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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Monday, August 4, 2025

18 Things Mentally Strong People Do


1. They move on. They don't waste time feeling sorry for themselves.

2. They keep control. They don't give away their power.

3. They embrace change. They welcome challenges.

4. They stay happy. They don't complain. They don't waste energy on things they can't control.

5. They are kind, fair, and unafraid to speak up. They don't worry about pleasing other people.

6. They are willing to take calculated risks. They weigh the risks and benefits before taking action.

7. They invest their energy in the present. They don't dwell on the past.

8. They accept full responsibility for their past behavior. They don't make the same mistake over and over.

9. They celebrate other people's success. They don't resent that success.

10. They are willing to fail. They don't give up after failing. They see every failure as a chance to improve.

11. They enjoy their time alone. They don't fear being alone.

12. They are prepared to work and succeed on their own merits. They don't feel the world owes them anything.

13. They have staying power. They don't expect immediate results.

14. They evaluate their core beliefs and modify as needed.

15. They expend their mental energy wisely. They don't spend time on unproductive thoughts.

16. They think productively. They replace negative thoughts with productive thoughts.

17. They tolerate discomfort. They accept their feelings without being controlled by them.

18. They reflect on their progress every day. They take time to consider what they've achieved and where they are going.

Saturday, August 2, 2025

QUALITY OF LIFE


 

Quality of life is defined as an individual's perception of their position in life relative to their culture, values, goals, and standards, influenced by factors such as physical health, psychological state, independence, social relationships, and environmental features.


I am not a doctor. I am just a normal person with a different education and past experiences. I am an expat in the Philippines. I experienced the following things here.


Quality of life is a highly subjective measure of happiness that is an essential component of many financial decisions. Factors that play a role in the quality of life vary according to personal preferences, but they often include financial security, job satisfaction, family life, health, and safety.


Four domains common to QOL in health have been defined as: physical health, mental health, social health and functional health.


Intellectualization is a transition to reason, where the person avoids uncomfortable emotions by focusing on facts and logic. The situation is treated as an interesting problem that engages the person on a rational basis, whilst the emotional aspects are completely ignored as being irrelevant.


We all know that positive thoughts and emotions help you feel better, but they also do some other pretty cool things. They help you:


Improve your memory and attention. Take in more information and hold several ideas in your mind at once

understand how different thoughts relate to each other. Handle tough situations more easily. Positive thoughts and emotions help open you up to new possibilities. You’re better able to learn and build on your skills. That leads to doing better on tasks and tests.


Do you know where I learned this? In the Philippines. My family taught me all these things.


Building habits that encourage you to think and feel more positive can help you be more satisfied and have fewer unwanted feelings. This is especially important if you’re already dealing with a lot of negative emotions like fear, sadness, anger, frustration, or stress. Everyone has negative thoughts and feelings sometimes, but try to look on the bright side as much as you can.


Try these tips:


Notice and name any positive emotions you feel during the day. Track them in a list to be more aware of positive feelings you experience and situations or activities that cause them. For example, you might feel proud when you answer a question right, joyful when your dog or cat does something funny, or loved when a parent shows up at your game.


At the end of each day, try to find at least 3 good things that happened to you. This trains you to notice positive things and encourages you to do more stuff that causes positive emotions.


Pick a positive emotion and make it stronger. Let’s say you choose confidence. What helps you feel confident? How can you get more of that feeling? You might give yourself a “Yes, I can!” pep talk before a test. Or maybe you stand up straighter and try walking through the halls in a confident way, feeling strong. Think of positive emotions as muscles you should exercise by the way you look at things and what you do.


Be grateful. Make an effort to practice gratitude every day. This means pausing to notice and appreciate the things you often take for granted, like having a place to live, food, clean water, friends, family, even computer access. It's taking a moment to reflect on how fortunate you are when something good happens — whether it's a small thing or big thing.


Gather reminders of good experiences. Consider making a positivity box or folder filled with things like photos of good times, cards from special people, and favorite song lyrics. If you have trouble thinking or feeling positive some days, the box can lead you back to a happier emotional place.


