Today’s Expat Answerman Podcast is a little different. Today we cover several different topics and it is a longer episode than we have been doing. Let me know what you think. Do you like a podcast with several topics, or do you prefer a shorter podcast that focuses on one question and answer per episode? […]
EAM – Exchanging Money
Lately I have been having a lot of questions from people asking me when I was going to do another podcast! I stopped doing them some time back for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I did not think that many people were listing. Secondly, this might the reason that fewer people were listening, a lot […]
Yes, We Trust Our Government
In the 17th century, the term “commonwealth” referred to an organized political community, or what today is called a “state.” Four states in our Union—Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia—are still officially called commonwealths. When they joined the United States, they chose to keep the old form instead of using “state” as their title. This is […]
The Haircut… It Was Important once!
I was thinking last Thursday while getting my hair cut, up the street at my regular barbershop here in my area of Dinalupihan Bataan. Mon-Gill has been cutting my hair now for over 7 years at ₱ 40.00, to include a trimmed mustachio and eyebrows. (A tip is always involved) I used to drive to […]
2017 PhilHealth Update
I get a lot of questions about healthcare coverage in the Philippines. The majority of questions that I get are related to PhilHealth, the Philippine Government Healthcare Insurance plan. Today, I thought that I would update a few things about some changes coming in PhilHealth, and other information that has been around for a while, […]
The Dewey Decimal System! Was it a hoax or are computers the real Scam?
I saw an ad on Facebook for a product called the Air-Selfie, which was a drone to replace selfie sticks. Selfie sticks remind me of watching a sword fight between Don Quiote and Windmills (From the book Penned by Miguel de Cervantes) of which I also witness at every family gathering, while wondering is it […]