Ivo sonnenberg
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Stay in PH for 3 months FOR baby's birth but have a criminal record[B by Ivo sonnenberg
@Michael Freeze What an archievement, wanking four years on her picture before you met her. You call that love? Get a life..And than made her pregnant, sure its yours? 4 years she was maybe not playing with herself only. And now you are a combat ...
@bigpearl The point is, if you are unfriendly to me, i am unfriendly to you. And i say what i think, its a free world. If you dont like what i am writing, dont read it.If you feel you are surving here, than you should find a psychiatrist.But this ... Read More
Stay in PH for 3 months FOR baby's birth but have a criminal record by Michael Freeze
Hey everyone my name is Michael Roberts I am a US Navy combat veteran. I also work at VA hospital in Connecticut. I have a major issue that I'm trying to brainstorm on. My fiance is a Eddielyn is a Filipino national but works in Taiwan in ...
@bigpearl That figurs. Australia *** Read More
Stay in PH for 3 months FOR baby's birth but have a criminal record[B by Ivo sonnenberg
@Michael Freeze What an archievement, wanking four years on her picture before you met her. You call that love? Get a life..And than made her pregnant, sure its yours? 4 years she was maybe not playing with herself only. And now you are a combat ...
@bigpearl Scared it be your turn one day? Realy do i need luck? Did it ever crossed your mind you are the one who needs luck? Or are you to simple structured for that? Yes that can be!! Most men overestimate their capabilities. Well thats my ... Read More
Need Guidance for Interfaith Marriage by Ahmed O. Morsy
Dear Expats, I'm Egyptian 27yo Muslim male ( living in KSA ), I have engaged to 26yo Filipina -Iloilo- Christian (Baptist) female. We have planned our marriage to be arranged on Sept 2023. Both of our families agreed upon marriage terms as each one ...
@mugteck That woman who married you must have been desperate. She is excused. No you was disrespecting woman and muslims. Everyboddy can read it, you wrote it!! i was looking over your posts, they are all not nice. Do you speak tagalog? or cebuano? ... Read More
Stay in PH for 3 months FOR baby's birth but have a criminal record[B by Ivo sonnenberg
@Michael Freeze What an archievement, wanking four years on her picture before you met her. You call that love? Get a life..And than made her pregnant, sure its yours? 4 years she was maybe not playing with herself only. And now you are a combat ...
@mugteck Thats right i am being myself, and i speak accordingly. I say what i think. If a man meets a woman and let her wait 4 years, how much? 4 years before showing up, thats an asshole. And than made her pregnant??!! (he never said how old she is ... Read More
Stay in PH for 3 months FOR baby's birth but have a criminal record[B by Ivo sonnenberg
@Michael Freeze What an archievement, wanking four years on her picture before you met her. You call that love? Get a life..And than made her pregnant, sure its yours? 4 years she was maybe not playing with herself only. And now you are a combat ...
@bigpearl What about freedom of speech and oppinion?I thought you sorry excuse for real people Americans were so proud of that?I am always negative and cynical?Realy?Maybe i am just more realistic as you can stomach.With your message you want ... Read More
Need Guidance for Interfaith Marriage by Ahmed O. Morsy
Dear Expats, I'm Egyptian 27yo Muslim male ( living in KSA ), I have engaged to 26yo Filipina -Iloilo- Christian (Baptist) female. We have planned our marriage to be arranged on Sept 2023. Both of our families agreed upon marriage terms as each one ...
@mugteckWhat is that?Muslim bashing?why talk to the Muslim woman first?Have you no respect for woman?Probably not otherwise you had one. But getting one is the problem of your lifetime, right?Are you some kind of religious racist? Next to other ... Read More
25+ year old Misdemeanor and SRRV[B] by Ivo sonnenberg
@DocTony Dont worry about the answers, specialy not those from enzymebob and the likes. The right answer you already got. Most importand is if you have enough money to the PRA. Just stay a while, lets say a few years on a tourist visum, and ...
@mugteck well you top the list, must be lonely at the top.Not quite, you have enzymebob with you.You make a nice pair lovely boys. Read More
SRRV cancellation. What reason is acceptable[B]OT by Ivo sonnenberg
@petecarp 13a visa is wenn you are married to a Filipina diba? For the SRRV you had to put up a deposit. Tell that you need that money to support for your family. Thats a good reason. But maybe you regret you are married, she is pregnant from her ...
