Over the past 2 weeks, Paul Keating has written a 2-article series regarding US Citizenship, and the implications and procedures to relinquish US Citizenship. I have been following Paul’s articles keenly, trying to glean what information I could, because it is an issue that has been on my mind for a couple of years. Over […]
Almost Election Time!
On Monday (May 10th) here in the Philippines its election time. I am kind of worried right now. I’ve heard talk on TV that the election might be postponed for a month or so, due to the voting machines that they are going to use, they are not working properly. See they wanted to have […]
Things are getting worse
Overall, I agree with my friend, Dave Starr. He wrote recently about how things have improved a lot in the Philippines in the past few years that he has lived here. Having lived in Mindanao for 10 years now, I can attest that things have improved drastically here in the past decade. Roads, Internet, all […]
A Donnybrook on LIP
I see the term Expat all over different Web Sites; I thought I knew what it meant, yet I still looked it up to know for sure. After reading the definition, I found out why I’ve not referred to myself as an Expat. Taken from: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, exile 2: to withdraw (oneself) from residence in […]
Ten!
Yes, it’s true… I am celebrating my 10th Anniversary today. Marriage? No. Birthday? No. Hmm… what could it be? Well, as of today, I have been living in the Philippines for 10 years! In many ways, they have been 10 long years. In other ways, they have flown by quickly. Some things about living in […]
Bon Voyage, Part 2
Remember, last week I wrote an article entitled “Bon Voyage” and I told you about the fact that a lot of expats are leaving the Philippines right now, most of them are headed back home? Well, at the end of last week, I found out about another expat friend of mine who recently left the […]