Was a song from long ago, sung by Johnny Cash, and the next verse goes; “About two feet high and rising!” This past three weeks in Southern Luzon has been nothing but rain, and then some more rain. I’m fully aware that this is the monsoon season and one should expect to be a little […]
Favorite Beaches
The Philippines has a lot of beaches! Of course, with 7,107 Islands making up the country, there are literally thousands, probably tens of thousands of beaches! Maybe even more than that. Over my years of living in the Philippines, I have been to a lot of beaches. I am sure that even those who have […]
What kind of breakfast do you like?
In the Philippines, if you go to a restaurant and want to order breakfast, you are usually faced with a few choices for complete meals. They usually list a “Filipino Breakfast” using exactly that name, although you don’t always know exactly what the Filipino Breakfast consists of. Another “full meal” breakfast that is on most […]
Philippine Coffee
Back about 8 to 10 years ago, I started drinking coffee. Oh, I had consumed coffee before that, but it was not a regular thing for me, just from time to time. In the Philippines the most common thing to expect if somebody offers you a cup of coffee is that you will have a […]
THE IRS NOTICE
It’s that time of year, taxpayers. The administrative computers at the Internal Revenue Service are automatically cranking out and mailing tens of thousands of notices this summer. If you are one of the “lucky recipients” of this form of correspondence, then please read on. If you’ve managed to “dodge the bullet,” you may want to […]
Breakfast of Champions
I’m not talking about eating Wheaties with Bruce Jenner on the box; General Mills is considering putting the 65 year old Caitlyn on an upcoming box a picture of him in a dress using the ladies Tee during a golf game with his buddies (Sounds like last month’s rant). Remember Kellogg still makes cereal, so we only […]