Today’s guest column is from LiP Reader, Henry Lamkin. Henry is a School District Superintendent in snowy Wisconsin. He spends time dreaming about the warm weather in the Philippines, understandably. Thank you for submitting this article, Henry. Many is the foreigner that has dreamed of retiring in the Philippines but wanted for the income to […]
Progress is not always a plus
In my article yesterday, I talked about progress in business that I see almost every day here in the Philippines. The country is moving from being 50 years behind much of the rest of the world to being a player in many games of business. As I said yesterday, it is something that I enjoy […]
Behind the times…
When you get into a discussion with any expat here that comes from a Western Country, it is inevitable that you hear about how far “behind the times” the Phiippines is. Unfortunately, in most cases in my experience, that is probably true, but things are improving a lot too. I can remember, when I came […]
Life in the States for me
As I’ve posted before it was quite an adjustment for me when I got to the States. I didn’t know that it was that hard though. When I first tried eating the meat there I thought of going into vegetarian. 😉 Not really. Any meat tasted gamey to me, no matter how good it looks […]
Evaluating Life
A week or two ago, I wrote a column of miscellaneous items, one of which was about a visit from my niece, Sweet, and her fiancee, Heart. They were to be married soon, and I was one of their Primary Sponsors (Ninong). This past weekend was the wedding, and Feyma and I, along with all […]
September was birthday month
Well within September we have two birthday celebrants. Its Jean Jean on the 15th and Aaron on the 24th. We celebrated the parties separately. Jean Jean invited some of her friends over. I can’t believe how grown up those kids are now. Like 3 years ago they come to our house for lunch almost everyday, […]