You plan to move to the Philippines? Wollen Sie auf den Philippinen leben?

There are REALLY TONS of websites telling us how, why, maybe why not and when you'll be able to move to the Philippines. I only love to tell and explain some things "between the lines". Enjoy reading, be informed, have fun and be entertained too!

Ja, es gibt tonnenweise Webseiten, die Ihnen sagen wie, warum, vielleicht warum nicht und wann Sie am besten auf die Philippinen auswandern könnten. Ich möchte Ihnen in Zukunft "zwischen den Zeilen" einige zusätzlichen Dinge berichten und erzählen. Viel Spass beim Lesen und Gute Unterhaltung!


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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Typical Filipino (XXXVIII) - Typisch Philippinisch (XXXVIII): "Matandang dataga": Die alte Jungfer - The old maid

 Matandang dataga": Die alte Jungfer -The Old Maid





Eine unverheiratete Frau auf den Philippinen ist keineswegs frei von Abhängigkeiten und Verantwortung. Zwar hat sie weder Ehemann noch Kinder aber die Bindung an ihre Familie, Eltern, Geschwister, Onkel, Tante, usw. besteht fort. Sie hat diesen gegenüber Aufgaben und Pflichten zu erfüllen. Oft lebt sie bei einem Bruder oder eine Schwester und unterstützt sie im Haushalt oder wohnt bei den Eltern und versorgt sie bis ins hohe Alter.

Ihre Familie sorgt dafür, dass sie sich niemals einsam fühlt.

Oftmals spielt die Filipina mehrere der beschriebenen Rollen gleichzeitig, und man kann die Leichtigkeit, mit der sie von eine in die andere Rolle schlüpft, nur bewundern. Der Schlüssel dazu ist der immerwährende Gedanke "die Familie kommt zuerst". 

Eine weitere Rolle ist die Wahrerin der Familienehre - die Filipinas sehen es als ihre Pflicht an, den guten Ruf der Familie zu erhalten. Sie kontrollieren und maßregeln abweichendes Verhalten durch direkte Konfrontationen und/oder Vermittler. 

Filipinas ziehen geschickt und erfolgreich die Fäden hinter den Kulissen und bestätigen so das Sprichwort "Hinter jedem erfolgreichen Mann steht eine Frau!"

Wer in der Geschäftswelt vorankommen will, muss auch gesellig und umgänglich sein. Genau auf diesem Gebiet erweist sich die philippinische Ehefrau und/oder Mutter als überaus hilfreich und effektiv.

Nach 41 Jahren Ehe mit einer philippinischen Frau kann ich dem nur 100% zustimmen.

(Fortsetzung folgt!)

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An unmarried woman in the Philippines is by no means free of dependencies and responsibilities. Although she has neither a husband nor children, the bond with her family, parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, etc. continues. It has tasks and obligations to fulfill towards them. She often lives with a brother or sister and supports them in the household or lives with her parents and looks after them into old age.

Her family ensures that she never feels lonely.

The Filipina often plays several of the roles described at the same time, and one can only admire the ease with which she slips from one role to the other. The key to this is the everlasting thought that “family comes first.”

Another role is that of guardian of family honor - Filipinas see it as their duty to maintain the family's good reputation. They control and discipline deviant behavior through direct confrontation and/or mediators.

Filipinas skillfully and successfully pull the strings behind the scenes, confirming the saying "Behind every successful man there is a woman!"

If you want to get ahead in the business world, you also have to be sociable and sociable. It is precisely in this area that the Filipino wife and/or mother proves to be extremely helpful and effective.

After 41 years of marriage to a Filipino woman, I can only agree 100%.

(To be continued!)




OUTSIDE THE BUSIEST BUS TERMINAL IN MINDANAO | Davao City Ecoland Terminal



12 Golden things you learned with age

 

  1. Your friends no matter how close, will disappear with time.
  2. The most important relationship in this entire world is the one you have with yourself.
  3. Nobody cares about your hard work, they just look at the result.
  4. Heart break and failures are part of life.
  5. There's no place like home.
  6. Family and money matters the most.
  7. Book is indeed a person’s best friend.
  8. Physical activity reduces stress.
  9. Wasting time in regretting and crying won't fetch you results.
  10. Whatever you want today won't matter to you tomorrow.
  11. Your decisions define your life, not fate.
  12. Childhood is the golden time.

Edit: Try to appreciate other's work. So up-vote.

Fil-Am Hoffman breaks 600m PH record


AT A GLANCE

  • Fil-American Lauren Hoffman opened her competition season with a bang after breaking the Philippine record in the women’s 600 meters at the Hokie Invitational in Blacksburg, Virginia over the weekend.


Fil-American Lauren Hoffman opened her competition season with a bang after breaking the Philippine record in the women’s 600 meters at the Hokie Invitational in Blacksburg, Virginia over the weekend.

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Lauren Hoffman (Lauren Hoffman's Facebook post)

The 24-year-old Hoffman clocked 1 minute and 30.33 seconds for the silver medal, but eclipsed the old mark of 1:36.93 set by Daniel Quintero last 2020 at a race in Santa Barbara, United States.

“Season opener! Definitely could have executed my races better but had so much fun competing again,” Hoffman wrote on social media hours after the race.

