- life in the Philippines

  Like so many others I am following the developments around the coming elections in the Philippines which will be held on May 10, 2010. It seems to be a close fight between two candidates: Noynoy Aquino (only son of the late president Cory Aquino) and Manny Villar (self made billionaire, and project developer...
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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....
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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 used...
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We came back from Pioduran Albay on Sunday, January 10. We have been visiting family and celebrated the 95th birthday of my father-in-law and my own 60th birthday.
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Having a party in the Philippines means drinking, aside from dancing, singing karaoke, and eating. Mostly men are drinking. I haven’t seen women drinking often. If they do: just moderately. Men like to drink untill they got drunk or even beyond. The procedure and ingredients:
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During the afternoon and evening we had contact with some nieces who are living in Holland through Yahoo Messenger. In this way they had the feeling that they were included in the party too.
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Last January 6, my father-in-law and myself were celebrating our birthday. Pay (as my father in law is called by us) was born in 1915 so he became 95. Myself I was born in 1950 and celebrated my 60th birthday on January 7. A big party was organized by my wife and her siblings.
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Some 95 years ago, January 6, 1915 a boy was born in the Philippines. His parents named him Luciano.
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This post I am writing directly from Pioduran Albay. The hometown of my in-laws. This is the place where my father-in-law lives with his youngest daughter and her family. It’s also the place where we are staying right now.
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