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Getting to the Root of the Problem

July 28, 2010 By Jawz 22 Comments
xray

I remember it started in 2004. Granny gave me cloves to bite on, but I found cold milk, settled over the painful tooth-area, to be the best remedy. The clothes didn't numb the pain. The dentist thought I needed a root canal, but my mom seemed to doubt the idea. The doctor thought of possible sinus infection, and gave me antibiotics. It cleared up. It almost flared back up in 2007, but more antibiotics did the trick. In late 2008, it hit at its worse. I was soon to have all 4 of my wisdom teeth extracted, yet the dentist said nothing seemed odd about the x-rays. The doctor I visited couldn't figure it out either. The neurologist wanted to rule … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jawz Tagged With: Daily Life, Davao, Expats, Financial, Health Care, Jonathan Watson, Living in The Philippines

My New Venture – LiP Real Estate

July 22, 2010 By Feyma 13 Comments
house

Today, I want to let all LiP readers know of a new venture that I am starting, something that will hopefully become an integral part of the Live in the Philippines Web Magazine: LiP Real Estate That's right, here on LiP we will now be offering help for our readers who are moving to the Philippines and are looking for a house, apartment or piece of land to rent or purchase!  Whether you want a single room flat on the cheap to a luxury mansion to purchase, we hope that we can offer something that will be perfect for you. Are you looking for a place here in beautiful Davao? If you are searching for a place to build your dream home here in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Feyma Tagged With: Davao, Expats, Feyma Martin, Houses, Housing, Living in The Philippines

Sunday morning attack

July 20, 2010 By John 22 Comments
Philippine Dog

Sounds frightening does it not? Well do not worry nobody was hurt, well not any human anyway, but I like to share my Sunday morning with you, and what could have been bad for one  little boy too. As I have mentioned many times in my previous articles, I live in an apartment that backs onto fields, and beyond those fields I see the beautiful Mount Apo in the distance, very relaxing, and very nice too. The field below me is also home to a few dozen Goats, who during the day time have free reign in a huge area, and are well fed and looked after, and to be honest fun to watch too. About a week ago, several of the owners Dogs, chased in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: John G Tagged With: Animals, Daily Life, Davao, Expats, Filipino Culture, John Grant, Living in The Philippines

The timing just seems right

July 16, 2010 By MindanaoBob 107 Comments
Looking for the perfect house in Davao!

On Monday, I wrote an article entitled Round Two, in which I told about our seemingly endless battle with our idiotic neighbors.  It seems that for almost the entirety of 2010, we have had continual problems with one of our neighbors, and I promised in the article that I would be writing a follow up.  Feyma and I have come up with what we think is a good solution to the problem. We're moving. The lease on our current property is set to expire around the end of October 2010.  We like to have a longer term lease, and our lease on this house has been for 5 years, and we are nearing the end of our 5th year of residence here.  The house we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bob Tagged With: Bob Martin, Daily Life, Davao, Financial, Living in The Philippines, Moving

Follow-up on Martin Household Bayanihan

July 15, 2010 By Feyma 35 Comments
My niece Bebe and nephew Deo taking a break

As I told you earlier, we planned a Bayanihan, or a work party at our maid, Pat's house. A few weekend ago my kids, my nieces and nephew and of course Jun & Jun Jun, and I went to Pat's house to start working on her house. It was really something for the my kids seeing how Pat and her family lived in a tiny house. They really were feeling sorry for them. It was nice for my kids to see how some people live here in the Philippines. I could see on their faces the wishes and hopes for Pat's life to be better. It was really a good learning experience with my kids. Jun and Jun Jun started to measure out the house. Trying to figure out while … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Feyma Tagged With: Bayanihan, Daily Life, Davao, Expats, Feyma Martin, Filipino Culture, Homes, Living in The Philippines

Bike crash

July 13, 2010 By John 22 Comments
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My friend from the UK is staying here for a few months, and  its his 5th or 6th visit, so he purchased  a motorbike that he keeps here in Davao . It is true to say that the rules of the road in the Philippines are a lot different from what the US and the UK have, so its important to take your time and get to know the unwritten rules of the road, of which there seem to be thousands. He has with his bike all the paperwork, all correct insurance and everything is all official, as being a white guy on a bike, he rather sticks out, and has been subject to Police stops that seem to involve money to get on the road again. But, he was always, always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: John G Tagged With: Adjustment, Communication, Daily Life, Davao, Expats, Filipino Culture, Financial, John Grant, Living in The Philippines

Round Two

July 12, 2010 By MindanaoBob 81 Comments
Construction worker standing on our rooftop while working on the building next door

I had a situation last week, and particularly on Friday which absolutely infuriated me.  I kept my mouth shut for the most part, though, and simply avoided the confrontation.  That situation, though, caused both Feyma and I to make some re-evaluations about our future.  I will explain how this will affect our future in a future post, either later this week, or perhaps next week, so stay tuned for that. If you are a regular reader, you will likely remember, starting back in February 2010, we had trouble with our neighbors.  The first problem was that they had rented out space to a Call Center operation, which operated at night, and they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bob Tagged With: Adjustment, Bob Martin, Daily Life, Davao, Expats, Filipino Culture, Living in The Philippines, Relationships

Shaving in the Philippines

July 7, 2010 By MindanaoBob 87 Comments
Gillette Mach 3 Replacement Blades

One of the nice things about living in the Philippines, combined with working from my house is that I sometimes go a couple of days between shaving.  Just yesterday, John Miele wrote an article about body hair, and this article was not planned to be in competition with that, nor in conjunction with it.  I just happened to have an experience at the store the other day, which led me to write this article.  Anyway, yes, I do sometimes just shave a couple or three times per week, admittedly.  That said, if I am going out to the mall, or anywhere out from the house, I do make sure that I am not too scraggly, because the "5 o'clock shadow" look … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bob Tagged With: Bob Martin, Daily Life, Davao, Dress, Expats, Living in The Philippines, Shaving in the Philippines, Shopping

The annulment is part of life

July 6, 2010 By John 28 Comments
Annulment is part of life

Recently I was speaking with a person I have known for almost 5 years. Let us call him Joe just as most locals do! During those 5 years, Joe and I have met every few months for a coffee or burger or a proper sit down meal and commiserated with each other, laughing and grumbling about the problems we have experienced while living here in Davao and chatting about things of mutual interest. We felt that in general our life here has been character building and a worthwhile but frustrating experience. Because we belong to several expats internet groups our conversation reflected on the fact that most of the difficulties we had faced and still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: John G Tagged With: Daily Life, Davao, Expats, Filipino Culture, John Grant, Living in The Philippines, Relationships

Filipino Food!

June 30, 2010 By Jawz 39 Comments
lumpia

If you plan on coming to the Philippines, I'd like to mention some of the tasty things you will experience. Yes, it shall be yummy in your tummy. Hopefully, unless you are not open to new foods, or prone to get sick from trying new things. For me though, living here is almost a culinary paradise. I just have so much to try. I mean, I miss some foods from back home, like Mexican foods, my mom's potato salad, and a few southern style dishes, but the food here is really good. There are some things though that I don't find too appealing, nor bad, but rather just normal. So, let me begin: LECHON Sucklin' pigs are roasted all over the place. Back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jawz Tagged With: Daily Life, Davao, Filipino Culture, Food, Jonathan Watson, Living in The Philippines
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