Jim Hubbard - Introduction.

[James Hubbard]

Hello, my name is Jim. I am a British man married to a Filipina and we currently live in the Philippines.

I will be 28 years old very soon, and I will soon be returning to the UK to work - as I've pretty much depleted my savings here in the Philippines (I've lived here for a year)!

So, this is just a little bit of an intro about myself.

I hope I can be helpful to others - especially when it's about questions relating to living in the Philippines, and I know that this forum will help a lot to increase my knowledge for bringing my asawa to the UK.

So, for now, I'll wrap up this introduction, and I am glad to be here on this forum.

Many Thanks,

Jim:cwm12:

[AyinX]

Welcome!

I'm sure you will be able to help others in this forum. :)

My husband went through the same route, he lived with me here for 2 years then returned to UK (2007) to work and save!
I'll be applying for spouse visa soon , hopefully our son and I will be able to join him just in time for Christmas. :)

[pumpkins]

hi jim welcome here:Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo:

i will be 28 year old soon also:BouncyHappy::BouncyHappy::BouncyHappy:
where do you live here in the philippines??

[KeithD]

Your lucky Jim, first hello's from two pretty ladies......when I joined I had to use a mirror for a friend :Erm:

[AyinX]

hi jim welcome here:Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo:

i will be 28 year old soon also:BouncyHappy::BouncyHappy::BouncyHappy:
where do you live here in the philippines??

I just turned 28 too pumpkins , and my husband will turn 28 on Feb. ~ what a coincidence. :Erm: :icon_lol:

[bornatbirth]

hi and welcome jim

[pumpkins]

I just turned 28 too pumpkins , and my husband will turn 28 on Feb. ~ what a coincidence. :Erm: :icon_lol:

yap i noticed that Ayinx..
you were just 27 when we were exchanging messages about NSO marriage certificate in las piñas if you can still remember that..

:):):):):):):):):):):)

[aromulus]

I think this thread is derailing a bit.....:Erm:

[Ana_may365]

hia!Jim,welcome aboard:Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo::BouncyHappy::BouncyHappy::BouncyHappy:

[Alan]

Your lucky Jim, first hello's from two pretty ladies......when I joined I had to use a mirror for a friend :Erm:

........and even THAT cracked!:D

Welcome Jim.

Al.:)

[KeithD]

........and even THAT cracked!:D

One less Xmas card to send! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Alan]

One less Xmas card to send! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Still waiting for my 2 previous ones.:rolleyes:

Al.:)

[Sconnie]

Hi Jim and welcome.
Looking forward to hearing about your time in Philippines, where did you live city, village, how did you spend your time ?

[KeithD]

Still waiting for my 2 previous ones.:rolleyes:

Al.:)
Postal service probably picked up on the anthrax & semtex :rolleyes:

[Tiggers0608]

Hi,
welcome to the forum :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Ayjay]

I will be 28 years old very soon, and I will soon be returning to the UK to work - as I've pretty much depleted my savings here in the Philippines (I've lived here for a year)!





Why is this just so predictable..!! It sound like that you can afford to buy your own ticket home, rather than be on the Embassy's distress list, and the British Chamber of Commerce membership having a whip around.

Time to gird up your loins, things in the UK are very tight in terms of employment.

Hopefully you will not return and sign on to benefits etc.. If you do then it will be us tax payers who will have effectively funded your sexually fuelled sojourn in the Philippines..

AJ

[scottishbride]

Welcome to the forum!

[Arthur Little]

Hello, my name is Jim. I am a British man married to a Filipina and we currently live in the Philippines.

I will be 28 years old very soon, and I will soon be returning to the UK to work - as I've pretty much depleted my savings here in the Philippines (I've lived here for a year)!

So, this is just a little bit of an intro about myself.

I hope I can be helpful to others - especially when it's about questions relating to living in the Philippines, and I know that this forum will help a lot to increase my knowledge for bringing my asawa to the UK.

