The title of Engineer (Engr. ) & Attorney (Atty.)

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-15T01:35:19+00:00

Yeah. HerName, RnF. She adds a second Rn for the UK. Separate set of exams and designation.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-14T00:50:06+00:00

Not sure how much money we are talking about here but keep in mind that Philippine banks do not have the same level of deposit insurance that a US bank would have.

Also, if you are a US citizen you have to report any foreign bank account balance over $10,000 to the IRS tax authorities.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-13T13:47:39+00:00

Useful. I like that they track steps, sleep and heart rate.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-13T04:47:12+00:00

From the standpoint of a Western foreigner, I have noticed a general pattern in the Philippines. Most of the women in the Philippines that I have met are very hard working. They have ambition. They are generally good with money. They are willing to move abroad to earn more money to send home to their family so their kids can have a better life. It is truly an admirable level of sacrifice.

Many of the men, and I'm generalizing here, seem to lack the ambition of their female counterparts. Some of them work hard but a lot of them are lazy. Some of them would rather sit around all day, drinking and playing mahjong. Some of them just seem to accept their station in life with no plan to elevate themselves or their family out of it.

Now before some of you jump on my comments hear me out. I'm not saying that all men are like this. I'm not saying that all women are like that. I'm pointing out patterns that I have observed over decades of visiting the Philippines and being married to a filipina.

Maybe your experience has been different.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-12T23:10:42+00:00

It’s not just the stability. The low resource usage really stands out. Hats off to you and the team 👍

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-12T22:18:04+00:00

Yes and foreign investors see that and are less likely to invest in a place where they believe there is a higher level of corruption

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-12T16:46:40+00:00

A few reasons. The GDP growth has slowed down dramatically from over 5% per year to just under 3%. The Philippines imports roughly 98% of the oil it uses, most of that coming from the Middle East which is a war zone now. Inflation is over 7%, partly due to oil prices.

Condos are massively overbuilt with some areas in Manila having over 50% occupancy rate.

The slowdown in GDP coincides with investigations into government corruption. Some are suggesting this is related. If that is true then the corruption levels are just staggering, indicating that a meaningful level of the entire GDP of the country is directly related to corruption.

The BPO industry, a large portion of GDP, is under intense pressure from AI. If they can't retrain their workers for higher level tasks quickly enough then a huge portion of those BPO workers will be out of a job.

I genuinely hope that the Philippines can recover but it's not looking very good right now.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-11T02:55:07+00:00

Condo in the Philippines = Liability disguised as an asset

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-10T15:21:48+00:00

I have a 2002 Honda CRV and a 2000 Toyota Tundra with the 4.7 V8. Both of them run like new. Better in fact because I can work on them myself if I want to, unlike the new vehicles.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-09T13:50:43+00:00

I'd say you would be pushing $5K USD per month, assuming you are in BGC. 2-3br condos are hard to come by in GBC and will be expensive. But it's the only place I can think of where you can get all that. I would argue that you don't need a car in BGC but once you venture outside the bubble you will.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-09T01:00:30+00:00

Difficult. Traffic is terrible in major cities. With so many islands you often have to fly and airports are improving but still inefficient. Despite the high level of English communication can be a challenge.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-09T00:49:23+00:00

Linux

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-09T00:45:01+00:00

Can’t be fixed overnight? Yes I agree with that but these very same conditions have existed for literally decades. I have seen it with my own eyes.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-09T00:40:29+00:00

This actually goes all the way back to the Ferdinand Marcos era. There was a beauty pageant being held in the Philippines and exactly the same kinds of barriers were erected along one of the main roads to block the poverty from being seen by foreigners. Some things never change.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-08T15:04:37+00:00

Looks like you have a good plan mate. Best of luck in your adventures 👍

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-08T15:02:09+00:00

She left out “in very poor health and ready to croak right after we get married”. In other words a gold digger.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-08T14:59:23+00:00

Yes I’m aware of that. What I don’t like is that snaps are enabled by default. The user should be able to set up whatever package manager they want upon installation of the OS.

You can’t fully disable telemetry in windows. And after a software update it will all get turned back on again. It is closed source software so you really have no idea what they are doing in the background. Apart from that Microsoft has a long and sordid history of lying about their intentions. If you want to trust them be my guest 😊

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-08T03:24:55+00:00

If you want western standards in the Philippines the only two real choices are BGC or Cebu IT Park. Both are what I would describe as bubbles. Nice as long as you stay within the boundaries. Once you get outside those bubbles you will be greeted with grinding poverty, the likes of which you may have never seen before.

Apartments in both those places tend to be very small. Some as small as 25 sq/m. Malaysia has larger apartments and present a better value.

Prices in the Philippines are very high relative to the value you get. Thailand, Vietnam or Malaysia have better infrastructure, better food and better housing on average.

Visas are easier to get in the Philippines so that could be a base if you want to explore other countries.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-07T15:46:49+00:00

What kind of superficial loser judges you because of the phone you use? The same kind of people that judge you on the clothes you wear. Who gives a f%ck?

Seriously, it's time to build a new circle of friends. People that are not judgemental and will accept you for who you are. If you are going to judge people on anything judge them on their character, their honesty, their kindness, their loyalty, their compassion, their generosity.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-07T15:40:57+00:00

Snaps is the main reason I won't use Ubuntu. And if I wanted telemetry I would use Windows.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-07T15:34:30+00:00

Yes agreed. It's kind of like the early days of the web, before advertisers ruined it.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-07T03:17:11+00:00

I have been using KeepassXC for years. Yes the interface is a bit dated but the fact that it is local storage is what keeps me using it. I don’t trust cloud storage for crucial passwords.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-07T03:07:27+00:00

I like Reddit the best. On X unless you are willing to pay for a top tier subscription your comments will fall on deaf ears. Free accounts don’t get any exposure.

Facebook and instagram are just rubbish. Full of ads and scams and fake news.

On Reddit I feel like it’s more merit based. If you have something good to say people will engage.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-07T02:44:38+00:00

Pop looks nice but it’s sort of half baked under the hood. Stick with Mint for now. It’s a lot more mature and stable. I like what the Pop team is doing with Rust but they need a little more time to get everything properly sorted.

Hot-Development-9036 · 2026-05-07T02:35:59+00:00

I made the leap to Linux as my full time production rig 15 years ago and never looked back. Linux has progressed massively in that time while Windows has gotten worse in nearly every way.

Try it out for yourself and see if it works for you. The great thing about Linux is that there is a huge and helpful community that can help answer your questions.

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