A few weeks back I wrote an article on one of the big problems facing Philippine tourism — and a very critical safety issue that by chance involved the Philippines ‘Top Man’ in the tourism business, Secretary of Tourism Joseph Hotchkiss Durano, commonly known as “Ace”. As a little aside, I wonder how many otherwise […]
Did I get you?
In my previous article, “That’s it. I’ve had enough.” I wrote about how I’ve decided to move back to the States. As many of you, no doubt guessed, the article was an April Fools Joke! Yes, it’s true, that was just a joke, and I have no intention of leaving the Philippines. I will, unless […]
Clean up your plate!
Remember when you were a kid and your Mom would serve you dinner? Dad would always say that “you better clean your plate!” Mom would chime in, “there are poor kids in China who are starving!” There were probably a few starving kids in the Philippines too, don’t you think? Back in 2001, Feyma and […]
Business Unusual
No matter where in the world you go, things work differently than in other places. I guess that everyplace has it’s own little nuances. The Philippines is certainly no exception either, as sometimes it seems that nearly everything is different here! One of the things that I find quite different here is the way that […]
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 […]
In the Philippines, receipts are important
It has been mentioned on this site before that receipts are important in the Philippines. I can remember, when living in the States, we would often just throw away our receipts for stuff. After all, it was very rare that you would ever need the receipt for anything. Now, I am not talking about major […]