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A blog on being an expat in the Philippines and retirement to the Philippines. Mainly based on our experiences and travels within Cebu.
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Internet cafe under construction
New business venture starts on Friday our internet cafe. I looked at various buildings in the area to operate from and after taking a bit of exploring into the rental costs it simply wouldn’t be viable at least for the near future until we had...
What camera to take to the Philippines? – Canon EOS400D ( Rebel )
What camera to take to the Philippines is a big question many of you may think about. One of the important things being getting parts or add-ons to it could be difficult in the Philippines although I believe ordering online you maybe able to get via...
Understanding love
May sound an odd question and answers. But some people find me and my wife April a bit of an oddball because we are so happy. Married two years December the 7th and not one argument between us. We have had misunderstandings but we sit and talk about...
After a long day at work
I was sitting after a long day of sorting out my workload which seems to be getting bigger rather than smaller coupled with issues dealing with my tax refunds and expense claims. As I am currently not at home I was thinking what would YOU as a reade...
Charity and me
Charity is not something I’m keen to be associated with although I do know some “good” charities but the problem I have is so many bad! Also that a lot of the issues aren’t dealt with in most cases its like trying to stick a finger i...
Changing the Philippines one step at a time
The most talked about thing on the Philippines in forums is generally complaints. But my question would be what are you doing about the things that are bugging you to make things better? Most issues are small but one of the biggest ones is immigrati...
Weird, wonderful and strange internet cafe buildings
I thought this article is important because we have to look at a sustainable business aswell as what the local community can afford. There is no point spending P1m on an internet cafe cant support it. Or ...
Ideas to maximise an internet cafe – Philippines
The first thing is to get an idea of your customers. Students for example love snack foods, need things printing or photocopying where people keeping in touch with family are more likely needing things like photo printing and sending photos. Food st...
Living In The Philippines Website
This is one website that is very out of date. Infact a recent retiree to the Philippines believed the information on this site and was very disappointed when he arrived because it was nothing like expected. It seems almost a decade out of dat...
Naga, Cebu Blog
A month or so ago I was doing random searches on blogs and came across naga-cebu.com which if you know Minglanilla is my neighbouring City (although I would be right in saying that its smaller than Minglanilla Town?) anyway the reason I thought...
Airsoft Magazines for Free
I was out the other day trying to find an airsoft magazine. One ihing you miss in the Philippines is your local newsagent simply there isnt any in Cebu, the closest you get is a large bookshop in the malls that may hold the magazine your looking for ...
The Jeepy
Earlier this year we had the opportunity to buy a Jeepy and got it at the right price. It had originally been sold by a relative to someone and the new owner died of cancer. Due to Aprils uncle liking the Jeepy he bought it back and then we ended up ...
Its impossible to make money in the Philippines
This is something you hear a lot of on the forums. Some of it is true due to the fact most things are tightly controlled making it impossible to make “Real” money but then again are you looking to make real money? In reality there is scope to mak...
O.R.C.A.
O.R.C.A. (Oceanography, Research, Conservation, Analysis) was the brainchild of oceanographer Steven Koch who came to the Phillipines in 1978 with the Peace Corps and was heavily involved with setting up marine national parks for conservation. This i...
Keeping safe in a Philippines Taxi
When people arrive in holiday mode they forget they are in a foreign country with a lot of risks they didn’t expect. To be honest though I think Cebu’s taxis for example are a lot safer than taxis in Paris or Prague. But making sure you ...
