Back to the Philippines

Join me as I share my plans, thoughts and decisions regarding my return to the Philippines

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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

Ayala, Glorietta and Manila Bay

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

For the last 3 days we have been busy meeting people. Last Saturday, we went to Glorietta to pickup our tickets for Cinderella. First, we had breakfast at Binalot in the nearby building. Binalot serves Filipino rice topping meals that are wrapped in banana leaves. The prices are inexpensive. A [...]

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Tags: News · Travel

Hello Philippines

August 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Discoveries · Milestones · Travel

August 2008 Visit to the Philippines

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Just a quick update: The countdown to August 2008 will still be the same although now August will be the trial scouting trip instead of the actual moving trip. Since we are still waiting for confirmation on new projects that we will be working with MrC’s client by end of this month [...]

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Tags: Milestones · Planning