If you are thinking of moving to the Philippines, or if you already have moved, have you also considered the benefits of learning a language as well? Many people don’t feel there are benefits, but I can assure you that there are many. If you live in a country where English is not the first […]
The Right Guy for the Job
We were cutting the grasses; I know my plural is incorrect but that is the fault of my language, we teach people learning English that adding an “S” will make it plural, and then we forget to tell them the multitude of exceptions to that rule. My wife cuts the grasses and I’ll be damned […]
Pronunciation problems?
Pronunciation is important. If you are in a country that is new to you, they might pronounce words differently than they do back home. Over the years, I have learned pretty well how to pronounce words in the Philippines. Mostly that is due to my language lessons when I learned how to speak Bisaya. My […]
The sweet life in the Philippines
Well, the topic of this article might take a little different path that you may be expecting by reading the title. It all goes back to a week ago or so when I was looking at Facebook. A few foreigners who live in the Philippines were having a discussion that was sort of negative about […]
Our adjustments now!
Over the course of time that we have been back here in the Philippines, almost 13 years ago now. I have been posting every now and then about my adjustments and re-adjustments of living back here. Been thinking lately of the life that Bob and I created here for our family. Really, overall we did […]
My recent TV Interview
Earlier this week, on Tuesday, I went and had a haircut. For the past year or two, I have a regular barber that I always go to. From time to time, when I go to the barber shop, Joel is not there, and in those cases, I have a “regular backup” at that barber shop, […]