Comments on: Life is what you make it.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:20:04 +0000

Doc,
I used to belong to a group that had that option, unfortunately they enjoyed bitching about the other members too. I do have a few friends where you can blow off steam, but in many cases each others situation is different and they can not understand your problems.

By: Doc

Doc — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:00:40 +0000

Hi Bruce, when I lived in the PI I had, among others, two American friends and we had found that no matter how much you like another people and its culture, you will have times when that culture does your head in. We inadvertently fell into a method of dealing with it. From time to time one of us would come to the others and openly admit having what we called ‘an intolerance day’ (it was sometimes a week or more) and then go into a diatribe about all the difficulties of life in the PI and dealing with pinoys and their ways. We would listen until the speaker had exhausted his complaints and then simply ask, “So when are you leaving?” The speaker would invariably grin and say, “I’m not, I just had to blow off some steam.”

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:18:46 +0000

J.C.,
If your asking me, As you can see from this site, I enjoy giving and just take what is do. I enjoy helping others and hopefully my day of rewards will come.

By: J.C.

J.C. — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:21:59 +0000

There are two different kinds of people: those who give and those who take. Which one our you ???? The takers don’t last.The givers do………J.C.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:27:17 +0000

Carlos,
People are people, there are good and there are bad. I believe we all want to be treated nice and will be nice in return.

By: Carlos -- Davao4Expats.com

Carlos -- Davao4Expats.com — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:55:37 +0000

Hi Bruce,

You’re exactly correct on that one.

I always maintain that, at the core, people are the same everywhere regardless of race and culture.

Keep posting.

Best,

Carlos

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:48:46 +0000

Wildcat,
There is an old saying “The grass is always greener on the other side” meaning people think life will be better somewhere else. As you know that is not the case. Sometimes income is better, but life is not. I also know of many filipinos who work for years abroad, like you, and save and invest to have a good retirement back in their native land.
Some also find their newer lifes are better than going back. That is an individual choice.

By: wildcat75

wildcat75 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:16:05 +0000

Right Bruce, some filipinos wants to move to the US and vice-versa but there are also some filipinos wants to go back to PI after living in another country like me, my dream is to go back home for good i never dream of going to the US or EUROPE,I think it’s a case to case basis, those people who never leave or visit other countries be it US , ASIA or EUROPE has a dream to see those counties and it’s understandable…..

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:37:16 +0000

Don,
Many Americans want to move here and many Filipinos want to move to America. Maybe we set up an exchange agreement.

By: don m.

don m. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:58:00 +0000

I dont want everyone to move to the PI or it will have too many people from America there. Im the one who sent him there. LOLOLOL