@mugteck In my country, were was my cradle,a Mug is the name for a mosquito.And you are right, they can call me anything, as long as they not say i am like you, and your people,I would take that as an insult. Read More
Best dating site to meet a good lady? by bkksaigon
Hi I am planning to move to the PH this summer and I would like to give a try to online dating. I am asking this question because I am not familiar with all the dating sites out there. Can you please share what dating site can be more likely to ...
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Stay in PH for 3 months FOR baby's birth but have a criminal record
@Michael Freeze What an archievement, wanking four years on her picture before you met her. You call that love? Get a life..And than made her pregnant, sure its yours? 4 years she was maybe not playing with herself only. And now you are a combat ... Read More
SRRV cancellation. What reason is acceptable
@petecarp 13a visa is wenn you are married to a Filipina diba? For the SRRV you had to put up a deposit. Tell that you need that money to support for your family. Thats a good reason. But maybe you regret you are married, she is pregnant from her ... Read More
25+ year old Misdemeanor and SRRV
@DocTony Dont worry about the answers, specialy not those from enzymebob and the likes. The right answer you already got. Most importand is if you have enough money to the PRA. Just stay a while, lets say a few years on a tourist visum, and ... Read More
Secure your financial assets as an expat in the Philippines[B]OT by Ivo sonnenberg
@Lotus Eater ***
@Ivo sonnenberg Hahaha funny.. Read More
Meet up in BGC - Anyone expats up for some meetup? by Stephanie Nakagawa
Meet up in BGC - Anyone expats up for some meetup?Are you guys interested lol
@Stephanie Nakagawa So Stephanie you discovered this place were the foreigners meet..what is it what you want? Looking for love? or just a good time and money? Read More
Secure your financial assets as an expat in the Philippines
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When you seperate from your girlfriend in Philippines. by neptune1967
This is an incredible topic. Many foreign men just do not know the implications of living with your girlfriend and just what can happen when and I say when not if you break up. If anyone is in this situation or thinks they are then discussion is ...
@morenatuth22 You are verry open and honest. But as i observed, most foreigners dont look as good as i do, mostly there is something wrong with them they cant find a woman at home. Offen they bragg, but have little money to spent and come to play ... Read More
Expat women in Philippines by jewels
I am a mature age Aussie woman living here with my husband. Although I love it here, it can be difficult. For example, most of the Filipino houses are entirely unsuitable for the tropical climate. They tend to be two or three storeys instead of ...
@Lotus Eater Right, years agoo my Dutch GF in Switserland brought me to the airport and said, Ivo what happens in the Phililppines stays in the Phillippines, how a wise woman that was, indeed i stayed in the philippines. first returnd two years ... Read More
Expat women in Philippines by jewels
I am a mature age Aussie woman living here with my husband. Although I love it here, it can be difficult. For example, most of the Filipino houses are entirely unsuitable for the tropical climate. They tend to be two or three storeys instead of ...
@Victoria1947 Sometimes you see a foreign female in the Philippines, most of the time with her foreign husband or boyfriend. Than they move around but since most Filipinas are verry pretty this foreign woman or girl finds it hard to compete since ... Read More
Safety in Philippines by ukdan
Hi everybody- new here. Dan from London. I have a question about safety in Php.I met this fantastic woman from Lucena online and want to visit her at the end of this month. I was thinking of taking a bus or Taxi to a resort close to Lucena where we ...
@Cherryann01 Well its all so simple, you go to the PSA, Philippine Statistics Autorythy, take the woman you desire with you with a valid ID.Than apply for a certificate of no marriage record (cenomar) pay the fine, something like 100 oe 200 pesos ... Read More
Importing Seeds by Enzyte Bob
I'm waiting a shipment of seeds to my re-mailer (Tomato: Beefsteak & Heirloom also Vidalion Onion & Red Pepper) to be shipped among other purchases. The re-mailer will consolidate (repack) everything and I will ship via FedEx. Now I ...
