I just wanted to clarify that I am not implying in this blog that everyone in the Philippines stay where they are and not even think of living abroad. I am also not even suggesting that everyone pack their bags and leave their new country at the first sign of loneliness or culture [...]
Entries from September 2008
Going Abroad and Coming back to the Philippines
March 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Hard to Translate Tagalog words
March 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
For all of us who have English as our second language, we would sometimes have a concept or word that we try to translate but we find ourselves having a hard time giving it an exact word to replace it and instead we end up explaining the concept or dictionary meaning to the person we [...]
Tags: Language · Philippine Facts
Bringing your foreign partner to the Philippines
March 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Lately, I have been seeing several Google searches that led to my site that pertain to people wanting to bring their non-Filipino significant others to the Philippines. I have also seen some blogs and forums talking about this same topic. It’s really interesting to see that a lot of foreigners from developed [...]
Tags: Immigration · Philippine Immigration · Relocation
Follow the money or let it follow you
March 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
One thing in life that I have observed is that most people do is follow where the money is. They study for a certain course or pursue a certain profession because they think that it is where the money is. I think this mentality is common in our culture. Just look at [...]
In praise of the Philippine blog community
March 22nd, 2008 · 9 Comments
First of all, I just wanted to say that inspite of my headache today (maybe because it’s very cold here!) I am very much encouraged by all the comments I received after re-launching this blog. During the past weeks, I discovered and read a lot of blogs from people from all walks of life. [...]
Tags: Discoveries · Interesting websites · Personal

