Originally Posted by joebloggs
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 UKtax creds, child benefit, childcare, working tax creds
so expensive kids these days
Welcome to the forum!
That's the beauty of this site, Jim ... we're all here to help each other, and share the marvellous fellowship that abounds.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,
JimHello, and Welcome to the friendly forum.
Hello Jim Welcome to the forum
Not an expert, I only try to help.
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?
Thanks Gwap: we were probably typing at the same time, but I just put my situation in context in the post above yours.
re: 40% tax bracket, Gwapito wasn't talking about you, he was referring to me!
Thanks very much Jimeve
another Jim - it'll be easy to remember your name
JimHub
Welcome James to the forum, ignore the resident troll
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.
a big welcome to the forum from another midlander
I suppose all forums do have a resident controversial troll, until tolerance runs out....
Sorry to be late in welcoming you aboard.
Mabuhay.
You can add users to an Ignore List in your CPWalesRob: Thanks Rob, I'm just hoping that if I ignore the bad people they'll go away
Jim.
Keith - Administrator
Does it work if someone is quoted...?You can add users to an Ignore List in your CP
Coz I can't get rid of you or Joe....
Use Tipex!Does it work if someone is quoted...?
Coz I can't get rid of you or Joe....
Keith - Administrator
Sure no prob I will rephrase it. Did you miss any aspect about the UK?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.
It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum.
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!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
kateL18: Thanks for the welcome to the forum
arom: Thanks for the welcome!
whiteraven: thanks for the welcome, and maybe when I'm around the midlands again I'll let u know
Welcome Jim from another Jim
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
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
fresh tap water
fish and chips, well chips anyway being a veggy.
british tv - one thing my misses likes now
whitening cream
Yep lots of Jim's here now
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
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
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
bless you Jim
in fact,
Bless ALL Jims
in fact,
Bless ALL Jims
hehehehe Amen to thatJim. 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
bless you Jim
in fact,
Bless ALL Jims
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
Jim
Nah, I used to have a T-shirt that did that for me:In part that's why I stress the "Hindi ko amerikano" (I forgot the letter c does not exist over there
http://filipinaroses.com/copper/disp...=61&fullsize=1
Nah, I used to have a T-shirt that did that for me:
http://filipinaroses.com/copper/disp...=61&fullsize=1
Jim
Just get a SEE YOU JIMMY hat
Jim
It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum.
welcome!
i bet you enjoyed your stay in philippines!!! Good luck
Marlyn & Kenny forever
James,
Welcome to the forum mate
Seems you've made quite a stir already...
As for your list....
-My asawa
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