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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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This month marks three years writing for LiP. Recently, my life has gotten very complicated, with many pressures on my time. As many of you have possibly noticed, I have been somewhat late in responding to comments, inquiries, and questions posed to me by readers of this site. There were big changes at the company [...]
I started working on radio when I was 15 years old. As a Disc Jockey. That was the beginning of a 10 year career in broadcasting, 7 of it was spent everyday in the DJ’s booth. It only ended because the woman who has captured my elongated heart wanted me to run after her on [...]
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If you think unemployment is bad amongst American college graduates, try looking at recent nursing graduates in the Philippines! Back when I made my first arrival in the Philippines in 2003, there were a total of 231 accredited nursing schools by the Commission of Higher Education (CHED). In less than a decade, that number has [...]
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This is a short story about a small but interesting project which was carried out by John Heitz very near to our favorite dive site on the very edge of the Marine Sanctuary in Tampuan or Tinoto as it is commonly called. Having spoken to some of the older people who have lived in that area [...]
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This article is a bit disturbing to me as it tends to show that some local banks have at least two faces and are prepared to go to any lengths in order to make larger profits but just how they do this is very annoying and insulting to many people or will be when they [...]
On Sunday April 24th at 3am my wife Ellie and the kids joined a group going to Bukidnon to attend a birthday and Ellie was going to look and see if there were any young people who would be interested in working at Cambridge Farm as we are a bit short of staff. The party [...]
Have you guys tried watching the show called Extreme Couponing on The Learning Channel? We’ve been watching this show for a few months now. It really got me interested and got me thinking. To be totally honest if we still lived in the States I’m pretty sure I will do some couponing but not as [...]
Yes, you read the title right: &(*#@+/ Cherries. What makes me so mad about Cherries? Well, just hold on, I’ll be getting to that. Abreeza, Davao City’s newest fanciest mall is open. Grand opening day was last Thursday, May 12. Although Feyma pretended like she did not want to go to Abreeza for the Grand [...]
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As readers will already know, we have had a run of bad luck here at Cambridge Farm and unfortunately that run of bad luck has just got worse. On Wednesday the 27th April 2011 in mid afternoon, one of our reasonably regular customers checked into one of the Pool Side Cottages and waited for his [...]
I was out and about today over in the Bajada area. I passed by at the newly built Abreeza Mall, and its almost done. It says on the sign that it will be open on May 12th 2011. Just by looking at it I’m really impressed. Hearing and reading from the TV and the papers [...]
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Arthur Miller wrote a play about Willy Loman an American salesman, yet I doubt if he’d ever ran into a salesman in the Philippines. It’s a whole different game here. The guy or girl will show up at your gate, with a clipboard taking a survey about one thing or the other. Attempting to tell you [...]
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I’m not sure if it’s really a storage business per say, all though two complete bedrooms in my house are used for that purpose, and not by me. It seems that when our oldest girl got married 9 years ago she never really moved out of our house. Her old bedroom is packed to the [...]
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It’s been awhile since I have posted a Dear Feyma letter here. I just didn’t go through a lot of my emails yet. But I had this email that caught my attention. “Dear Feyma, I am a Pinay. An OFW working in the Middle East. I just got back from a month of vacation there [...]
Out of stock is a catch phrase for just about anything you need and can’t find. It’s a term I use a lot (jokingly) since I first arrived here. I caught on to how it works back in the early 1990’s. You could be in a large grocery store see the young employee stocking spam. [...]
Today, we have a guest article from regular LiP reader and contributor, Bob NewYork. Bob spends time regularly in Iligan, in Northern Mindanao, and has some of his adventures to share with us today. Thank you, Bob! MindanaoBob While visiting MSU-IIT on my recent trip to Iligan City, as I have in the past I [...]
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Well, here it is – the first full week of April. It’s definitely well within that period of time that tax accountants call “busy season.” There are no exceptions in my household, either. This article will just be a short reminder that this year’s federal income tax deadline for US taxpayers is April 18, 2011. [...]
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So, yesterday I announced my intention to sell the Live in the Philippines Web Magazine. In case you didn’t catch the announcement, please click here. As I am sure many of you figured out…. yesterday was April 1, April Fool’s day. Yes, the announcement was my 2011 April Fool’s post. So, to set the record [...]
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I don’t know if you noticed or not, but I personally have not posted any new posts on LiP for nearly two weeks now. The last article I posted was entitled “Man you’re really nothing,” and was posted on Monday, March 21. Normally, I post three new articles each week, but honestly, I have spent [...]
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As many people who either visit or live here in the Philippines know, what ever business you start, no matter how good or how bad the business is, one thing is for sure and that is that the business will get copied all over the place, even right next door to you. General Santos is [...]
Last month I was in a Philippine courtroom for the first time. No, I didn’t do anything naughty… It was supposed to be our last hearing related to Juanito’s adoption. Unfortunately, there was a documentary issue and the final hearing will be taking place in the regional trial court in Ballesteros in late April. Yes, [...]
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Several years ago, when this site was still in it’s infancy, I wrote an article entitled “Big Fish, Small Pond.” In recent days, I have been thinking over that idea again, and I had a few thoughts about it, which is why I am writing this article. You may feel a bit put off by [...]
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Well, I’m starting to get out and about again. That could be good news or not-so-good news for you, dear readers. I ask that you kindly hold on and forgive any wrong turns I may take in our travels. Who knows, there may be an adventure down that “other” path. This week’s travels are not [...]
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We all say that we wish the Philippines could curb corruption, and I think we all mean it. But, sometimes actions can be surprising and move in a way that we did not expect. I am thinking that such is the case in something new that will be coming out. The Philippines has introduced a [...]
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Are you an arbitrageur? Want to be? Hold on, but, what is an “arbitrageur?” It sounds a little dirty! Well and arbitrageur is a person who is engaged in the act of arbitrage. Bob, come on… what is arbitrage, then? Arbitrage is the act of playing one thing against another for your benefit. Usually, arbitrage is [...]
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