Back to the Philippines

We visited several housing developments in the South of Metro Manila, between Paranaque and Tagaytay.

I had two goals: first, is to visit the house and neighborhood where I grew up and second, is to look around for places where we want to live.

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Going to Quezon City from Makati my aunt strongly recommended that we use the MRT or the Metro from Ayala to Trinoma (North Ave).

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My husband likes it here! Even more than me. I feel confused still with how things work. Have you heard of reverse culture shock? I had my sort of “romantic” memories of Philippines of the past and some of the bad part as always has been forgotten and now I am seeing the [...]

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The last time I was here was in 2002. We finally arrived here in the Philippines.We were fortunate to have an easy time at the airport. First we tried to withdraw money from the airport ATM and we spent a bit of time worrying about a completed transaction without any money coming out. [...]

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Today, after months of rehearsing it over and over in my mind I finally have the guts to resign from my job. After all, it’s inevitable. I told first the HR and then my manager. We just interviewed someone yesterday and today after hearing from them that they are ready to hire [...]

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