Life In the Philippines

Life in the Philippines
ExpatTV

The Olympics has started and coverage in the Philippines is not good however by using my Expat TV, I am able to watch live and also recorded sessions on any event. The BBC as host nation controls the broadcasting, with individual countries deciding what programs they will broadcast, which of does not suit all viewer.

The Expat TV system can access the all the events, so you can watch your favourite team or individual. I think it is great. The secret is not to look at the results but seek out events you want to watch in order to keep the surprise.

On other matters one of our local supermarkets is running a health week and offering free checkups, I and my family took up the offer however they only tested blood pressure rather than also calculating the BMI and measuring weight ,height, and waist measurements.

This was disappointing, however my partner blood pressure was measured above the normal level, so we will need to to test again to see if she has a problem.

We are still suffering a lot of rain and high winds with a stream of depressions passing close to the Philippines and the electrical system has suffered from a number of brown outs.

On the home front Jasmin finally mastered driving in Dipolog city and has the confidence to take our 4*4 for for shopping trips to the market, and to take Jay to and from school when it is raining.

This week we had the change to meet a group of German ex-pats, one of whom hosted a party at his farm outside Polenco. He has a nice set up with coconut trees surrounding his homestead, not far from an army camp, which is good for security.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+639991141149

Life In the Philippines

Life in the Philippines
Living your Dream

Yesterday we traveled to Sindangan as my partner was the sponsor for a Christening, which meant an early start to the day, as the event was to take place at 7AM, in the morning. I am not sure why events are held so early, perhaps it to avoid the heat of the days, or maybe it because they are not good timekeepers.

Whilst the ceremony was taking place I took the opportunity to check the measurement of out small house that we have for rental in order to update our advertisement.

We went to Teahans's beach resort for lunch with our friend's before returning home in the afternoon after filling our car with plants for the garden. Over lunch we discussed the difficulties of operating a business in the Philippines, yes its a great place to live if you have outside resources to support you. But in Mindanao, there is not much money around, so If your dream is to live in the tropics you need to plan accordingly.

I have been working on plans to build my own marketing business here , and you either have to target business with money or else work in the free or low cost market so that people can get onto the first step of the ladder.

One such business is my pre-launch Forex business, which produced yet another winning trade, last week boosting my account by a further 12%. investment program has already proven to be successful, it works well and is very quick on returning your earning to Payza, so I highly recommend this on a short term basis.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+639991141149

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Life in the philippines

Life in the Philippines
Tropical storms

Once again this week a tropical storm has been hanging around the Philippines, with the result that there tends to be heavy rain in the evenings, just when I settle down to catch up on the latest news on TV.

The satellite systems sold here have far to small a dish to receive a good signal when it rains and it is something that the providers need to address, it also effects cable suppliers in the provinces as well as virtually all content is bounced of satellite at some point apart from local channels.
I have subscribed to Expat TV which allow me to watch programs from the UK on my computer and I starting to think that I might ditch my satellite, as the Internet is not effected by the weather, unless of course the power or phone lines are damaged by falling trees.

Last week I had a meeting with the local electricity supplier and they agreed to take up my complaint about how they calculated my deposit with their Board. A number of other items were discussed, including their website which is still under construction, as they have a vacancy. I made a suggestion that is they removed links from the site to pages which were not complete, visitors would have a better browsing experience.

For some time now I have been searching for ways for people to be able to improve life in the Philippines, and yesterday when out for a visit to the beach we stopped off at a restaurant in Dapitan city, where a business presentation was being held. As we finished our lunch, I asked for an information pack, as it maybe something that I could build as a local source of income.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+639991141149

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