I just wanted to clarify that I am not implying in this blog that everyone in the Philippines stay where they are and not even think of living abroad. I am also not even suggesting that everyone pack their bags and leave their new country at the first sign of loneliness or culture [...]

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For all of us who have English as our second language, we would sometimes have a concept or word that we try to translate but we find ourselves having a hard time giving it an exact word to replace it and instead we end up explaining the concept or dictionary meaning to the person we [...]

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Lately, I have been seeing several Google searches that led to my site that pertain to people wanting to bring their non-Filipino significant others to the Philippines. I have also seen some blogs and forums talking about this same topic. It’s really interesting to see that a lot of foreigners from developed [...]

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One thing in life that I have observed is that most people do is follow where the money is. They study for a certain course or pursue a certain profession because they think that it is where the money is. I think this mentality is common in our culture. Just look at [...]

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First of all, I just wanted to say that inspite of my headache today (maybe because it’s very cold here!) I am very much encouraged by all the comments I received after re-launching this blog. During the past weeks, I discovered and read a lot of blogs from people from all walks of life. [...]

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A few weeks ago I bought my own domain backtothephilippines.com and today thanks to my husband my blog is now hosted on his server. With his help, I have installed Wordpress MU and now this site has the ability to host multiple blogs. You would probably notice that I am [...]

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Do you want to refresh your knowledge of Philippine history? Or perhaps you’ve never visited the country but would like some background information. Did you know that there is a wealth of information available in the internet and most of it is free. I could not believe that I was able to find [...]

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Recently, I visited the US Consulate here in Amsterdam hoping to get answers to my long piled up questions. And boy, I was glad I went there. The person I spoke to was very helpful and accommodating. I think he’s one of the consuls because he was the one who signed my [...]

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I grew up in Paranaque. I lived there with my family close to 16 years. Prior to that we lived in the province of Nueva Ecija for 8 years. I have lived abroad for the past 12 years! Time flies by so quickly indeed.
Anyways, I have no plans [...]

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If anyone just happens to read this posting. I would really appreciate your comments or advice on how to deal with this falling dollar exchange rate against Peso (and euros for that matter)? I have significantly saved in Dollars in my former life in the US but I have no idea if there is [...]

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