A daily cacophony of sounds, Jeepneys downshifting and their brakes squealing, Trike’s roaring along with the baffles removed from their exhaust thinking it will save them gas. Kids; as school get out heading home and whooping and hollering in excitement. Dogs barking whenever you pass the compound gate, roosters whenever they damn well feel like […]
Guest appearance on the Nomad Capitalist
If you like the subject matter here on LiP, you really should be reading The Nomad Capitalist which is done by my good friend, Andrew Henderson. Andrew is truly a nomadic person, you just never know where he will be from one day to the next. Andrew travels the world looking for good information for […]
How do you get clothes that fit? EAM
If you are bigger than the average Filipino, and most of us westerners are, getting clothing that fits can be difficult if you live in the Philippines. If you are a big westerner, and more and more westerners are quite big, getting clothes that you can even get on your body can be impossible in […]
Something I overheard on the jeepney ride!
One of the good things about riding jeepney, you can definitely hear different and interesting stories about life and to even sounding gossipy. LOL. Well, on one of my ride on the jeepney. I heard some interesting conversation between 3 ladies. That’s one thing about riding jeepney you will see people from different walks of life. I’ve […]
I Really like Driving Here
What we all need is just one more whining foreigner on a blog site complaining about how the Filipino’s are such bad drivers it’ll make me sick, I grew up and learned to drive in Boston, now we can talk about bad drivers. I’ve driven a car in Mombasa Kenya, Naples Italy, Scotland, Mexico, Central […]
Generation X or Ex?
You have all heard of Generation X, right? According to a quick Google search it reveals that Generation X is the next generation following the “Baby Boom” post WW2 generation. After World War II, all of those returning solders came home and produced a “bumper crop” of new babies in the years that followed. Although […]