What’s going on? Usually I only write around three times per week on this site! Well, the truth is that I wanted to come back again with a request to LiP readers. Back a few weeks ago, I wrote an article about Heroes, in […]
Here’s something a bit different!
Often, I write articles where I tell you how things here are a bit different from what you might expect. Life here is not the same as what you might be used to, and that is true in almost every aspect of life here. Recently, I’ve written a couple of articles talking about how the […]
Accused of a Crime!
Living in the Philippines is something that I enjoy. I’ve been here for nearly a decade already, and I have been happy, after a period of adjusting to the different life here. But, is there anything that actually scares me about living here? Not really, I suppose. At least I can say that I don’t […]
Oh brother!
One thing that I hear from a lot of expats here (especially from American expats) is that they really wish that they could find a good hamburger in the Philippines. Well, I have to agree that finding a good burger here is not an easy thing. Many times, the meat is sub-standard, the buns are […]
I’m so excited
Since it’s Friday again, I’m sharing my column from SunStar Davao, our local newspaper in which I write once per week. I hope you enjoy the article. I’m excited! I’m actually surprised, because I didn’t think that I would be excited about this. Hmm… what’s that? Oh, you are wondering what it is that I’m […]