One guy has his reasons for renting a house; the other guy has his reasons for building or buying his. And they both are right but during this heated debate that I’ve heard over the long years I’ve lived here, there is the silent point of view, the one that really matters the most. What […]
The longest earthquake that I experienced!
Wow, we got our big shocking earthquake a few nights back. My God, felt that it would never end. It was really scary. I’ve been experiencing earthquake here and abroad, but never felt like forever until the other night. It’s one of the unforgettable experiences for us here. Just by looking at the faces at the […]
BAD DONGLE
This is but the latest in my tales of my living in the only place on Earth that was affected by the Y2K Bug. Last year I wrote about getting a new broadband WIFI dongle from Globe. It functioned well and I was surfing the World Wide Web with glee. Someone in Globe’s corporate higherarcy […]
Banking in the Philippines
OK, I have set up a new home for Podcasts on the site, and all future Live in the Philippines podcasts will be found here in this area of the site! Since I published my first podcast in my regular column, I will leave it there, but will also add a duplicate copy here, so […]
Reporting for duty
Since living here I’ve been asked so many times if I worked at call center or a DJ in an FM radio station. It’s been going on for sometime. At first I was puzzled and just didn’t think about it. Just a few days ago the question resurfaced again. I went to a fast food […]
The Barrio Bar Scene
I’ll admit it, It’s been over ten years since I’ve ran those streets in the Barrio, bar hopping and consuming vast amounts of bottled consumables. The reason is quite simple, my wife doesn’t like it. Mayang would come with me, and let me loose with the guys, a hooping and a hollering and generally making […]