Hoffman was just a hairline behind fellow Duke Lauren Tolbert, who eventually copped the gold medal with 1:30.29.

Madison Mulder of the Netherlands bagged the bronze in 1:30.36.

Hoffman, a native of Virginia, competed at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China last year where she finished fifth in the 400m hurdles.

She also teamed up with Robyn Brown, Angel Frank and Maureen Schrijvers in finishing fifth in the women’s 4x400m relay in the Asiad.

The need to unite our will with God’s will




By Fr. Roy Cimagala

Chaplain

Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE)

Talamban, Cebu City

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com


THAT need is clearly seen when Christ himself said: “Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mk 3,35) If we always abide by our Christian faith that we have been created in God’s image and likeness, meant to share in his divine life and nature, then the only conclusion we can make is to unite our will with God’s will.


Our will, which is where we find our true selves, should not just be floating around on its own, thinking that it is how it enjoys its freedom. We need to acknowledge that our will is a creation of God and is meant to be united with God’s will. We need to acknowledge the truth that our real freedom is when our will is united with the will of God.


This, definitely, is not an easy task to do, given the fact that it is precisely in our will where we choose whether we would like to be with God, to be part of his family, or to be simply on our own. And given how we handle this issue, starting with our first parents all the way to the present, we always have the strong tendency to think that our will is simply our own.


We therefore have to be strongly wary of this danger and do everything we can to avoid it. I suppose it goes without saying that we need to be frequently reminded that our will needs to be anchored on the will of God. That’s how our will acquires its proper status.


Especially nowadays when there are just so many things that can grab our will to be on its own, we really need to train ourselves to develop a strong regimen of self-discipline and constant rectification.


It would be good if we frequently make pauses during the day to see where our will is anchored. That’s because even in those areas where we can exercise a certain autonomy or where we are encouraged to make initiatives, etc., we should be clear that all these things should be done in accord with God’s will. Everything should be referred to God’s will.


We need to always remember that our true humanity or the perfection of our humanity can only be properly pursued if our will is united with God’s will. Christ, the pattern of our humanity, shows us the way when he himself said, “Truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing.” (Jn 5,19)


This constant need to refer everything to God’s will will obviously require tremendous humility on our part, given our strong tendency to do our own will alone. That’s why Christ himself said that if we have to follow him, we need to deny ourselves and carry the cross. (cfr. Mt 16,24) There is no other formula for us to discipline our will to be united with God’s will. 


We need to convince ourselves strongly and frequently that it is when our will is united with God’s will that we can achieve the condition proper to us. Yes, it may involve a lot of sacrifice, but the joy and fulfillment such sacrifice would yield us is so much greater, infinitely greater than any sacrifice we may have to go through.


It’s important that we be always aware that our will is always united with God’s will! That’s where we can be in our best condition in life.


NOTHING COMES FROM ANYTHING


The concept of "strangeness" in particle physics was introduced to explain the unusually long lifetimes of certain particles. The strange quark was named "strange" because it was associated with this property. When a particle contains a strange quark, it is assigned a strangeness value of -1.


The strangeness of an interaction comes from the number of strange quarks and strange antiquarks involved. The rule for determining strangeness is, for every strange quark involved, a strangeness of negative one is contributed. And then every strange antiquark has a strangeness of positive one.


Our globe and its population bear innumerable strange facts. Following many people's opinion, this world shows mostly worried characteristics and symptoms nowadays. No wonder. Just try to consume and digest today's

headlines and news from all around the globe.


It is a world with quickly bridged distances -  our Mother earth is becoming smaller and smaller. Any tourist, even with little time and with only a small budget, can travel to other faraway cultures. But joining them as well as different races and religious communities requires first of all, great care, tact, instinctive feelings, empathy, and logical ideas.


The stranger whom we meet for the first time during a business meeting, for example, maybe an uncommon, odd and extraordinary guy. He may be someone from a foreign country, who speaks another language and whose skin is of another color. He may be a migrant, a restless hiker or the expatriate in our neighbourhood.


The foreigner beside you and me can become a provocation or a challenge. Strangeness can become exoticism. Maybe that's why my family and I decided to move to the Philippines. On the other hand - going abroad can open other and even better horizons. We must not feel as "a stranger in paradise". By the way, I never did!


However, a migrant bears a juxtaposition of optimism (even calculated optimism!), confused feelings, nostalgia, and homesickness. Yes guys, during the first two years of my life as an expat's life, the round trip ticket was always in my mind, because no one among us can escape his native roots.


But, I am really a lucky guy. I experienced an amazing tolerance in the Philippines. A real practicing tolerance. Already, during my first business meetings, I met supportive, forbearing and  broad minded people. A wonderful mix of different cultures without giving up on their own identities... . "I have nothing to offer but blood, sweat and tears!" - The British statesman and former Prime Minister Sir Winston L. Churchill (1874-1965) said in 1940 - certainly, in a sad interrelation during World War II. Anyway, I like that remark. Blood, sweat and tears.Because of new

challenges AND changes - also as an expatriate in the Philippines doing business here.


Every new challenge in a strange country means a change. Changes in life are necessary and important. Let's alter or make a difference; let's put one thing for another; let's shift; let's quit one state for another; let's take fresh clothing. Let's burn the "lock fat" away. Blood, sweat and tears - and remember: nothing comes from anything.