Boredom causes me to do strange things and we all need those little projects in our retirement years. Nothing to laborious just a simple project to keep our mind and hands busy. First, without my wife realizing that I was gathering materials primer sandpaper wire brush rags and alike I tried to convince her it […]
Come on in; the Water’s Fine
I’m retired from the US Navy as a Senior Chief with 22 years in, I have a small pension from when I was a merchant Seaman and a large 401K from the same job (Thank you very much) which I converted to a few IRA’s I still have never accessed. And at age 62 I […]
My new book is OUT
I’ve been working pretty hard for the past few months! But, hard work is almost always rewarding. Whether the feeling of reward comes from the feeling of satisfaction that you get from a job well done, or from financial reward, the feeling is equally as good. When you get reward from both of those two […]
Funds running low? Join the other expats in the same position! EAM
Over my years of living in the Philippines, I have literally met thousands of expats. Some have become friends, others I have only met once or twice. There is one thing, though, that impacts nearly every single expat that I know or have met. That thing is financial. Nearly every expat that I have run […]
Quick Cash
Most readers of this site know that I make a living nearly entirely online. Be it from building websites, income that my websites earn or whatever, really, just about everything that I earn is earned through the Internet. Because of that, one of my major ways of getting that money is through Paypal. I have […]
Measure Twice, Cut Once
While living for the past 22 years here in the Philippines on a fixed income I’ve learned to keep a separate discretionary fund to cover purchases beyond the normal monthly nut. Our monthly expenditures are water and electric the Cell Phone and internet plans with Globe and food. Plus gas for the car and occasionally […]