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Teaching English In The Philippines

Teaching English In The Philippines

I have a lot of people ask about teaching English in the Philippines. I’ve known one person that did it full time and he didn’t earn much.  However they did provide him room and board. He was earning less than $300 a month in cash salary. This week, I had another expat contact me about…

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Your Filipina’s Family

Filipino Families

This month I had the pleasure of spending some time with Jessie’s family.  Family is often an area of conflict for many expats and the women in their life’s. I’ve not had the problems others have had in this area. For some, relationships are destroyed. Expectations here are different and many times the expat misjudges motivations…

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US dollar to Philippine Peso

The US dollar to Philippine peso has broken the 44 barrier. As usual this has been caused by the trouble in the Euro Zone. But and this is a big but. New jobless claims have fallen to a pre-Obama administration rate. This is the lowest rate in new claims in 3.5 years. US Dollar to…

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Typhoon Bares in on Cebu

Typhoon To Hit Cebu Tropical Storm 27

An unnamed tropical storm is headed for Cebu Province. However, it is expected to strengthen to a Category 1 typhoon before making land fall in Cebu.   The storm is dipping into Mindanao a bit further than normal. Davao, for example, has never been hit by a typhoon but it is dangerously close to this…

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Combat Driving In The Philippines

Driving in The Philippines

One of the first things that got my attention after I arrived here was the driving in the Philippines. I call it “Combat Driving.” It doesn’t seem so odd to me now but it really did when I first arrived. Jessie hired a van to pick me up from the airport. So the driver and…

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Exactly What is A Nipa Hut?

Nipa Hut

Not long after moving to the Philippines, I heard someone use the term nipa hut. I guessed it would be something like a thatch home that most of us learned about in grade school. I was right as it is very similar. In fact, a nipa hut does have a thatch roof. The roof is made…

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