As you’ve traveled throughout the world do you remember seeing the signs posted in stores stating; “Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Cheerfully refunded?” As you enter the Philippines take a minute and flush that slogan from your lexicon. It does not apply here. Down in the comment section after you read this there will be […]
Good growing organic vegetables in Davao City!
Living here in the Philippines for 14 years, I’ve seen so many changes now compared to when we first arrived. At that time I hardly see different kinds of veggies that’s really good to make a salad. The only thing that’s good at that time I think here would be an iceberg lettuce. There could […]
Agree To Disagree Or Disagree To Agree
As I often say, one frequently gets at least as much good information and food for thought from the comments to the articles on this site as one does from the articles themselves. Less than a week ago (as I write this) Bob published an article of mine entitled Strategies For Supporting Yourself in the […]
My Wise Old Friend (or “Que no pare la fiesta”)
It’s an odd concept for most people born in the cold climates to grasp, but an elderly man on the Island of Puerto Rico explained it to me while we were sitting on Playa Azul (Blue beach) sipping DonQ rum. He said; ‘Young Gringo, people in the northern latitudes think we in the tropics are […]
Philippines Senior Discount — Fact or Fallacy?
I first published a similar article to this one on my own PhilFAQS site back in2010, at the time the present administration took office. The revised rules for use of the Senior Citizen Card were one of the earliest pieces of legislation enacted by President Aquino. The abuse and misuse of the Senior Citizen program […]
The sweet life in the Philippines
Well, the topic of this article might take a little different path that you may be expecting by reading the title. It all goes back to a week ago or so when I was looking at Facebook. A few foreigners who live in the Philippines were having a discussion that was sort of negative about […]