Christine, when u go back to the Phils, let your daughter hang out with her cousins and tell them not to speak any English. She will learn faster this way.

So this is the root of the Moro wars that have been ongoing for centuries?

Yeah, someone wanted me to pay her to teach me Cebuano but she speaks IIongo and Tagalist. Now how is she going to teach me Cebuano.

Awww so you are offshore now. Do you work out of the middle east? Sorry if you already told me, my mind is failing I think. I have brain failure? I have memory failure, if someone did a CRC check on it it wouldn’t go very well I fear.

I try not to impose safety on other people , its in my breeding to see things that could be potentially harmful. If the guys are working on my property then I dont want them to get hurt whilst doing it.

My wife is speaks Ilongo and has difficulty with Tagalog – hence Taglish . So since Ilongo is more Spanish than Malay , its quite easy to catch.

Oh just a little history Malaysians are the original inhabitants of most the islands.

have a good day only 4 weeks before I am home.

ciao

I work as a Clinical Nurse here in Oz,. Psychiatry is my area of specialty. Been working in Psychiatry for 8 years now. I find human behaviour fascinating, so I guess that’s why I stayed in this field. But it’s no picnic. I always say, we are overworked, overstressed, underpaid and under-appreciated by the service. Of course no one listens-ever.

You trying to implement some kind of safety standard in PI Will? I agree with Russ, Filipinos have built houses without safety regulations before. I remember my grandpa built a timber home in Mactan sometime in the 1960s’. The house is still standing, and don’t forget Cebu (even Mactan) gets its fair share of typhoons!

Awww okay. Risk assessed building in the Philippines? Yeah I’m sure they loved you. It must have been safe, they’ve done it before and their not dead yet.

Maayong Hapon

I will keep posting and replying , since i am currently offshore and have time at night.

to yourself – please keep up the good work and try downloading the free language courses from the internet , but daily use helps. From simple hello to asking a persons name – my kids are bilingual so this is how i get corrected.

bye-o

I’m certainly not over paid but if anyone wants to change that for me, I’m all ears. LOL I guess I’m under worked, since I’m retired. I’m lucky I do have a better than average pension making it possible for me to have a good life here.

People just like to complain, its true wherever you go but I know what you’re talking about. I do get tired of people putting the country down and it can get contagious too, soon you’ll find yourself doing it. I don’t avoid expats but hanging around a bunch of alcoholics isn’t my idea of fun. I don’t care where they are from. heck they can’t remember anything you say to them anyway. LOL

I’d rather hang around Filipino but I still have the language barrier. I’ve been here for only a year. I need to work harder on learning the language. Hard to find a tutor here in Bogo City but I did finally find a CD on Cebuano.

Sitting around a bunch of people that complain all day long drive me a little whacky. Or people that want to show you how much more they know than you do. You’re a rough neck? Dude, that’s a hard way to make a living but if it pays like it does in the west, its a dang rewarding way. If you’re working with Pinoy everyday like that, that’s got to be an in depth knowledge few of us have.

I’ve met nothing but very good people here. My land lady drives me a bit crazy but she has her good points too.

Just call me Will or William.

I am still pretty young only turning 40 this year. I work away in the oil industry and most of my colleagues are Pinoys. I do protect them to a certain extent , but also know when im being taken for a ride. I do not usually mix with Expats , because in my experience they are over paid , under worked and expect every thing on a plate (Present company excepted – i hope!). I love the Philippines and its honest way of stating if you dont like it then GO – JOE haha.
I treat everyone the way i would expect to be treated and this actually has stood good for the past 6 years . Any way i like this blog / web page and to be perfectly honest i have not come up with the answer why? .. If i do i will tell you. Be safe and enjoy life cioa.