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I hope this post doesn’t make you all gloom and depressingly bored. Ok, you’ve been warned. Now you can proceed. The subject is depression and suicide among expats. I’ve always been curious and wonder if they get depressed when they live and retire in another country? Do they become reclusive for years and then just [...]
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Last Friday our day started kind of busy. In the morning I already had my day planned out. First go to the Immigration office here in Davao. I told Bob that since I am going in that area me and my niece will swing by at the ukay-ukay place (they called UK here). But It [...]
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The number one emotion shown here must be jealously, the sad part is, it’s such a wasteful emotion, and they carry it with them wherever they go. I’ve witnessed families attempt to drag down a fellow member whom they feel has risen to high, and if they fail at that, then they’ll talk about them (Covered by [...]
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This is just a small story which could relate to others, it will be interesting to see if other people have similar medical problems like the ones that I have. I will reach my 60th Birthday in August and over the last few years I have noticed a few differences in my body so I [...]
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“You Americans will never win in the Middle East!” I’m listening quietly… “Why’s that?” “Because you Americans wipe and us Arabs wash!” OK… I’m fighting the urge to say something sarcas…
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So long 2010… and Hello 2011!2010 was a great year for me!And even up to the last day… 2010 gave me one eye-opening experience… and I learned something about myself. That with everything I have gone through, I still do get scared and I have a lo…
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1985 saw big changes in the world of marketing for one major multi-national corporation. That company was the Coca Cola Company, and it involved one of the most highly-publicized marketing flops in history: The introduction of New Coke, replacing one of the most secret and successful trade formulas ever created. Coke was in cut-throat competition with [...]
If you truly love somebody, how far are you willing to go in terms of making a sacrifice to improve their life? In recent weeks, I find myself facing that question. Over the past few years, I have become very close with one of my nieces. Her name is Nicole, and she is 6 years [...]
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I am sure that at some time in your traveling career, all of you have had the miss fortune of being caught short and in desperate need of a toilet in a place where public toilets are few and far between, I know I have. Always carry Toilet Paper with you as it can get [...]
Can an “expat” suffer from “Homesickness”? Anyone pondering this question — whether Filipino, “expat,” or “other” — will have a unique answer. Not only are the answers unique — the points of view from which they proceed are equally diverse. Being human, we all have some sense and desire for familiarity. Finding ourselves in new [...]
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Well, to wrap up July, my root canal was finished. I feel fresh, as in, free from pain, so I am glad about that. I had a fun time walking back and forth from the dentist to my dorm. There was a place to the side that sold street foods such as banana-cue and varieties [...]
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I’m not sure if there is such a word as “denguephobic” but if there is not there should be. I’m sure that most of you know what I mean when I use the “word” – I have a fear of dengue. Dengue Fever is a tropical disease that is caused by mosquito bites. It takes [...]
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and yes… it is indeed rampant nowadays.People I know have been getting dengue. Here and there and everywhere.I don’t have the CURE. Because, nothing can fight off DENGUE, or any disease for that matter…. EXCEPT YOUR BODY.Yes, your body. Your BODY I…
I don’t really have a specific topic for this article – but I’d like to give props to Paul K for showing it’s ok to ramble about a few things. I’ve recently incorporated some early morning jogs into my routine, which take me right through the heart of Gensan. I enjoy it, the city’s waking [...]
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Over the years here in General Santos City, all water was pumped from shallow boreholes usually ranging from 20 to 100 feet deep. In the area we are very lucky indeed as the water table is really very shallow, only 10 feet to the water in some areas so even Hand Pumps work very well. [...]
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OK, I’ll reveal a bit of personal information about myself that most people don’t know: I’m claustrophobic. Why? I have absolutely no idea. It’s not so much about being locked in a closet or something similar. That really doesn’t bother me so much. In my job, I’ve had to climb around in confined spaces on [...]
I’m drowning in Shih-Tzu, Dachshunds, Spitz and some Heinz 57 type dogs. It all started when I was a wee lad in Boston, My Aunt Helen showed up at our house one day with three French Poodles and said she was being transferred to Panama, and couldn’t take the dogs. My four brothers and I [...]
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Coming from the West, where we look at our watches so many times during an hour, we find time is so precious, so that we try and fill up every minute with a task or a plan. So, because of that obsession, we in the West, find any deviation of our plans to be very [...]
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Lately, I have been burdened with a lot of bad news. I’m talking deaths of friends. As I told you a few weeks ago, I had one friend who recently killed himself. I have known several other expats here in the Philippines who have died of late, unfortunately. It seems that nearly ever week for [...]
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Yes, it’s true… I am celebrating my 10th Anniversary today. Marriage? No. Birthday? No. Hmm… what could it be? Well, as of today, I have been living in the Philippines for 10 years!
In many ways, they have been 10 long years. In other ways, they have flown by quickly. Some things about living in the [...]
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A “discussion group” friend and I are in need of YOUR HELP.
Though we’ve never met in person, our friendship exists nonetheless. We watch out for each other and mutually try to solve our problems. We trust each other. We’ve been successful with solutions in the past, but now a problem has us stumped.
Our newest problem [...]
Remember, last week I wrote an article entitled “Bon Voyage” and I told you about the fact that a lot of expats are leaving the Philippines right now, most of them are headed back home? Well, at the end of last week, I found out about another expat friend of mine who recently left the [...]
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I’m not trying to be facetious about the title of this article. I was inspired to write this posting a bit by a recent article that Dave Starr wrote on his blog, entitled, “Things To Consider Aside From Philippine Cost Of Living”. You see, there was a recent event in our lives that occurred that [...]
In many areas of the world, especially the tropical tourist type of places, the first thing that you see on any of the advertising media be it television, guide books of post cards are white sandy beaches and Coconut Trees!
I am sure that most people reading this will probably say something like, Coconut trees, so [...]
