If you have decided to start reading this article, please do me a favor and note the date. I’m writing this in 2014. Can I safely assume it is 2014 where you are living as well? This question may seem a little strange to you, but in now almost 14 years of working with foreigners […]
That’s it, I’ve cut the cable!
I recently decided I’ve had enough. That’s right, I cut the cable! Hold on, Bob… what cable? Cut ties with a friend? Cut something from your life? Can you clarify? Well, I mean it quite literally. I cut the cable. I cut the Internet from the Cable TV company, SkyCable. Over the years, Cable Internet […]
Decide by Facts
When You Decide What Visa To Use, Decide by Facts, not “What Everyone Says”. One key issue often on foreigner expats already in the Philippines, and especially those planning to come to live in the Philippines, is the question of what residency visa to obtain, or what non-residency visa to use in order to stay […]
A new chapter for MindanaoBob
I have had something in the works for nearly a year now, something very exciting. I’ve wanted to let all of you in on the excitement, but I have had to keep quiet for reasons that will be obvious. Thankfully, the day has finally come that I can let the cat out of the bag […]
Medical Costs & PhilHealth
As readers know, last week I was hospitalized. I’d been sick for about five weeks, with infections in my arms and hands, very serious infections. I needed to go into the hospital so I could have intravenous antibiotics, as oral antibiotics were not strong enough to eliminate the infections. Anytime you are hospitalized, of course, […]
Confined
Here in the Philippines, if you are in the hospital, they call it being “confined” to the hospital. Kind of sounds like you are in prison or something. Well, I have done nothing illegal, but I have been confined. Yep, I am in the hospital. If you recall, a couple weeks ago I told you […]