I came across an article this evening that was rather amusing from the perspective of a foreigner living in the Philippines. Why? because it was written by a Filipino living in the United Kingdom where I originally come from. You see the issue with living in the Philippines as a foreigner is that you...
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Philippines Pawn
Its odd to think of a world where everything is on credit and pretty much our next pay cheque is already owed to the bank if not for years ahead. But then again the UK and U.S. has its inflated house values and a fake house market collapse while the Philippines you can head...
Why thought plays a major part in Expat forums
This came up today when I decided to leave a particular forum for good based on the attitudes of the people running it. Generally you will find expat forums go along a very narrow pattern which offers very little in a positive insight to life. Doesn’t mean its 100% useless just means you have...
Always Sunny In Cebu
The recession grips the West and pensions decline as well as remittances but the thing is its always Sunny in Cebu! Why? there may be poverty all around the place especially in the cities but generally people are happy and more beautiful than you are likely to see anywhere else on the planet. Smiles...
Busy Week
From time to time the blog may seem a little quiet but its often to do with the fact we are off doing other things. In the last week its been meeting people, web design stuff and the SNAP hydroponics setups that have kept us busy. Add to that one of my books is...
The Paradise
The paradise is often how people refer to or assume living in the Philippines is or going to be, this concept is similar to the bounty advert and is as far from reality as life in the Philippines could be :- But then again this sort of image of a tropical remote island may...
Being Plighed With Alcohol By A Group Of Ladies
The blog may have been quiet but we haven’t if anything I have been a bit tired from everything (yes not drunk in the Photo is a case of only having a couple of hours sleep and needing to nap). We were invited over to Sharon’s party bash one of Aprils friends in from...
Living in Cebu as an expat
I have to admit living in Cebu as an expat is often a bit confusing due to there being a lack of structure to the way people think as there is justifications for things in all directions as well as people from all walks of life. The Sexpat from Australia that sent over an...