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Earlier this year, I had posted Tough Choices and Tough Love Part I and Part II as well as Enabling and Rescuing vs. Tough Love. Now, it is time for a brief update on how some of this plays out.
People that you love can drive you up a wall when you know what they [...]

continuation of Keeping the Family Alive Part I (click here for Part I)

One of the greatest ways we have in dealing with challenges above is our attitudes. I have to admit I can be a brat at times and ultra stubborn. I can overreact and get down or emotional. My [...]

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This entry was posed to me as a challenge. So let me do my best.
Being a legal immigrant, there are a number of challenges that have faced me on the family front in its many different ways. The life in Wisconsin and the USA is 90% different than the Philippines. [...]

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The more bad news on the economy crosses the online news websites; the more I get curious as to the cause. I have read and heard many different causes and blame thrown around. It is enough to make your head spin with all of the bickering and fighting over who is [...]

continuation of DYK- The Center of Blame for the Economic Collapse Part I…
Who is to blame? What events triggered it? The Library of Congress has that answer and it is quite clear. The answer is the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, the Federal Reserve (private banking system in charge of [...]

This entry in Life Here and There is inspired by my father. He hasn’t set one foot outside of the Philippine borders unless the fishing boat they were on crossed the International boundary. In my recent discussion, he thought Wisconsin is part of Chicago and Hollywood and the Statue of Liberty are a short bus [...]

Today’s topic comes as a request from a friend who has recently immigrated to the USA. What are the differences between the Philippine Social Security System and the USA Social Security System? I will do my best to answer that within two posts with a focus on the USA side with a [...]