BBC TV in Philippines

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Dipolog house and lot for sale
UK TV in Philippines

There has been one thing that I have really been missing in the Philippines and that is UK TV, whilst in Malaysia there was access to a couple of channels and Star sports screened Rugby, plus there was an Australian channel, but her we have to put up with American channels, which are no match for the Likes of BBC.

I have now discovered it is possible to watch BBC via your computer this sounds like a great idea. The cost is less than 10 Euro (570PHP). I am already planning on purchasing a large screen for my computer later in the year, so this could serve a duel purpose.

I am at present using a PLDT DSL connection at 3Mbps, so this should be more than adequate to receive the service.

The only thing that I will need to be careful of is not to become a slave to the TV, however as the Philippines is 8 hours ahead of the UK the timing difference will temper what is available to watch.

Dipolog house and lot for sale
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Dipolog House and Lot For Sale

Original Article @ Dipolog house and Lot for Sale

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Still the work is not complete

It seems unbelievable our Dipolog house is still not finished, we made a big mistake of paying upfront, and I firmly advise anyone who plans to have a house built for them in the Philippines demands stage payments, so that the contract only gets paid when each stage is completed. I should have walked away from Mediatrix homes in Dipolog city and built a house elsewhere.

I have been providing a weekly list of outstanding items which include moving light switches to outside of bathrooms, installing hot water to sink in dirty kitchen, supply drain in shared bathroom upstairs, and repairs to ridge tiles which were not correctly installed.

The good news is that the power shower in the shared bathroom now works correctly, but that took 3 weeks to be installed even after supplier advised us it was in stock, somehow I think the contractor has a cash flow problem.

Garden landscaping has been completed by a private contractor and once the front gates are installed this weekend that will be complete.

We had our first electricity bill yesterday and guess what it came in at half the amount that the local electricity company estimated, because we do not use all the lights and air con that has been installed. So now I will request that the electricity company return half our deposit.

The next issue to be tackled is the community pool. residents have been waiting two years for this ands it was supposed to be completed last year. now school holidays are starting next week and pool is like a green duck pond. I used it once some weeks ago, but suspect that they do not know how to keep it clean.

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