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At Work with my Husband
2008-05-01 11:30:00 This week I have a 5 day weekend! I decided to spend 1 day of these working with my husband as part of our trial phase to see and feel how it is to spend a day working with him. Yesterday was a holiday here and it is called Queen?s Day but he wanted to ... More About: Planning , Work , Milestones , Husband
August 2008 Visit to the Philippines
2008-05-01 05:50:00 Just a quick update: The countdown to August 2008 will still be the same although now August will be the trial scouting trip instead of the actual moving trip. Since we are still waiting for confirmation on new projects that we will be working with MrC’s client by end of this month ... More About: Philippines , Milestones , Visit
Possible risks
2008-04-22 19:41:00 Now, I realize how much this plan depends on one major factor: MrC’s client. Today, MrC met with his big client who will be our first customer in order to discuss with them our plans of providing outsourcing from the Philippines. They told him that they are thinking of outsourcing but what they are not ...
Mixed Feelings
2008-04-19 12:39:00 This week, I had experienced a mixture of emotions about my life here in the Netherlands and our plans to go back to the Philippines. The past few weeks I have realized that I have been fortunate or blessed to have such a remarkable group of colleagues at work. The company responded well to my requests and they are doing all their best to improve my work situation. My manager has been (more…) © 2008 BacktothePhilippines.com All Rights Reserved More About: Feelings , Mixed
Married Couple As Business Partners in an IT Business
2008-04-13 09:05:00 From the beginning, I have talked about our business plans here as one of the main purpose for going back to the Philippines. Starting a business is complicated enough, and being in business with a family member such as a spouse could make things a bit more sensitive. We need to clearly define the division ... More About: Personal , Business , Musings , Career , Couple
Some Unfinished Business
2008-04-06 13:26:00 There are things that I am still undecided whether I should pursue or just leave hanging. First of all, there is the Integration Program which I have not completed because my level of Dutch has not reached the minimum yet. I passed reading, writing, speaking but was quite unfortunate not to pass ... More About: Personal , Business , Musings , Immigration , Language
Almost everyone knows about our plan now
2008-04-06 12:43:00 This week we have made announcements to several people about our plans to go back to the Philippines. My supervisor already knows about this but this week I have asked him whether our General Manager also knows about my plans and he confirmed that the GM knows about it too. I feel ... More About: Milestones , Plan
Finding Bubbles
2008-04-05 08:00:00 This posting is an experiment in the power of blogging. I will find out if it is possible to find someone you’ve lost touch with using a blog posting. For her own privacy, I will only use her nickname here, which is Bubbles and hope that through the story I ... More About: Nostalgia
Home
2008-04-01 20:54:00 Yesterday afternoon, my in-laws visited and as expected, while having cup of tea our plans to go to the Philippines became one of the topics. One thing that somehow I ended up saying is that sometimes I thought I should finally have a stable place where I can call home not thinking that I will ... More About: Personal , Home , Musings
Going Abroad and Coming back to the Philippines
2008-03-29 07:38:00 I just wanted to clarify that I am not implying in this blog that everyone in the Philippines stay where they are and not even think of living abroad. I am also not even suggesting that everyone pack their bags and leave their new country at the first sign of loneliness or culture ... More About: Musings , Back
Hard to Translate Tagalog words
2008-03-27 21:20:00 For all of us who have English as our second language, we would sometimes have a concept or word that we try to translate but we find ourselves having a hard time giving it an exact word to replace it and instead we end up explaining the concept or dictionary meaning to the person we ... More About: Words , Language , Hard , Tagalog , Translate
Bringing your foreign partner to the Philippines
2008-03-24 06:48:00 Lately, I have been seeing several Google searches that led to my site that pertain to people wanting to bring their non-Filipino significant others to the Philippines . I have also seen some blogs and forums talking about this same topic. It’s really interesting to see that a lot of foreigners from developed ... More About: Partner , Immigration , Foreign
Follow the money or let it follow you
2008-03-23 06:03:00 One thing in life that I have observed is that most people do is follow where the money is. They study for a certain course or pursue a certain profession because they think that it is where the money is. I think this mentality is common in our culture. Just look at ... More About: Money , Musings , Career
In praise of the Philippine blog community
2008-03-22 16:07:00 First of all, I just wanted to say that inspite of my headache today (maybe because it’s very cold here!) I am very much encouraged by all the comments I received after re-launching this blog. During the past weeks, I discovered and read a lot of blogs from people from all walks of life. ... More About: Community , Blog , Praise , Discoveries
A new domain and a new home!