@Enzyte Bob I took many seeds to the Philippines, never had a problem. I could not make them to grow, it was all to hot and humid. I tried potatoes to. Than at one point i was dishearted and gave all i had to an older filipina, after a few weeks she ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Rammers Thank you kindly. Read More
Doctor who can prescribe S2 medication in Iloilo by keiths121
I've recently moved to the Philippines and in the USA I was being prescribed Clonazepam. I have a few weeks supply left but honestly I didn't think it would be an issue as much as it seems to be. Just trying to get a lead on when I run out, but I ...
@Enzyte Bob That is possible, i never bought some. A lot of the medication here in the west comes from India and China. There certainly will be fake also. But if you are in need and cant find a doctor, internet is an option. Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@mugteck *** Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Enzyte Bob I have several pasports but not a swedisch one. But you are right, my englisch got rosty. I had a schwedisch girl once..does that count to? Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Enzyte Bob You must learn things in life and from other cultures. In the philippines people lie all day long, here in the west we despice liars. But thats not the case in the philippines, if you get things done without that it cost you monney or ... Read More
Moving to Mindanao by GuestPoster1906
Hello. We are a family of three living in the UK and we plan on moving to the Philippines sometime late next year. I'm half Filipina, half British and my husband is British. I was born and raised in the Philippines for a good 13 years before moving ...
@mugteck Verry good, you found out something you are right in. Read More
Moving to Mindanao by GuestPoster1906
Hello. We are a family of three living in the UK and we plan on moving to the Philippines sometime late next year. I'm half Filipina, half British and my husband is British. I was born and raised in the Philippines for a good 13 years before moving ...
@Cherryann01 Verry true, i never said there were no good Filipinas, maybe someboddy else had an other results. I can only talk about my own results. And indeed all those guys were already suspicious. Thats why they asked me. They could not get a ... Read More
Moving to Mindanao by GuestPoster1906
Hello. We are a family of three living in the UK and we plan on moving to the Philippines sometime late next year. I'm half Filipina, half British and my husband is British. I was born and raised in the Philippines for a good 13 years before moving ...
I did not interview westerners, i found out for them if their filipinas were cheating on them, they asked me to dos so. I have a talent for that. I must have done that like 50 times over a period of 4 years. My findings were schocking. Nevertheless ... Read More
Doctor who can prescribe S2 medication in Iloilo by keiths121
I've recently moved to the Philippines and in the USA I was being prescribed Clonazepam. I have a few weeks supply left but honestly I didn't think it would be an issue as much as it seems to be. Just trying to get a lead on when I run out, but I ...
@keiths121 A lot of medication nowadays you can get over internet, prescription or not. Read More
Moving to Mindanao by GuestPoster1906
Hello. We are a family of three living in the UK and we plan on moving to the Philippines sometime late next year. I'm half Filipina, half British and my husband is British. I was born and raised in the Philippines for a good 13 years before moving ...
@mugteck @mugteck For a lot of foreigners i investigated behind their girlfriends back if they were any good, in 86 % of the cases i looked into, they were not. They were cheaters. There always is a Filipino lurking in the shadows living of the ... Read More
Moving to Mindanao by GuestPoster1906
Hello. We are a family of three living in the UK and we plan on moving to the Philippines sometime late next year. I'm half Filipina, half British and my husband is British. I was born and raised in the Philippines for a good 13 years before moving ...
@Enzyte Bob Yes most foreigners treat Filipinas badly. they make a list at home of woman they met on datingsites, than they come to the Phillipines to work down the list. Most of them are perverts going with young girls, in their own countries they ... Read More
Moving to Mindanao by GuestPoster1906
Hello. We are a family of three living in the UK and we plan on moving to the Philippines sometime late next year. I'm half Filipina, half British and my husband is British. I was born and raised in the Philippines for a good 13 years before moving ...
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Moving to Mindanao by GuestPoster1906
Hello. We are a family of three living in the UK and we plan on moving to the Philippines sometime late next year. I'm half Filipina, half British and my husband is British. I was born and raised in the Philippines for a good 13 years before moving ...
@Tulvander12 Well you are well adviced not to go to Batangas, i have lived there half a year and found it the most boring place in the Philippines. People to many people leave the Philippines looking for jobs, there hardly are jobs. Even if you come ... Read More
30 day rules tourist visa by Ivo sonnenberg
Always going to the Phillippines i had the plan to go back home, i had to work of course, but if i went i always stayed up to 3 months, every month extending my tourist visa. This time around i am retired and will stay like hopefully in forever. ...
