Living, working or studying in the Philippines has its fair share of ups and downs. Here at myphilippinedreams, we put a good amount of
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Category: Money
Kids House Construction Costs
Kids’ House Construction Costs FINAL UPDATE 9/14/15: Final cost of the house constructino is 115,080 ($2,501 USD at 46 exchange rate). $2,101 was taken from
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Our Philippines February 2015 Expense Report
Incessantly tracking our expenses to afford any would-be retiree of world traveler thinking of coming to the Philippines some sense of how much it actually
Read moreOur Community Support Projects Donation Tracking
Updated as of November 16, 2017 Follow the kids’ house construction costs! https://myphilippinedreams.com/kids-house-construction-costs/ New donation kitty balance: $698.75 (See latest donors and amounts by
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Our January 2015 Philippines Living Expenses
Once again, the Dream Team has painstakingly kept track of its monthly expenses, in order to better inform our viewers as to how much living
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Our December 2014 Philippines Expenses
Being an “economic refugee” from the United States, I take pains every month to track our expenses over the course of the last 30 days.
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Electricity in the Philippines, Part 2 – Generators, AVR’s and Savings
Ok, so after discussing some of the things you can proactively put into place in order to deal with power irregularities in teh Philippines, let’s
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Survey of Western Expats in the Philippines – Happiness, Quality of Life, Likes and Dislikes…
Robert Howard over at myphilippinelife.com conducted a survey of 134 Western Expats who are living in the Philippines. He first visited the Philippines in 1981
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Our November 2014 Monthly Philippines Expense Report
We get asked quite a bit about how much it costs to live in the Philippines. Truth be told, the answer is pretty much
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Housing in the Philippines – E-Book Excerpt
Howdy, ya’all. What follows is an excerpt from our upcoming e-book which should be done around January or so. I am working on it
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