Many of our readers here are living in the Philippines on various permanent visas, so they never HAVE to leave the Philippines for periodic “visa runs”. Some, (like me), prefer living on the Balik Bayan Privilege Stamp (BB Visa) and making annual trips out of the country. I’m not advocating one plan over another, there […]
The Expat Enigma
Have you heard of the Expat Enigma? Don’t worry, I haven’t either, in fact, I just made it up. It is, though a very real thing, something that just never really had a name until now. Firstly, what is an enigma? Some people might not know, especially if English is not your first language. An […]
Racism comment: Give the Bambi moment!
You’ve probably read and heard of the Miss World pageant controversy. The pageant was held like 2 weeks or so ago. Miss Philippines (Megan Young) got the title. Megan was born in the USA, shes a Fil-Am. She came to the Philippines and become an actress. She’s also active in charitable work. Everyone here was celebrating […]
Only Once a Year
When a day of such importance arrives in your life that every other consideration is shoved to the back of your mind, such as the U.S. Government is closed? It’s of no importance to me. So there is Pork Barrel Corruption in the RP? Again of no importance to me, but I had thought some […]
Watch what you say and do!
Over the years, I have told people, both through this site and also in person that you have to watch your actions here and watch what you say, because if you do or say the wrong thing it can get your deported. Usually people accepted the advice without question, but from time to time people […]
Mindanao Madness
Life is full of ups and downs. Hopefully we will experience more ups than downs, and if that is the case, most of us will be pretty happy. The same goes for places, I suppose. Sometimes places experience good times, other times places experience bad times. Over the past 5 years or so, for example, […]