If you have decided to start reading this article, please do me a favor and note the date. I’m writing this in 2014. Can I safely assume it is 2014 where you are living as well? This question may seem a little strange to you, but in now almost 14 years of working with foreigners […]
The 1000 KM Karma check up?
It took us six weeks to reach the lofty goal of 1000 kilometers, the best I can figure that’s about 600 miles. Hell I live on an island what did they expect? But alright if that’s what Mitsubishi wants then I’ll do it, besides the check up was free. 0830 I pull up to the […]
The New Millennium
I retired from sailing in the year 2000; I departed my last Military Sealift Ship in Singapore during the first of that year and told them I was done. I had an office job most of the time on the ships but my last tour I was a hold captain, which meant that me and […]
Been off here for awhile!
You guys probably figured out why I was off here for awhile now. In the beginning of February Aaron and I went to Manila for a few days to renew his passport at the US Embassy. It really went well there and I was so happy for Aaron to finally got the passport done and renewed. […]
Medical Costs & PhilHealth
As readers know, last week I was hospitalized. I’d been sick for about five weeks, with infections in my arms and hands, very serious infections. I needed to go into the hospital so I could have intravenous antibiotics, as oral antibiotics were not strong enough to eliminate the infections. Anytime you are hospitalized, of course, […]
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 […]