So, for now, I'll wrap up this introduction, and I am glad to be here on this forum.

Many Thanks,

Jim:cwm12:

That's the beauty of this site, Jim ... we're all here to help each other, and share the marvellous fellowship that abounds. :Hellooo: Hello, and Welcome to the friendly forum.

[KeithD]

Hopefully you will not return and sign on to benefits etc.. If you do then it will be us tax payers who will have effectively funded your sexually fuelled sojourn in the Philippines..
AJ
You don't half talk some absoulte crap.

If he's lived here in the past and paid taxes then he's entitled to whatever he can get when he returns to the UK, the same as I get medical treatment in the UK even though I spend more and more time in the US.

As for 'sexually fuelled sojourn' I guess you may be surprised, but this goes on with 10,000's of people every Friday night in the UK :doh

[James Hubbard]

You don't half talk some absoulte crap.

If he's lived here in the past and paid taxes then he's entitled to whatever he can get when he returns to the UK, the same as I get medical treatment in the UK even though I spend more and more time in the US.

As for 'sexually fuelled sojourn' I guess you may be surprised, but this goes on with 10,000's of people every Friday night in the UK :doh


Thanks for saying what I wanted to Win2Win!

As for what AJ said - hmmm, sexually fuelled sojourn - sounds like an A Level English student.

I am married. Hmmm, it's a lot more than just sexual fuel. It's more beer fuelled.

Besides, it wasn't AJ who paid for my sex and beer fuelled sojurn, it was the tenants who were in my house for the last 10 months who just moved out, added to the thousands of quid I had saved from working 7 days a week for a year back in the UK.

But thanks for the welcome to all of you, and especially to the lovely AJ.

Salamat po!

[bornatbirth]

but this goes on with 10,000's of people every Friday night in the UK :doh

how do you know when i make love :Erm:

was it you i saw peeping in the window :D

[somebody]

how do you know when i make love :Erm:

was it you i saw peeping in the window :D


The whole gang of us were outside your on youtube as we speak:D


Welcome Jim where you from in the Uk and where you staying in Phil is your Wife from the same area where you are or elsewhere?

We are nosey on here:D

[James Hubbard]

The whole gang of us were outside your on youtube as we speak:D


Welcome Jim where you from in the Uk and where you staying in Phil is your Wife from the same area where you are or elsewhere?

We are nosey on here:D

Hi Someb!

I am originally from wolverhampton, but have lived all over the place :)

I am now staying in the Visayas, in the Negros region. My wife comes from these parts :) it's about a 10 minute bike ride to her whole family. Same barangay!

Thanks everyone for the welcomes.

[somebody]

Hi Someb!

I am originally from wolverhampton, but have lived all over the place :)

I am now staying in the Visayas, in the Negros region. My wife comes from these parts :) it's about a 10 minute bike ride to her whole family. Same barangay!

Thanks everyone for the welcomes.

Many on here from the Midlands and I think we have quite a few from the Visayas.

Good that your near her family so get to really know them:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[James Hubbard]

Many on here from the Midlands and I think we have quite a few from the Visayas.

Good that your near her family so get to really know them:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Yes Somebody!

I know and love the family. They also know and love me. I am learning the language also. Very nice situation we have here.

Yes, hopefully as time goes on I can get to know more people from this forum :)

salamat somebody!

[LadyJ]

Hello Jim Welcome to the forum:Hellooo:

[IainBusby]

Hi Jim,
Welcome to the forum. :xxgrinning--00xx3:
Loueela & Iain.

[LadyJ]

Hopefully you will not return and sign on to benefits etc.. If you do then it will be us tax payers who will have effectively funded your sexually fuelled sojourn in the Philippines..

AJ

Why not?:cwm23: He could and he will claim all the benefits he might be entitled to!:NoNo:

[simonline]

:Hellooo: Welcome to the forum James :)

[somebody]

Yes Somebody!

I know and love the family. They also know and love me. I am learning the language also. Very nice situation we have here.

