Jun

Poverty and Survival (part 2)

Bruce on June 3rd, 2009

In the first part I mentioned about the lower end housing. This is the people that have some trade or job. Their houses are small with little extras. It is true they do have concrete walls and a roof over their head. They rent or own their home and lot.
There are people that are [...]

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Mar

Becoming One With Where You Live (Part 2)

Bruce on March 14th, 2009

As I mentioned in part 1, given the chance to meet and talk with Filipinos, you usually get to know a nice person.
A while back, I wrote an article about a car accident I had where a motorcycle hit the driver’s door of my car. After we got his motorcycle and my car out of [...]

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Mar

Becoming One With Where You Live (part 1)

Bruce on March 8th, 2009

I have been living in the Philippines now 15 months and I hear comments about and from Foreigners living here. Today at the Palengke I thought about how we are looked at and felt by the local Filipinos.
Every Sunday morning we get up early and go to Agdao Public Market. There as at a [...]

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Market, culture, foreigner, life, people 43 Comments »

Jan

People are the same Anywhere you Live.

Bruce on January 12th, 2009

Last November I wrote an article “Living under a Microscope”. In that article I said I had not met any foreigner I did not like.Well, as time goes on, and you get to meet more people you get to find out what people are saying under their breath, behind your back, or just when you’re not there.Just as in your home country there are people who are your

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