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Pigs and Chickens In The Philippines: The End
Last updated on: 30th June, 2017, 2:20 PM We tried raising pigs and chickens in the backyard. In the end, it was more trouble than it was worth. Pigs And Chickens: It’s All Too Much ‘Sup? We had a good...
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House Plans: A House In The Philippines
Last updated on: 2nd August, 2017, 4:24 PM This is the third installment of the series on designing and building a house in the Philippines. An index to all of the posts in this series can be found...
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Garden Philippines: Part 1: Making Space
Last updated on: 19th July, 2017, 9:21 AM In an earlier post, I told you how we took down the chicken coop and will now turn the space it occupied into several garden plots. Garden Basics We’re using...
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Blogging Is Hard
Last updated on: 31st July, 2017, 2:58 PM A famous writer once said that he constantly met people who gushed, “Oh! I’ve always wanted to be a writer!” What they really meant, he said, was that they...
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The Exchange Rate: Do’s And Deceptions
Last updated on: 20th August, 2017, 12:01 PM Exchange Rate: Money For Something The exchange rate is easy to understand. It’s basically how much of one currency can be purchased using another currency....
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Tropical Storm Vinta Approaches
Last updated on: 21st December, 2017, 2:54 PM A tropical storm with the local name “Vinta” (international name: Tembin) is approaching Mindanao from the east. Here It Comes! Public and private...
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Happy Holidays 2017!
Last updated on: 24th December, 2017, 3:48 PM Happy Holidays to all of my friends here on AdoboHamburger.com!
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Champagne, Sweet Or Dry?
Last updated on: 28th December, 2017, 9:00 PM One of the things we expats have to learn is that tastes here differ. Sweets For The Sweet Here comes New Year’s Eve and there I go to the store to buy a...
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Happy New Year 2018
Last updated on: 31st December, 2017, 11:40 AM Happy New Year 2018 to everyone who visits AdoboHamburger.Com!
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Top Tools
Last updated on: 12th January, 2018, 7:41 PMTools. Everyone needs them. Not everyone has them. Here are a few sets of tools available from online store Lazada.com that will fix you up quickly to be a...
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Having Kittens Over Kittens
Last updated on: 14th January, 2018, 8:36 PMOur local Romeo Tomcat has been visiting the two female cats we have. They made kittens together but now we can’t find them! We’re having kittens over...
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The Big Squeezer: Make Lemon Juice For Cocktails
Last updated on: 31st January, 2018, 3:22 PM A while back on Facebook I showed how I make lemon juice for the cocktails that I like to make. I cut the lemons in half and squeezed them all by hand. But...
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Safety And The Expat: Pay Attention
Last updated on: 11th March, 2018, 5:33 PM There is a lot of talk about whether the Philippines is a safe country for expats. The talk is usually centered around kidnappings or terrorist attacks. But...
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How To Download Your FaceBook Archive
Last updated on: 24th March, 2018, 8:21 PM Expats need to keep careful records. We also need to keep our information easy to access and, when things go wrong, restore. Here I take a look at downloading...
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Pascual Creamy Delight Yogurt: Food Finds
Last updated on: 6th April, 2018, 1:40 PM Don’t Take Fake I normally don’t eat yogurt here in the Philippines. That’s because the yogurt available here is what I grew up calling “fake yogurt”. When I...
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Lechon Larry: Culture Clash
Last updated on: 11th April, 2018, 2:11 PM Facebook Fodder Hot right now on Facebook and elsewhere in the Philippines are a couple of clips from an episode of 90-Day Fiance: Before The 90 Days, a...
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Working In The Philippines
Last updated on: 3rd June, 2018, 12:01 PM I’ve heard the same old song over and over again from expats. It goes like this, “Oh, I love living in the Philippines because it doesn’t have any of those...
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Anthony Bourdain: An Expat In Every Country
Last updated on: 10th June, 2018, 12:50 PM Anthony Bourdain Is Gone Anthony Bourdain always reminded me of Frank Sinatra. Sinatra could sing anything, even “Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown” a tune way outside...
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Disability Diligence: Expat Life
Last updated on: 27th July, 2018, 4:09 PM I thought I had all of the bases covered when it came to living in the Philippines with my hearing loss disability. Nope! The Disability Decision The...
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Cultural Bias: Expat Life
Last updated on: 16th August, 2018, 8:19 PM Many assumptions we make don’t matter much at the end of the day. For the expat, cultural bias can be awkward, amusing or even deadly. Cultural Bias Cultural...
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