I made a Doctor’s appointment last week, as I’ve been having trouble sleeping through the night. Now my father had joked with me years ago that it was quite common as you get older. (Meaning many trips to the CR at night) I smiled and said that I was middle aged and was not too […]
Valentine’s Day in the Philippines
I am writing this article on the day before Valentine’s Day. When it is published, Valentine’s Day will have already passed here in the Philippines, but for many readers it will still be Valentine’s Day in the location where they are reading this. I will wish a Happy Valentine’s Day to all, though, whether it […]
What is there to adjust to?
Pretty much everything I write on this site is about having to make some kind of adjustment in your life when you decide to come and live in the Philippines. Although I have lived in only three countries in my life (USA, South Africa and the Philippines) I would venture to guess that any time […]
We’re bakin’ again!
Back when we still lived in the States, sometime in the mid-90’s, Feyma and I made a trip up north to visit my grandmother. She lived in Port Townsend, Washington (where I was born), which was about 4 to 5 hours drive from our home. While visiting with my grandma, she served us some bread, […]
Winter and Cold
Mr. Paul Keating, my fellow LIP writer wrote a great article about winter last month, with a lot of responses from people who were still wearing thermal socks. I’ll say that the popular response was anti-winter. And yet they still live through it every year, as with that Mid-Atlantic Blizzard that’s happening as I write. […]
An expats dream package
If you are into entertainment, whether it be movies, TV shows or any kind of videos, I believe that I have come up with an expats dream package! I have written about this before, but that was a few years ago, and I have made some major changes to my setup, which I want to […]