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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 [...]

Stranger In A Strange Land

A few days ago a reader used this expression to describe how he thought he was going to feel when he came to the Philippines to live.
Probably an apt choice of words, but as some of you know, I am currently back in the USA and believe me, the expression sure explains how I feel, [...]

Can You Define That Expat Feeling?

One of the things that is always difficult for me is to come up with an answer to the question, ‘but why would you choose to live in the Philippines’.  This is especially hard for me when Filipino friends and family ask this, because it feels kind of snippy to answer them back with something [...]

About Time I Got Back To Work

You will adjust, or you will go home …. or maybe both.  Recently my friend Bob wrote a good article about the adjustments you will have to make if you choose to join those of us who choose to live here in the Philippines.  It’s well worth reading.  In particular I got a chuckle out [...]

Leaving the Philippines Again

About a year ago, I first published a post entitled Why I Left the Philippines.  It has had a lot of “reads” over the past year, and I updated and republished it a few months back.  A lot of people didn’t really read it, though, because I got calls and queries even from some relatives [...]

Inherit Propery in the Philippines? “Can” Doesn’t Mean “Will”

From time to time I receive comments here which seem to indicate people have a lot more faith in my knowledge or judgment than anyone should have.  I don’t want complex or extensive comments and questions to go unanswered … these are very real issues to people … but I am only a common (lay) [...]

Business From End To Beginning

I just came across this idea in my files.  Earning money in the Philippines seems to be a bit like the weather.  Everyone seems to want to talk about it, but nobody wants to do anything about it.  This is right up the alley of a great many readers here, US, Filipino or any other [...]

What About School in the Philippines — Part 4

We had some interesting discussion a couple weeks ago about strategies for schooling children if you were to decide to live in the Philippines.
Most of the discussion sort of stopped at the high school (secondary) level.  But what about those with older children … baccalaureate or higher education here in the Philippines for foreigner or [...]

US Government Jobs in the Philippines

THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES IS TRANSMITTING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION THROUGH THE EMBASSY WARDEN SYSTEM AS A PUBLIC SERVICE TO AMERICAN CITIZENS IN THE PHILIPPINES.  PLEASE DISSEMINATE THIS MESSAGE TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION OR NEIGHBORHOOD.  THANK YOU.
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U.S. FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER TEST

The 2010 Foreign Service Officer Test will be held on [...]

Do You Still Think Things Will Be The Same?

Lest you think I have turned anti-American or something equally as vile, let me try to give you a few facts to illustrate why I don’t think the US is ever coming back as the richest and most powerful nation on earth … global recession 0r no global recession.  Since World War II we Americans [...]

Finding a Job in the Phillipines — Are You Sure?

From time to time I get some comments that really deserve a whole article on their own
(by the way, any of you who have the urge to pour out some information, but don’t want to go through the hassle and make the commitment required to start your own blog and web site, are welcome to [...]

Get Your Reading Done … In Style

What do I miss from the US while living in the Philippines?  Oh, I could make quite a list.  However, no matter how many items I was allowed to list and how long you gave me to complete the list, one thing would be high, high on the list always … books and particularly, libraries.
When [...]

Foreigner Jobs Philippines Again

One of the search terms I always rank high for here at PhilFAQS, where you learn the facts about living in the Philippines is, “Jobs for Foreigners in the Philippines”.
I some ways that’s a little strange because I usually write about jobs like that in somewhat negative terms … but since very few others write [...]

Philippine Business Resources for the Common Man

Kind of a funny headline?  Well I chose it to make your think a little ‘out of the box’.
Hundreds of people per day come to this site from Google and the other, lesser search engines.  One of the most frequent phrases they search for is ‘Jobs for foreigners in the Philippines’, ‘jobs for Americans in [...]