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A journal about an American Expat living in Davao City in the Philippines. Articles and posts of Life, family, marraige, observations, experiences and stories of an american in a 3rd world nation.

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  • Peso Mentality for Foreigners in the Philippines

    Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 11:01 in money, shopping, Economy, foreigner

    Sunday we started our day as usual, Elena left before I woke to go to Church. My alarm woke me at 7am and I had my juice and a few cigarettes in the Sala (Living Room) as I watched CNN. By 8am I was dressed and drove to the Church to pick Elena up. F...

  • American Unemployment and the Effects to Philippines

    Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 11:01 in money, Economy, employment, ofw's

    As we all here on the news and from friends and relatives, unemployment has reached one of the highest levels for many years. I was a victim at the beginning of the financial crisis back in 2007. There was so much new housing and as their prices incr...

  • Living in Luxury in the Philippines

    Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 11:01 in Culture, Retirement, life, money, Economy, homes, restaurants, accommodations, insight, foreigner

    Living in Luxury? What does that mean? A while back a commenter said something that had bothered me. He said when he retired, he could live comfortably in America or he could live in luxury in Davao. He said, to him, it was a no brainer. In other wor...

  • Donations Accepted?

    Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 03:51 in life, money

    If your a regular reader here, you know about me and the reasons I have this site. If your new to my site, let me explain in a short synopsis: I moved here to Davao about a year and a half ago. I had lost my job in America and with the beginning of t...

  • Poverty and Survival (part 2)

    Posted on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 at 16:00 in family, Culture, life, money, people, employment, homes

    In the first part I mentioned about the lower end housing. This is the people that have some trade or job. Their houses are small with little extras. It is true they do have concrete walls and a roof over their head. They rent or own their home and l...