My Story

We were married in the Philippines back in 1989 and I will never forget the wedding...it was so long and we had to kneel for what seemed like hours listening to a service that today I cannot even remember one word of. So was it worth it and I would I do it again? I would not hesitate as finding my Filipina Asawa has been the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Your Filipina Wife
Filipina Asawa Merchandise

Philippines Retirement Report

Get your FREE copy of the StreetWise Publications Philippines Retirement Report NOW!

Customs & Immigration


FREE REPORT


Get your copy of this new report on Philippines Customs and Immigration from Streetwise Philippines.
Travel Safe Report


Our FREE ‘Getting Around The Philippines Safely’ 24 page intelligence briefing will give you the ‘heads up’ you need to make StreetWise decisions about something back home we take for granted. Transportation.

Get you FREE travel safe report NOW!

Posts Tagged ‘tampo’

No Word For Privacy In Filipino

There are hundreds of dialects and several major languages spoken in the Philippines, including Taglish, that mix of English and Tagalog so loved by the A crowd on local television. No matter whether they are speaking in Tagalog, VIsayan, Ilocano, Pampangan, Waray Waray, Bicolano or any other native tongue…. there is no word for privacy!

I used an online Tagalog-English Dictionary and got this result for ‘privacy’:

Search result for privacy:

No match found!

Checking the Visayan-English Dictionary produced an identical result:

“privacy”
was not found in the dictionary

So what does that tell us, men who are about to marry a Filipina? If there is no word for something then it really can’t be something that is understood in that culture, can it? And it isn’t!

Be warned, your darling Honeyko will see nothing wrong with her going through your diary, email, computer, photo albums, old letters in fact anything where she can possibly trap you with evidence of your infidelity.

She will expect it and in fairness she is often quite correct that there were other women before her. It matters not if you were divorced, widowed, split up or whatever, she will feel you still love whoever else has been in your life more than her, irregardless of who is actually sleeping next to you at the time and it isn’t the ex-wife or school days sweetheart.

We’ll speak more of this later, but for now, you have been warned!


Philippine Books
Filipina 101

This valuable resource will help you navigate the shoals and reefs of online dating and finding a Filipina of your very own. Comprehensive and informative it is a very easy to read book. Filipina 101 – Finding your dream girls

Filipina 202

Filipina 202 tells you everything you need to marry your Filipina, either in the Philippines or back home. It also includes valuable advice if you should go for a marriage or fiancé visa when migrating her to where you live.

Filipina 303

Filipina 303 – Making The Magic Last is all about what to do once the novelty wears off and the hum drum of everyday life grinds on This book will help you keep the magic in your marriage to a Filipina.

Philippine Dreames

If you are dreaming about escaping the rat race, then read the experiences of Perry Gamsby who did just that and ‘escape to the Philippines. Amusing and informative, this is an excellent resource.

Making A Living In The Philippines

Getting a job in the Philippines for a foreigner is not easy, but it can be done. I did it several times. I also owned businesses and made investments. You can earn a living in the Philippines by working or starting a business.

Philippines Property Primer

Philippines Property Primer is the first resource many expats turn to when thinking about buying, selling, renting or developing real property in the Philippines.

Philippines Survival Handbook

This is more than just your average travel guide, this is personal risk management for the Philippines so you can enjoy your vacation to the Philippines without the hassles

Filina Dreams

The compilation of three priceless volumes on the topic of cross cultural marriage to a Filipina. From finding her to marrying her to migrating her to your country and then making it all work.