These days, living in Mindanao is a bit tougher than it was just a few months ago. Frankly, the Island is on the verge of being powerless… in other words, without electricity. I wrote a couple weeks ago how Mindanao was on the verge of having to resort to rotating brownouts, and it came to […]
Living on the Ring of Fire
As anybody who follows any news at all knows by now, there was a major earthquake in Chile on Saturday. The magnitude was 8.8 on the Richter Scale. Remember the January earthquake in Haiti? It was a 7.0 magnitude. Do you know what the difference between the two is? I knew it was a big […]
My almost ruined day
As I mentioned in an article earlier this week, my birthday was last weekend. I woke up early on Saturday morning and had a number of plans for the day, and was in a happy mood. It was my birthday, after all, so why wouldn’t I be happy. Well, I suppose that if I considered […]
Our new neighbors
In the Philippines, there basically is no zoning when it comes to real estate, so you never know for sure what kind of neighbors you will be getting. In most developed countries, land is zoned – there are areas that are designated for businesses, industrial, residential, etc. In the Philippines you might have a business […]
An expats dream package
If you are into entertainment, whether it be movies, TV shows or any kind of videos, I believe that I have come up with an expats dream package! I have written about this before, but that was a few years ago, and I have made some major changes to my setup, which I want to […]
Helping out!
I am so happy that the year 2009 ended good for all of us here on LIP. We were giving away stuff. The year 2010 starts as a good year for us also. We started the year with helping out others. Today I am writing about a teenager, his name is Jonathan, and he is […]