2008-03-21 23:05:00 A few weeks ago I bought my own domain backtothephilippines.com and today thanks to my husband my blog is now hosted on his server. With his help, I have installed Wordpress MU and now this site has the ability to host multiple blogs. You would probably notice that I am ... More About: News , Domain , Home
Learning more about Philippine History
2008-03-14 16:31:00 Do you want to refresh your knowledge of Philippine history? Or perhaps you’ve never visited the country but would like some background information. Did you know that there is a wealth of information available in the internet and most of it is free. I could not believe that I was able to find ... More About: Books , History , Learning
A visit to the US Consulate (More information about Dual Nationality, etc.)
2008-03-07 17:43:00 Recently, I visited the US Consulate here in Amsterdam hoping to get answers to my long piled up questions. And boy, I was glad I went there. The person I spoke to was very helpful and accommodating. I think he’s one of the consuls because he was the one who signed my ... More About: Information , Visit , Dual
Places to Live Outside of Metro Manila
2008-03-06 17:30:00 I grew up in Paranaque. I lived there with my family close to 16 years. Prior to that we lived in the province of Nueva Ecija for 8 years. I have lived abroad for the past 12 years! Time flies by so quickly indeed. Anyways, I have no plans ... More About: Places , Metro , Live , Manila , Metro Manila
Help! The US Dollar is falling too fast
2008-03-04 17:45:00 If anyone just happens to read this posting. I would really appreciate your comments or advice on how to deal with this falling dollar exchange rate against Peso (and euros for that matter)? I have significantly saved in Dollar s in my former life in the US but I have no idea if there is ... More About: News , Fast
Someone sent me flowers today
2008-02-28 09:43:00 Just a few minutes ago (around 9:00), our doorbell buzzed and I heard the man say bloemen. I thought he made a mistake and told him he might be looking for the wrong person and asked him who it was for. It sounded like my name but still I had doubts ... More About: Flowers , Today , Career
Taking a break from Work
2008-02-26 10:55:00 One would say that things happen for a reason. I am now taking my needed rest and relaxation from my stressful job (for a couple of weeks), and this has been taken cared of. One thing I can admit is that inspite of the other complains I have of this country — it ... More About: Work , Break , Taking
A Dutch Cafe in Manila
2008-02-24 14:32:00 Hey! I found a Dutch Cafe right in the heart of Manila called Juris Cafe. My husband was so thrilled to see that they serve Bitterballen, Stamppot with Andijvies and Unox sausage and sinigang which are his favorites. Wow, they also serve Belgian beers. The owner is also an Amsterdammer. ... More About: News
More on Dual Nationality for Filipino - Americans
2008-02-24 09:44:00 After reading forums and reading the Advice about Possible Loss of U.S. Citizenship and Dual Nationality these are the main implications of retention of Philippine Citizenship: taking an oath, affirmation or other formal declaration to a foreign state or its political subdivisions (Sec. 349 (a) (2) ... More About: Immigration , Americans , Filipino
A Visit to the Philippine Embassy
2008-02-23 15:50:00 Yesterday, I decided to do finally complete my paperwork errands for my Mom by going to the Philippine Embassy in Den Haag. And at the same time, I figured, I could inquire more about the visa options that we have in line with our plans to come back to the Philippines and stay long-term. ... More About: Immigration , Visit
Interview with a Startup
2008-02-23 07:09:00 Last Wednesday, I went to Leiden for an interview with the startup that tempted me. The guy who interviewed me was the Chief Technology Officer and it was a nice surprise that he was an American guy who came from New York City. So basically, it was a free-flowing conversation and he ... More About: Interview , Career , Startup
Making money with Carabao Milk
2008-02-19 07:05:00 Here's an article I found lately. It's old but it talks of a smart guy from Talavera, Nueva Ecija who put the Carabao milk on the mainstream and he does have a great idea for OFW's who want to invest. The name of his company is DVF Dairy Farm.More details on this article: Milk ing the Profits.Credits for above photo go to: Philippine Pictures More About: Money
How about running a Beach Resort?
