Yes, you read the title correctly… Do you hate Filipinos? What do you mean, Bob, of course I don’t hate Filipinos! If I hated Filipinos, I probably would never visit this site! Unemployment is high in the USA, and in other Western Countries. In the USA, the official unemployment rate is hovering somewhere around 9.5 […]
Sad news
I’ve been trying to go for a walk everyday now. Me and my niece and nephew like to go early in the morning. Sometimes we end up in Bankerohan. We like to head to that area because its quite a ways from our house and we feel like we are really sweating then. Really we […]
Philippine Safety – Viewed from a different angle
You hear a lot from potential tourists, expats and other foreigners about safety when it comes to the Philippines. People who are coming here for a visit, or considering the Philippines as a retirement destination voice the “safety issue” often. They fear being murdered. They fear kidnapping. They fear getting mugged. They fear being ripped […]
Paradise? NOT
I’ve been living back here for over 10 years now. I can really totally understand the people that want to retire here to wait until later, when they have money for retirement. For me it would be better at least you have the security in case the plan you made before coming doesn’t work out. […]
What is a mangosteen?
One of my favorite fruits in the Philippines is mangosteen. A lot of people ask me, “Bob, what’s a mangosteen?” Well, a mangosteen, as I said already, is a fruit. “Ah, it’s some kind of a mango, then?” Well, no, it is not a mango, nor is it anything like a mango. It is not […]
Chicken Soup with Homemade Bread
Yesterday was kind of a lazy day for me. I was just lounging around after we cleaned up the inside and outside the house. My nieces and our maid was really the ones finishing up with the cleaning the inside of our house. My 4 kids helped Deo, my nephew, in cleaning up the outside. […]