I’m using the slogan of the Philippines right now, “it’s more fun in the Philippines.” Why? It just dawned on me of whats going on with us a couple of weeks ago. Almost a month ago our daughter Jean told Bob and I that she found a gown that she likes for their Junior prom. […]
Where’s the beef?
Yesterday, I took the jeepney into the city and got a haircut and took care of a few other things. On the way, I saw this new restaurant just near our house. They had a big banner hanging in front of the place with a photograph of a hamburger, and advertising their “Amara Hamburger” for […]
Struggling with Citizenship Issues
I have been living in the Philippines for a dozen years already, probably more than that by the time you read this. In all of that time, I have never been back to my country of citizenship, the USA. Really, I have no desire to go back and probably never will. I really can’t think […]
Coming Home from Singapore
Well that title really doesn’t tell you much, but our youngest daughter, Ymir Thea (Yhen) is moving back home from Singapore to return to our house on the mountain. Her stay in the lion city is over, she’ll be leaving behind a multitude of international friends she has gathered in the four short years she […]
Major thanks and congratulations to the LiP family!
Today is a big, big day for LiP. A milestone has been achieved on the site! LiP is about 5 1/2 years old now. LiP started out as a small site, but it grew quite rapidly. The first 6 months saw little traffic on the site, not many visitors and not much group participation on […]
Acculturation: Transportation
OK, it’s time for my third installment in my Acculturation series here on LiP. I hope you are enjoying my articles in this series so far, and I still have a number of articles to go before I can fully explain how I have come very close to completing my acculturation in the Philippines. I […]