Remember, last week I wrote an article entitled “Bon Voyage” and I told you about the fact that a lot of expats are leaving the Philippines right now, most of them are headed back home? Well, at the end of last week, I found out about another expat friend of mine who recently left the […]
Green Side Up
During “My New Car” articles I mentioned that I was in dire need of landscaping. As over the years all my grass died. The first estimate was around P 22,000.00 which I politely declined. I wanted to buy grass but at those prices Maui Wowie would have been cheaper. I put out feelers to find […]
Feeling like you are in outer space!
Sometimes, we all have bad days. Monday just was not my day. Actually, being honest, I am not sure I would say it was a bad day, but it was interesting, and in some ways, I felt like I was on a different planet. As I mentioned in my article on Monday, My brownout strategy, […]
Is age a limiting factor in language learning?
A while back I wrote an article telling that I was Back in the Saddle, back to studying language again. I had taken a short break of two months from my classes, and I was happy to get back to learning more of the local language. In that article, I promised that I would be […]
Back in the saddle again
I’m back in the saddle again! No, I don’t ride horses, it’s a metaphor! Ha ha… last week, I got started back on my Bisaya lessons. When I took a break from my language lessons in November, I promised myself that I would start back again in January, and I kept my word to myself. […]
Taking a break
As any regular LiP readers know, I have been taking Cebuano language classes for more than 2 years now. Recently, I decided to take a little break. It’s actually been about 4 weeks already since I stopped taking classes! At first, having some time away from my studies was a bit of a relief. It […]