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Part 2 – Q&A.. Answering Questions About the Philippines

January 31, 2018 Reekay ASK HENRY, Overseas Culture, Preparing To Travel

Welcome to Part 2 in a series of videos where I answer questions posed by you on a variety of issues about the Philippines.  More

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Finding Your Own Path

December 9, 2016 Reekay My Story, Overseas Culture

[originally posted Dec. 11, 2013]  –  When I first left my home-country to move to the Philippines, it was all very exciting but there was

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[Diary] – Feb, 2014; (Finally) Returning to Bohol, Philippines!

February 27, 2014 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts

February – 2014  This is one page per month devoted to the more personal experiences related to my life in the Philippines.  I’ll toss in some

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Give Me The Simple Life

February 5, 2014 Reekay My Story

Just like being in a relationship, things go much better when your needs are being met. I think the same applies to starting a new

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Finding Your Bliss in the Philippines

February 4, 2014 Reekay Preparing To Travel

I have mentioned before that, while I’m no Buddhist… I am a minimalist. My comfort level can handle not going to Starbucks every morning or

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Time in the Philippines; More or Less

February 1, 2014 Reekay My Story

Back in 2005 I was working my 20th year as a plastics engineering tech for a major company. I was getting good pay, fantastic benefits,

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Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie

January 31, 2014 Reekay Overseas Culture

My girlfriend, a Filipina, will hear me use American phrases every so often that I just keep presuming everyone has heard. They are common phrases

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But I Don’t Want To Wear Pants

January 30, 2014 Reekay Overseas Culture, Videos

Two weeks ago I had to make my first appearance at the BI (Bureau of Immigration) over in Cebu. I live on Mactan, just across

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[Diary] – Sept-Nov, 2013; Two Crazy Months

November 20, 2013 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts, Overseas Culture

Sept thru November – 2013  This is one page per month devoted to the more personal experiences related to my life in the Philippines.  I’ll toss

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Love In The Philippines, “What’s It All About, Reekay?”

September 7, 2013 Reekay My Story, Overseas Culture

Back when I was a kid of eight years old, it was 1971.  I lived a pretty sheltered life and had no clue what sex

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[Diary] – August, 2013; Staying Busy, Big Changes & Loving Life

September 2, 2013 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts, Overseas Culture

Month of AUGUST – 2013  This is one page per month devoted to the more personal experiences related to my life in the Philippines.  I’ll toss

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Learning To Ride a Scooter in the Philippines

August 13, 2013 Reekay My Story, Out & About Town, Overseas Culture, Preparing To Travel

Well, to begin with I’ve never ridden a motorcycle growing up.  So learning to ride a scooter in the Philippines was an altogether new experience

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[Diary] – July, 2013; 1 Year Here, Loving It!

July 12, 2013 Reekay ASK HENRY

Month of JULY – 2013  This is one page per month devoted to the more personal experiences related to my life in the Philippines.  I’ll toss

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[Ask Henry] – What Motivated You To Move To The Philippines?

July 3, 2013 Reekay ASK HENRY

Question:  “Hi Henry.  Just thought I would shoot you a quick line to let you know that I stumbled upon your website the other day and

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Cost of Living in the Philippines

July 1, 2013 Reekay Out & About Town, Preparing To Travel

I’ve been asked at least half a dozen times regarding the cost of living in the Philippines and wanted to wait until I could really

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The New Philippines Extended Visa, Deal or No-Deal?

June 19, 2013 Reekay Legal Things To Know, Preparing To Travel, Videos

About a week ago I got a link from a reader, Roxas Ron, about the new extended 6-month Visa the Philippines just rolled out this

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[Diary] – June, 2013; Catsby, Drinking, Hubal-Hubal & Ghosts in the Forest

June 15, 2013 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts

Month of JUNE- 2013  This is one page per month devoted to the more personal experiences related to my life in the Philippines.  I’ll toss in

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[Ask Henry] – Finding A Good Filipina Wife

May 29, 2013 Reekay ASK HENRY, Overseas Culture

Today’s question from a reader hits on the issue of finding a good Filipina for a wife.  What is the best approach?  Where to look?

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[Photos] – The Tambis Solution & Kids in the Philippines

May 24, 2013 Reekay Overseas Culture, Photos

Kids in the Philippines.  Well, when you get right down to it kids are pretty much the same everywhere.  Playing all day and getting into

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[Photos] – Random Places Gallery #2

May 15, 2013 Reekay Out & About Town, Overseas Culture, Photos

All of these particular photos are from May of 2013 and either in Bohol or Bogo for the most part.  I’ve been meaning to upload

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JTOL – All Foreigners Are Rich, Right?

May 14, 2013 Reekay Just Thinking Out Loud (Video)

“All Foreigners Are Rich, Right?”  Whether you’re just here for two weeks or you’ve been here for a year, unless you either speak the local dialect or

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Getting Mugged In The Philippines

May 12, 2013 Reekay My Story, Out & About Town, Preparing To Travel

Most days here in the Philippines things move along pretty smoothly.  Maybe once every two months you might have some minor inconvenience in the day.

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[Video] – Some Unexpected Eye Candy

May 8, 2013 Reekay Out & About Town, Videos

So there I was.. just minding my own business at theICM mall in Tagbilaran, Bohol.. I’d been doing about the most mundane thing you could

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[Video] – The Tagbilaran Fish & Veggies Market

April 25, 2013 Reekay Out & About Town, Overseas Culture, Videos

One of the things I enjoy doing is taking a browse through the Bohol Fish Market, here in Tagbilaran.  These sort of places are often

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[Ask Henry] – What’s The ‘Down’ Side of Paradise?

April 20, 2013 Reekay ASK HENRY

Question: “Hey Henry, I enjoy reading your articles and the experiences you are having there. Now you may or may not remember me but I’ve said

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[Diary] – April, 2013; Irons in the Fire, Blackouts, Clumsy-Cat

April 16, 2013 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts

Month of APRIL – 2013  This is one page per month devoted to the more personal experiences related to my life in the Philippines.  Daily life

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[Video] – The Jungle Trail (in the daytime)

April 15, 2013 Reekay My Story, Overseas Culture, Videos

A friend of mine (Adolfo Saldana) asked if I could show what the trail looked like during the daytime which I took in my last

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The Jungle: Stuff to Know When Living in the Province

April 4, 2013 Reekay My Story, Overseas Culture

As some of you may already know, they really don’t refer to the rural areas of the Philippines here as ‘the jungle’.. even though that’s

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[Video] – A NightWalk Through the Jungle – Philippines

March 31, 2013 Reekay My Story, Out & About Town, Videos

It’s been three weeks since I made the move here to the island of Bohol.  The home I live in is not located in town,

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Where is ‘Home’ For the ExPat?

March 22, 2013 Reekay Out & About Town, Overseas Culture, Preparing To Travel

I was recently reading an article talking about the ‘dark side’ of being an expat.  In that article it focused on the sentiments primarily of

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