I will share with you an email from somebody who is wanting to retire here but because of the bad economy all over the world she has to put the thinking of retirement on hold and try to work harder and longer. I’m pretty sure a lot of our readers can relate to this. “Dear […]
The Keys
Last week I received a phone call from Don Bullock a LiP reader and new arrival to the Philippines’s. He stopped by my house, where we got acquainted over a beer or two. I called my good friend Tommy and we decided to go to Texas Joe’s for lunch. Don and his wife Anita followed […]
I remember, do you?
Back in 2001, Feyma and I decided to buy a franchise of a shipping/logistics company. The company was based in Manila, and we intended to have our branch of the company in General Santos City, where we lived. As part of purchasing the franchise, I had to go up to Manila for one week for […]
The Bird
About six months ago Mayang (Mrs. Thompson) came home from the pet store with a bird, and she was very excited with her purchase. Me, not so much, as they don’t seem to do anything, kinda like a cat, it’s just there. I did ask what type of bird it was and no one seemed […]
Things don’t always work out as we plan
This past weekend was to be an adventure for me. Oh, I guess it did turn out to be an adventure, just not as I had planned it. About 2 months ago, perhaps a bit more than that, I had an idea come to me. It was an idea for a somewhat unconventional trip. When […]
The Bataan Y2K Zone Part II
Don’t miss out on Part 1 of this article. And that Sunday passed like cold molasses, on a winter’s day in New England. My daughter could not make it due to flooding on the farm, which I was notified of, at 17:30 Sunday evening. So Marlon the Magnificent, was called and arrived at 18:00 hours […]