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1. power cuts nearly every other day where I live 2.interuption to the internet and can be very slow 3. satalite t.v signal goes when cloudy or heavy rain 4. cash machines mainly in the cities my nearest one is 12 miles 5. cock roaches and all the other bugs that invade your home 6. disease ridden dogs hundreds of them roaming the streets 7. karaokes,roosters ,music, blaring all hours day and night 8. general pollution,black smoke belchin jeepneys etc etc 9. hundreds of sales assistants following you around the store 10. no stock sir ,no VAT here but they have KANO ADDED TAX lol 11. large que,s for the basic services NOW THE LIKES 1. the warm weather all year round 2. the cheap cost of living 3. the friendly smiley faces despite the hardships 4. the price of land and property 5. the close family values of taking care of each other 6. my lovely girlfriend who takes good care of me lol
Good post, especially about the internet. I pay more here than BT in UK for lower bandwidth!!!!

Anyway, to add......trying to cross the roads and the attitudes of drivers, especially the SUVs with the tinted windows. When my Fiance and I visited UK, she was fascinated by zebra crossings. Pedestrian freedom. That is one of the things i really miss about UK. The ability to walk almost anywhere.

The growing snobbery of the middle class - thinking that other Pinoy citizens, be they a waiter, taxi driver, store assistant don't deserve any respect.

Obsession with skin whitening.

I can understand the want for a better life, but i haven't seen such a compulsion and desire for a citizen to leave their own country.

My Fiance trying to get a job as a chef, and finding that 80% of the Chef vacancies are MALE ONLY.
Also with her being asked within interviews on whether they are in a relationship with a foreigner and this being the deciding factor whether she gets a job or not. I can now understand the point i made above about leaving.....

The local ideology that us foreigners bleed money and are capable of being able to afford to buy anything and everything.


The LIKES

I can wear shorts and T-Shirt in the evening.

Immigration officers who actually SMILE!!

Strangers talking to strangers, and by that i mean between local folk, not foreigners.

Cheap travel.

Respect for elders still exists here.

Everyone is a romantic.

Enjoying listening to Rock ballads and love songs played in public from someone's cell phone on the Ceres Liner bus journeys.

Kids running around, playing and screaming is looked on as a joy rather than a nuisance.