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The US Government has just raised the cost of being a US Citizen. They also started charging money to people who no longer want to be citizens! Yes, that’s right, you read it correctly, it will now cost you more to be a US Citizen, or to not be a US Citizen! Amazing, huh? The [...]
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Over the past few weeks I have been writing about my process of acculturation in the Philippines. I’ve lived here for 12 years already and I feel that I am nearly fully adjusted to the culture here, and to the daily ups and downs of living here. One thing that I usually get a little [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Last week, I wrote an article about my acculturation in the Philippines, and told you that over my next few articles I would be expanding on the topic, and focusing in on specific areas where I have become more in step with Philippine culture, and have done things to make my life in the Philippines [...]
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Today, I want to let LiP readers know about a new project that I have embarked upon. It is something that I have actually been doing for a number of years now, but I have greatly expanded it and wanted to tell you about it, in case you have an interest. You probably know, if [...]
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Culture is something that I care a lot about. It is something of a hobby of mine to study Philippine Culture, learn from my studies and then try to apply what I can to my life. Because I am living in the Philippines, I believe it is important for me to adapt the culture as [...]
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This is a special time of the year in the Philippines. December and January have special meaning for Filipinos. Christmas? No, that’s special, but not what I’m talking about. New Years? Again, New Years is great, but once again, not what I’m talking about today. I can just hear you asking: But, Bob, what else [...]
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Well, 2012 is just around the corner, in fact by the time you read this it will already be 2012 here in the Philippines, and that means that it’s time once again for me to predict what will happen next year in the Philippines. This is something that I’ve been doing for about 3 or… [Continue Reading]
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Well, 2011 is drawing to a close, and that means that it is time for me to gaze back into the past year and see how I did with my 2011 Philippine Predictions. Last year, I just about hit the nail squarely on the head, my success rate on my predictions was a really good… [Continue Reading]
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Christmas is a season of joy. It’s a season of pleasure and rejoicing. It’s a time of year when we put our troubles behind and focus on goodwill and spreading the joy with our fellow men. Christmas, for us, is in a large part all about the LiP Christmas Giveaway. What is the LiP Giveaway?… [Continue Reading]
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A couple of years ago, I wrote a new Philippine interpretation of the classic Christmas Poem, The Night Before Christmas. As much as I wanted to run it for Christmas again this year, I have run it two years in a row now, and I decided it was time for something new. If you have… [Continue Reading]
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Last week, I received an e-mail from a fellow named Rommel. Rommel is a Filipino and a very nice fellow. Here is the e-mail he sent to me: Hi Bob, Totally enjoying your site! I’ve worked in MNC’s over the past years and had a lot of expat bosses and ALL of them enjoyed the… [Continue Reading]
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You’ve heard of a “food trip,” right? Usually that is like a road trip that somebody takes to go partake in food. Like, maybe you would take a trip to Memphis to eat BBQ at a lot of Memphis BBQ places. Well, not long ago, Aaron and I went “Fruit Trippin’.” Yep, we went on… [Continue Reading]
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This will be just a short post, but I want to acknowledge an award which I was given last night. Last night, December 3, 2011, was the Luzon award session, and National awards of the 2011 Philippine Blog awards. A few months ago, during the nomination process of the Philippine Blog awards, I was nominated… [Continue Reading]
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It happened this past weekend, I felt that I had acquired a new Filipino Mom. I’ve been in the Philippines for almost 12 years now, and my mother from the States has come to visit us several times during that time span. But, it’s been a while since I’ve seen her, although we talk regularly… [Continue Reading]
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While in GenSan this past weekend, I was able to do something that I had not done before. I stayed in Paradise, I stayed at Sarangani Highlands! I had visited Sarangani Highlands many times in the past, but they never had a hotel there before, so I had never stayed overnight at Sarangani Highlands. Sarangani… [Continue Reading]
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Yes, indeed, MindanaoBob was on the road again this past weekend, along with his trusty sidekicks, Feyma and Aaron. We had a great time attending the Socsksargen Blogfest 2.0 in General Santos City this past weekend. I will be writing several articles about the trip, different aspects of the trip which are unrelated. Today, I… [Continue Reading]
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Want to get together with me next weekend? Well, if you are in the General Santos City area, or can get there by next weekend, it’s a great chance to do just that! Today, I wish to announce that I will be speaking at the Blogfest Soccsksargen 2.0 event, which will be held in General… [Continue Reading]
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Yes indeed, it’s getting close to the holiday season again. For Filipinos the Holiday Season starts when the months end with “ber” like September, so now that it’s already November, Christmas is almost here. There is a lot of excitement in the Philippines at this time of year. People are happy and friendly. Back in… [Continue Reading]
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I get a lot of e-mails and questions from people asking about Internet access in the Philippines. Having lived here since May 2000, I have seen a lot of changes in the Internet during the past 11+ years. I am happy to say that the changes I have seen have been very, very positive. Back… [Continue Reading]
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I remember the first time I came to the Philippines. It was in July of 1990. While I had traveled to Europe, Africa and South America in the past, that trip in 1990 was my first time to set foot in Asia. One of the things that I distinctly remember is how friendly Filipinos were, [...]
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The motto of the Boy Scouts is “Be Prepared.” The motto should also apply to American expats living in the Philippines, or in any other country in the world for that matter. What do we need to be prepared for? The declining value of the US Dollar. Yesterday, the US Dollar closed the Philippine Trading [...]
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It’s something that you don’t buy that many times in your life. It can be a relatively major purchase, albeit not like a house or a car. I’m talking about a mattress. Feyma and I have a King Sized bed in the master bedroom. We’ve had it for quite some time. As I recall, I [...]
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