Live in the Philippines - The Web Magazine for Expats in the Philippines And those who want to join them!
Friday, September 5, 2008
About 6 years ago, not long after I moved from General Santos City to Davao, I met a young man. He was the brother of a friend, and had just moved to Davao himself. This young man, his name was Omar, was half Filipino, half American. Omar had grown up in the USA, and had [...]
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Hardly a day goes by on this site that we don’t discuss safety in one form or another. Especially in the comments, a lot of people comment that they think it’s not safe here or they worry about safety when they travel here. Many of us who are living here, and those who have a [...]
Monday, June 30, 2008
Remember, a while back I speculated that the worst of the US Dollar/Philippine Peso exchange had already passed? I mean, I felt like the Dollar had already bottomed out. I wrote that piece back in May, and indeed, the Dollar has been steadily gaining since that time. These days, the Dollar is standing between 44.5 [...]
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
My gut is telling me that the worst has already passed.
I’m talking about the currency exchange rates between the US Dollar and the Philippine Peso. Late last year, it was looking like the Dollar was in for more of a fall, but things have begun to recover already, and it’s just a gut feeling, [...]
Friday, May 2, 2008
I have talked a number of times about strategies about how I make money in the Philippines. To this point, I almost exclusively make my money through e-Commerce and advertising on my various websites. Any kind of investment adviser or financial planner will tell you one things when they advise you on how [...]
