The other Sunday I was over to my Mother-in-law’s house for lunch, one of my brother-in-law’s asked me “Why Americans don’t let their children live with them, and force them to move out on their own?” This is from a man who has his son and his son’s wife, plus the son’s wife’s sister and […]
The move is on!
As I told you in my Monday article this week, Feyma and I found a new house to move to here in Davao. As I also stated in a previous article about personal security, with this new house, I will not be too specific about where I will be living. I had also said that […]
What would you do?
As you can imagine, I get a ton of e-mails, day in and day out. No day goes by that I get fewer than several dozen e-mails through this site. Some e-mails are friendly. Some are not. Some ask for assistance with things that I can help with. Other e-mails seem to ask for assistance, […]
Do you hate Filipinos?
Yes, you read the title correctly… Do you hate Filipinos? What do you mean, Bob, of course I don’t hate Filipinos! If I hated Filipinos, I probably would never visit this site! Unemployment is high in the USA, and in other Western Countries. In the USA, the official unemployment rate is hovering somewhere around 9.5 […]
Forty Four and Declining
When I moved to the Philippines in 2000, it felt like a party. Have you ever heard the song…. Up, up and away in my beautiful balloon…. That’s how it was to be living in the Philippines. I am talking about the US Dollar. The value of the dollar was constantly moving up. It was […]
Uh, what?
As I am sure you realize, lately, I have started writing a bit of a series regarding tourism in the Philippines. Because of this, I have been keeping a closer eye than normal when it comes to information about tourism when it appears on the news or other TV programs, in the newspaper, or wherever. […]