Probably answered this on my first ever posting (thanks again to all who helped back in January).
She was working in Manila when I had a huge & very difficult project contracted there back in 2006. One night she was brave enough to approach me to tell me how homesick she was for Davao - & that it wasn't helped by the fact she was also caring for her younger sister because her family was broken.
I paid for them to go home - not much to me, but a lot of money by her expectations.
& to my bemusement, but to our mutual happiness things have developed over the last 3 years in to a fantastic relationship.