@Enzyte Bob I higly appreciate your text. Happy to know there are more men like me that strenghtens me. I hope that i wont regret it and find happiness like you did. I was married twice and divorced but without having to pay my ex wifes, they had ... Read More
30 day rules tourist visa by Ivo sonnenberg
Always going to the Phillippines i had the plan to go back home, i had to work of course, but if i went i always stayed up to 3 months, every month extending my tourist visa. This time around i am retired and will stay like hopefully in forever. ...
@Andy_1963 Thats the fear most people have that the long term visa extensions come to an end, but it not mentioned in the new immigration bill. Only that the visa on arrival will go from 30 days to 59 days. I am however gonna apply for a srrv ... Read More
Proof of onward travel by jcole4455
Okay I purchased a round trip ticket from Los Angeles to Cebu, my return flight is 90 days later. I’m flying on EVA AIRLINES. My intent is to go to BI and request extensions to my 30 days upon arrival to insure that I’m legal for the 90 ...
@jcole4455 I bought the same thing. and i bought a onward throwaway ticket to bali after the first 30 days tourist visa. thats 96 bucks extra. Ashame but at least than i am sure i can board. I never did that and was always able to board, but that ... Read More
30 day rules tourist visa by Ivo sonnenberg
Always going to the Phillippines i had the plan to go back home, i had to work of course, but if i went i always stayed up to 3 months, every month extending my tourist visa. This time around i am retired and will stay like hopefully in forever. ...
Well soild i dont know, i feel a bit shaky about it, but i have a plan, a verry simple plan. Get happy and live somewere were they dont know winters. And do some good for the people around me, not only living for myself. i am not going for the woman ... Read More
30 day rules tourist visa by Ivo sonnenberg
Always going to the Phillippines i had the plan to go back home, i had to work of course, but if i went i always stayed up to 3 months, every month extending my tourist visa. This time around i am retired and will stay like hopefully in forever. ...
@pnwcyclist Ah ok thats also a way to do it. Yes i am happy with the foreward ticket. My plan is to stay forever. I will aply at one point for an srrv option, but i have not all together yet. Will take me living there a year getting that far. Its a ... Read More
30 day rules tourist visa
Always going to the Phillippines i had the plan to go back home, i had to work of course, but if i went i always stayed up to 3 months, every month extending my tourist visa. This time around i am retired and will stay like hopefully in forever. ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Cherryann01 Thats a thing with cockroaches, everboddy finds them dirty noboddy seems to know why. if again you see a cockcroach go in front of it, stick out one finger and touch it, he will run of to a dark corner and give himself a good wash, Why? ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Lotus Eater You are so right. What you need in the Phillippines is a lot of patience. Once i needed shoepolisch so i went looking for it, and i came into robbinson were it shoud be, i asked a girl, maam were kan i find the shoepolisch po? She got a ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Lotus Eater i found this..Manila, 24 April 2023 – AirAsia Philippines has announced its readiness to transfer all its domestic flights from NAIA terminals 3 and 4 to NAIA Terminal 2 beginning 1 July 2023 as part of the Manila International ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Lotus Eater Yes haha that i remember having seen that too. I also wenn i lived on palawan i always came across the same street, in it was a verry big hole, they had put a fence around it with a sign saying;`This hole is gonna be fixed from your ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Lotus Eater Yeah thats a good question wich is wich, its been 4 years since i was there, i fly with airasia from nino aquino international airport to tagbilaran, but it says nowere wich terminal i should go. Its not in the documentation and booking ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@bigpearl maybe i had just bad luck, that can be. And indeed i did not lways had enough money to sleep in the most expensive hotels. I am not in to all that luxery also. I am just a plain guy keeping it simple. Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Lotus Eater No i was 10 year younger than. But i am a convincing liar. And Philippinian people seem to think that we foreigners dont lie. For themselves within their culture its verry normal to lie. They even call them white lies. Those you may use ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@bigpearl Yes i fill in the eform 72 hours before leaving, that i know and will do so. Still its anoying that i cant reach the hotel end they dont answer emails either. Futher i just take my gamble i have my proof of vaccination an expensive test i ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Cherryann01 That you find in most of the hotels in the philippines, bedbugs. if you come home directly wash all you have above 70 degrees celcius, and take a good long bath. Otherwise you import them in to your own bed. happened to me twice you end ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Cherryann01 yes to get my plane to bohol i probably need the domestic terminal. Outsde at the back of that terminal if you cross a big street, there is a small place with shops and also massage and a hotel wich always is used by merely ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS by Ivo sonnenberg
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ...
