Last Monday LBC Bank failed, and billions of Pesos in depositor’s money is gone forever. Although the the Bank Regulators discovered something wrong with LBC Bank’s operations a year ago and gave it time to correct the situation; it still failed. The depositors found out Monday morning when the LBC bank didn’t open. The personal […]
Dear Feyma: “I want to retire there in the RP”
I will share with you an email from somebody who is wanting to retire here but because of the bad economy all over the world she has to put the thinking of retirement on hold and try to work harder and longer. I’m pretty sure a lot of our readers can relate to this. “Dear […]
The Keys
Last week I received a phone call from Don Bullock a LiP reader and new arrival to the Philippines’s. He stopped by my house, where we got acquainted over a beer or two. I called my good friend Tommy and we decided to go to Texas Joe’s for lunch. Don and his wife Anita followed […]
I remember, do you?
Back in 2001, Feyma and I decided to buy a franchise of a shipping/logistics company. The company was based in Manila, and we intended to have our branch of the company in General Santos City, where we lived. As part of purchasing the franchise, I had to go up to Manila for one week for […]
Chicken pot pies, recipe according to what we have!
I made chicken pot pies last night. As always it’s a big hit here in my household. But the main people that will eat it, would be Bob, Chris and AJ. We like it a lot too but making the dough sometimes takes time so we will just eat the pot pies filling. Our new […]
The Bird
About six months ago Mayang (Mrs. Thompson) came home from the pet store with a bird, and she was very excited with her purchase. Me, not so much, as they don’t seem to do anything, kinda like a cat, it’s just there. I did ask what type of bird it was and no one seemed […]