Tag: philippines

Posted in Visa

13a Visa application

CONVERSION TO NON-QUOTA IMMIGRANT VISA BY MARRIAGE (PROBATIONARY) – 13a  We got married 2 years ago.  Before…

Posted in Cooking & Recipes Videos

Cassava Cake

My wife wanted to make some cassava cake for her birthday (and our 2nd anniversary).   I had…

Posted in Budget

Budget v Actual Spending – March 2016

Budget March 2016 It has been a while since I tracked my spending.  It is a real…

Posted in Hiking Touring Iloilo Vacation

Bulabog Putian National Park

  Every year, for Easter, the family wants to go somewhere way too crowded.  One year we…

Posted in Vacation Videos

Hong Kong & Disneyland

  We needed to leave the country so I could get a balikbayan stamp in my passport….

Posted in Vacation Visa

Traveling for a balikbayan stamp

  I have been doing the tourist visa extensions for a couple years.  While easy, it does…

Posted in Cooking & Recipes

Falafel time!

In my quest for making some ‘tastes of home’ I decided I needed some falafel.  While not…

Posted in Expat Musings Filipino Culture

Sometimes what you hear… is not what is being said…

  I have lived here for 3 years now, and have picked up very little of the…

Posted in Cooking & Recipes Hobbies Videos

Cooking lunch for friends

We finished the house and got moved in… which is part of the reason I have not…

Posted in Budget Home Construction

Home Construction Begins

My wife and I were discussing going back to the US to live & work for a…

Posted in Cooking & Recipes Hobbies

Wiener Schnitzel

  Wiener Schnitzel ~Edit~ I did make a video, but it is very long ha ha. In…

Posted in Restaurants

Ole Spanish Tapas Bar & Restaurant – Iloilo

Ole Restaurant Iloilo. If you are familiar with Boracay you have most likely seen Ole. A favorite…