I stopped by the top-rated restaurant on TripAdvisor in Puerto Princesa, tons of glowing reviews. Nobody came to help me, then I finally spotted the foreign owner behind the bar. He stared at me for a few seconds and said "What do you want?" like I was bothering him. Turns out they weren't even open yet — they were still moving in the furniture and kitchen supplies! He went out of business very quickly, and good riddance.
Okay, here's the trick. Roll paper towels up into turd shapes. Soak them in cooking oil. Lay them in the bottom of the grill in an X. Use coconut charcoal pieces to build a little cave over the paper towels. Light the center of the X, then cover it with wood charcoal. In about 10 minutes you'll have a fire you can cook on.
Something's spreading through an a-hole-to-m-hole routine? Sounds wild, man.
To be fair, that does look like it'd be the worst thing to clean up in this aisle, at least 😅
I live in a neighborhood with lots of turkeys, and I can confirm this is 100% accurate. They just strut around judging every puny human they see. They care NOT for your fancy metal contraption!
We moved here in 2020 with two teenagers. Their school in the US had already shut down because of COVID, and when we got to the Philippines, the schools here were closed too. So it was a year later that they finally started public school here, in grades 11 and 10. It was definitely a wild adventure, but if your kid is resilient and flexible, she'll be okay. Honestly, the hardest adjustment for my kids was the mandatory uniforms. Most subjects were taught in English, except the Mother Tongue class, which was in Tagalog. They rolled with the punches and made the most of it, and ended up being elected to student government and even winning Prom King and Winter Princess. A lot of people will say terrible things about public schools here, but honestly it was a huge blessing for us. My kids learned so much about the culture and made lifelong friends.
It's definitely easier and faster now for Filipino citizens who divorced abroad to change their status to single in the Philippines and remarry. A Filipino citizen needs - the final divorce decree from the local court where it was granted. It has to be an absolute divorce - a VitalChek divorce document as an additional document, which can be ordered online - the marriage registration document in the Philippines - a petition for judicial recognition of foreign divorce - an affidavit - a special power of attorney - a lawyer's acceptance fee of 100k–150k pesos - other miscellaneous expenses of 50k–100k pesos
Yes, at Bank of Commerce. 30 days to clear.
I'm not sure I'd demand to see her account before a first date. Maybe meet her and see how it goes.
Do you mean the visa waiver after 30 days, or the first visa renewal at 59 days? Because the first visa renewal and the ACR-I card application have to be done in person at your local BI office If it's the waiver, it took me 5 minutes online. I did it about 5 days before it was due in case there were any problems
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Correction: you're surrounded by slums, and what you're eating is deep-fried garbage with no vegetables for at least 7 miles in any direction.
O great doggo of the leaf pile, what is thy wisdom?
Get indoor slippers lined with cotton instead of fleece. They keep your feet warm without getting too hot. You could also put an anti-slip coating on your tiles so you don't slip again.
Both are kind of pointless. They're nice, almost like a first-world city. But they're as expensive as a Western country. So what's the point of going to the Philippines?
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I've been married 25 years to an age-appropriate wife from a good family. She's a dual citizen and was the big RN breadwinner in the USA.. we're retired with properties and investments.. all from hard work. Every word you said is true.. my only addition is that I'm always a foreigner.. never lose sight of that. I'm co-building a house on a lot I paid half of, and I'll pay half for a house to be built next year. I know I don't legally own it.. just be aware everything outside your marriage is transactional.. if it's a good marriage like ours. Don't fool yourself, enjoy the smiles, maybe the family will treat you decently.. but if my wife dies before me.. I'll give the house to her family, quickly sell our other property, and live in Thailand with my single partying buddy.
And yet Filipinos married to other Filipinos still can't legally divorce. So in practice some citizens have more rights than others, which means they aren't equal before the law.
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