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I’m extremely fortunate that my work as a freelance writer enables me to be located pretty much wherever I want in the world. In fact, if it wasn’t for my work, there’s no way I could have moved to the Philippines in 2010, get married, have kids, etc. All I need to be able to work are … Read more
So… I promised my wife that we’d go somewhere this weekend and not just stay in the house, like we usually do. Imagine her uncontrollable excitement when I said we were going to go to the local sub prison and penal farm, with our 18-month-old daughter! I know it sounds rather bizarre, but our local … Read more
I’ll be publishing a more verbose piece on Monday, including more about our recent discovery that my wife is pregnant again! But in the meantime, I thought I’d post a link to my recent expat interview on LiveWorkAbroad.com. It’s a website designed to ignite the inner passion in people who have a hankering to travel … Read more
Hopefully you’ve read all my previous posts and are up-to-speed with where I am on my Philippines expat journey. If not, I suggest you take a few minutes to discover what the inspiration was for this blog and also why I immigrated to the Philippines in the first place. [Check out my first post: The … Read more
Wow! Almost a whole month since I last wrote anything here. I feel like a naughty kid who has some explaining to do after maiming a family pet. However, there’s a very good reason why I’ve been, let’s face it, f*****g slack recently. But while many of you will be expecting me to cite Christmas … Read more
Good evening from the small island of Mindoro in the Philippines; one of 7,107 islands that make up this beautiful archipelago. Although, I have heard on numerous occasions, that there are sometimes only 7,105 islands at any one time here due to the tides. Either way, I’ve never (touch wood) woken up to find myself … Read more
Okay, so I promised that I would start off with a post this Saturday and I’m good to my word. That’s despite super typhoon Hagupit (Filipino name Ruby – although Hagupit is Filipino for ‘smash’) rapidly approaching. Obviously, if it makes landfall while I’m writing this then it may end abruptly. I’ll try and hit … Read more