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, […]
The Quest for the New Ride
As I mentioned last week my Auto Loan was pre-approved and I could start looking for the “NEW RIDE” Denny the car salesman was sitting at Mitsubishi Car World on the Subic Freeport as I came through the door, I was the same the type of customer I dreamed about when I was selling Dodge […]
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! […]
It Got Me Thinking
My friend passed away last month and I attended the wake. He was a retired Navy man and we were both hired by Military Sealift Command the same day in January 1993.as merchant seaman. This is a story about those left behind. He had no idea that at age 61 he would have a heart […]
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 […]