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Finding true love and happiness in a foreign land

August 4, 2010 By JimC 56 Comments
Jim's Wife, Marilou Cunningham

Today, we have another guest article from my friend, Jim Cunningham.  Just has Guest Posted here on LiP before, and I welcome him back.  Thanks for sharing your feelings with us, Jim! MindanaoBob Just recently, or to be more exact since coming to live permanently in the Philippines I have become aware of the trials and tribulations within our ex-pat community of foreigners who come here to find true love and happiness. Foreigners come to countries like the Philippines because they have heard or imagine that the women here are not only beautiful which is true in most cases but also compliant to their husband's wishes. Coupled with the fact … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Tagged With: Expats, Jim Cunningham, Living in The Philippines, Mindanao, Relationships

Trip to Southern Mindanao

August 24, 2009 By JimC 38 Comments

Today's Guest Column is from longtime LiP friend Jim Cunningham.  After a long love affair with Talakag, Bukidnon, Jim finally broke down and settled there in 2008.  Jim is venturing out and exploring new parts of Mindanao, and today he will share one of his recent adventures with us here on LiP. Early last week Marilou accepted an invitation from her cousin who lives in General Santos city to travel there and spend a few days in order to see the new house she is building. Since this decision was taken on the Tuesday morning and we were travelling on the Thursday it did not leave a lot of time for preparation for the journey which was incidentally … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Tagged With: Daily Life, Jim Cunningham, Living in The Philippines, Mindanao, Travel