2008-02-17 11:51:00 These are photos from the island where my mom's family came from. One of my aunts told me that it is her dream to run a family beach resort in their hometown. Wouldn't it be cool if we could develop some land along these beach line and run this resort ourselves?Yesterday, when my husband told his writer friend about our idea of living in the Philippines he sounded so enthusiastic about it that he would even consider going there and help us run a business such as that. Who knows? A visit to this place is surely on top of our list! More About: Running , Beach , Resort
Tempted
2008-02-15 06:35:00 They say that women can be fickle-minded sometimes and hard to figure out. I didn't know that this would apply to me today. This sort of idea of going to the Philippines is still getting fuzzy again in my head -- at least when it would take place.Out of frustration from my job. I browsed sites during my day-off yesterday. And lo! I found a very interesting job posting. The main catching points were:Flexible working hoursPossibilities to work from homeTrips to New YorkThe possibility of further of growing in my field, but also in building and managing a ICT successful business venture. It was even written in Dutch but I understood it perfectly well and most of the skills needed seem to match my experience.So, to make it short I got tempted and e-mailed the contact from the company directly. In less than 2 minutes I got a reply from him. He wanted an interview! I was so excited I totally forgot about applying for the other jobs. This company seems so interesting that researc...
Stressed with Work Again
2008-02-14 06:41:00 From the movie Office Space: Peter Gibbons: What would you do if you had a million dollars? Lawrence: I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man. Peter Gibbons: That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time? Lawrence: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I were a millionaire I could hook that up, too; 'cause chicks dig dudes with money. Peter Gibbons: Well, not all chicks. Lawrence: Well, the type of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do. Peter Gibbons: Good point. Lawrence: Well, what about you now? what would you do? Peter Gibbons: Besides two chicks at the same time? Lawrence: Well, yeah. Peter Gibbons: Nothing. Lawrence: Nothing, huh? Peter Gibbons: I would relax... I would sit on my ass all day... I would do nothing. Lawrence: Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Take a look at my cousin: he's broke, don't do shit. This blog is not meant to be an... More About: Work
Visa Options for Longer Stay in the Philippines
More articles from this author:2008-02-10 18:50:00 For short-term stay up to 21 days, there is no need for a visa for citizens of The Netherlands.The same goes for a U.S. citizen.Because I am a former Filipino citizen, the following will be our options when we decide to stay longer than 21 days:Balikbayan Program Here, both me and my spouse can stay visa-free for a period of one year. With this, we can purchase tax free up to $1500 worth of goods from a government owned/operated duty free shops. We are also exempted from paying travel tax. However after that one year, we will have to deal with renewals of visas which can be a big hassle if it takes place every 2 months or so. It can also be costly in the long run. We also both need to register as aliens and get an ACR card.Retention of CitizenshipWhen I became a naturalized US citizen, I had lost my Philippine Citizenship. However, with the new provisions of Republic Act No. 9225 I can regain my citizenship after taking an oath of allegiance to the Republic at the nea... More About: Philippines , Options , Visa , Stay 1, 2 |
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