Found a really touching video that I enjoyed and wanted to share. It is a video of an American man and his wife who visit the Philippines to visit their foster daughter in the Philippines, who they have been supporting. So touching and great to see! I have done some sponsoring of kids and even […]
Family relationships in the Philippines!
I’m writing about relationships here in the Philippines. I’m really talking about the extended family aside from your wife and your kids. Most readers and followers here on LiP are foreigners (male or female) married to Filipina or Filipino. I will make an example my husband Bob, when he married me he never thought of having […]
Merry Christmas
And here in the Philippines we are allowed to say that without the fear of punishment or condemnation from the easily offended “PC” crowd. Not that I ever paid them any mind, except I will enter no store that does not have Merry Christmas in the window. It was explained to me in the 1980’s […]
Philippine Culture impacts your life
If you live in the Philippines, your life is impacted by Philippine Culture, even if you don’t realize it. The culture of the Philippines is very much misunderstood by foreigners. All of us have heard of many foreigners who live in the Philippines and are very unhappy here. People are unhappy for many reasons, but […]
The Tricycles are charging me double!
Everyday, 7 days per week, I get literally hundreds of emails. Mostly they have questions about life in the Philippines, maybe they need help is solving some kind of problem that is facing them here in the Philippines. Usually, I just answer the question and go on with my day. Sometimes, I take a day […]
Beware of scams around!
One of my family member got this message. At first he thought it was really important, he’s a foreigner and can’t understand Tagalog. He had someone from our family to interpret it for him. I post this here to make you guys aware. You might be getting the same message, at least you don’t have […]