Before we migrated to Australia, my wife had to undergo a health check. This is standard procedure to insure she is not going to be a burden on Medicare or infect Australia with some of the ‘loathsome diseases’ that will …
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Fangs For The Memories
Is there anyone out there that actually looks forward to going to the dentist? The ‘Fang Farrier’ as we used to call him in the army. Anyone? No, I didn’t think so. So what if you need a dentist while …
Relationship Reality Check
There is a myth that exists that Filipinas are loyal, loving and will serve their husbands faithfully, treating him like a king. Like all myths, there is a foundation of truth within the hyperbole. The reality, though, is that the …
Driving in Holy Week
One of my favourite times in the Philippines has to be Holy Week, Easter to us. It is a very special time for the locals because nearly everyone is a Christian of one denomination or another with just 5-10% Muslim …
Holy Week’s Not A Holiday
The Philippines is a very Christian country, for the most part. At least 80% of the population are of one Christian denomination or another, with the majority Catholic. It should come as no surprise then that Easter, or Holy Week …
Yes, They Really Do Call Him A Quack Doctor
While to native-English speakers ‘quack doctor’, or the term, ‘quack’, signifies a fraud or charlatan practising, usually medicine, but it can be some other profession, this is not the case in the Philippines. The term ‘quack doctor’ is used by …
You Can’t Own the Land, But You Can Own The Improvements!
When I wrote ‘Philippines Property Primer’ some years ago, I started the text by stating very clearly that a foreigner can’t own land in the Philippines. Throughout the numerous updates the book has enjoyed, that point has never once changed. …
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Why The Wife Might Be Uncomfortable Among The Rich
One thing you may have noticed about the Philippines and Filipinos is there is a very definite ‘caste or class system’ at work. I have witnessed it first hand; the brother of a regional governor who greeted me as an …
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It’s Time To Go home When…
Last century I was reading a post on one of the many yahoo groups that used to cater to expats living in the Philippines, or those married to Filipinas but living back in Oz, the UK or USA, Canada etc. …
Buy Yourself A Banka
“there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats” The Mole, ‘The Wind In The Willows’, Kenneth Grahame 1908 One of the wonderful things about living in the Philippines, an archipelago of over 7,000 islands, …