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Category: Filipino Culture
How I Met Chichay II: Friend Zones and Facepalms are More Fun in the Philippines!
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….
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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American National Killed in the Philippines for Refusing to Buy Filipinos Drinks
Disturbing news concerning a murdered American in Negros Occidental, the province just north of own Negros Oriental. According to all reporting outlets (few and far
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