Over my years of living in the Philippines, I have gotten more and more accustomed with, and comfortable with the culture of the Philippines. It took time, though, no doubt. I have a rule, though, that I live by, and my family is aware of. Outside, on the streets or wherever, Filipino Culture is the […]
A Vacation from a Vacation
The day after Mothers Day we received a surprise here in Bataan. A week-long visit from our daughter, who works in Singapore, a better Mother’s Day could not have been planned, and the look of happiness on my wife’s face was priceless. Naturally our eldest daughter came to the house with my granddaughter to spend […]
Love or Hate?
When it comes to Philippine weddings, I have a love-hate relationship with them. What do I love about them? What do I hate about them? Well, I’ll get into that later in the article, but first let me explain how I got to thinking about this topic. Last week, Feyma and I went to General […]
Is outsourcing exploitation?
The other day, I got an e-mail from my friend, Dave Starr. Dave was letting me know about an article that he thought I may find interesting. Over the years, both Dave and I have followed the blog of a fellow in Australia named Yaro Starak. Yaro is an Online Entrepreneur, just like I am. […]
Then and now
Bob wrote an interesting article a while back about “Things are getting worse” and Chris Dearne wrote and excellent article on “Electronic improvements in Gen San since 1992” both subjects spoke to different types of changes for the better, that both gentleman had seen during their stay in the Philippines. I told Bob that back […]
Talk to your family
Lately, I have been burdened with a lot of bad news. I’m talking deaths of friends. As I told you a few weeks ago, I had one friend who recently killed himself. I have known several other expats here in the Philippines who have died of late, unfortunately. It seems that nearly ever week for […]