This posting has been inspired by the question of my client on weekdays when I do my part-time job to pay for my rent (and other incidentals when you live in New York City). Upon seeing and reading the 1-page advertisement of "It's More Fun in the Philippines" in the New York Times this June, he blurted out an authentically sincere question to me " Is it really? " I replied quickly and without hesitation " Yes, it is. " " Then, why are you here? " he asked further, and without a tone of sarcasm that he would usually have, and based on how I've known him as retired lawyer who graduated from one of the top law schools in the USA. I knew I shot back an answer, which got him to stop asking for more questions. I don't remember my exact answer anymore to him as of the time of this writing. But his questions got me into asking myself some difficult questions. Yes, why am I here in the USA, if it's more fun in the Philippines? I don&