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Category: Filipino Culture

The House Rental Market in Dumaguete City – 2020

August 26, 2020 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Housing, Lifestyle, Money

The house rental market in Dumaguete City is pretty grim. After two years of searching for a nice, fairly priced 3-bedroom house rental, I think

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Do Filipinas Really Love Foreigners??

April 14, 2020 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Relationships

  This content was inspired by a snippet sent to me from another vlogger’s Livestream.  You can see the actual excerpt here: Aside from the

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How I Met Chichay II: Friend Zones and Facepalms are More Fun in the Philippines!

November 7, 2019 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Relationships

The previous installment of this two-part series covered the veritable shitshow that was my dating experiences over the course of six months in the Philippines

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How I Met Chichay: A Fortuitious Evening at Bogart’s Dive Bar….

November 4, 2019 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Lifestyle, Relationships

  OK, so the story of how I met Chichay is actually pretty interesting, drawing as it does on traditional Philippines courting: Asking the parents

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American Expatriate Confronts Traffic Officers in Dipolog, Mindanao

September 1, 2019 Philippine Dreams Crime, Filipino Culture, Hazards

  Please note that I am not here to ‘slag’ or engage in chismis at the expense of the foreigner engaged in this incident with

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American Environmentalist Brandon Lee Shot in Ifugao Province, Luzon

August 14, 2019 Philippine Dreams Crime, Filipino Culture, Hazards

Please note that this article is intended for educational purposes for any foreigner living, working, retiring or studying in the Philippines.  In particular, this incident

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Sugar, the New People’s Army and Martial Law on Negros Island

August 8, 2019 Philippine Dreams Crime, Filipino Culture, Hazards

    The past few months have been rather violent here on Negros, with a number of bloody encounters occurring between the New People’s Army

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Escape to Siquijor One: Departure, the Witch Doctor and Bandilaan National Park

July 16, 2019 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Philippines Attractions, Travel

  Brownouts are a drag.  Especially if one is unfortunate enough to be surprised by a nine-hour maintenance blackout.  For the true penitent, nothing beats

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Why It Matters – Amor Propio, Hiya, Utang na Loob and Balat Sibuyas in the Philippines

July 2, 2019 Philippine Dreams Crime, Filipino Culture, Hazards, Lifestyle

The post was inspired by a random subscriber who basically stated that there is no sense in covering criminal acts here as they can happen

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President Duterte Orders Sister Patricia Fox Deported from the Philippines

September 17, 2018 Philippine Dreams Crime, Filipino Culture

This article was originally written in April of 2018.  It’s September now, and I just thought I would update the story.  This saga of Sister

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