A few days back, I got an email from a reader of my site, and a friend on Facebook. I will not give his name, but would like to share his email, and my reply. It might be information that other readers have an interest in. eMail received I have slightly edited the email I […]
Why I (somewhat) disagree with Aaron
My son, Aaron, who writes on this site weekly, is a pretty smart guy. I wonder where he got his smarts from? 😉 This week, he wrote an article about the fact that we are experiencing some pretty long brownouts in Davao right now. Aaron gave some reasons why he thinks that Davao Light is […]
Finally a bit of good news
Let me start out this article with a quick update about Paul Thompson. Monday is usually “Paul” day here on LiP, but for the last few weeks Paul has been absent due to some health issues. I don’t know too much, only what I find on Paul’s Facebook page. Paul had surgery for some kind […]
After a year, will you think like this?
I received an email last week from a person who has been living in the Philippines for a year. I am going to share his email with you, but I will not give the man’s name, for the sake of his privacy. I do not think that there is anything in the email that would […]
Cost Comparison
Some people come to the Philippines because everything is cheap. EVERYTHING is cheap. Is it really? Actually, not everything is cheap in the Philippines. Truth is, you might come here and find out that a lot of the things you love are very, I mean VERY expensive. Truth is, some things are very cheap in […]
Where is the land of opportunity?
More than a month ago, my son, Aaron, wrote an article on this site which caused me to feel uneasy. I never said anything on the site about it because he is entitled to his own opinions, and I did not wish to interfere with that. I did talk to him about it, though, just […]