On a post I recently made about “Going Home” one of our frequent visitors, Peter, asked what you should do in a certain situation. He told how he had offered financial assistance to a cousin of his wife so that she could take a trip to another spot in the Philippines. Soon, many other cousins […]
Where is your place in the Philippines?
Lots of people tell me that they want to live in the Philippines, and rightly so. The tropical and laid back lifestyle is really wonderful, and is something that I’ve come to love. However, once you have decided to live in the Philippines, you have yet another decision ahead of you! Where in the Philippines? […]
A friend’s dilemma
I have a friend that I knew in the States since the beginning the time that I lived there. She’s a little bit older than me. She was also a little ahead of me maybe like half a year to be in the States. Her husband is quite older than her, he has kids from […]
Bizarre foods of the Philippines – Part 1
There are a lot of bizarre foods in the Philippines, but perhaps the kind of bizarre foods is Balut. Balut is a fertilized duck egg that is roughly about 18 days old (the age can vary, and determines the “solid” state of the egg). The egg can contain the duck beak, even feathers of the […]
The expat community is abuzz
In my day to day life in Davao, I talk to a lot of expats. A lot of my friends are expats, and I usually end up meeting other expats if I am out and about. Because of this interaction with so many other expats, I can generally get a pretty good read of the […]
Taking the RORO to Samal Island
OK, how many of you know what a RORO is? Well, for those who don’t know, a RORO is a “Roll On, Roll Off” ferry boat. It is a boat that you can drive on and drive off when you reach your destination. As anybody who reads this site regularly would already know, Feyma and […]