Filipino Culture – David Haldane

October 5, 2023

Tik Toking Truants

By David Haldane Oct. 5, 2023 They’re a common sight online. Tik Tokers gone tall. Teenagers courting turmoil. Bad ones boosting boundaries. A new study […]

February 17, 2023

American Expat Launches Book on Finding Island Home

Cebu Jose Joya Gallery LITERARY TREATS 2023: A TOOTH IN MY POPSICLE BY DAVID HALDANE BOOK LAUNCH APRIL 12th, 15th, and 25th. […]

January 5, 2023

Ubiquitous Ube

By David Haldane January 5, 2023 I have always had a tenuous relationship with Filipino food. A 2019 column entitled “My Life as an Ichthyophobic” […]

September 8, 2022

Boxer Shorts

By David Haldane September 8, 2022 I meant it as a joke. Back in 2019, I wrote a column called “Pajamas” aimed at a […]

May 14, 2020

Diapers

By David Haldane May 14, 2020 Want to receive “Expat Eye” weekly in your mailbox? Sign up here. I haven’t changed a diaper in […]

February 20, 2020

Left Turns

By David Haldane Feb. 20, 2020 It was the kind of announcement you don’t want to hear from a pilot. Especially one controlling the airplane […]

December 26, 2019

Pajamas

By David Haldane Dec. 26, 2019 The situation was urgent. Two young women recommended to us as potential housekeepers had arrived to be interviewed for […]

December 20, 2019