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
Typhoon Preparedness – A Quick Comparison Between Guam and the Philippines
Condition of Readiness ONE We woke up this morning on Guam to the Calm Before the Storm (Typhoon Mangkhut) and found ourselves under “Condition of Readiness One,” which means destructive winds within 12 hours are to be expected. The only difference I notice this morning compared to yesterday morning is the direction of movement of […] Read More
Palawan on Alert for Possible Kidnapping Threat
Because personal safety is always at the top of the list of concerns while living in the Philippines, I thought I might share the following information about a “credible kidnapping threat,” and one which might specifically target foreigners or the wealthy. The below information was obtained just recently via a local news network in the […] Read More
My Apologies! I feel sooo…
…Duh! I while back (a month or so ago) I mentioned in a blog post that I had enabled commenting for all posts. I had turned it of well over a year ago because of the spam attacks the site was receiving, which eventually led to this site being hacked, nearly loosing years worth of […] Read More
What’s keeping me busy these days?
Life in the Tropics – It’s All Good. It’s been over a year already since I setup camp in Guam, and next month it will be one year for my Asawa. And you know what they say… “How time flies when you’re having fun!” It must be true because it only seems like we just […] Read More
My Own Personal Golf Driving Range in the Philippines!
A Genuine Mango Moment! As many of my readers already know, we shipped most of our personal belongings to the Philippines when we retired. Golf clubs included. Because we live on the island of Samar, and the closest golf course to us would be in Tacloban, Leyte, some 3 1/2 hours away – hence, I […] Read More
Considering a Move to the Philippines? There is so much to consider.
Ah, the simple life. Tropical living, sunshine and tropical breezes, low-cost of living, fine women, cheap beer… wait, STOP! That sounds like something a travel magazine would throw at you and while much of it might be true, there are many other considerations that should be visited before making a decision to pack up and […] Read More
Retired in Samar Site Technical Issues Fixed. Please support this blog!
Good News! It has been a while since this site’s Contact Page has been working correctly. It seems that when I installed an update to that page a long time ago, it came with a “bug” and has not worked since. Today I was determined to get it fixed and like the heading on this […] Read More
“Out-of-Stock” Doesn’t Always Mean “Out-of-Stock!”
A Mango Moment Because we choose to live on an island and everything is imported (nothing manufactured), one thing that is very common is that ANYTHING on any given day can be out-of-stock (including customer service and the occasional thought process). The Omelet When we choose to eat out, like everybody, we have our favorite […] Read More