Posts Tagged ‘ - balikbayan ’

This time of the year a lot of Filipinos, living and/or working abroad, are visiting their home country to spend Christmas with their families. In the Philippines it is a customary that home comers are bringing presents. It is called pasalubong. These gifts are very much appreciated
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When we came to the Philippines last year October 2008, I entered the Philippines getting a balikbayan status. My wife Flor is a born Filipina, and that’s the reason I have got this status. This means that I was allowed to stay in the country for 12 months. People mistakenly refer to this as the...
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New and hectic again. On October 5 around 15.45 P.M. our plane landed at Manila Airport. It wasn’t very busy in the customs aerea so it didn’t take too much time to come into the country. All necessary ‘balikbayan’ stamps were given and
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HECTIC, …very hectic…… The last few weeks before our departure to the Philippines were very busy. Because we have decided that we wouldn?t ship all our furniture to the PI because they are quit large and heavy items and the costs for shipping was to much. We decided that we would buy new furniture in...
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