You’re Reading This and Yet You Think You Aren’t Lucky?
So many people visit or write looking for that elusive “job for a foreigner” in the Philippines, or some other elusive ‘key’ that will unlock the door that is holding them back from moving to the Philippines, or getting out of debt and being able to ‘live large’ in the Philippines, or finding that all [...]
What About Phones and Mail
A lot of questions I get about moving to the Philippines come from folks in the USA who want to know how they can deal with getting mail and phone service there. In particular they are worried about how they can stay in relatively instant touch electronically, and very cheaply in a matter of a [...]
Smells Like America
Some readers may have noticed there is a rather lively (lively for this blog, anyway) discussion going on in the comments for this article:
http://philfaqs.com/get-there/travel-reports/philippine-resources-manila-forwarders/#comment-27306
It really just occurred to me that there are readers here who may not even be aware of what a “balikbayan” box is, and others who may not realize just what a [...]
Live by what the rule book doesn’t say instead of what it does say.
OK, if you’re reading this and you are under the age of 14, go away. We’re both breaking some kind of federal law about making this site ‘child safe” or some other kind of federal anti this or anti that act, and I am not about to start complying, so run home and tell your [...]
Living In The Philippines — The Right Thing For You?
My blogging colleague Paul Piotrowski recently wrote am interesting piece about how to decide if making money online was right for his readers. He gets a lot of questions that start out sort of like this:
“Paul, should I try making money online?”
First of all, regardless how well you craft this question so that it doesn’t [...]
For All My Expat Readers — From Any Country
Here’s another important pass along from my colleague JD up in the cool Philippine climes of Baguio. Many people think they can’t get permanent residency in the Philippines if they aren’t married to a Philippine citizen. This would be a wrong assumption. Many former Filipinos think they can’t come back to the Philippines permanently unless [...]
Philippine Questions and Answers — 16 Apr 2009
A few electrical thoughts written as my trusty air conditioner hums away, sucking down that expensive MERALCO power, for which I am very grateful.
It’s the height of the summer here on Luzon … summer peaks much earlier here than it does in more temperate latitudes, and this summer has been the hottest of the three [...]
Places in the Philippines That Get No Respect
I think a number one take away thought for this post about living in the Philippines today is, things change in 10 or 20 or 30 years … and it may pay to keep up with them.
Years ago in my government job a lot of fuss was always made about people who [...]
Questions, Questions, Questions 5
As per request (and I do thank those of you who are sending in questions, about Traveling to, Moving to or Living in the Philippines, please keep it up) here is this weeks contribution, geared to several requests I have had for my take on the issue of:
I Want To Move, But [...]
Why You Are Still Wishing Instead Of Living As You Please
OK I am going to take a little risk on this post. It will not apply to everyone who reads this blog. Some of you (statistically, probably very few) have been smart enough to escape the trap I am going to mention, so if you are among those fortunate and intelligent few, congratulations and don’t [...]
Moving Plans — Shifting Boxes part 2
A few tips I really didn’t get to put into my last post on moving. The real key to success in moving is in the details. I made a lot of moves, mostly for the US government in my career, so they were done by professionals. Believe me, a pro is no guarantee of good [...]
Moving Plans — Shifting Boxes
OK, you’ve figures out , how to support yourself, how you are going to communicate via paper, phone and computer, how to work your banking and how to get a visa. Now the actual fun part begins. You get to move things.
The first question is not always as simple as it seems … what will [...]
Moving Plans — Forms and Help
It’s Saturday morning here in the Philippines as I write this. This has been a short week due to the Independence day holiday on Monday (as if I really took holidays off),
But anyway, I promised to try to keep theses shorter, so I will.
By now you should have decided on which of the [...]
Moving Plans — SRRV
I promised I would talk more about the Special Resident Retiree Visa before I got deeper into the mechanics of moving. It’s always a toss up to decide how much or how little detail to include in these posts .. looking back over the past few days I sense I have been too verbose, so [...]
