To Rayna, thank you for the welcome.

Yay, so happy to know that I can travel back whenever I need to, although I will probably try to stay there for the whole 30months to be honest, for practical reasons. Suppose it's just important to know that I have that option that I can if I need to for whatever reason, makes me somehow feel at ease being away from family that I've been with my whole life.

About savings, it would be nice to know that I will be able to help my husband with our expenses. I can imagine it would be hard for him as well, from living alone and just spending for himself to now have another human being depending on him. Just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping I can find a job soonish when I am there.

How long did it take before you got your package from Philpost EMS? I was already thinking about the same thing, but was planning to do it with DHL as I don't know how reliable Philpost can be. Like in the past, when I needed to claim some packages sent to me, I was asked to pay for those again which I don't understand cos obviously the sender already paid for it. Even worst, if it's suppose to be a gift, they will ask you what's inside and if you don't know they will ask you to open it and put a price on it. They said it's "tax" but we already know how bad corruption here. So I am just wondering if I'll encounter the same problem sending.

Oh surely, I will stay connected in the forum it will be a good support system. And I have to learn to do a lot things when I am there. Cooking is one Maybe someone can start a thread about simple cooking and recipes for people like me