Hello friends, you haven’t heard from me for a while, several weeks now. Some of you who are friends on Facebook know what’s been going on, but probably most readers here don’t know. I have been very, very sick. I’m not completely better yet, but I’m on the mend, and feeling a lot better. It […]
Driving Thoughts About Living in the Philippines
I recently wrote an article about getting ahead in the Philippines by backing up. Just a simple piece about some of the reasons it is often better and easier to back into tight spots and an observation or two that foreigners and Filipinos alike are often not practiced and comfortable with backing their vehicles. As […]
It Has Served Me Well
A year ago I wrote about maybe replacing my 1996 New Ole Honda Civic, but then fate raised its ugly head and I had to have the engine re-built. Then as luck would have it, I now owned a car with a new engine that still looked and ran good. I was stuck between that […]
Tax Time – FUAQs
Note to Readers: This is a follow-on article to my two other income tax related articles of this year – Tax Time, 2014 Style and Tax Time Continues . . .. While I didn’t intend to turn Tuesdays into “More Tax Articles Day” here at Live in the Philippines, it sure seems like it. Mea Culpa! […]
Tax Time Continues . . .
Last week’s article, Tax Time, 2014 Style, was written in a Question & Answer format to provide answers to often asked tax-related questions. Unfortunately, there was only enough column space for just a couple of Q&As, selected from a virtual storehouse of such information. I feel it important to get some of this information “out there,” before the income […]
Until He Locks You Out
While eating al fresco style on a balmy Friday night overlooking the star kissed Subic Bay; three tables joined together at the By-The-Sea Resort, with a few friends in attendance I with one ice cold San Miguel beer and a full plate of Mongolian BBQ on the table in front of me. These are the […]