http://www.backtothephilippines.com/poverty-death-extortion-and-four-gives/ An Overseas Filipino Returns Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:26:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.backtothephilippines.com/poverty-death-extortion-and-four-gives/comment-page-1/#comment-3043 Bob Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:06:10 +0000 http://www.backtothephilippines.com/?p=596#comment-3043 Your absolutely correct, but the Philippines isn't the only place this happens. Having known that the first time I went there it didn't really bother me too much. One thing that I found strange is that if it's your birthday your expected to take your friends out or host a party. You don't get anything, your friends do. Your absolutely correct, but the Philippines isn’t the only place this happens. Having known that the first time I went there it didn’t really bother me too much. One thing that I found strange is that if it’s your birthday your expected to take your friends out or host a party. You don’t get anything, your friends do.

]]> http://www.backtothephilippines.com/poverty-death-extortion-and-four-gives/comment-page-1/#comment-327 NSG Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:16:27 +0000 http://www.backtothephilippines.com/?p=596#comment-327 My dad used to own a company that provided all sorts of general services to Clark Air Base. He had about 500 employees at one point. The toughest employees he had to deal with were relatives, near or distant, both sides. Well, most relatives became distant eventually, due to all sorts of reasons stemming from the fact that they were relatives. . . My dad used to own a company that provided all sorts of general services to Clark Air Base. He had about 500 employees at one point. The toughest employees he had to deal with were relatives, near or distant, both sides. Well, most relatives became distant eventually, due to all sorts of reasons stemming from the fact that they were relatives. . .

]]> http://www.backtothephilippines.com/poverty-death-extortion-and-four-gives/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Marilou Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:09:55 +0000 http://www.backtothephilippines.com/?p=596#comment-301 The first thing I taught my husband when we came to retire in Mindanao was to say "Dili lang" (No), "Walay kwarta" (No money) and "Purdoy" (I'm Skint). When he says these words firmly, people tend to leave us alone. The first thing I taught my husband when we came to retire in Mindanao was to say “Dili lang” (No), “Walay kwarta” (No money) and “Purdoy” (I’m Skint). When he says these words firmly, people tend to leave us alone.

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