Yes, hopefully as time goes on I can get to know more people from this forum :)

salamat somebody!

Indeed nice situation as the weather has now decided summers over it seems in the UK:D

If you are hoping to bring your Wife over on a Spouse Visa and live in the Uk for sometime. Do make sure you spend sometime helping her improve her English (BBC world news useful for this to) very easy it seems for the Brit partner to adapt his/her English so the Phill understands but no use once in the UK when meeting others in social situations.

[James Hubbard]

Indeed nice situation as the weather has now decided summers over it seems in the UK:D

If you are hoping to bring your Wife over on a Spouse Visa and live in the Uk for sometime. Do make sure you spend sometime helping her improve her English (BBC world news useful for this to) very easy it seems for the Brit partner to adapt his/her English so the Phill understands but no use once in the UK when meeting others in social situations.

Actually, if my missus can understand my monstrosity of an accent, she's doing well! Also, have an american friend who lives here in the same area as us and he's an african american who speaks very fast and in a strong ebonic slang, and my wife has done some translation on his behalf to his workers (he does building here).

So my missus is awesome at understanding natively spoken english

as for speaking?

She's pretty darn good at it . . . yet when she makes mistakes she asks me to correct her!

:)

[Alan]

Jim, please do not be discouraged that your intro. has been 'hijacked' by a thoroughly offensive person. We are a great family here and I dare say that the bosses will not put up with this person for much longer.

Again, welcome and enjoy your time here.

Al.:)

[somebody]

Actually, if my missus can understand my monstrosity of an accent, she's doing well! Also, have an american friend who lives here in the same area as us and he's an african american who speaks very fast and in a strong ebonic slang, and my wife has done some translation on his behalf to his workers (he does building here).

So my missus is awesome at understanding natively spoken english

as for speaking?

She's pretty darn good at it . . . yet when she makes mistakes she asks me to correct her!

:)

:xxgrinning--00xx3: Great stuff if she can understand the Black country twang she is ready for anything:D

[James Hubbard]

Somebody: You're very right :)

Alan: Thanks for the welcome and the mention of AJ. Sorry also to hear about the situation mentioned in another post about your wife's family in manila. You're in my prayers.

All: Thanks for your very warm welcomes :):xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

Why is this just so predictable..!! It sound like that you can afford to buy your own ticket home, rather than be on the Embassy's distress list, and the British Chamber of Commerce membership having a whip around.

Time to gird up your loins, things in the UK are very tight in terms of employment.

Hopefully you will not return and sign on to benefits etc.. If you do then it will be us tax payers who will have effectively funded your sexually fuelled sojourn in the Philippines..

AJ


Ever the 'Eternal Optimist', I see! :rolleyes:

[aromulus]

Hopefully you will not return and sign on to benefits etc.. If you do then it will be us tax payers who will have effectively funded your sexually fuelled sojourn in the Philippines..

AJ

Are you for real...???:Erm:

Being on this site is a privilege and not a right.....:cwm23:

[James Hubbard]

Anyway, it was more beer fuelled :)

besides the "funding" came from:

1)The house that I own in a major university city in the UK had tenants for the last 10 months, they have moved out a week ago. That was the money for budget.

2)My savings for working 70+ hours a week for a year before I left for the Philippines.


Also, AJ, not that I need to justify myself, but, I will be living on the dole for a couple of weeks, but I already got my job tentatively "lined up", and if it falls through, my previous employer said he'd be happy to have me back.

So, bleh.

Yet, as many have said already, if the government sees fit to award me JSA, then why should I not take it for the short time I am unemployed?

[gWaPito]

Why is this just so predictable..!! It sound like that you can afford to buy your own ticket home, rather than be on the Embassy's distress list, and the British Chamber of Commerce membership having a whip around.

Time to gird up your loins, things in the UK are very tight in terms of employment.

Hopefully you will not return and sign on to benefits etc.. If you do then it will be us tax payers who will have effectively funded your sexually fuelled sojourn in the Philippines..

