I hear a lot of people on various blogs, including this one, complaining about being “over charged”. They go on and on because they get charged higher prices than the local people pay. It comes up all of the time. In fact, I have heard dozens of times from people that Filipinos are “racists” because […]
Suki
Do you know what a “Suki” is? How about a “Suki Relationship”? It is something that is very important and beneficial if you plan to live in the Philippines. A Suki Relationship is the relationship between a customer and a trusted supplier. It is a relationship of mutual respect between these two people. If you […]
Wow! A nice public market in the Philippines!
Two weeks ago I saw on my newsfeed on Facebook some really awesome pictures of a public market. I thought at first it’s somewhere from other countries in Asia. I didn’t really look at the text or anything. Then I saw it again, so I checked it out. I was so amazed and so happy that […]
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 […]
The Prime Directive
If you ever watched a Star Trek episode on TV or one of the countless Star Trek movies you’ll understand what I mean by the Prime Directive I quickly figured out many years ago when that first foreigner married that first Piney, and that it must have originated right here in the Philippines.. Gene Roddenberry […]
Shopping: It’s more fun in the Philippines!
When I was growing up in the province of Malapatan, Glan (South Cotabato then, became Sarangani Province now), my mom would want to buy something for the household she goes to Dadiangas then (called GenSan now). The only big stores I mean like a small mall, at that time was Kimball Plaza (I think built in […]