A while ago, I wrote an article about the differences in humor. Americans and most Western countries like the use of humor in day-to-day conversations. In addition, sarcasm is used very often. One of the readers commented lately and asked if I could write about it. He explained part of his situation.
Here is what he [...]
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Recently many of my articles have, what might be looked at as a negative attitude about living in the Philippines. This is not what I am trying to do. What I am trying to make the readers understand life here is not the same as in America, Europe or any other “First World Nation.”
There [...]
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The subject of the dynamics and attitudes of relationships between Filipinas and Expats is something I have thought about writing for a while but was not sure how to approach the subject.
There are differences in all relationships no matter if you are from the same country, same culture, same racial background, same age range [...]
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There are many charities here in Davao as there are all over the Philippines. Most of the charities are for the small children or the people of an older age. In the past, I have writing about the Field of Dreams boy’s home that is doing wonderful work for young children.
Well, through the Expat [...]
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This morning I wrote an article about the affects of Tropical Storm Ketsana (Ondoy) in Davao.
If you watch the news you have seen the disaster in Manila and Luzon. You might be saying, “Why is Bruce writing about something as trivial as street flooding in Davao where the water is just a few inches [...]
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In July, I added a PayPal Donation button to my site and wrote an article about why I did it. The article “Donations Accepted” was posted on July 20th. My original thought by starting American in Davao was to journal my life living here in the Philippines.
Approximately thirty minutes after posting the article [...]
Even though there are many Foreigners, or Expats in the Philippines, with the vastness of the Philippines plus the different lifestyles, there are times you hear of a person living here, but have never met. You walk through the malls and see a person that is not Filipino but many times all you get is [...]
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With our 2 oldest nieces in review school for their board exams in nursing and our youngest niece in 3rd year of nursing school, Elena decided to hire a maid or helper to assist her with taking care of the house.
In America, if you need assistance with the house cleaning, most average families hire [...]
This year as the same last year, I did not have the energy to battle the heat and the crowds and go downtown for the Kadayawan Parades. On Saturday is the parade for the dance teams. These are teams that dress in native outfits and do native folk type dancing. On Sunday is the Parade [...]
There are many festivals and fiestas in Davao. From the neighborhood or barangay to the larger citywide festivals. The biggest festival is the Kadayawan (Ka-da-ya-wan) Festival. This is the 24th year of this celebration. Officially it is runs from August 18 through the 24th but there are activities all week.
Kadayawan history:
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My Friend and fellow Blogger John Ray of Palawan Anecdotes sent me this article. He has written a few this past week about his beloved past President Corazon Aquino. I hope you will enjoy his words and sentiments about his country which he loves and cares about. These are John Rays words and he asked [...]
Last Wednesday the foreigner group I belong to, Friends of Mindanao, made a road trip to Agusan del Norte to visit the home of one of our members, Richard and Jesa. Their home is in Agusan which is about a 3 hour drive north of Davao. We arraigned for two private vans to accommodate [...]
This morning I received an email from someone with Expat Interviews website.
She notified me of someone who left a long negative comment about his views of life in the Philippines. Unfortunately he lives in Angeles City.
While running an errand this morning I was reminded of this story from olden times:
An older man was [...]
If your a follower here you know my connection with John Ray of Palawan Anecdotes.
John Ray wrote the following article and sent it as his thoughts after reading my series “Poverty and Survival”.
John Ray is a English Teacher on Palawan and his insite and thoughts of being a Filipino, the trials and lifes [...]
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I am a people watcher. When I am out I like to look at people. I do not only look at the pretty young ladies, but everyone. I like to look at posture, the way they move, their style of the way they dress and how they interact with others.
I like to watch how [...]
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