AJ

Do you really object to people having a good!! Who said this is what he was doing? did he? no I don't think so.
You object to the bigger age differences, now this.
For you know he could of been in the 40% tax bracket b4 he went out there and I'll have you know, most of us working class never claim any benefits and going by the amount of posts your making there is not much chance of gainful employment there.

Get off peoples back huh :cwm23:

Welcome to the forum Jim. :Hellooo:

[James Hubbard]

Thanks Gwap: we were probably typing at the same time, but I just put my situation in context in the post above yours. :)

[Ayjay]

Do you really object to people having a good!! Who said this is what he was doing? did he? no I don't think so.
You object to the bigger age differences, now this.
For you know he could of been in the 40% tax bracket b4 he went out there and I'll have you know, most of us working class never claim any benefits and going by the amount of posts your making there is not much chance of gainful employment there.

Get off peoples back huh :cwm23:

Welcome to the forum Jim. :Hellooo:

Hi,

Thanks for this FYI I am already in the 40% tax bracket.. and I work from home, hope this has clarified things for you..

AJ

[James Hubbard]

re: 40% tax bracket, Gwapito wasn't talking about you, he was referring to me! :)

[KeithD]

Hi,

Thanks for this FYI I am already in the 40% tax bracket.. and I work from home, hope this has clarified things for you..

AJ
:icon_lol: I work from home and my tax rate is legally 0% :Hellooo:

[James Hubbard]

:icon_lol: I work from home and my tax rate is legally 0% :Hellooo:

Is that because of some offshore banking or something? lol! You must have an excellent accountant! :):xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Ayjay]

:icon_lol: I work from home and my tax rate is legally 0% :Hellooo:


Nice one..!! I have to declare something.. but 0% now thats interesting. Do the IR guys pay you much attention..??

AJ

[jimeve]

Hi Jim, welcome to the forum,good luck bringing your wife to the UK.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[James Hubbard]

Thanks very much Jimeve :)

another Jim - it'll be easy to remember your name :)

JimHub

[joebloggs]

Hi,

Thanks for this FYI I am already in the 40% tax bracket.. and I work from home, hope this has clarified things for you..

AJ

thanks for reminding me about benefits, its time to get me stepson back to the uk with his daughter, see what he's entitled to in Eldorado UK :xxgrinning--00xx3: tax creds, child benefit, childcare, working tax creds :rolleyes: so expensive kids these days :D

[Arthur Little]

thanks for reminding me about benefits, its time to get me stepson back to the uk with his daughter, see what he's entitled to in Eldorado UK :xxgrinning--00xx3: tax creds, child benefit, childcare, working tax creds :rolleyes: so expensive kids these days :D

:xxgrinning--00xx3: Have a GO, Joe ... that's what the UK's for you know! :D

[Sophie]

welcome to the forum jim :Hellooo:

[Queenbee]

wELCOME MATE!:Hellooo:

[GaryFifer]

Hello Jim

Welcome to forum. :xxgrinning--00xx3:Did you miss anything when you were out there?

[walesrob]

Welcome James to the forum, ignore the resident troll

[James Hubbard]

Sophie: Thank you for the welcome!
QueenB: Thank you also for the welcome here!
GaryJess: Thanks 4 welcome! Did I miss anything? don't understand the question!
WalesRob: Thanks Rob, I'm just hoping that if I ignore the bad people they'll go away :)

Jim.

[whiteraven]

a big welcome to the forum from another midlander:xxgrinning--00xx3: the offensive ones do provide an entertainment value for a short while but thankfully dont last long:icon_lol:

[KeithD]

WalesRob: Thanks Rob, I'm just hoping that if I ignore the bad people they'll go away :)

Jim.
You can add users to an Ignore List in your CP :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[aromulus]

I suppose all forums do have a resident controversial troll, until tolerance runs out....:omg:

Sorry to be late in welcoming you aboard.:doh

Mabuhay.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[aromulus]

You can add users to an Ignore List in your CP :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Does it work if someone is quoted...?:Erm:

Coz I can't get rid of you or Joe....:omg:

[KeithD]

Does it work if someone is quoted...?:Erm:

Coz I can't get rid of you or Joe....:omg:
Use Tipex! :Erm:

[kate_leila18]

Hello, my name is Jim. I am a British man married to a Filipina and we currently live in the Philippines.

