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Entries Tagged as 'Relocation'

Decisions, decisions …

November 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

MrC’s sister came by today to pick up the washing machine and the dining table.  While we were having coffee I happened to mention that we had 12 boxes for shipping and MrC added that it was 7 cubic meters all in all.   MrC’s sister’s boyfriend didn’t think it was right.  He said there was [...]

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Tags: Milestones · Relocation

Preparing to Go Back to the Philippines (Part 2)

November 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As of today, I am recovering from having my last two wisdom teeth pulled out.   There’s been a lot of developments.  We now have a serious offer for my car.  It’s not so high but it seems fair.  The car is 10 years old and the cruise control had stopped working.  MrC just took the [...]

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Tags: Milestones · Relocation

Preparing to Go Back to the Philippines

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Guess what, we just bought our ticket!  We have given our lease cancellation notice and we have now MrC’s immigration papers in order.    I have also regained my Filipino citizenship.  We’re definitely all set to go back to the Philippines this coming December.
I had my farewell dinner in a Wok Buffet with colleagues a few [...]

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Tags: Milestones · News · Philippine Immigration · Relocation

My changing point of view

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Discoveries · Personal · Rants · Relocation · Travel

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 [...]

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Tags: Immigration · Philippine Immigration · Relocation