Shopping options in the Philippines can sometimes be rather limited or overly expensive, so one of the things I do every year when I visit
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Author: Philippine Dreams
Living the Philippine Dream – Not All is How it Seems…….
“A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down….” ― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities When
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My Philippines Dating Experience: Goodboys, Badboys and Fuckboys
Yesterday I published an article on Filipinas and Facebook relative to my short-lived Philippines dating experience. And as I noted, although I personally abhor Facebook,
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My Philippines Dating Experience: Filipinas and Facebook
So, as some of you know, I recently when through an illuminating – if short lived – period of dating. For those who personally know
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Foreigner Gossip in the Expat Community – Give it a Frikken Rest…..
Some of you who have been following the channel for a while know that a friend of ours was tragically (and brutally) stabbed to death
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Traditional Courtship in the Philippines – What is Old is New Again!!!
Every wondered why ‘chaperones’ usually accompany a Filipina maiden on a first date? Or why Filipinos are obsessed with love songs? Or why you usually
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Life, Death and Loneliness in the Philippines (And My New Girlfriend?)
Note: Photos in this article were taken last week along the Dumaguete waterfront. Open Mouth, Insert Flip-Flop So, I’ve admitted it before and I’ve
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LIVECAST: Mawari Liberated, Support for Drug War, Manila Unsafe and Underwear is a Thing…..
THIS WEEK IN THE PHILIPPINES 10.18.17 Mabuhay one and all to the Philippine Dreams bi-monthly This Week in the Philippines Livecast, where attempt to
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LIVECAST 10.11.17: Big Buffalo, Dangerous Drones, and Giving Money/Food to the Poor – Sharing is Caring!
Well, it’s Friday morning and the proverbial cats and dogs are raining down from the heavens. I was going to do my mile swim over
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Foreigners Injured in Firefight with Philippines NPA and Scottish National Detained without Charges
OK, here’s the second part of last week’s Livecast where I chatter on about a Scotsman allegedly being held without charges and a few foreign
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