Positive thoughts and emotions are powerful tools. So find ways to make time for them in your everyday life. Try to create room in your day for joy, fun, friendship, relaxation, kindness, and gratitude.

Als Rentner im Ausland? Lebensnachweis kann notwendig werden

Menschen sitzen in einem Café in Palma

Wer im Ruhestand im Ausland lebt, benötigt unter Umständen einen sogenannten Lebensnachweis, um weiter die Rentenzahlungen zu erhalten. © Clara Margais/dpa/dpa-tmn

Manche im Ausland lebende Ruheständler müssen nachweisen, dass sie noch leben. Nur so kann die Rentenzahlung fortgesetzt werden. Auf welche Schreiben man da achtgeben sollten.

Berlin - Erhalten Sie Ihre Rente auf ein ausländisches Konto? Oder leben Sie im Ruhestand selbst im Ausland? Dann kann es sein, dass Sie einmal im Jahr nachweisen müssen, dass Sie noch am Leben sind.

Den Nachweis können Betroffene entweder in Papierform oder digital erbringen. Der für den digitalen Weg erforderliche persönliche QR-Code ist dem Schreiben zu entnehmen. Eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung finden Ruheständler auf der Webseite des Renten Service. Dort kann zudem eine Ersatzbestellung beantragt werden, falls Unterlagen ganz oder teilweise verloren gegangen sein sollten.   

Angeschriebene, die es versäumen, ihren Lebensnachweis fristgerecht zu erbringen, müssen damit rechnen, dass ihre Rentenzahlung eingestellt wird. Das erfolgt regelmäßig zum 30. November eines Jahres. Die Zahlung wird erst dann wieder fortgesetzt, wenn der Lebensnachweis erbracht wurde.

Übrigens: Obwohl der DRV zufolge zwar rund 1,7 Millionen Renten ins Ausland überwiesen werden, müssen trotzdem nicht alle diese Empfängerinnen und Empfänger einen Lebensnachweis erbringen. Mit Ländern wie etwa Australien, Italien, Spanien oder Österreich erfolgt zwischen den Behörden ein automatischer Datenaustausch, der den Vorgang vereinfacht. 

Nur Menschen, deren Konto in Ländern ohne automatischen Datenaustausch liegt, müssen den Lebensnachweis selbst erbringen. Rentnerinnen und Rentner, die ihren Lebensabend in Deutschland verbringen, müssen ebenfalls keinen Lebensnachweis erbringen. dpa

Friday, August 1, 2025

LPA outside northern boundary of PAR may develop into tropical cyclone — PAGASA


 

By Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz

Published Jul 31, 2025 05:50 pm


The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday, July 31 said a low-pressure area (LPA) just outside the northern boundary of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has a high chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours.

PAGASA weather specialist Leanne Loreto said the LPA was first monitored on Thursday morning.

As of 4 p.m., the weather disturbance was located 955 kilometers east-northeast of extreme Northern Luzon.

Although it is not expected to directly affect the country at present, Loreto said the weather system may briefly enter the PAR before moving out again.

If the LPA intensifies into a tropical cyclone within the PAR, it will be named “Fabian.”

Loreto also noted that based on historical data, two to three tropical cyclones enter or form within the PAR during August.

Meanwhile, cloud clusters east of Mindanao are being closely monitored for potential development into a tropical cyclone.

The southwest monsoon (habagat) continues to affect Central and Northern Luzon but is expected to gradually weaken in the coming days, bringing improved weather conditions.

In the next 24 hours, Loreto said residents of Ilocos Region, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Apayao, Abra, Benguet, Zambales, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, and Pampanga can expect cloudy skies with scattered monsoon rains and thunderstorms, accompanied by moderate to occasionally heavy rains that could trigger flash floods or landslides.

Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, and Visayas will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the habagat, while Mindanao will have similar conditions brought by localized thunderstorms.

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Which Philippine destinations are most worth visiting for long-term residents?

 


I guess it depends on your preferences.

For example, if you like the beach vibe, you can visit Siargao, Boracay, or Palawan.

El Nido, Palawan

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If you are into fresh mountain air and the smell of pine, Baguio or Banaue are good destinations.

