Over my years of living here, I have experienced a fair amount of learning. I have learned things that have helped me live a happier life. I have learned that sometimes pride can get in our way of being happier, and even being smarter. One thing that I feel I have really learned is that […]
The Expat Enigma
Have you heard of the Expat Enigma? Don’t worry, I haven’t either, in fact, I just made it up. It is, though a very real thing, something that just never really had a name until now. Firstly, what is an enigma? Some people might not know, especially if English is not your first language. An […]
Racism comment: Give the Bambi moment!
You’ve probably read and heard of the Miss World pageant controversy. The pageant was held like 2 weeks or so ago. Miss Philippines (Megan Young) got the title. Megan was born in the USA, shes a Fil-Am. She came to the Philippines and become an actress. She’s also active in charitable work. Everyone here was celebrating […]
Watch what you say and do!
Over the years, I have told people, both through this site and also in person that you have to watch your actions here and watch what you say, because if you do or say the wrong thing it can get your deported. Usually people accepted the advice without question, but from time to time people […]
Mindanao Madness
Life is full of ups and downs. Hopefully we will experience more ups than downs, and if that is the case, most of us will be pretty happy. The same goes for places, I suppose. Sometimes places experience good times, other times places experience bad times. Over the past 5 years or so, for example, […]
Curiosity about my ethnicity!
You probably wonder why I am writing about this subject. Some of you readers here are friends of mine on Facebook. Maybe some of you hardly open your Facebook too. Well if you are a frequent FB user, you’ve probably noticed my recent profile photo. I changed my picture, to one with me wearing a […]