@Cherryann01 Yes, thank you for your reply, i think there information is not updated. They have to stick to goverment law they cannot make their own laws, i would think. i called them a million times and i will keep doing so but they are to lazy to ... Read More
Stay in PH for 3 months FOR baby's birth but have a criminal record by Michael Freeze
Hey everyone my name is Michael Roberts I am a US Navy combat veteran. I also work at VA hospital in Connecticut. I have a major issue that I'm trying to brainstorm on. My fiance is a Eddielyn is a Filipino national but works in Taiwan in ...
@Michael Freeze Congratulations. Of cours you can stay, its not tatood on your forehead, exept if you have the record within the philippines and did something wrong there. Than of course they know, and could refuse you entering or even arrest you if ... Read More
PCR TESTS IN HOTELS
I booked a plane to mainila beginning September. And once i payed it, i got a whole list of requirements of the hotel Among them it says, i should need a valid PCR test not oldder as 72 hours. Here in Switserland nobbody is testing nomore and the ... Read More
Advice needed on Sale of Property by Bella79
Hi All,We are selling property in the Philippines. We are located in the States. We have a buyer. What is the best way to get payment. We were advised to make our Lawyer the Power of Attorney to deal with the money. Would this be the best ...
@bigpearl Walk softly but always carry a big stick. Haha i like that one..and how true it is.. Read More
Cherry Blossom Tale by Enzyte Bob
While watching Thailand Bound volume 201 posted several hours ago on Youtube was a story about an Expat who met a Filipina woman.This is a synopsis of his story.During the 1980's with no internet or sell phones, he read some ads in the Cherry ...
I witnessed a thing like that myself in the Philippines. I rented a house in Puerto Princessa on Palawan. Not far from me lived an Norwegian man with his Filipina girlfriend and her kids. While visiting them reguarly i noticed the children always ... Read More
New members of the Philippines forum, introduce yourselves here - 2023 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Philippines forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
@CLT2 In general the Philippines is a verry safe country, its not different as any other place in the world. Alle the stories you read about unsafety are bullshit, but you need to stand your ground as anywere else in the world. One thing you must ... Read More
Newbie from earth. by Ivo sonnenberg
Hello there, i am Ivo an old piece of iron. In 3 months or so i go back to the Phillipines to retire for good. undo on paper i am not retired yet. I know the country well i have lived there 4 years in a row before. Wenn i went before i was just ...
@Andy_1963 well thats great, i am happy for you. I know some guys have good experiances, i am not one of them. I had bad ones, and i thought to be smart enough to forsee them, as it turned out i just was not. But i am greatfull for any person who ... Read More
Newbie from earth. by Ivo sonnenberg
Hello there, i am Ivo an old piece of iron. In 3 months or so i go back to the Phillipines to retire for good. undo on paper i am not retired yet. I know the country well i have lived there 4 years in a row before. Wenn i went before i was just ...
@yiqipo Yes you are right. Its my desire to do good, but if it will always work out, thats another ballgame. But i did it before and some of it landed good. But like you say a lot of it lands on drugs on booze occasionaly, well just be carefull in ... Read More
Newbie from earth. by Ivo sonnenberg
Hello there, i am Ivo an old piece of iron. In 3 months or so i go back to the Phillipines to retire for good. undo on paper i am not retired yet. I know the country well i have lived there 4 years in a row before. Wenn i went before i was just ...
@ERL369 I was in Tacloban, i loved it there, specialy how the jeepneys go around town and bring you everywere. Great system. Nice people there had a lot to endure. Verry ressiliant. Build it all up again. The trees in the city were all verry small ... Read More
Q's About washing machines. by Larry Fisher
If I were in the states, buying a washer/dryer would be super easy. But alas, I'm here in the province in Cebu. I want to give my gal a break from hand washing clothes, and I'm too lazy to hand wash myself, and too old to change. We have very low ...