I will be 28 years old very soon, and I will soon be returning to the UK to work - as I've pretty much depleted my savings here in the Philippines (I've lived here for a year)!

So, this is just a little bit of an intro about myself.

I hope I can be helpful to others - especially when it's about questions relating to living in the Philippines, and I know that this forum will help a lot to increase my knowledge for bringing my asawa to the UK.

So, for now, I'll wrap up this introduction, and I am glad to be here on this forum.

Many Thanks,

Jim:cwm12:
like everybody did to me...its really a great feeling when someone welcomes a newbie...welcome to the forum...(",) im sure you will gonna help us a lot...God Bless!

[James Hubbard]

kateL18: Thanks for the welcome to the forum
arom: Thanks for the welcome! :) Yes, i'll laugh at the troll for now ;)
whiteraven: thanks for the welcome, and maybe when I'm around the midlands again I'll let u know :)

[GaryFifer]

Sophie: Thank you for the welcome!
QueenB: Thank you also for the welcome here!
GaryJess: Thanks 4 welcome! Did I miss anything? don't understand the question!
WalesRob: Thanks Rob, I'm just hoping that if I ignore the bad people they'll go away :)

Jim.

Sure no prob I will rephrase it. Did you miss any aspect about the UK?

[JimOttley]

Welcome Jim from another Jim :D

[James Hubbard]

JimOt - Thanks Jim for the welcome! This will soon be the Jim forum!

Gary2J - To be honest I have been very homesick for the things back home.

-I have missed my home comforts that we can't get here on this island. Eg:Microwaves. -British TV.
-I miss not being bitten thousands of times every day.
-I miss english speakers (native ones that is) . . .
-I miss kebabs and baltis.
-I miss having other beers available other than San Mig and Beer na Beer.
-I miss clean air.
-I miss not being begged from every day!
-I miss not having brownouts or water suddenly stopping, or cable signal suddenly stopping in the middle of a show.
-I miss not running around looking for cockroaches to kill!
-I miss all my old friends
-I miss british style fish and chips
-I miss real spaghetti - not the filipino red sugary stuff
-I miss wholewheat bread
-I miss Direct Debits lol
-I miss Waterstones, WHSmiths
-I miss real english tea!
-I miss my local chinese takeaway and Domino's Pizza.
-I miss getting to sleep without constant dogs barking
-I miss not having to listen to constant OA tagalog telenovelas
-I miss not hearing about WHITENING CREAM!
-I miss having an identity aside from Joe, Foreigner, Americano (there are white ppl who don't come from america ... that's how the whiteys got to america in the first place).
-I miss being able to drink the tap water without diaorrohea

There are many things I will miss from the Philippines also but the most important

-My asawa :)

[joebloggs]

-I miss having an identity aside from Joe, Foreigner, Americano (there are white ppl who don't come from america ... that's how the whiteys got to america in the first place).
-I miss being able to drink the tap water without diaorrohea


i went to my misses degree ceremony and was sat next to a filipina lady who told me she had been living in the states for many years, after talking to her for a while, she asked me what part of the states was i from :doh :furious3:

fresh tap water :rolleyes:

fish and chips, well chips anyway being a veggy. :D

british tv - one thing my misses likes now :xxgrinning--00xx3:

whitening cream :doh

[JimOttley]

JimOt - Thanks Jim for the welcome! This will soon be the Jim forum!


