Archive for March, 2007

Philippines Interest Rates

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

I have been looking into buying a car and/or a motorcycle here and I in doing so I have investigated available financing options. For automobiles the standard rate is called “12%, but it’s really not 12%.
If I borrowed PHP 100,000 at 12% annual interest, then in one year I would make a single payment [...]

Interview with a Filipino Patriot

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

I met an intellectually active old man who was quite inquisitive of my impression of The Philippines.
Q: If you had one chance to address the Filipino People, the Filipino Nation, from the young to the old, from those in poverty to the elite with political power and wealth, what would you tell [...]

Cowards and Heros All

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Do you know why there are so few brave heros today in The Philippines?  Because so many of them died.  The ones that survived were the non-cofrontational.  Overwhelmed by superior firepower again and again, the brave Filipinos were killed off, and those that survived to re-populate these islands were the ones that hid when the [...]

Cell Phones in The Philippines

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

The Philippines is the text messaging capital of The World.  My wife likes to get on my phone and read my messages.  I have told her this is morally wrong to do, but she thinks it is not.  Is it okay for her to read my email without my consent?  Is my email different from [...]