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They say not to drink the water but…
… I must have messed up, because I had some serious problems over the last two days. We’ve had a lot of work going on around the house, including work we’ve been doing ourselves. I’ve been pretty exhausted and getting sick on top of it really wore me out. All of these things combined to…
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Can I Have My Personal Space?
I was just thinking about the serious lack of personal space available in Singapore. It’s become even more apparent now that I’m outside the country, in the Philippines. The Philippines can be very crowded in places but I noticed something on the third day of being here: no one had bumped into me, pushed me…
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Cleaning, Cleaning, and more Cleaning
After arriving here on Wednesday we’ve spent the last 5 days cleaning for about 5 hours a day and the end is nowhere in sight. I’m something of a clean freak to start with, but just getting things to a level of basic sanitation and orderliness is my current goal. For the first few months…
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Voting Day in the Philippines for 2010 Elections
Today was voting day for the 2010 elections. We got here just in time to witness the madness. In the US, campaigning can get pretty wild and out of hand, especially when the target audience is a bunch of radicals or ultra-rightwing conservatives, but in the Philippines they step it up a notch. First off,…
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Singapore Airlines vs Philippine Airlines
In 2008 I had the opportunity to fly on Singapore Airlines and earlier this week I flew on Philippine Airlines. I spent two years living in Singapore and am moving on to the Philippines, so I figured it’d be in keeping with this blog to do a comparison of the services offered by both airlines. …
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Giant Billboards
One of the first things you’ll notice as you leave NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport), besides the hellish traffic, are the gigantic billboards. Ya, giant really isn’t even enough to describe these things. Billboards aren’t anything new to me. They’re all over the place in the US, especially along highways, but Manila takes it to…
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Cat Export – Complete! But… Minor Disaster At The Airport!
So, the great saga of exporting cats from Singapore is now complete, but it ended in near disaster. Everything was going great. We got up on time. We got to the airport on time. The Philippine Airlines attendants saw us in the line and pulled us into the business class line to have the cats…
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PX Goods in the Philippines
My wife and I were having a conversation a few weeks ago that just popped back into my head. She was telling me about how imported goods in the Philippines are sometimes called PX goods, but she doesn’t know why. I could be absolutely wrong, but I have a theory about that! As you may…
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Cat Export Preparations Update #7
Monday night the AVA health certification was approved, so I immediately got online and made my payment. I didn’t want to run into any hang-ups with my card not working properly in some scanner at a government office. I didn’t have time to take chances. I did have time to sleep in a bit though. …
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The Soup Spoon @ Bugis Junction
My wife and I are constantly finding and trying new restaurants and I’m kinda sad that this one slipped our notice until just two days before I leave Singapore. The Soup Spoon has some GREAT food. My wife ordered the Simon & Garfunkel Ragout (pronounced ‘ra-goo’). I had a little taste of it and it…
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