I don’t know what he does for a living now, but years ago he sold Movies in CD format, in front of some of the open air bars in the Barrio. They were cheap about 25 pesos each, and the quality was fair to terrible, we never got angry because that was his rice bowl […]
Visa Extension
Today we got a comment and question from Kevin. This is what Kevin had to say: Hi John i have been here in Phil since 22 sep last year, i had already visa extension from Phil embassy in london till 20 th dec last year,i went for visa extension here in Manila on dec 20th […]
Help! I’ve been blacklisted!
Welcome back to another edition of the Expat Answerman Podcast! Some people have been asking me to have a new Podcast episode, and it was certainly about time, so let’d do it! Today, we have a very interesting questions from Joseph, a person who was visiting the Philippines and ran into some problems. His problems […]
How to Ride the Bus in the Philippines
If you come to the Philippines as a tourist, or you live here, the likelihood is that sooner or later you will ride the bus. I am sure that a lot of you might be wary of riding the bus, maybe you don’t know what you are supposed to do, how it works, etc. I […]
Of Course My Knickers Are In A Twist!
18 long years, with absolutely no internet, the semi experts at all the big “3” Cell Phone and computer service stores telling me I was just doomed to spend my life off line, which in fact might have made the online Philippines a better place without me there to post dumb stuff. Then at a […]
Davao – GenSan Travel
Earlier this week, I wrote about What You should know about Martial Law, and I mentioned about my trip last weekend to General Santos City. General Santos is between 2 1/2 to 4 hours travel from Davao. That is a big spread, but the difference depends on the level of traffic, the driving of the […]