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Retire in the Philippines for Good Reason?

April 17, 2011 by 22 Comments
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Retire in the Philippines --- Can You? So you want to Retire in the Philippines?  Your homework assignment for today is to go and read this excellent article.  Go ahead, I'll wait, but do come back, because I have some very specific Retire in the Philippines comments and clarification that you might find interesting. Finding Value in Disillusionment by: Billy and Akaisha Kaderli It’s a wakeup call.  These days unpredictability is the theme of the marketplace, and hordes of would-be … [Read more...]

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Philippine Retirement — What the “Big Guys” Think

April 16, 2011 by 4 Comments
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Philippine Retirement --- A Good Thing? Since I am an American retiree in the Philippines, it's not very surprising that I write a lot about Philippine Retirement. I have a number of online friends who are retired in the Philippines as well (and one who is a younger than retirement-age  entrepreneur who will probably never 'retire' from earning a living here in the Philippines).  There's an old saying about loving your work makes it not work at all ... and that's how I feel about all the … [Read more...]

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More Bumps in the Night — and Unpaid Federal Workers

April 8, 2011 by 6 Comments
Earthquakes, the Philippines and Federal shutdowns

As many of you have already there was another large earthquake/after shock in the sea off Miyagi prefecture, Japan last night, Philippine/Japanese time.  This one was much smaller and no significant injuries/damage has been reported. So the work these guys are doing will, I believe, go on unhindered. Sendai airport was not fully open until 28 March following the tsunami on 11 March. The first C-17s, however, were going into Sendai on 20 March after the USAF's 320th special tactics … [Read more...]

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Waiting to Retire to the Philippines?

February 21, 2011 by 13 Comments
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Yesterday was my friend Bob's birthday and as I was sending him a Happy Birthday email I realized he is part of a growing list of people I know who didn't wait and spend the best years of their lives 'waiting until the time is right' before they retire to the Philippines and started living the life they wanted to, instead of the life that those magical, mystery 'they' folks that hand around the periphery of everyone's life seem concerned with guiding their friends into. (You might also like … [Read more...]

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Living in the Philippines — A Green Card is Not a Visitor’s Visa

July 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
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Many of my readers either already have, or plan in the future to become quite well acquainted with the United States Permanent Resident Cara, commonly known as the “Green Card”.  Many folks I have chatted with in the past 10 or 11 years of being intimately interested in moving to the Philippines, living in the Philippines, bringing a Philippine citizen to the US, and other related matters, do not know much about this card, legal permanent residency status itself, and the rules, both … [Read more...]

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What It Means To Be An American, Or A Filipino

March 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
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Monday again and time for some thoughts to live by, or the bizarre inner workings of the mind of Dave, whichever you think is appropriate. I had something happen the other day that kind of reinvigorated my love of country a bit (Lord knows it could stand a bit of a boost these days).  I stopped to get diesel on the highway and I realized I hadn't checked my tire pressure in a while, so I pulled over to the air pump after fueling.  The attendant got his tire gage from his pocket, but I … [Read more...]

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