Country underperforming 1. We are not successful because we have American bases. (This is no longer true, but for a long time, we used to have American bases and they left in 1991.) Rebuttal: Germany, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Italy, and Qatar, all have American bases. They’re all … [Read more...]
Backpacking in the Philippines
Backpacking Hotels and comfort are what most people think when taking a vacation abroad. To be treated like a King or a Queen adds to the feeling of being pampered and relaxed. However, isn't one hotel mostly just like another? Maybe you are missing out on something too? The vacation can … [Read more...]
Loving Mindoro
Mindoro Everyone talks about Subic and Boracay and these places are great. But in some terms, they are so highly overdeveloped with the Philippines lifestyle now turned into hotels and malls and the beauty of the Philippine countryside and coastal waters seem to have been given second … [Read more...]
Visiting Iloilo in the Philippines
Iloilo Many years ago I visited Iloilo in the Philippines and was surprised just how unspoiled it was from the annoyance of all of us, foreign visitors. True to say that there really was not much to do there, but it was great to walk around and see some of the Spanish old homes … [Read more...]
Philippines School Days
Public schools The Philippines began a new school year this month. Roughly 21 million children enrolled in a public school system. That after decades of deliberate starving of funds by successive governments is atrocious. Newspapers reported that in Metro Manila. 82 percent of the 764 … [Read more...]
Too Much Sun
Sun Being Filipino means staying away from the Sun and the rain and sometimes the sea. Many Filipinos quite rightly hate walking in the Sun. Not so much for the medical reasons of skin cancer and it being uncomfortable, but mostly because they do not want to have that awful thing … [Read more...]
The Taste of Dog
After being trussed, muzzled with rusty cans and slaughtered, they end up in restaurants which flout the law to satisfy the growing taste for dog meat. Customers dine on dog’s head, considered a delicacy, for the equivalent of £2.50. A dish of dog liver costs about £1.80 while a particular … [Read more...]
Excuses Filipinos Use to Justify Philippines Society’s Failure
Excuses Filipinos Use to Justify Failure When closely examining the issue of why the Philippines has turned out to become Asia’s Basketcase of Wasted Democrazy, a Tagalog expression actually seems to perfectly capture the essence of our society’s collective failure to progress, improve ourselves, … [Read more...]
What Aussies May Miss When Away From Home
What do Australian missed the most when they are away? Here are just some of the things 1. Those perfect, white crests, salty, deep, blue ocean and soft, golden sand that squeaks under your feet. Our beaches are DESIGNER 2.Weather that permits you to wear shorts all year round. 3. … [Read more...]
Why do People Think Aussies are Rude?
Why do so many countries assume Aussies are rude? Here are some shameful comments from people who just do not understand the Aussie ways and the great Aussie humour. Australian are very rude and have very little culture. They are blunt and arrogant because they have no concept of decorum. You will … [Read more...]