Banaue Rice Terraces

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For a more modern feel, with a skyline that can compete with other beautiful cities around the world, Metro Manila and Cebu City should be on your list.

Downtown Cebu

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But if you prefer an open wilderness and experience exotic wildlife with the amenities of a developing city, Bohol or Davao are your best options.

Chocolate Hills, Bohol

Photo by Jondave Libiran from Pexels

The Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands, offers a wide variety of destinations that even locals will want to visit soon. Whether you go to the beach, explore a modern city, or hike up a mountain, you’ll get to experience firsthand the rich culture, history, and heritage that the country is founded on.

The art of ending the day well

 





By Fr. Roy Cimagala

Chaplain

Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE)

Talamban, Cebu City

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com


YES, we have to learn the art of how to end our day well. That’s because it is our way also of how to end our life well, ready to meet God in judgment. We just have to be realistic about the real purpose of our life here on earth, so that we avoid getting entangled in things that are not actually necessary for us even if they seem to us as indispensable at the moment.


We are reminded of this need in that gospel episode where someone asked Christ to mediate on the inheritance issue with that person’s brother. (cfr. Lk 12,13-21) Of course, Christ, knowing the motive of that fellow, refused to do so. Instead, he reminded the person to focus more on what truly matters in life, that is, to seek the real treasure. Rather than focusing on earthly treasures, he told him to be “rich in matters of God.”


In our daily life, we should have a running account, so to speak, of how our life is going in terms of achieving its real purpose. We are not here mainly for earthly gains, although they figure as a means to pursue our real goal. We are here to gain our own sanctification through all the events and circumstances of our life, whether ordinary or extraordinary.


Let us remember that every moment in our life, irrespective of how it affects us—whether good or bad according to some earthly or temporal criteria—is an occasion to interact with God who always intervenes in our life, testing us but also guiding us and giving us all the means that we need. Yes, we have to be aware that every moment is a moment for sanctification.


We need to train ourselves to think that way and to act accordingly. That’s why we need to have some running account of how we are faring in this ultimate concern of ours in this life. And so, at the end of the day, we should make some kind of accounting to see if we are progressing or not, if there are things to be improved or to be more focused on, if we are equipping ourselves adequately to pursue our real goal, etc.


The ideal thing to happen is that at the end of the day, before going to bed, we should make some kind of examination of conscience so we would have a good idea of how things are going in our life. This way, we would always be ready to face God in judgment.


We have to learn to leave our earthly and temporal concerns so that we can focus more on the definitive eternal life that is promised to us. This is just to be realistic about our life, cutting away whatever fantastic and fictional ideas we have about our life here on earth.


To be sure, this will give us a lot of confidence and hope no matter how things go. We would know what to do, both in good times and in bad times. The only thing necessary is to do the will of God which, as Christ spelled out to us, can involve denying ourselves, carrying the cross and following Christ himself wherever he leads us. (cfr. Mt 16,24)


We avoid getting entangled in an unnecessary drama that would only complicate our life without leading us to where we should be in the end.


Thursday, July 31, 2025

Massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami warnings


One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded happened off the Russian coast, triggering tsunami warnings from the U.S. West Coast to South America. In Hawaii, people clamored to the top of high-rises and a traffic rush headed away from the coast. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz reports.

...Tsunami Hits Japan And Islands In Russia After 8.8-magnitude Earthquake



Pazifik-Erdbeben entfesselt globale Tsunami-Wellen: Simulation verdeutlicht enorme Kraft

Nach dem Seebeben vor Russland bewegen sich die Tsunami-Wellen um den Globus. Eine Simulation aus Japan zeigt, wann sie welche Küsten erreichen.

Moskau – Am frühen Mittwochmorgen (30. Juli) ereignete sich ein verheerendes Erdbeben der Magnitude 8,8 vor der russischen Halbinsel Kamtschatka, das weitreichende Tsunami-Alarme im gesamten Pazifikraum auslöste. Die seismischen Erschütterungen führten zu Warnmeldungen, die sich von Japan und Hawaii bis hin zur amerikanischen Westküste erstreckten.   

