I have to admit I am often quick to shoot down people who attack OFW’s for the simple reason is I understand what the OFW’s go through. They are often in very poor conditions living in countries they don’t want to be, doing jobs they don’t want to do. For what? my wife was...
Is the UK about to experience what is happening in Greece?
As an expat I generally keep a note on things back in the UK as there is normally little political good news but it seems to be going from bad to worse. The labour government has spent over a decade over spending and swelling its public sector workers with “ghost workers” maybe the supporters...
Bike For Peace May 09, 2010 – Bike event held in Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines
MAY 9th starting outside the front of Minglanilla’s main church in the town. Its very likely I will be going to this event so if your interested and want someone to go along with please just let me know email me at :- mattwilkie@tropicalpenpals.com
Heat Build up in concrete walls in the Philippines
This will be a pretty short post but the point of it being that a lot of things you will come across that seem pretty obvious but in a lot of cases people just haven’t thought about it. This is a prime example as over the day heat generally builds up in a house...
Mountain Biking – Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines
I was invited to a mountain biking event nearby by a friend I know from Facebook. Not to compete but to take some photos, although not competing it was a day enjoyed watching people compete and managed to get some good photos at the same time. Its also something a lot of expats don’t...
Why do so many things go wrong for expats in the Philippines?
It would easy to fill hundreds of pages of things that did and have gone wrong for a lot of expats but often they all come back to the expat themselves. One of the biggest problems is “trust” anyone who has been stung second time around if they survived have learned to treat everyone...
Dropping off Philippines forums
Since even before arriving in the Philippines I have been an active member of many forums and several times I have left to eventually return after realising a lot of drivel gets put out and it miss guides peoples directions on coming to the Philippines. The “come to Paradise and live like a king!”...
Vehicle Hire Cebu Philippines
We have various modes of transport available which includes one of my wifes uncles who can supply an air-conditioned vehicle as shown on the right photo in white the prices are structured runs to the airport etc or collection from can be arranged in advance for fixed fees....
