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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How Too Productively Work your Home Business

There are different methods and strategies which people use when building a home based business. Some use email marketing as their primary method while other people spend time writing articles much like this one. These two methods set out for long term results and are not as productive as using the phone, holding small business conferences (on or offline), or introducing a person face to face about your products or services.

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Marketing Your Business

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Marketing your Business

Some time ago I researched information about Dipolog City and found sites for both the region Zanorte and the City itself, however the information on the sites had not been kept up to date and one site was missing altogether, perhaps it is been revised. How can a city attract visitors and investment when information is not up to date. One glaring example was the electrical supply situation where no mention was made about the fact of a major upgrade that is at present underway. I gleaned this information from a private site that suggests it supplies news on a daily basis but was last updated in October.

I have today revisited my research and the site that was missing is now up an running, operated by the tourist board, however it is does not have an English version of news which surprises me. I think the site is still under construction as many link do not work. The Local electricity supplier site is still also incomplete but is slowly being updated, hopefully this work will be completed soon, as it could be a good source of information as to when planned maintenance is being undertaken.

When you are marketing a business online it is vital that your website is kept up to date and the same goes for public information sites otherwise your visitors will disappear.

Commercial sites must have a constant supply of fresh information, for example details of special offers, prices changes, sales or even changes in personnel and management. An easy way of supplying this information is to write a daily blog and then connect the feed the the index page of your blog, this will ensure visitors including search engine robots will keep coming back for more.

Until the next time

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Life In the Philippines

Life in the Philippines
Living our Dream

Schools have now started their new year, which made a big hole in our pockets paying for fees, books and uniform, as Jay is in a private school. We believe we have made a good choice as the classes are smaller and the teachers communicate with parents on an almost daily basis, and discipline is strict with a system of rewards and punishments.

We had a visit from a Dutch neighbour who also lives in our gated community and he gave us some pineapple cuttings and a young orange tree to add to our collection of small trees such as lemon, apple mango and dwarf coconut trees. I think it will be 5 years or more before they will bear fruit, but at least I will not need to learn how to climb a coconut tree. The only problem we have is how to stop our two young dogs from digging everything up.

Work wise I have continued with my research on ways of creating additional wealth, as I would like to provide a safe and reliable way to produce additional income. My pre launch Forex business seems to have peeked with just over 300 subscribers, so hopefully when it comes on line in August, it could bring in $3,000 per month. but only time will tell, however its what I refer to as a no lose opportunity as it was free.

I need to visit our local electricity supplier (Zamboanga Del Norte Electric Cooperative) for an explanation why the costs of generating continue to rise at a time that fuel prices are falling. I am also looking for a rebate of my Deposit as my electricity consumption is about half what they estimated.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+639991141149

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Motivation Equals Success

With everything we do in our lives, motivation is the biggest determining factor of whether something will get done or not. This could be any task no matter how large or small. Let's say you own a home based business. What is defined to be the drive for success? How do we stay motivated to succeed? With your own business it is very easy to get sidetracked and become lazy. After all, you are the boss right? Procrastination takes its course embedding the mind with non-productive thoughts to steer away any and all motivation.

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Life In the Philippines

Life in the Philippines

There has been a tropical storm sitting to the east of the Philippines for the past week, so we having been having a bit more rain than usually, don't have to water the garden so often, it seems the Philippines missed the worst of the storm but a few fishing boats were lost.

A journalist and crew went missing in Jolo on Independence day. Jolo is an Island between Malaysia and the Philippines SW of Mindanao, where I live and is a base for local is a base of a Muslim terrorist group. The government has taken no action as there is still debate as to if he is missing or not and until that is resolved, or a ransom note is received no action can be taken.

I am still searching for a KJV Bible for Jay but it is proving a difficult task, I have however found a small store that sells 2nd had novels, so that might be useful for the future. I have even started searching online bust so far no success.

Local schools are back, so need to avoid town at start and end of school day due to traffic jams

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+639991141149

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The idea of working from home is spreading quickly through families worldwide. Most people begin to think about taking this low cost risk when they involve themselves with a reputable company with a solid track record and a valuable product or service people need. Just think about it for a minute. The ability to work when you want, as long as you want, without having to commute, spend money on gas or live the day to day stress of a 9-5 job. This is a very appealing business model to me. I am that person who does not handle authority very well-especially when that authority gets to dictate the pay I get regardless of how hard I work.

You see, with a home based business model, I get to choose my pay, when I get a raise and how hard I would like to work. When building a business in the beginning, it is extremely important to work as hard as you can with "productive work" as opposed to "busy work".

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Life In the Philippines

Life in the Philippines

The past week has proved to me that the contractor who installed my gate is not to be trusted as he substituted a poor quality gate instead of what was specified, the installation is crude, and it will be virtually impossible to upgrade for remote control.

The Philippines celebrates it independence day on Tuesday, and our routine shopping day, yesterday was interrupted dues to road closures caused by processions with bands and dancers who were also celebrating the foundation of the state of Zanorte. Our quest was to find a book store where we could purchase a holy Bible King James version in English.

Books are hard to find in Dipolog city and looking online we found references to a book store in Friendly Mart, so we went there and the store guide pointed to the fourth floor, but no sign of any books, however a further search revealed a small section in the stationary department and I was able to purchase a English(US) dictionary, but no sign of a bible.

When locals refer to English here they are actually talking about American English many do not realise that, English spellings and meanings are different in American English. Words such as colour spelt as color and trousers are referred to as pants in American.

Security in out gated sub-division is being beefed up following a couple of break ins in another estate, until now the security guards tended to let anyone in. they are now planning a possible wireless entry system, security cameras and also radios for the security guards rather than mobile phones.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+63659082832

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With everything we do in our lives, motivation is the biggest determining factor of whether something will get done or not. This could be any task no matter how large or small. Let's say you own a home based business. What is defined to be the drive for success? How do we stay motivated to succeed? With your own business it is very easy to get sidetracked and become lazy. After all, you are the boss right? Procrastination takes its course embedding the mind with non-productive thoughts to steer away any and all motivation.

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