I know many of you have given up on me. I have heard from Elena there are many of the expats from Davao reading my site, even though they never let me know by comments or telling me.
In addition, many would like to hear I have failed. Well life is not easy but I [...]
Here is another article from Rob, also known as m60man. He is very good at expressing his views and I thank him for assisting me in keeping this site with writings about Davao. Thank you Jon.
I just read Tom Martin’s post and his last comment rang true to me as well. Bruce met my [...]
Again Steve has offered some of his words and thoughts for this site. Steve A.K.A. SteveinDavao is a regular visitor, leaves comments and thoughts from time to time and is also someone I consider a friend. Please enjoy his thoughts….
Living in the Philippines (as Expat’s) is always a trade-off. City living brings with it [...]
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In the past, I wrote about some Expat groups I belonged to in Davao. One of problems is in most of the groups here and in many organizations everywhere is assistance.
There were a few groups I had belonged to and for different reasons I only stayed involved with one of them. It name is [...]
In America, we own a washer and dryer use the laundry room at our apartment or go to the local Laundromat. We set the water temperature, the agitation speed, put our items into the machine, close the door and let the machine wash, rinse and spin dry our clothes. Then, unless it is delicate, we [...]
Last September I wrote an article about us hiring a Domestic Helper. As I wrote, she was 17 at the time we hired her. There were people who say not to hire someone so young and others who had trouble with all age groups.
If you hire a girl in her 20’s you can run [...]
A while ago, I wrote an article about the differences in humor. Americans and most Western countries like the use of humor in day-to-day conversations. In addition, sarcasm is used very often. One of the readers commented lately and asked if I could write about it. He explained part of his situation.
Here is what he [...]
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You might be wondering what the photo is, it is a package of All-purpose tissues. You might think,” I do not have a cold”, why carry tissues with me. Well if you are in a mall, a store, many offices and even many restaurants and you need to use a public restroom, you will need [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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