@Rumple
American expat in the Philippines
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American
Lives in quezon city
Speaks english
Registration: 13 October 2010
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Sending Money/Girlfriend Allowance by Kimo Kiting
Hello, I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I would like to thank all of the active members who have provided a wealth of information in pasts discussions. I hope to get to know many of you who are currently living in the Visayas. ...
A wise man. Read More
Sending Money/Girlfriend Allowance by Kimo Kiting
Hello, I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I would like to thank all of the active members who have provided a wealth of information in pasts discussions. I hope to get to know many of you who are currently living in the Visayas. ...
Right you are. Send NO more than $100 a month. Otherwise, whatever you think, you're simply paying for her boyfriend's beer and cigarettes. Enjoy! Read More
What kind of lifestyle will $5000.USD/mo. afford in the Philippines? by expat1
Just trying to learn cost of living standards in real terms verses the western countries. I see some of these costs (real estate, domestic help, etc...) online. What about utility costs, health insurance, medical care, automobile expenses, taxes, ...
HA! $5k per month? In Philippines? Welcome to social, emotional, spiritual, physical and moral suicide. Read More
Best usages and practices in the Philippines by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Living in the Philippines means learning new ways of doing things and incorporating to your daily life unique practices. We invite you to share unique practices, tools or methods that could also make a difference in other ...
France? Japan? North America? Right turns on red? Waste? Get real! Forehead tattoos would work better than micro chips. First, find homes for the people living on the tracks before teaching them to queue for the train. How can 3 lanes of gridlock ... Read More
visa from US to Philippines
leaving US and going to Cebu for 3 months. what's the best advice for a visa and extention to cover me? Read More
Hi Good Day! Give me some advice! by SemperfidelisCeline
but i need you to know that the salary would be 2000$ monthly and you would be working just monday to friday with free accommodation and i would be the one to pay for your processing fee and your flight ticket but can you afford your visa form fee ...
Forget it....beware...bogus. Read More
Short Term Rentals in Cebu City by Johnny5
Hello! Just getting settled here in Cebu and wanted to offer my thoughts to those planning on coming here on a 1-2 month stay... I looked around for months online before coming to Cebu for a short term rental and ended up at the Tune Hotel next to ...
You're correct. The 'good times' are over...unless you want to head for the province and adjust to no a/c and dip/pour showers. With governments now printing money toward value extinction so they can maintain their perks, that move might ... Read More
Short Term Rentals in Cebu City by Johnny5
Hello! Just getting settled here in Cebu and wanted to offer my thoughts to those planning on coming here on a 1-2 month stay... I looked around for months online before coming to Cebu for a short term rental and ended up at the Tune Hotel next to ...
Kind of you, Cherylann. Thanks. I will be spending most of my time with a mission group on Mindoro but will have to escape now and then to 'reality' and will need a clean, safe place to stay in Cebu for a few days at a time during the 2-3 ... Read More
Short Term Rentals in Cebu City by Johnny5
Hello! Just getting settled here in Cebu and wanted to offer my thoughts to those planning on coming here on a 1-2 month stay... I looked around for months online before coming to Cebu for a short term rental and ended up at the Tune Hotel next to ...
Still too expensive for my budget. If you find a clean pension or guest house for about P500, please let me know. I'll be coming in January, staying for two months while volunteering at a mission and need a place to stay for a few days ... Read More
What is the best way to sent light stuffs for Free by Driveway355
Hi There! Please let me know on how to delivery light stuffs for Free in Philippines.
Carry them yourself. Read More
Living 2014 on $5000.00 a month in Philippines (living in provience) by Wayne 07
In 2010 I read a question on blog of what is it like living on $5000.00 (U.S A. Dollars) a month in the Philippines. It is 2014 soon to be 2015. I would like to know now how life would be like living on that amount in both the city and country. I ...
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Living 2014 on $5000.00 a month in Philippines (living in provience) by Wayne 07
In 2010 I read a question on blog of what is it like living on $5000.00 (U.S A. Dollars) a month in the Philippines. It is 2014 soon to be 2015. I would like to know now how life would be like living on that amount in both the city and country. I ...
OK, back to the politically correct, boring posts. greygrey is right about the farm animals! Read More
How to Get a Free Flight Back to the US? by Chris Hill
Hi, I am an American expat living in the Philippines. I have been here for almost a year and I have basically run out of money. There are little job opportunities for me here since I am 22 and I only have a high school diploma. I bought a PC ...
WOW! I didn't mean to contribute to the start of a war of words, egos and articulate blogging skills. Freedom is hard to find. All of us expats are running away from something. That's why we're expats. So, relax! We're all just ... Read More
How to Get a Free Flight Back to the US? by Chris Hill
Hi, I am an American expat living in the Philippines. I have been here for almost a year and I have basically run out of money. There are little job opportunities for me here since I am 22 and I only have a high school diploma. I bought a PC ...
You forgot to advise him what to do with the woman (who probably set up the business for him) and child she bore by him. The only 'stupid' reply I saw in this blog concerned nonsense about pedophilia getting you arrested and sent back. The ... Read More
How to Get a Free Flight Back to the US? by Chris Hill
Hi, I am an American expat living in the Philippines. I have been here for almost a year and I have basically run out of money. There are little job opportunities for me here since I am 22 and I only have a high school diploma. I bought a PC ...
There's no free lunch, kid. Suck it up! What were you looking for when you went there, at your age, with no education (a US high school is NO education), with no 'stand-by-me' friends, with no parental relationship and enough money to ... Read More