So you have finally decided on building your own house in the Philippines, the area you are going to build in and decided that the environmental tests the Philippines will throw at you constantly are worth it. So, take some advice from someone who spent hours on YouTube. If you decide to go cheap, you…
Building a house in the Philippines
So now you have decided to retire to the Philippines, you need to decide to buy or build a house in the Philippines. If you read my previous posts on retiring to the Philippines, you will have read that you cannot own land as an ex-pat. So, if you are single or not sure you…
Cost of living in the Philippines 2021
If you search YouTube or Google for “The Cost of Living in the Philippines 2021”, there will be hundreds of hits. All clickbait and all trying to get your time watching their videos to increase their revenues and income. I do however recommend “The Filipina Pea” as a source of truth. Yes, my blog, affiliate…
Moving to the Philippines to retire Part 2
In my previous article, “Moving to the Philippines and Why”, I talked about Philippines Visas, the Philippines cost of living and buying property in the Philippines. In this article, I want to show my thoughts on the Filipino people. Their culture and other reasons I love the Philippines and the people. What is it like…
Moving to the Philippines to retire.
moving to the Philippines to retire and why I have made that choice. How i am going to retire in the Philippines.
Employee Engagement – Another reason to be self-employed.
So, I decided this week to do an article on employee engagement as a part 2 article to “Bad Management and Office Assassins.“ If you ask a lot of managers how they engage their workforce, they will look at you as though you just took a dump on their office desk. Why? Because they think…
Bad Management and Office Assassins – A reason to be self-employed
Bad Management, Bad managers and office assassins? It sounds like Game of Thrones! To be honest, I believe every company in the west is like this. You have your different sections, the self-imposed leaders and their loyal assassins. I left the British RAF in 2001. It was my first job and had been from the…
Is now a good time to buy a house as a first-time buyer?
So, is now a good time to buy a house? In my opinion, the right or wrong time to buy is a very personal question and something that only you can answer. Buying a house is right up there on the most stressful things you can do in life. Unless you are very wealthy, the…
Passionate about Photography
So why photography, why have I become passionate about photography, and why is photography important? It is all about being alone. Some people go to church, and some people have a therapist. Photography is my therapy, and the landscape is my therapist. I have talked in previous articles about my struggles with mental health, depression…
Dealing with Grief
This is not an article on the paranormal or psychic connections but on how we deal with life after the death of someone we love. Coping with grief and the loss of someone we love. I started learning about grief early in my life. At 13, my grandfather died (mums dad). Although a strong man…