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Steve if i recall correct your Missus is on a Tourist Visa in prepration for getting married later in Phill?

From the Wife and I experience and from what else I have seen make sure she immerses her self in the local community where ever they are from.

The Wife has phill friends but has avoid Phill only social meetings to a degree, as they can be social minefields.
Depending on how things go your find different groups with in the phill community from simply people your Mahal would never speak to normally certainly not want to be friends to those who seem to be all nice and then..
There are also those who are phill but were born here, ofws in particular Nurses who sometimes are not so friendly (but the wife has met many who are), you get the spouses who are here with there phill other half. the list goes on.

As I have mentioned the Wife knows many phills some well and some just in passing, she has friends from all racial backgrounds as well which it seems. Some like her are new to the country and although different in backgrounds, understand what its like to be "abroad" to those who have only ever known the UK.

The Wife didn't bother with satalite as its expensive for what you get, but then she watches the UK tv channels which has helped her fit in with her Friends in the UK from what ever background. This has meant as she watches UK news Channels to a degree most of her peers in the UK dont seem to she is well versed with what happens in most of the world.
Not so many people at her UK workplace watch wowwowwee as do gossip girl and x factor etc. She still knows all that is going on in phil locally and nationally due to Facebook,friendster and links on youtube etc.

I know people like to speak their mother tongue and whatnot. But the whats the point of moving countries if you dont try and intergrate at least part of the time your there?
Cheers for that - this is Belle's first time abroad so im just trying to find some familiarities for her like food etc and maybe a couple of Filipina's to meet up with and swap stories. Oh ok, i'll come clean, im just trying to keep my phone bill under a grand per month