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BB: More Personal Pronouns
Last week on Bisaya Buddy we learned about Personal Pronouns (You, I, He/She, They). But, there are more personal pronouns. The pronouns we will learn this week are words that we don’t have in...
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One Year In
I’ve passed the one-year milestone. That’s a pretty good time for an update. We started our preparations for our ranch about 10 years ago, and we’ve been part owners of a student boarding house even...
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Houston, We’ve got roof
The roof is red. The color is no surprise, of course, as we personally picked out tiles of that hue. And, indeed, it’s not surprising either that, against the backdrop of blue ocean and green coconut...
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TB: Personal Pronouns
It’s time for another installment of Tagalog Buddy! Tagalog Buddy is the time when you and I learn a bit of Tagalog together! I am not a fluent Tagalog speaker, but I am learning. I do speak Bisaya...
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My Life in Cebu: Weird English
This isn’t really about the Philippines, but it is about Asia. I don’t know if some of the signs I use in today’s article will offend anyone or not. If they do, I apologize. All I know is that when I...
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The Check is in the Mail
My Tricare Health Insurance refuses to use my Retired Affairs FPO (Embassy address) and forwards all my mail to my home address in Bataan, even though the Philippines is never in a rush to get it there...
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Tagalog Buddy Personal Greetings
Well, a little over a week ago I started a new series of posts here called Bisaya Buddy. These are little many courses which I will give most likely every week which will teach you a little bit of...
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BB: Personal Pronouns
Last week we kicked off my first of a new series of posts here on LiP, Bisaya Buddy. These are intended to be miniature lessons in the Bisaya language, things that will help you in daily conversation,...
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Why?
When a person that you are close to passes away, I think it is natural to go through a period of introspection. It is natural to think about that person, your interaction with that person, and have...
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Marriage, Engraved
I spent most of yesterday typing. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a job to which I am fairly accustomed. As a newspaper reporter for more than three decades, typing was my daily bread and butter. And even...
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If You Want Things to Be Different, You Have to Change
I know that is a weird title to start with, as this is not a self-help website, but I have a reason. There have been many events that shaped my time here in the Philippines. In turn, these events also...
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My Life in Cebu: Our Feline Friends
I don’t know if you’re a dog person or a cat person or a “Get those beasts out of here; they make me sneeze,” person; I have been all of the above. But in the last 20 years or so, it’s been all cats....
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What’s That Load Noise?
My Rado Diastar Watch Why I really dislike both Cell and Smart Phones. I remember when cell phones first became common for the masses. I was working at ABC Liquor in Treasure Island Florida and had my...
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Personal Greetings in the Philippines
Well, I am starting something new today, and it is my intention to do it on the website every Saturday (Philippine time). I am going to be giving Bisaya (Cebuano) mini-lessons every week! I learned to...
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Dealing with Death
One thing I hear from a number of expats is about how badly they miss their family and friends back home. To be honest, I have never really had a big problem with this. The way technology is today, I...
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Filipino Heroes: Historical
I have always believed that having heroes is beneficial especially for young people. In the USA, I feel that I was blessed with many historical heroes starting with the American Revolution which the...
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Renewing the Vows
It began as a promise. Asking a girl to leave the deep provinces of the Philippines for a new life in America, is asking a lot. Abandoning her family and friends, possibly forever, she is entering a...
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My Life in Cebu: Aswangs, Spirits and Superstitions
I don’t know what you believe, but I grew up in a California suburb and except for my mother’s slight clairvoyant tendencies and a few “superstitions just for fun,” Casper the Friendly Ghost was the...
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The Luck of the Irish
Two years ago on 17 March 2016, I check into the hospital for a three-month stay. By the end of May, I was home again and on the mend. I had three operations during my first thirty-six hours there and...
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It’s Been Awhile, But I’m Still Here
Hello, everybody! For those that don’t know me, I’m Jason, and I used to write for Bob on Live in the Philippines some time ago. I missed everybody and the sense of community at this website so much...
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