The other day I made a post entitled “Are you stupid? Sometimes I am!” It kind of sparked off a debate that lead in a direction that I was not quite ready for! You see, I didn’t really intend that post to be about banking, I had just used banking as an example of what […]
Credit, Communications and keeping your options open
I got an e-mail today from a reader of this blog, and I could tell from his tone that he was bothered by the issue that he wrote about. He was asking about financial issues, credit reporting and other such issues and how he would handle these kinds of things if he decided to move […]
Bandits at the banks
A friend of mine just got hit by a band of thieves! They wiped out a lot of money from his bank account. It happened to me as well, a number of years ago. I want to help you to make sure these bandits don’t strike you. Now, you are probably asking how the thieves […]
Hey guys I need some help here!
I got an e-mail yesterday from a guy in the USA. He wants me to give him some advice. This guy wants to move here somewhere in Southern Luzon. He wanted to marry this lady from that area. I guess it would be hard for her to go abroad quickly because she has 2 kids […]
Tipping
A lot of times, people ask me about tipping. How much is appropriate? Do they tip in the Philippines? Now, what I will be saying does not apply so much to Manila, because it is a cosmopolitan city that is more “worldly” than most other places in the Philippines. I am talking about the Philippines, […]
Another way to earn a living here
Probably the most frequently asked question that I get from readers of this blog is how to earn money here, get a job, or other such things concerning ways to live here while still earning a living. A lot of us would like to move here before it’s time to retire! I moved here when […]