The friends you choose have a big influence on your own attitude, don’t you think? I believe that it is certainly the truth. That is true here in the Philippines, or anywhere you live. A few days ago, I made a post on my Mindanao Blog about a meeting that I was going to be […]
Why do people go back?
As I mentioned in an article a few days ago, a large number of people who move here from Western Countries end up leaving within the first year. I would say it is more than half of the people return home, although I have not seen any real official figures on that. Some friends and […]
Why are we dreamers?
Everybody dreams of something, right? I mean, no person goes through life without dreaming about the life he would have if he just does whatever it is he dreams about. None of us can say we haven’t had dreams. Some are pursued, some are not. I like to think of myself as a “doer” instead […]
Julie Campbell, R.I.P.
Recently here in the Philippines, a United States Peace Corp Volunteer was murdered, her name was Julia Campbell. Julia Campbell, 40 years old, was from Fairfax, Virginia. Campbell had been teaching at an Albay College on the island of Luzon since September 2005. She was fluent in Tagalog. I saw her do an interview on […]
Being an ex-pat opens many windows
Living in a country other than your own opens all sorts of windows that you did not have in your home country. The “window” that I want to talk about today is having friends from all over the world. I never really thought about this topic until about a year ago. I have an American […]
Korean visitors flocking to the Philippines
Over the past 2 years or so, the statistics are showing that a lot of Koreans are coming to visit the Philippines! I see it everywhere I look too. I see many Koreans out around town. I see a lot of Korean Restaurants popping up everywhere you look. It seems that the Philippines has become […]