Posts Tagged ‘ Extra ’

Valentines Day, What To Do As Parents?

February 13, 2012
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Valentines Day, What To Do As Parents?

In an ever changing world that see’s the balance of time being taken away from us the best thing for Valentines is each other. Get in the baby sitter and head off alone to do things together. A lot of the time I have realised over the years is its not about the expense...

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Online Medication From Canada

November 27, 2011
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Online Medication From Canada

A query come up the other day regarding specific medications and it just so happened the person involved was from Canada but I strongly advise others to do the same when looking to move to the Philippines to make sure you have “extra” medication for any health issues. The Canadian pharmacies allow medication to...

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Chez André

July 11, 2011
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Chez André

Chez André is a chain of pizzerias with several locations in Metro Cebu. Delivery Hotline: 343-8413 Menu Pizza Marguerita Campione (Savory beef, onions, bell peppers and mushrooms) Hawaiian (Pineapple and bacon) Four Seasons (4 kinds of pizza in one: Campione, Hawaiian, Renee and Salami Royale) Herbed Chicken (Herbed chicken, sweet onions and bell peppers)...

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A good week in the Philippines

June 10, 2011
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Been an interesting week all in all with many things being completed that have been dragged out for various reasons. The scooter is now 90% complete except for the cracked rim which looks like I could be stuck with replacing the front and back wheel to get round the issue at some point. But...

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Live in the Philippines as a reality – things to do.

May 9, 2011
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If you live in the Philippines you will know that a lot of the internet information is still out of date or lacking with indepth knowledge. The reason being many of the writers are isolated including myself at times as most people are either nearly broke, have families or simply not writing on the...

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Why do things cost more for foreigners in the Philippines than the local population?

September 13, 2010
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I have seen it many times and even had people try to do it to me but why does it happen? A lot if it is down to the obvious, there are too many foreigners that either don’t know the prices or just pay it and keep their mouth shut grumbling about it later....

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Living in the Philippines for an Expat

September 3, 2010
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Had a bit of a surprise email in my mailbox this morning regarding the way TropicalPenpals.com is compared to other sites. Surprise wasn’t that TP is different but its nice to get some positive feedback, do get a bit of negative from time to time but most of that is just insults that lack...

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Flooding in the compound

August 16, 2010
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Flooding in the compound

The water in our area of Minglanilla wants to reach the river when the rains start but there are common problems throughout the whole area which many seem very obvious to fix. The photo is of the front door area of the house well out of the water due to a concrete driveway section...

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why are there so many power failures in the Philippines?

July 21, 2010
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Often there is blame on a shortage of electricity but more often than not its down to poor maintenance and often reactive maintenance instead of preventative maintenance. Prime example are these power poles which have been like this for as long as I know. We had a VECO power cut about 6 weeks ago...

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