The wet season in the Philippines has started. Every day there is some rain or thunderstorms. During the day it is very humid. Humidity is 85% and more daily. Temperatures during the day went down from 36-37 C to about 30 C now. I feel much better with these temperatures. Night temperatures have also...
When someone visits Manila as a tourist, it is sometimes hard to find your way in this city. You need an experienced (and honest) taxidriver or a guide to visit some interesting places. UNTIL NOW !! I have just found an interesting site for people who want to visit (greater) Manila and do not...
President-apparent Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III of the Liberal Party said he would no longer debate about his smoking habit with groups seeking to make him an anti-smoking poster boy. And he isn’t quitting either – at least not at this time. Aquino bared that he could finish a pack a day, and the...
When you are living in Europe and are used to Euro’s you will not experience the same problems as expats do in lots of countries. With the present low exchange rates due to the financial problems in Europe many expats (living outside Europe) who are depending on Euro’s, have to suffer a lower income...
When you live in the Philippines or you are on a vacation you sometimes see lots of items which you want to bring home to decorate your place or as a souvenir. Manila has several areas where tourists go to buy some souvenirs. Aside from department stores and the Quiapo area there is another...
My most favorite artist in the Philippines is POKWANG for a number of reasons. I admire her comic appearance, she is straight to the point, but also sensitive and humble. Her struggle for life and her determination to achieve somebody and to be able to help her family makes me a great fan of...
Earlier I posted a story and pictures of a house build on a cliff in Angono – Binangonan in Rizal Province HERE A few days ago Flor and I attended a birthday celebration in Angono. As always I bring my camera and try to make some nice shots of the surroundings and other interesting...
Filipinos of all ages are enjoying the circus that has come to be known as the 2010 elections. Streets in the Philippines are decorated with pictures of the Stars, and want-to-be-stars. The biggest Filippine Circus is searching for about 17,000 new artists. And there are more than 85,000 want-to-be-stars who all want to become...
Maintenance and repair in the Philippines is a thing I am wondering about a lot. If I look around at houses, streets, vehicles and actually at everything what needs maintenance, I notice that the state of most of those items is very poor. At the moment our rented house is undergoing some renovation and...
Driving in the Philippines is difficult because of the fact that traffic rules and signs are merely suggestions than rules. Almost nobody is following them. This also goes for motorcycles. I wrote something on driving in manila already before, check it HERE. I have never seen so many motorcycles in the Philippines than these last...
Taglish is the name of the common street-language used in the Philippines. It is a mixture of Tagalog and English. This makes this langauge sometimes difficult to understand, but it makes it most of the times funny to read. The picture (near a public toilet facility) says: E hi = just a pee: 1 peso, Tae...
Some people are saying that Easter in the Philippines goes with cruelty. The Filipinos themselves see it as a part of their culture and their religion. Every year on Good Friday (this year on April 2, 2010) several men are crucified in a village named Cutud some 80 kms north of Manila. This kind...
Next week will be Holy Week again, the week before Easter. This is a special week in the Philippines and other Roman Catholic countries. In all parishes, all over the country a procession will be held along all stations of the way of the cross. There usually are 14 (sometimes 15) stations where the...
It’s Summer in the Philippines. What’s new about that, would you probably answer. The reason I am writing this is to tell you about what’s happening in the Philippines these days with electricity and water supply. It is very sunny every day with a few small clouds. Temperatures during the day are between 32...
My wife Flor and I have decided not to move to an other place, but to stay in our rented house for some time. It is a two story house, single detached which is build some 25 years ago. The house has been renovated over the years and is doing fine to our standards....
In one of the usergroups of Yahoo (Filipino-American_Network usergroup) someone posted a nice overview of the Presidential Candidates for the coming Election in the Philippines. I am not much interested in the Philippine politics, but I follow this election a little. Read for yourself, I publish the complete article here: If you were buying...
A few days ago we were in Marikina with a Brittish-Filipino couple. While going around we wanted to drink something and take a little rest. We went to Pan de Amerikana, a restaurant, bread shop and cafe in Marikina, barangay Conception Dos. The place is founded in 1950 as a bake shop where you can buy several kinds of fresh baked bread...
Also in Manila seedling bank I have found a rare Dutch Canon. I know from my histoty classes when I was young and still at school that the Dutch were a nation with lots of ships sailing around the world to trade. Especially in this part of Asia. They also fought several wars against...
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