A few days ago me and Aaron went to the Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA to file for our Philippines passports. First time for Aaron to get a Philippine passport and a renewal Philippine passport for me. We’ve been wanting to go there since middle of last year, but didn’t get around to it […]
Conversation that I heard!
It’s really nice now that we decided to ride jeepneys in going anywhere here in the city area. On one of our jeepney routes, me and my niece overheard a very interesting conversation of 2 old friends. One of the ladies might be in her mid 50’s and the other one might be a little […]
Not Much Effort
Here is hoping that Christmas fulfilled all your dreams for you and yours and that your family and you had the best celebration ever. And further I wish all the LiP readers and contributors the best that 2014 has to offer, and that the NEW YEAR shows each of you good health and prosperity in […]
Get That Philippine Job You’re Looking For Back in the States?
When people write and ask me about that magical, mythical job they want to find in the Philippines … the one that is going to enable them to live in “paradise” with their sweetheart … working in a call center often comes up. I mean, of course, why not? Most people reading this can speak […]
My homemade pumpkin-kalabasa pie!
I am giving you now the recipe for my pumpkin-kalabasa pie, Feyma’s style. It’s really a simple recipe. You also just need another local ingredients here in the Philippines. The main ingredients would be the kalabasa (a local squash). You can buy the Kalabasa in any malls here. Of course a good and cheap kalabasa […]
Will Every Christmas Be Hospital Time? I Sure Hope Not
This is the best of times here at our little home in the Philippines. The bad storms are gone, it hardly rains at all, the days are hot .. but not candle-melting hot and the nights actually border on cool at times. And when I go out with Otto the Wonder Dog at around midnight, […]