Living in a country other than your own opens all sorts of windows that you did not have in your home country. The “window” that I want to talk about today is having friends from all over the world. I never really thought about this topic until about a year ago. I have an American […]
RP best retirement haven for foreign nationals, says Gen. Aglipay
General Santos City (29 March) — Smile at life…in the Philippines! Retired Police Director General Edgar Aglipay, chairperson of the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) proudly enunciated the agency’s battle cry shoving the Philippines as retirement hub in the world. “We have this branding because Filipinos are by nature happy people and it is the kind […]
New Series – Setting up an Entertainment System
Of all the things that I post about on this blog, the number one thing that I get questions about is setting up a system where you can watch US TV shows here in the Philippines. I have posted before that I have a system where I can download the shows from the USA on […]
Korean visitors flocking to the Philippines
Over the past 2 years or so, the statistics are showing that a lot of Koreans are coming to visit the Philippines! I see it everywhere I look too. I see many Koreans out around town. I see a lot of Korean Restaurants popping up everywhere you look. It seems that the Philippines has become […]
Gonna have a haircut today!
Yeah, it’s not breaking news – you won’t see the headline on CNN, but I am going to go have a haircut today. Having a haircut here is a bit different than it was in the States, and for the better too! The barbers here take the time to do the job right, and the […]
I’ve completed my annual check-in
Did you know that if you live here on a 13 series Visa, you have to go to the Bureau of Immigration and check in every year? That’s right, every year, in January of February, you are required to go to the Bureau of Immigration and check in, which means that you go, show your […]