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More Cashless Payment Options
I wrote an article on the rise of PayMaya a few weeks back. I noted that PayMaya is becoming popular now because of the abundance of cell phones and the convenience of not having to use cash. They need...
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Our Container Story
As some of you may well know, Emy and I just retired to Leyte, October 2017. Starting out in 1982, with basically nothing, our tendency as a young military couple was to accumulate. My wife is an...
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The Province Music Biz
There are 3 local bands that often play in our area. My wife and I sponsor/manage one of them, a teen band. The other 2 bands appear to be struggling. They are mostly adult bands playing older songs...
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Maybe you better step aside, Steve!
A couple weeks ago, Steve wrote an article entitled “If I (Steve) was President of the Philippines” in which he laid out his political platform for his (fictional) run for the Presidency of the...
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A trip to Angeles City
My friends Don and Teody are in from San Diego for a few months and have a house a few minute walk up the street from me. When they visit they’ll normally stay for a few months but Don must make trips...
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Something I’ve Noticed with eSports
eSports is becoming a huge industry, with some tournaments even having prize pools in the millions of dollars. There are plenty of different games that have a huge esports following, like LoL, DotA 2...
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My donations & Philippine Customs
The two foreign countries I have enjoyed traveling to are England and in the more recent years The Philippines. As with most or maybe all countries, the entry includes going through Customs. In my...
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If You Are Serious, Plan Early
Orlando’s Disney-world is a massive area of theme parks and is very expensive to visit. Some people go to Disney-world without a plan and just ‘wing it’. They arrive a couple hours after opening, and...
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It’s so nice…
Back in May, Feyma left for the United States. She was going there to work in Alaska, in the Seafood Processing business. As regular readers know, in 2016, I had a heart attack, resulting in quadruple...
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How Would You Handle It?
Here on a Bataan Mountain in my neck of the woods, we have a mini-UN, an international body that votes on the care of my Mother-in-law AKA Nanay. One Adobo sister lives in Europe (The Netherlands’) and...
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Another Service Expanding into the Philippines?
Over the last few weeks or so, I’ve talked about some companies wanting to expand their services to the Philippines. These included WeChat Pay, a branch of WeChat which is a popular app in China used...
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Five fabulous Filipino foods foreigners find foul flavored
The fabulous five Filipino foods I am writing about are fish heads, spiky fruits, house plant vegetable soup, bitter melon and pork blood stew. When writing an interesting blog article, I find it...
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Things I Wonder
When you are retired and a foreigner living in a Philippine province (like me), you have plenty of time to reflect on the future, and silly ideas. Sometimes you consider a philosophical question and...
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The Internet Will Bring the World Closer?
I sincerely hope people didn’t buy into that lie; all the internet has done, is to empower cowards to attack their fellow human beings online, while hiding behind a flat screen monitor in their...
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Cryptocurrencies and their rise
Over the past few months, cryptocurrencies, most prominently Bitcoin, has exploded in popularity. A lot of people are starting to invest, mine and really consider getting into Bitcoin. For those...
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To Help, Or Not To Help
As a foreigner, whether you live in the Philippines or are just visiting, it is almost guaranteed that someone you don’t know will ask you for money. It is often a young child dressed in rags with sad...
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My Alaska Adventure: The Beginning
Hello everybody, it’s been a long time since I last posted here. Been busy with a lot of stuff and also I’ve been in the States for over 6 months. I went to the States May of this year. A planned trip...
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The night before Christmas in Davao
There is a poem that is quite famous, called “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” although these days, it is more commonly known as “The Night before Christmas.” It was written by Clement Clarke Moore....
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Merry Christmas to all and to all and a Good Night!
During the many years I’ve been writing my drivel on LiP, and that Bob Martin guy will keep posting it no matter how bad it is. I can only thank Bob, the fabulous LiP readers and the other writers on...
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Things we Used to do: Some Fads back in School
I wrote an article some time ago about a common activity we used to do in school, spider fighting. I’m pretty sure I intended for it to a series of articles about activities and games we played back...
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