In 1999 my house was completed on a mountain in Bataan, and we moved in. I was heading to San Francisco to be assigned to a new ship. The USNS San Jose (T-AFS) which was tied up in Singapore so I had to fly back across the Pacific to SFO and back to Singapore all […]
American Battleground Monuments Commission
I recently learned some things from a friend that surprised me. The things my friend told me were actually the exact opposite of what I had been told by others. I had heard for years that several Cemeteries for American Veterans in the Philippines had been abandoned by the US Government and had no funding […]
As Time Goes Driving By
I’m boarding Mr. Peabody’s Way-Back-Machine and flashing back to February 2014, the day my wife and I walked into the Mitsubishi Car world Subic Showroom which was the second dealership I had visited on the first day of my car shopping adventure. Next, I had planned to drive my new old Honda to San Fernando […]
Marriage Penalty in the Philippines
Today I am featuring another Video Podcast and answering some questions from readers. I think the show is pretty interesting today, with some kind of “different” questions from those that I normally hear. For our first question today, Bernard called in and was quite upset about the fact that he just heard about the Marriage […]
We’re Even, Aren’t We?
Over the years here in the Philippines I’ve urinated away more money than I care to think about, or if I were being polite “I frittered away my cash many times”. I’ve noticed this subject comes up on LiP quite often. I noticed some foreigners feel they are a walking ATM machine to their Philippine […]
Getting a Document Notarized
About a month or two ago, I got an inquiry from a company in the United States. They were wanting to advertise on this website. It was a company that I felt I had a use for, and when I looked over their website, I found it to be well done, and their service looked […]