Backpacking Hotels and comfort are what most people think when taking a vacation abroad. To be treated like a King or a Queen adds to the feeling of being pampered and relaxed. However, isn't one hotel mostly just like another? Maybe you are missing out on something too? The vacation can … [Read more...]
Loving Mindoro
Mindoro Everyone talks about Subic and Boracay and these places are great. But in some terms, they are so highly overdeveloped with the Philippines lifestyle now turned into hotels and malls and the beauty of the Philippine countryside and coastal waters seem to have been given second … [Read more...]
Too Much Sun
Sun Being Filipino means staying away from the Sun and the rain and sometimes the sea. Many Filipinos quite rightly hate walking in the Sun. Not so much for the medical reasons of skin cancer and it being uncomfortable, but mostly because they do not want to have that awful thing … [Read more...]
Excuses Filipinos Use to Justify Philippines Society’s Failure
Excuses Filipinos Use to Justify Failure When closely examining the issue of why the Philippines has turned out to become Asia’s Basketcase of Wasted Democrazy, a Tagalog expression actually seems to perfectly capture the essence of our society’s collective failure to progress, improve ourselves, … [Read more...]
Natural Disasters in the Philippines
Living in the Philippines is a pleasure most of the time. OK, there are many issues that make you get angry, but the weather and the beaches and the smiles are something special. It will never be a magnet like Thailand or its surrounding Asian tourist hotspots, mainly because of the … [Read more...]
The Rich in the Philippines
Whilst many Filipinos are below the bread line and have a hard time surviving the country itself is home to many homegrown super rich people. The rich families here dominate every aspect of the country from politics to business to the communication airwaves. Forbes magazine listed the top twenty … [Read more...]
PH amongst 20 Best Retirement Havens in the World
Deciding where to settle down after your retirement? Foreigners might want to consider the Philippines after it bagged a spot in Forbes magazine’s A foreign national can easily obtain permanent residency by showing their retirement income. the principal appeal of the Philippines is its low cost of … [Read more...]
Philippines and Cock Fighting
I am never clear if cockfighting is illegal or legal in the Philippines. Some people say it is and others say no, however it is on live TV and there are so many cockfighting rings around the Philippines that if there is a law saying no- it is being very much ignored. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 449 - … [Read more...]
Fries or Chips
The Philippines is influenced by the American way of life more than most over countries in the region. This is not that surprising when you see the history of the U.S. and the Philippines have been linked for decades. Remember the U.S. took full control of the Philippines from Spain for a few … [Read more...]
Driving In The Philippines – City Driving
How's my driving? I learned early in my Philippines driving ‘career’ that if you car doesn’t have a working horn, it is unroadworthy. The horn is a necessity; more so than indicators or even headlights. You use it constantly to ensure the onngu’s of the road (evil sprits ie: other drivers) keep … [Read more...]
