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Welcome to the Pacific Northwest
Have you ever heard the nursery rhyme “Rain Rain, Go Away”? Well, I have a theory that all that rain people are wishing would go away ends up here in the Pacific Northwest. For the past couple weeks...
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Shipping containers and cats, an update
This is an update to a couple of posts that I wrote shortly after my wife and I moved here to Davao six years ago, one about shipping a 40 foot container and one about importing our cat. The initial...
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Jeepney City
Jeepneys often stop at certain places where they know passengers wait and where they are allowed to load and unload, such as the jeeps to the left of the image. This particular image was taken at...
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US Embassy Safety Warning
I got this warning from the US Embassy earlier today. We have many readers that live and or visit the Visayas region, so I thought it might be good to share it here. Remember also, in the Philippines,...
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We’ll Leave the Light On For Ya!
On Facebook the first of April I posted a joke teasing my younger Brother Dan. (As I normally do) It was posted like this:”My Brother Dan read that a law in Sweden requires that you turn on your...
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Diversity Within the States
I’ve heard the states called a melting pot for different cultures. A lot of people from different parts of the world come to live here. I just recently really started understanding just how many...
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Something big might be happening
I got a heads up yesterday from a friend. His news was surprising to me. Well, it is something I keep hearing is “going to happen” but it never happens. Will it happen this time around? I hope so! What...
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The Check is in the Mail
Great lies I’ve been told while here in the Philippines, I’ll admit that falling for them was 99% my fault for taking other peoples word on it, or for reading it on the internet and not verifying it....
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Happy Easter!
Last week was Holy Week. Being from the Philippines, I have heard about it and have been taught that it’s very important. Usually, you’ll see pretty much every store closed during Good Friday, people...
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Keeping up with things back home
It is amazing how much information and entertainment comes to us via TV. There are a number of options for TV here in the Philippines. You can watch local TV channels. You can download shows via...
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Hauling a Load
This multicab has what appears to be a steel barrel on top. Multicabs are common now because of the ability to customize it for the job, such as using it as a jeep. You see multicabs around town...
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My First Beer in a Year
And it was well worth the wait. The first week of April, I pigeon holed the right doctor and pointed out that on my own volition a year ago I ceased consuming booze of all types. The other doctors all...
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The Power of the Internet
A week ago, I applied to work for a company in Alaska. The interview went well and all they needed for me was a medical and drug test. Easy enough, they had a partner company that would email me some...
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2017 Update: Can I Get a One Way Ticket and Stay in the Philippines for 4 Years?
We got a question from Mary Anne today, Here’s what Mary Anne had to say: Hi bob, I have few question . I am born in the Philippines and came here in the us and became a US citizen. I want to study in...
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“One Beer per Wheel Rule”
Part Two: (My First Beer in a year) I used to subscribe to the “One Beer per Wheel Rule” Back in the 1960”s and 70’s, in other words if you are riding a motorcycle you can have two beers, or an extra...
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Living in the Philippines on a Resident Visa- 2017 Update
This article has been updated for changes in policy for 2017. The updates appear at the bottom of the article. When you decide to live in the Philippines, you need to get some sort of visa that will...
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Thoughts on Animals
My Dad and I were talking the other day, and the subject of eating certain animals came up. He said that he ate carabao once before, he said it tasted good. I thought it would be tough because carabaos...
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Does Philippine Internet Suck?
You better believe it, some plans for Internet in the Philippines suck. All Internet sucks in some parts of the Philippines. But, you can most certainly get excellent Internet in the Philippines. I...
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No Matter How You Say It
Spanish = Mierda de Toro, Tagalog= kalokohan, Gaelic = Cacamas or just plain “Bullshit” The truth is that most of us posses a BS detector, that will sound an alarm when someone attempts to blow smoke...
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USA vs Philippines: Family Relations
I have often said that in the Philippines, if you trace your family tree far enough, you could consider everyone your cousin. That’s kinda how it works there, there aren’t any 2nd, 3rd, 4th or whatever...
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