Yep lots of Jim's here now :D

I can understand a lot of your points, you can't get a decent Indian curry anywhere in the Phils but I am surprised you miss your local Chinese :Erm: :D but maybe where you are there is not the cosmopolitan variety of Asian food you get in Manila, Chinese food in Manila is fantastic in my opinion.

The one that gets me most is the "Hey Joe"! I always smile and say "Not American" "Hindi Americano" in my poor attempt at tagalog.

Hope things work out when you get back and that you get your asawa over here with you fairly soon!

I rather envy you that you were able to spend a whole year there in one go. I've spent a year of my life there too but in a somewhat fragmented fashion.


Jim

[James Hubbard]

Jim. actually, in my mouth, my local chinese was even better than when we went to Hong Kong ;)

ya, I say "dili ko amerikano" (in bisaya here), yet, they just laugh and say "Amerikano Ka"! It's like there's 2 types of people on this earth.

1)Amerikano's
and
2)Filipinos!

like I said before, it's a matter of Heducation!

Thanks for your lovely thoughts :D

bless you Jim

in fact,
Bless ALL Jims :D

[Arthur Little]

in fact,
Bless ALL Jims :D

:Erm: Does that include ME? My MIDDLE name's Jim ... or, more accurately, James. :icon_lol:

[marlyn&kenny]

welcome!
i bet you enjoyed your stay in philippines!!! Good luck

[Northerner]

James,

Welcome to the forum mate :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Seems you've made quite a stir already...

:)

As for your list....

-My asawa :xxgrinning--00xx3: Good man....

[JimOttley]

Jim. actually, in my mouth, my local chinese was even better than when we went to Hong Kong ;)

ya, I say "dili ko amerikano" (in bisaya here), yet, they just laugh and say "Amerikano Ka"! It's like there's 2 types of people on this earth.

1)Amerikano's
and
2)Filipinos!

like I said before, it's a matter of Heducation!

Thanks for your lovely thoughts :D

bless you Jim

in fact,
Bless ALL Jims :D

hehehehe Amen to that :D

Aye Arthur you're included too ;)

Yep I suppose they suffer for having been invaded and occupied by the Americans for so long, my Filipino mates are not terribly fond of the Americans.

I also knew one American lad over there, a drummer, a good one at that, who at first seemed pretty nice but then we met him trying to get a taxi and he was giving the finger to the locals cursing and swearing at them as well, not exactly going to endear himself to the locals that way :(

In part that's why I stress the "Hindi ko amerikano" (I forgot the letter c does not exist over there :D) when I get the "Hey Joe"


Jim

[walesrob]

In part that's why I stress the "Hindi ko amerikano" (I forgot the letter c does not exist over there :D) when I get the "Hey Joe"



Nah, I used to have a T-shirt that did that for me:

http://filipinaroses.com/copper/displayimage.php?pid=61&fullsize=1
http://filipinaroses.com/copper/displayimage.php?pid=61&fullsize=1

[JimOttley]

Nah, I used to have a T-shirt that did that for me:

http://filipinaroses.com/copper/displayimage.php?pid=61&fullsize=1
http://filipinaroses.com/copper/displayimage.php?pid=61&fullsize=1

:xxgrinning--00xx3: nice, I did have a Scotland T-shirt but it was black and way too seriously hot to wear over there :D

Jim

[GaryFifer]

:xxgrinning--00xx3: nice, I did have a Scotland T-shirt but it was black and way too seriously hot to wear over there :D

Jim

Just get a SEE YOU JIMMY hat

http://www.sportswarehouse4u.com/ekmps/shops/sportswarehouse/images/see-you-jimmy-hat-royal-stewart-tartan-1854-p.jpg

[JimOttley]

Just get a SEE YOU JIMMY hat

http://www.sportswarehouse4u.com/ekmps/shops/sportswarehouse/images/see-you-jimmy-hat-royal-stewart-tartan-1854-p.jpg

:icon_lol:


Jim

[girl england]

Hello Jim Welcome to the forum

[James Hubbard]

salamat girl england