You cannot get blood from a stone. Ever heard that expression? If you’re not familiar with it, it is defined as: Prov. You cannot get help from an uncharitable person or money from someone who has none. A lot of people think it comes from the Bible, but it does not. But it’s very true […]
Elder care in the Philippines
Specially since I am well into my “Golden Years” (I’ll be 69 in September of this year, Good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise), many people ask me about growing old and the provisions for elder care here in the Philippines. Some of their questions seem to be general concerns about my plans, and […]
Start a Blog, Get a Job?
Start a blog to make extra money (or even all the money) you will need to live in the Philippines. Or, how do I get a job in the Philippines. Even if you are new here, or even if you are still just investigating whether moving to the Philippines is right for you, I am […]
Be Careful, You Might Get Scammed in the Philippines
You Might Get Scammed in the Philippines? Boy oh boy I bet you’ve heard that one before, eh? Of course you might get scammed in Kansas City or Colorado Springs just as easily, but a huge fear of most foreigners, especially Americans, coming to the Philippines, is that some “fast-taking”, “fast buck” charlatan is going […]
Shipping to the Philippines
Just Stuff It In A Container and Ship It, Please Contain me, baby, please. Sometimes I get an idea for an article here and I just can’t contain myself. Prepare to learn a lot about containers, road, rail and ocean shipping and how they all apply to moving to the Philippines. Definitions and Terms First […]
Agree To Disagree Or Disagree To Agree
As I often say, one frequently gets at least as much good information and food for thought from the comments to the articles on this site as one does from the articles themselves. Less than a week ago (as I write this) Bob published an article of mine entitled Strategies For Supporting Yourself in the […]