I’ve been living in the Philippines for going on 10 years now. Pretty much anything you could imagine about living here, I’ve already seen it, experienced it, or at least heard about it. I know plenty of people who have lived here much longer than I have, but as a resident of the country for […]
Can I please give you some money?
I have a personal policy. When somebody wants to give me some of their money, I make it as easy as I possibly can for them to do so! I mean, I’m a businessman, and if somebody wants to buy something from me, I try to make it as painless as possible for them! Sometimes, […]
My Baptism
I was just going through our family pictures. I mean all the pictures we have I want to separate them individually. One of the photos in my file was taken during my baptism. I am pretty sure that this photo was taken in the late 1968. As you know in the old days the parents […]
What is your middle name?
My name is Robert Charles Martin. Robert is my first name, Charles is my middle name, and my last name is Martin. There are a few differences in the way names work here in the Philippines, though. Let’s have a look. First thing, what we call your “last name” is not called that here. They […]
Have you taken advantage?
As I have mentioned many, many times on this site and other places where I write, the Philippines, culturally, is a very different place compared to our homelands. I mean, if you are a westerner – American, European, Australian, etc., the Philippines is not the same as where you come from. So many things are […]
Exactly what is her name?
I read on the Internet very often about name issues in the Philippines. No, I am not talking about names that are strange to us, I’m not talking about funny nicknames. I am talking today about Philippine Birth Certificates. I see on blogs, and read on various e-mail lists people saying that there is a […]