Die Naturkatastrophe verursachte Tsunamiwellen mit einer Höhe von bis zu vier Metern, die an verschiedenen Abschnitten der russischen Küste auf Land trafen. Dies führte zu umfangreichen Evakuierungsmaßnahmen und setzte Frühwarnsysteme auf mehreren Kontinenten in Alarmbereitschaft.   

Pazifik-Staaten von Tsunami-Wellen bedroht: Simulation zeigt enorme Ausbreitung bei Erdbeben

Fachleute warnen davor, dass die Auswirkungen dieses seismischen Ereignisses auch weit entfernte Küstengebiete erreichen könnten, darunter Neuseeland, Kalifornien und verschiedene südamerikanische Regionen – selbst bei einer Entfernung von mehreren tausend Kilometern zum Epizentrum.

Die komplexen Mechanismen dieser zeitverzögerten Wellenausbreitung wurden durch Forschungsarbeiten der Tohoku-Universität in Japan wissenschaftlich untersucht. Mittels computergestützter Simulationen, die Japan als hypothetisches Epizentrum verwenden, demonstrieren die Wissenschaftler anschaulich, wie sich Tsunamiwellen nach einem Seebeben über große Distanzen fortpflanzen.  

Ein Seebeben der Stärke 8,8 hat den Pazifik erschüttert und Tsunami-Warnungen von Japan bis zur US-Westküste ausgelöst.
Ein Seebeben der Stärke 8,8 hat den Pazifik erschüttert und Tsunami-Warnungen von Japan bis zur US-Westküste ausgelöst. © IMAGO/Europa Press/Tohoku University

Tsunami-Gefahr für Pazifikanrainer: Simulation berechnet kritische Wellenbewegungen

Die Simulation verdeutlicht, dass Tsunami-Wellen nach einem Erdbeben im nordwestlichen Pazifik bereits binnen weniger Minuten die japanischen Küstenlinien erreichen können. Die sich global ausbreitenden Wassermassen benötigen hingegen deutlich längere Zeiträume, um entferntere Regionen zu erreichen: Hawaii wird nach zehn bis zwölf Stunden erfasst, während Kalifornien und südamerikanische Küstengebiete erst nach etwa einem Tag betroffen sind. Abhängig von der Wellenrichtung und den Gegebenheiten des Ozeanbodens können auch neuseeländische Küstenregionen von den Wassermassen erreicht werden.   Submarine Erdbeben mit hoher Magnitude führen zur plötzlichen Verdrängung enormer Wasservolumen, wodurch Wellensysteme entstehen, die sich über komplette Ozeanbecken ausbreiten. Diese Wasserbewegungen verfügen über außergewöhnliche Energiemengen und können laut Angaben der National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in den Tiefen der Weltmeere Geschwindigkeiten von bis zu 800 km/h erreichen.

Eine Welle im Meer. (Symbolbild)
Ein Seebeben der Stärke 8,8 hat den Pazifik erschüttert und Tsunami-Warnungen von Japan bis zur US-Westküste ausgelöst. © Cavan Images/Imago

Anhaltende Bedrohung für Neuseeland: Energie der Tsunami-Wellen bleibt über weite Distanzen erhalten

Das russische Seebeben führte in Japan zu Evakuierungsanordnungen für Bewohner von 130 Küstenorten. Entgegen der Warnungen vor größeren Wassermassen erreichten die tatsächlichen Wellenhöhen in Hokkaido und Ishinomaki lediglich 30 bis 40 Zentimeter. In anderen Regionen wie dem Hafen von Kuji und Hamanaka wurden jedoch Wellen mit Höhen von bis zu 60 Zentimetern gemessen.  

Trotz der enormen Distanz von mehr als 16.000 Kilometern zwischen Neuseeland und dem russischen Epizentrum besteht für das Land weiterhin eine potenzielle Bedrohung. Der Pazifischen Ozeans stellt für die Wellen einen direkte Verbindungsweg zwischen diesen geografisch weit getrennten Gebieten dar. Dadurch können sich größere Tsunamis auch über diese beträchtlichen Entfernungen ausbreiten, ohne dabei nennenswert an Energie einzubüßen. (nana)

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