One of the readers here asked about me writing an article about courting a Filipina. This has given me some thought about how to write this article.
In America and I would expect in most Western countries meeting and courting is similar. First, there are many ways someone meets the opposite sex with the thoughts [...]
How many times have we heard that in our life? In our search for a relationship during our lives, we meet someone we are interested in starting a relationship. In the old days, it could be at school, at a club, a social event or at the office. We start a conversation and see if [...]
Continue reading about You Have Changed – You are Not the Person I First Met
I have been asked by some readers to discuss the income classes (levels) in the Philippines. This is more difficult to classify since I am not an economist and have access to the incomes of the populace.
As I wrote previously, Filipinos need fewer comforts as most foreigners are accustomed to needing. Just as Americans [...]
Last week I wrote an article “Difficult Life for Filipinos” where I discussed the low wages and how difficult it is to survive, but they do.
As an American, even when we have a low income, the condition of our life is much better in most cases. As Americans, we have a level of comfort [...]
Continue reading about More About the Difficult Life of Filipinos
A few days ago, I wrote an article asking for assistance from my readers asking about subjects for me to write about.
The two areas the comments was the Filipino sense of humor or lack of any in the way we joke or tell jokes. The other area, which there was a few comments, was [...]
Continue reading about Isolation in a Filipina/Foreigner Household
A while back, I posted a similar request. The reason for this is the following:
I have written on this site for over two years now. At first, it was about my family and my adjusting to life here. I would fill the article with photos. When you first move here, everything is new and [...]
Continue reading about Again,”A Little Help From my Friends”
Recently many of my articles have, what might be looked at as a negative attitude about living in the Philippines. This is not what I am trying to do. What I am trying to make the readers understand life here is not the same as in America, Europe or any other “First World Nation.”
There [...]
Continue reading about Reasons to Move to Davao or the Philippines
The subject of the dynamics and attitudes of relationships between Filipinas and Expats is something I have thought about writing for a while but was not sure how to approach the subject.
There are differences in all relationships no matter if you are from the same country, same culture, same racial background, same age range [...]
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If you have read the comments, there is a newcomer here, Steve in Davao, who often comments. I know little about Steve, except he is 51 years old ,he married his Filipina wife in 2003 in the U.S., and they have a 5 year old daughter. They moved to Davao last November and are enjoying [...]
Again Steve sent me an article he wrote. It is about the CNN Hero Awards. This subject has been covered on some other sites, but Steve adds some of his thoughts to share and asked me to publish it on my site. So here it is.
A Filipino HERO, a world HERO, by Steve in Davao [...]
I touched on this subject in my article “The Filipino “It’s OK Mentality””
When I was a child and before the new school year started, my mom would take my brother and me to purchase clothes for school. My mom would tell us “These are for the school year. Take care of this clothes and [...]
As an English-speaking person from America, at times, I have been confused or smile how Filipinos use, misuse or shorten words of the English language. In addition, you will hear things that sounds like English but is a local word that sounds like something else.
In the beginning, I would get upset or try to [...]
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First, what does OFW stand for? Well I thought it stood for Overseas Foreign Worker, but from some research on Wikipedia, they show OFW stands for Overseas Filipino Worker. This group is people with Citizenship of the Philippines and lives and or work in a foreign country.
According to Wikipedia there are about 11 million [...]
This year was a special treat. Our nephew Peter, who is currently a 4th Marine Engineer, was home on his vacation. It was also special since on October 23rd was his 26th birthday. To celebrate his birthday, besides dinner and cake, that next Sunday the whole family spent the day on Samal Island at [...]
Continue reading about Birthday Celebration at Blue Jazz Beach Resort, Samal Island
As many of the readers here who is either Filipino, foreign born who has visited the Philippines for a period of time or has lived her will know, one of the most popular English saying used by many Filipinos is “It’s OK.” Unfortunately it is not just a saying but a way of life and [...]
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