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Can you handle the noise?
The Philippines is a noisy place, I don’t think anybody can argue against me on that. As I am sitting here at my desk writing this post, over the last five minutes I have heard…
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Being an ex-pat gets a little harder
Over the past 1 year or slightly longer, the US Dollar has been falling like a rock! It seems that whatever the bad news for the Philippine economy, the Peso still gains strength against the…
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Do you know what Noche Buena is?
I guess that no matter where in the world you go, if it is a different place from where you came from the customs will be different. Variety is the spice of life, isn’t that…
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Getting into the Christmas Spirit
For most people who read this blog, they are probably used to having cold weather, even snow for the Christmas Season. Of course, if you are in the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand, anywhere south…
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How about all those typhoons?
Over recent months, almost anybody who has seen any TV weather reports has seen that a number of typhoons have hit the Philippines recently. In the past three months, four different typhoons have struck the…
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Attention – new procedure for tourist visa renewal
Just a quick note for anybody who is coming to the Philippines on a tourist visa. As I have said before, on your initial tourist visa, which is automatically issued upon entry, you get to…
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Don’t like hot weather? We have cold weather too!
My Mom recently arrived here in the Philippines. She spent Thanksgiving here, and will spend Christmas with us too. She has actually visited us in the Philippines three times now, and she enjoys it here,…
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Thanksgiving – Philippine Style
It’s Thanksgiving day still in the United States, but already Friday here in the Philippines. Of course, there is no Thanksgiving here in the Philippines, it is a uniquely American Holiday (yes, I know there…
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