A few years back, I wrote this article for a different site, but I have decided to re-publish it here on LiP. It is an interview that I did with Luanne Shackelford. Luanne, also known as “AmericanLola” is a good friend, and also a former writer here on this site, back in the early days […]
Mindanao not safe: Not true at all!
I got a comment from somebody. She left it a few days ago on one of my posts that was published 3-4 years ago. I was shocked she left this comment. Here’s what she said: “Why do you want go there. That place is red zone, because it’s filled with Muslims extremist. Mindanao is not wise place. […]
ACA sez, “12MO MEC”
What the “padiddley” is that? Off the medications again, Paul? You’re writing gobbledygook – what are you trying to say? Well, dear readers, that’s shorthand for our topic today. Many a question has been asked regarding this topic, so I guess it’s time to remove the mirrors and clear the smoke. Here’s the key to […]
The Side Pot
The US Navy had an agreement with the Philippine government that as long as the US had bases in their country Filipino’s could join the US Navy. But because of security requirements the jobs within the US Navy were restricted to the ones that didn’t require US Citizenship. The Royal Navy had a similar agreement […]
I’m heading to Matina Market!
I decided to take a little trip to the Palengke this week. Palengke is the Tagalog word, in Bisaya it is the Merkado. In English it is the Public Market! The market in the Philippines is the life blood of many towns. You go there to buy just about anything you might need in your […]
January 19, 2016 …
… has come and passed. A new phase has just begun, and the length of its “season” is entirely up to each, individual person involved. Are you involved? Maybe; maybe not. Let’s find out. The somewhat magical day cited in the title is the day that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service started accepting electronically filed […]