How I Lost Weight By Moving to the Philippines!
How I Did It! By the beginning of July of 2013, we were on our way to our retirement destination, Samar. I had had enough of the work-to-live lifestyle and the stresses that came with working inside the real estate industry during the Great Recession (2007-2009). I wasn’t just the recession but also the subsequent […] Read More
Pinoy Pride – Is It Nothing More Than Hollow Arrogance?
I recently read some responses to an essay assignment by a Philipppines school teacher to her 8th and 9th grade students. The assignment to the class was to answer the question: “What is the best the thing I have done for my country?” One of the students responded in her essay with “I actually don’t […] Read More
The Sari-Sari Store… or is it the Sorry-Sorry Store?
You May Recall…. As a kid growing up years ago, if you had a nickle (5 cents U.S) in your possession, that nickle would burn a hole in your pocket if you didn’t get down to the “Five and dime” variety store to spend it on a handful of candy. Or maybe it was a […] Read More
Guam, Philippines and Alice’s Restaurant on Thanksgiving
#livinginthepacific Guam – It’s Much different than living in the West (Except on Thanksgiving!) When I first conceived the idea of this post, I thought it would be difficult to describe the differences between living on Guam in the Western Pacific to life in the Philippines, when in all acutality, there are more similarities than […] Read More
Out of Stock? Where Am I?
We both woke early this Saturday morning and decided to head to the gym. We left the house around 06:45 and pulled into the gym’s empty parking lot around 07:15. It was only then we realized that we were way to early on a Saturday as the gym did not open until 8am (these […] Read More
We Have Been Adopted… by a “Fat” Cat!
My wife and I reside in a condominum complex here on Guam and because my wife talks to animals (Doolittle), they all tend to congregate at this very spot on Earth. Well, they don’t actually talk to her, but she’s been known to carry on a conversation now and then with residents of the animal […] Read More
A Tip on How to Survive Financially in the Philippines in the Coming Years.
Because inflation has raised it’s ugly head in the Philippines lately, it’s time to redress a couple of age old questions: “How much does it cost to live in the Philippines?” and “How much money do I need to retire in the Philippines?” While there is no canned or easy answer to either of these […] Read More
Traveling Through Manila? Looking For a Place to Rest?
Rogers Place Hotel! If you are traveling through Manila via air and have a connecting flight, there is no other place that offers so many amenities that is more convenient to NAIA than the Salem Complex. Directly across the street from Terminal 4 (0ld domestic airport), the Salem Complex is a security controlled, gated commercial […] Read More
