Over the years, I have written many times on this site that we, as foreigners, if we live in the Philippines, should be careful about things we say and do. A lot of times, people say that I am being over zealous with such warnings, and that there is no danger, nothing will happen, etc. […]
Dog Years
For years I’ve heard the ratio was 7 to 1, but I recently found out that is not it at all. According to the interwebby thingy this is the equation: For the first two years, a dog year is equal to 10.5 human years. After that, each dog year equals 4 human years. This calculation […]
I can see clearly, just not with my eyes!
If you read my article yesterday you know about my battle with Diabetic Retinopathy. My vision became increasingly worse in 2015, and things got really bad just after the New Year in 2016. I had to take action. I got bad news at my recent follow up visit at the eye clinic, and I am […]
I can’t see clearly now…
I just wanted to give a bit of an update of a personal nature today. Many readers here on LiP have been long term friends of the site and have become almost family in many ways. Because of that you may have an interest in this personal update. I have not said much about this […]
Tuesday Afternoon
Here in the Philippines there is never much talk about space in relationships, unlike in the Western World, where it becomes a demand. How many times have you heard: “I need my space?” How much more space does your lady friend need? I was a merchant seaman gone for 4-6 months at a time, now […]
The election mess!
Last week we went to Tupi, South Cotabato for a business meeting. The trip from Davao to General Santos City took 4+ hours. The usual travel is supposed to be only takes 3 hours or a little over in the bus. Why it’s taking a long time this time is due to the road construction […]