living abroad

See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. You may have noticed Malaysia has been in the news lately. Like the last hundred times the country has been on the international stage,…

Americans have a long tradition of packing up and moving to find better opportunities. Covered wagons streamed west in the early 1800s, packed with people willing to brave the hazards…

See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. The Armenians may be viewed by outsiders as a somewhat melancholy people. You’d be, too, if you went through what they did. It’s a…

See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. There are a few good reasons to move to Cambodia (known as Kampuchea or the Kingdom of Cambodia by its natives). The beer is…

See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. There’s a radio commercial playing in the Los Angeles area that sums up the Western attitude toward Laos. In the commercial, a…

See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. You know you’re in for a bit of a struggle when you live in a country whose most glorious moment was in…

Country Joe said it best in his “The ‘Fish’ Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” (popularly known as “The Vietnam Song”) when he asked, “For it’s 1, 2, 3, what are we fighting for?” As…

If you’re thinking of living in the Philippines, there’s a fundamental you must first master. Are the indigineous people Philippinos or Filipinos? We’ll save you the embarrassment. The correct version…

“You might not be looking for the promised land,” sang James Brown in “Living in America.”  “But you might find it anyway.” The Godfather of Soul wasn’t talking about Thailand,…