Dec

19

1,455.53 miles later

Filed Under Barney, Driving, Mike | 529 Comments

Twenty four hours and 26 minutes after Barney and I departed Utah we arrived in Greenfield, Wi. (next to Milwaukee) We got a little lucky in the sense the roads were perfect, there was a large snow storm in our wake the entire trip. Our goal was to make the trip in 24 hours of less, would have happened if not for wasting nearly 1 hours searching for a new headlight on account of the one that was being used burned out. Read more

Oct

17

Learning to talk

Filed Under Adjustments, Barney, Business, Family, Friends, Friends & Family, Getting Started, Mike | 303 Comments

Considering my C average in English class during my high school days my teacher Mrs. Lomax will be quite interested on how I do in learning to talk Tagalog. The Philippines has many different dialects, my understanding is Tagalog is the most common although there are others very close behind. For those who might be moving someday to the Philippines or currently living in the Philippines feel free to check back here often as I will post my progress and new words as I learn them. Everyone else should check back just to learn a few bad words in another language if I post them. … Read more

Oct

17

Will I save money living in the Philippines?

Filed Under Adjustments, Barney, Business, Friends & Family, Getting Started, Mike | 44 Comments

This is a very hard question to answer. In part because the plan is to make more money with new business ideas I am currently developing. The better question might be how much money would I save yearly based on aspects of my current spending. … Read more

Oct

13

Reaction from friends and family

Filed Under Barney, Family, Friends, Getting Started, Mike | 57 Comments

Aside from myself this site has seen 8 visitors in the short time it has been online. Only two of them are from people I don’t know. For the most part I am keeping this secret for the next few weeks, maybe even longer.

I am quite sure there are plenty of people in this country that look forward to me leaving for another but for the most part there are many people who don’t want me to leave (hard to believe I don’t pay anyone to feel this way). … Read more