OK, ok… before I get started on this article I have to admit something. I might as well get it out in the open, before I make a fool of myself. Normally when I am writing an article for this site (or any of my other sites), I try to choose a topic that I […]
A nude awakening
Did I type that right? A nude awakening? Isn’t the old saying supposed to be a “rude” awakening? Read on, and you decide. I live in a kind of mid-level neighborhood. Oh, it’s probably slightly upscale by Philippine standards, probably a little downscale by US standards. Most of the people who live in my neighborhood […]
A bad habit to get into
In anybody’s life they go through good times and bad times. Good things happen to them, and bad things happen too. It’s just human nature. No life is perfect. Probably, if everything were perfect, we might be bored with life. One thing about it, though, if you have the right outlook, you will take all […]
Communication better then or now?
I am really so amazed now at how easy it is to communicate somebody from the other side of the world. Can you believe it, just 2 decades ago it was hard for me just to make a phone call to Bob in the States. I had to go to the phone service office and […]
Banking question
Yesterday in my e-mail, I got a question from a regular LiP reader. His question was on the topic of banking. I won’t share his name, but that is not important anyway. Let’s look at his question and my answer to him, as that may be beneficial for other readers as well. Bob, hoping you […]
Exactly what is her name?
I read on the Internet very often about name issues in the Philippines. No, I am not talking about names that are strange to us, I’m not talking about funny nicknames. I am talking today about Philippine Birth Certificates. I see on blogs, and read on various e-mail lists people saying that there is a […]