@bigpearl Right just let them wash from hand as most of the woman have there to do, dont increase her social status to much, she will fall completely out of the social structure, wich already happened to her being with a foreigner. Think about that ... Read More
Newbie from earth. by Ivo sonnenberg
Hello there, i am Ivo an old piece of iron. In 3 months or so i go back to the Phillipines to retire for good. undo on paper i am not retired yet. I know the country well i have lived there 4 years in a row before. Wenn i went before i was just ...
@Moon Dog Thank you for your kindness, its the nicest someone told me this day. Read More
tourist visa by pierredesmarais6
may be a bad news for tourists visa to come in june... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSYKlHoIFqk
@danfinn For a tourist it is not nice, but for the Phillipines every tourist is 500 pesos extra. that makes the box tick. But thats only 10 bucks. And 3000 for an extension is only 50 bucks. In your home country you would probably pay more on tax, ... Read More
Newbie from earth. by Ivo sonnenberg
Hello there, i am Ivo an old piece of iron. In 3 months or so i go back to the Phillipines to retire for good. undo on paper i am not retired yet. I know the country well i have lived there 4 years in a row before. Wenn i went before i was just ...
Hello there, its in my post wich did appeared as a new topic and not under introduction were i posted it. I lived in the Philippines 4 years in a row. from 2014 untill end of 2018 and was there also half a year in 2019, then came corona and put a ... Read More
Newbie from earth.
Hello there, i am Ivo an old piece of iron. In 3 months or so i go back to the Phillipines to retire for good. undo on paper i am not retired yet. I know the country well i have lived there 4 years in a row before. Wenn i went before i was just ... Read More
Safety in Philippines by ukdan
Hi everybody- new here. Dan from London. I have a question about safety in Php.I met this fantastic woman from Lucena online and want to visit her at the end of this month. I was thinking of taking a bus or Taxi to a resort close to Lucena where we ...
@sekmet Good advice.. Read More
tourist visa by pierredesmarais6
may be a bad news for tourists visa to come in june... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSYKlHoIFqk
@sekmet There is a nice video going around from the Philippinian Pea, on Youtube with a guy from JRC visa consultancy and immigration service. He says that there is nothing in the bill that suggest that the current situation will change. Only your ... Read More
Banking in the philipines by windsurfer51
Just wondering if anybody would have some advise as to which bank would be best to open an account with debit card options.I am planning on renting a condo and stay in Cebu city for 4 months starting in nov 2023
I got a banc account by BDO wenn i had my ACR card. But even with that it can be hard. I just went there and asked the woman who handled me out for dinner, that did the trick. That was years ago, maybe now its more easy. I believe they also wanted ... Read More
Safety in Philippines by ukdan
Hi everybody- new here. Dan from London. I have a question about safety in Php.I met this fantastic woman from Lucena online and want to visit her at the end of this month. I was thinking of taking a bus or Taxi to a resort close to Lucena where we ...
I lived both in batangas and Puerto Galera, both 4 or 5 months. The latter i liked the best. Batangas specialy around the peer were the boats are is verry dangerous at night. Realy many gangsters. The pick up girls are there walking about. But they ... Read More
Apartments, Condos, or a house by GuestPoster357
Hello Today I would like to hear about anyones experiances of buying or leasing a plave to live. Persoanlly I saw a nice Condo at a decent price, but I am sure there would be a monthly payment for up keep of the building as it is in a tower with ...
@Moon Dog No i dont go for anyboddy short on cash. But if you live there years and get wacked all the time you learn to wack back, and once you do, they stop trying to pull your legg, they will accept you a little bit as one of their own. You must ... Read More
Apartments, Condos, or a house by GuestPoster357
Hello Today I would like to hear about anyones experiances of buying or leasing a plave to live. Persoanlly I saw a nice Condo at a decent price, but I am sure there would be a monthly payment for up keep of the building as it is in a tower with ...
@Lotus Eater That was ten years ago. I go now to the Philippines in the near future to retire, not chasing woman anymore. The change you find a good one is verry small. Undo a verry small number of guys do. I go for other things, enjoy myself doing ... Read More
Apartments, Condos, or a house by GuestPoster357
Hello Today I would like to hear about anyones experiances of buying or leasing a plave to live. Persoanlly I saw a nice Condo at a decent price, but I am sure there would be a monthly payment for up keep of the building as it is in a tower with ...
