Sometimes I get the urge to write about something and I get right into cranking out words without knowing exactly where I’m going to use them. The post then sits in my “draft” folder, sometimes for a long time. Recently my friend and fellow author here on LIP wrote a great article full of advice […]
Tax Time, 2014 Style
Well, it’s definitely a new year, this thing called 2014, and the cycle of life makes another revolution. It’s one month completed all ready, too. Time is starting to zip by again and has brought us to another episode of “Tell the Government how much money you received last year and how much of it […]
Birding In The Philippines
Birding? What the heck is that Dave? You mean those folks who go out with boots an binoculars trying to see how many different bids they can see in a day? Well yes, sure, that’s birding … and a very popular hobby it is with some folks. There’s plenty of “real” birding to be done […]
Sorry, you can’t get that here
Lately, I have been seeing a lot of expats talking about the things that they can’t get in the Philippines. Mostly I see this on Facebook, people, especially those who have recently moved to the Philippines lamenting those things that they miss so badly from “back home” and you just cannot buy here. I find […]
Having business here in the Philippines while living abroad!
I was asked by a reader here with questions “If is is good for her to put up business here in the Philippines while she’s still living abroad?”. I answered her back that I will not recommend that. You know why? If the owner is not around the workers will not do what the owner […]
More Call Center Thoughts
Recently I wrote and article for this column suggesting that those who wanted to work in a Philippines call center or BPO provider might want to consider trying for such a job while they were still living in the USA .. since 9 out of 10 of the leading call center companies in the Philippines […]