Cebu Experience: Basic Training
What every potential expat should know about Living In the Philippines
Updated to Version Three on 09/06/2010 (Your Purchase includes Future Updates)
Philippines Experience Basic Expat Training What You Should Know Before Coming To The Philippines
If you are considering living in the Philippines you need this information. This information can’t be found any place else, not even on my website.
Let this book serve as your expats guide to getting started in the Philippines. Its packed with inside information on the wonderful Filipina. You can find the girl of your dreams in the Philippines you could also find the worst nightmare you can think of.
Over 30 pages of expat information from an expat that has been living in Cebu since February of 2008. The book is designed to help keep the expat out of trouble and give you basic information on what you need to enter the country. You might be surprised how easy it is for most of us to enter the Philippines.
About 99% of the information in this book is not on any of my websites. It has all been written exclusively for this book. I pulled only one article from my website into this book so even if you read everything on this website, this information will be information I have not released before.
An except from the book:
Shortly after I arrived in the Philippines, I wondered if I had made the mistake of a lifetime. I was on my way to a Gaisano Mall, in one of the common modes of transportation, a tricycle and wondered what have I done?
First, let me try to explain a tricycle. Each region has their own style of tricycle. You start with a motorcycle and attach a homemade wielded box with wheels onto it. In Talisay, the first city I lived in, they have two areas to sit in. One smaller sized area next to the driver and facing out in the direction you are traveling. Behind that, they have a rearward facing compartment and seat. It is a little larger and you often seen more than one Filipino sitting in that area. In my case and with most other Americans, there’s only room for one of us there. With my partner in the front seat and me in the rear off we go to the mall. Its pretty much my first time out of our apartment since I arrived in the Philippines.
I refer to the driving style in the Philippines as combat driving. That driving style along with the poverty I saw all around me shocked me. When I first got here the driving seemed totally insane to me. They bring a whole new dimension to tailgating. The tricycle was open in the back, that is, it had no door. Nothing at all between myself and the vehicle following us. Often, I thought the driver behind us would get as close as they possibly could just to annoy me. Only inches away from my knees.
Two years later, this all seems normal to me. The combat driving seems normal. The poverty is there but the people are happy and poverty doesn’t mean dangerous like it usually does in the USA.
You may be only going to the other side of the world but you are truly stepping into another world. You had might as well be stepping off a space ship and onto a different planet as life as you know it is about to change.
How this change affects you is completely up to you. If you embrace the changes and learn to adjust you will be happy. Possibly the happiest you’ve ever been in your life. If you resent the changes and long for your home you are going to be miserable.
The best way to give you an idea on what is covered is to provide you with a list of the chapters covered in the book:
Introduction
Official Languages of the Philippines
The Expatriate
Passport and VISA
Non-immigrant Visa (What you need to Enter the Country)
Getting Your US Passport
VISA RUN
Do I Need Shots
The Filipina
The Wonderful Filipina
Love in The Philippines
Filipina Possessiveness and Jealousy
Extortion Schemes
Friendly Filipina
School Girls Vs. College Girls (How to Tell The Difference)
Fraud in Dating
Married Filipina
Police Setup
Under-aged Girls (One Final Caution)
Marriage and Divorce
Cost of Living
Housing
Medical
Food and Dining
How Much Money Do I Need To Live in The Philippines
Living In Cebu: Comparison Cost
My Actual Budget
Getting a Job
Education
International Schools
Banking and Money
Opening a Bank Account
Getting Your Money While in The Philippines
Remittance
Federally Insured Deposits?
Privacy in Banking
Wealth Tied to Exchange Rate
Public Transportation
Shipping Your Stuff
Balikbayan Boxes
Container Shippng
Mail Forwarding Service
Safety and Terrorism
Kultura Filipino (Filipino Culture)
Philippines and Religion
Filipino are polite and formal
Filipino Friendship
Mano Po
Filipino and Family
Summary
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