Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Nov 19, 2009, 5:00 am
My wife and I are big fans of Dave the bonehead and his website. We are checking the site every day. check here. The Bonehead received unsubstantiated reports that there was a Big Foot living on Guima...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Nov 17, 2009, 3:02 am
Once in a while a car gets a flat tire. So also our car. We have changed the tire for the spare one and tried to find out the next step. We were told to go to a vulcanizing shop and have the tire fixe...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Nov 12, 2009, 8:08 am
Yesterday we were passing Aguinaldo High Way in Cavite Province. Somewhere in Dasmarinas area we suddenly spotted two car dealers not far from each other. Not the normal dealers like Ford or Toyota, b...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Nov 12, 2009, 12:56 am
Going to the market is always fun. Every time I am discovering something special. Also this time. One of the stalls is selling ‘dressed chicken’. What they actually mean is that the chicke...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Nov 9, 2009, 2:40 am
Flor (my wife) and I are reading other websites from expats too. And there are several to read every day. One of the funniest is from David Dewall. It’s worth reading it. You could make it one o...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Nov 5, 2009, 9:05 pm
As a foreigner I am not allowed to express my thoughts about the political system in the Philippines or criticize openly the political leaders. So I will not do so. Surfing on the internet I came acro...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Nov 3, 2009, 8:48 pm
As you probably know already, I am driving my own car in the Philippines. The reason: I like driving myself and I do not like to hire a driver and sit in the back of my own car when I have to go some...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Nov 1, 2009, 9:35 pm
All Souls Day in the Philippines is called UNDAS. It is considered a Fiesta (holiday). This year it is celebrated on a weekend. It started Saturday October 31 and will last until November 2. Many peo...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Oct 30, 2009, 12:36 am
The Philippines is still cleaning and recovering from the last two typhoons (Ondoy and Pepeng). Coming Saturday October 31 a new typhoon Santi will pass the country. Pagasa, the Philippine Weather Se...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Oct 17, 2009, 12:35 am
Last weeks I haven’t been writing much for this blog. The main reason is that we are looking intensively for a lot to build our own house. Regular readers of this blog know that currently we are...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Oct 16, 2009, 5:48 am
Tomorrow it will be the third week after Ondoy has brought a lot of rain in the Manilla area. At this moment several parts along Laguna bay are still flooded. According to authorities it might take an...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Oct 4, 2009, 10:13 pm
This will be my last post about the typhoon reports. Although the situation is far from restored, I will not write about this anymore. There’s not much I can add. It still hurts to see the many ...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Oct 4, 2009, 9:47 pm
Today it is exactly one year that we arrived in the Philippines to live here. When we decided to move to the Philippines we have made a lot of plans what to do once we were there. We decided to travel...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Oct 3, 2009, 8:49 pm
One week after Ondoy has brought a lot of dead and destroying a big part of the Philippines, the situation has changed, but not much yet. Affected people are burying their beloved ones, or searching f...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Oct 1, 2009, 5:55 am
Typhoon “Pepeng” (Parma) is approaching the Philippines and heading to North Luzon. Typhoon warnings #1 for several regions in Southern Luzon, other areas will follow soon…. This ne...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Oct 1, 2009, 5:42 am
Yesterday, September 30 my wife and I had to go to Quezon City. We were passing Marikina to go there. Half way we were ordered to take an other route because they had closed the road. Probably because...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 29, 2009, 10:13 am
For those readers who like to read more about the dissaster in the Philippines I have selected a few articles from the internet. I am listing them here: Some of the links I find worth sharing with you...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 29, 2009, 6:15 am
Today we went to Cainta to visit some relatives of my wife, and to see the situation of one of the most affected areas. The way going there was not really difficult, but what we saw was a lot of debri...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 28, 2009, 10:19 pm
Facts and stories: Most of the water has been gone now in the affected areas. Only in Pasig City there is still a lot of water more than 1 meter high. Other areas are relatively dry. Just a lot of mud...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 28, 2009, 9:34 pm
Written: September 26 around 6 PM. Due to heavy and continue rainfall from typhoon Ondoy (or Ketsana as it’s called international), the Philippine government declared the state of emergency in Metro...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 28, 2009, 7:52 pm
As you probably know I am living in the Manila region. Last weekend the Metro manila has been visited by a tropical storm and brought lots of water. Due to the rain large areas of the region has been ...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 21, 2009, 9:57 pm
About a week ago (on a Monday) I received a message trough this website from someone who said he was a reporter from ABS-CBN, channel ANC. The man was doing a future about living in the Philippines th...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 18, 2009, 10:46 am
There is an R in the month. That means the Philippines starts preparing for Christmas. When you enter shopping malls, you can see the well-lighted Christmas trees and other decor in display. Stores ar...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 17, 2009, 9:32 am
A lot of people visiting the Philippines might find this useful. Tips how Filipinos act in public, and what is to be expected from foreigners. People in the Philippines are less formal than in many As...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 14, 2009, 10:13 pm
Finding employment in the Philippines is difficult. It is for Filipinos, but even more for foreigners. Wages are low, compared to US or European standards. And there is the Philippine law about hiring...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 3, 2009, 9:00 am
When someone moves to the Philippines, or to other 3rd world countries, it is almost an obligation to have a good health insurance plan. Costs for medical treatment and medicines are high and they wil...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 2, 2009, 10:01 am
From now on it is possible to put your image in your comment. It works like this: when you make a comment on one of my blogs, you may like to send me a nice picture. You can now simply add that pictur...
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Jan v. posted an article on expat in the philippines - Sep 1, 2009, 7:59 am
When you are walking in the streets in the Philippines, you sure will notice that lots of people are selling something. I have collected some pictures of those people. Check them out here: feel free t...
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