Life has been pretty good these past few weeks, dear readers. There have been moments, however, when life takes an unexpected turn. The latest turn it has taken has me switching from my “Paul on Vacation” hat to my “Paul the Tax Accountant” hat! It caught me by surprise, but after taking a few minutes […]
Close to Family?
…Or Far, Far Away? Here’s a recent comment regarding the claim I made a post or two back that living close to your wife’s family in the Philippines could be either a blessing or a curse (or, both, actually). I haven’t retired to the Philippines yet, but plan to. One question which was raised by […]
Through the years, 23 years to be exact!
This first part is from Feyma. Wow, 23 years ago on the 9th of August Bob and I said our “I DO’s”. Another year to create precious memories together. I just can’t believe it that it has been that long ago already since we became husband and wife. We were both in our 20’s then. Him […]
Can we all get along!
I was talking to an old friend. We were trying to reminisce our good memories of our lives when we used to live in the States. We’ve known each other during our time of getting the visa days in Manila. We’ve met there at the US Embassy office over 22 years ago now. We really […]
It’s spring in the Philippines
Over the past weeks, I have been writing a series that I call “Seasons in the Sun” in which I have described the different “seasons of my life in the Philippines.” My early years of living in the Philippines were my Winter years. Life was hard, and I experienced a number of hardships. I made […]
Seasons in the sun: The Winter years
May of 2000, we moved to the Philippines. We had planned this move for years, and finally it was happening. This was a time of great excitement in my life. Oh, it was exciting for my wife, Feyma, too, but probably more exciting for me, I would say. Feyma had not really wanted to move […]