@Enzyte Bob If i go to the Philippins i always upfront count in my budget an amount of money that i will certainly lose by being scammed. Those people are so verry verry good in that, that always some way or the other you lose money. It has no use ... Read More
Apartments, Condos, or a house by GuestPoster357
Hello Today I would like to hear about anyones experiances of buying or leasing a plave to live. Persoanlly I saw a nice Condo at a decent price, but I am sure there would be a monthly payment for up keep of the building as it is in a tower with ...
@Cherryann01 Yes later i asked around and thats exacly it, you could rent a stiff there. But if you dont know those things, you will fall for it. It never crossed my mind that people would do things like that. Well in the Phillipines you learn. I ... Read More
Apartments, Condos, or a house by GuestPoster357
Hello Today I would like to hear about anyones experiances of buying or leasing a plave to live. Persoanlly I saw a nice Condo at a decent price, but I am sure there would be a monthly payment for up keep of the building as it is in a tower with ...
@Enzyte Bob One day in Cebu i walked alongside a cementery, there was a coffin outside standing with a dead guy in it surrounded by crying people, his family asking me for money for the burrial. I gave all i had i felt sorry for those poor people. ... Read More
Safety in Philippines by ukdan
Hi everybody- new here. Dan from London. I have a question about safety in Php.I met this fantastic woman from Lucena online and want to visit her at the end of this month. I was thinking of taking a bus or Taxi to a resort close to Lucena where we ...
It does not matter were a man comes from, it matters only were he is, and were he is going. Werever you are should be your home. If it is about the Philippines, in my years living there i learned that what Butch told me is the absolute truth. Wenn ... Read More
Apartments, Condos, or a house by GuestPoster357
Hello Today I would like to hear about anyones experiances of buying or leasing a plave to live. Persoanlly I saw a nice Condo at a decent price, but I am sure there would be a monthly payment for up keep of the building as it is in a tower with ...
@Lotus Eater I was in Tagaytay but it was in cavite south luzon, its a beautyfull place i got shown and droven around by a woman in her car i met on tinder in manila. We had dinner in a beautyfull romantic restaurant with ocean view. Later that week ... Read More
Safety in Philippines by ukdan
Hi everybody- new here. Dan from London. I have a question about safety in Php.I met this fantastic woman from Lucena online and want to visit her at the end of this month. I was thinking of taking a bus or Taxi to a resort close to Lucena where we ...
@ukdan That is in principiple correct. The husband can file adultry charges. There is a bureau in the Philippines in every town but i forgot the name were you can get the marriage status on every woman. That proceeding has also a name but i also ... Read More
tourist visa by pierredesmarais6
may be a bad news for tourists visa to come in june... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSYKlHoIFqk
@Cherryann01 Honestly i dont know what kind of charges will do to not give you an exit clearance. Maybe they would not need to be criminal of nature, maybe just the fact that charges brought forward is enough to refuse you a exit clearance. It will ... Read More
tourist visa by pierredesmarais6
may be a bad news for tourists visa to come in june... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSYKlHoIFqk
@Cherryann01 The story about the girl was just an example of what can happen. It will be verry soon known widely spread that foreigners will need an exit clearance. This exit clearance is not yet in place but it is part of the newly to be implanted ... Read More
tourist visa by pierredesmarais6
may be a bad news for tourists visa to come in june... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSYKlHoIFqk
@Cherryann01 Thats right, in that video its get clear that you dont have to leave the country every 3 months. Thats the good news. The bad news is everyboddy wanting to leave the Phillippines, even after a short vacation will need a exit clearance. ... Read More
tourist visa by pierredesmarais6
may be a bad news for tourists visa to come in june... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSYKlHoIFqk
@pierredesmarais6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl8GLCsAmT8 Read More
The importance of local language in the Philippines by Cheryl
Hey everyone, As an expat, language questions often arise due to the need to communicate effectively in a new country. We’re curious to read your experiences with learning and using the local language in the Philippines. Here are some ...
Ive been in the Phillipines many times, i lived on several islands and rented houses there, i actualy lived there from 2014 untill 2018, due to work related issues i had to leave, i was planning to go back and had a holliday there in 2019, and than ... Read More