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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Category: Filipino Culture
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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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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LIVECAST: Balikbayan Box Update and How Things Have Gotten Better and/or Worse for Foreigners in the Philippines
Here’s a transcript of the Livecast that I did this past week on recent goings on in the Philippines. I’ll be touching on recent balikbayan
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1,200 Police Officers Fired in Canloocan, Friction with the Commission of Human Rights and Intimations of National Martial Law
Today is Wednesday, September 20, 2017, the first day of the rest of our lives… Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today
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This Week in the Philippines 8.9.17: Un-arrestable Americans, Trigger Happy Mayors and Dangerous Veggies
Today is Wednesday, August 9, 2017, the first day of the rest of our lives… This Week’s Corporate Sponsor: Brought to you this week by
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Life in the Philippines on a Comparative Basis – Part 2: The Bad
ON THE OTHER HAND… In the first part of Life in the Philippines on a Comparative Basis, the writer noted a good number of things
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Life in the Philippines on a Comparative Basis – Part 1: The Good
Here at My Philippine Dreams, I try to objectively present the good, the bad and the occasionally ugly of living in the Philippines as an
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