This is the guy kindly taking the blame for mismanagement and mistakes by the labour government. Which it is easy to blame a single person for mistakes except for one thing. He is only part of the problem. He has a revolt on his hands from strong labour supporters and why? Not because of [...]

The value of someone entering your life as a child cant really be measured in now and then but only in the happiness and joys that your new family member will bring. Although i havent had the joy of a father holding my daughter Zoey for the first time and hear her chuckles of laughter [...]

Lately I have been taking stock on expenditure and incomes to try and and budget for the forthcoming year. But goal posts move constantly and im starting to realise 12hrs a day working for months on end soon tires. I took a night out over the weekend and had my first beer since January its [...]

Sometimes it makes me wonder how much you can really do for people. Most of the time I generally try to function as a unit rather than an individual so setting up in the Philippines for example is not a role for one person but to be more of a group event as I want [...]

Although the last month has begun a lot at home in Cebu. You truly find out who your friends are and who you can trust when away from home. Not all is negative infact there are more positives going on than the things that went wrong. One thing I realised before even visiting the Philippines [...]

At school we learn that you need a better education to get a better job to build a better career. But where does it lead? Some of the happiest people I know have the most simple of jobs with the least complicated lives. The media hype that encourages people that they need the latest trainers, [...]

I found out quite quickly that being a 5ft 8? white guy in Cebu doesnt exactly help me to blend in. Before I headed to the uk for work I purchased a lot of Bench clothing from Gaisano and the clerks were discussing amongst themselves that the clothes are “for the garden not for general [...]

Things are moving along back in Cebu at a reasonable rate although wish i was there to help push the work through. Although i know things are going well and everyone is doing a great job.
The issues with the “rent” on the house is just accepted, nothing we can do about it but we learned [...]

Im heading back to Cebu within the next few weeks and although a hectic schedule has shelved a lot of ideas for the last few months, I have tried contacting various companies regarding anything they would like to provide to give away to the street kids and homeless families in Cebu. In return offering free [...]

Ive always been a strong believer in doing things today rather than tomorrow but then things happen where you make sacrifices for life.
Career, family, extra taxes and suddenly your getting old.
You may think that life has or is passing you by but doing it today instead of putting off for tomorrow will make things happen. [...]