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Inspired to Write – “20 Things I Love About Living in The Philippines” Apr 07

There's a popular video going around here in the Philippines about a foreigner "exercising his freedom of speech." That means he felt he could say anything negative he wanted about the Philippines and not get in trouble.  Hey, pal. You're not in Kansas anymore! The authorities snatched him up and wanted to make his a "pesona non-grata", basically black listing him from coming to the Philippines. That story inspired me to make a list of the things that I LOVE about living in the Philippines. Here it is:

 

1. I love being near the ocean.
2. Our neighbors very friendly and helpful
3. I think the Filipinos all have a natural beauty.
4. I just love the sunshine.
5. I just love the tropical rain.
6. I love going down to the open market and just walking around.
7. I love riding in a tricycle.
8. I love seeing the reactions of the Filipinos when I speak just a little bit of Cebuano.
9. I love the Filipino food.
10. I love it when the children put my hand to their forehead as a sign of respect.
11. just love the tropical vegetation.
12. I love being able to pay the locals to do various odd jobs from, electrical work, lawn work, carpentry work and so many things that I really don’t have to do.
13. I love the fact that I don’t have to have my own transportation here.
14. I love it that the domestic transportation, tricycles, buses and flights are so inexpensive.
15. I love seeing all the birds and butterflies in our front and back yards.
16. I love it that my wife can ask the neighborhood boys to help her carry stuff into the house or run an errand for her.
17. I love it that the cost of our rent and utilities are so low.
18. I love it that we have enough discretionary money here that we can help the community in some small way.
19. I love it that I am respected more by the children than where I lived before.
20. I just love going out in my little banca boat.

That’s enough for now.

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Everybody out! Mar 27

Kuyas Mad Everybody out!

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20 Reasons I LOVE living in the Philippines Mar 15

1. I love being near the ocean.

2. Our neigbors very friendly and helpful

3. I think the Filipinos all have a natural beauty.

4. I just love the sunshine.

5. I just love the tropical rain.

6. I love going down to the open market and just walking around.

7. I love riding in a tricycle.

8. I love seeing the reactions of the Filipinos when I speak just a little bit of Cebuano.

9. I love the Filipino food.

10. I love it when the children put my hand to their forehead as a sign of respect.

11.  just love the tropical vegetation.

12. I love being able to pay the locals to do various odd jobs from, electrical work, lawn work, carpentry work and so many things that I really don't have to do.

13. I love the fact that I don't have to have my own transportation here.

14. I love it that the domestic transportation, tryclcles, buses and flights are so inexpensive.

15. I love seeing all the birds and butterflies in our front and back yards.

16. I love it that my wife can ask the neighborhood boys to help her carry stuff into the house or run an errand for her.

17. I love it that the cost of our rent and utilities are so low.

18. I love it that we have enough discretionary money here that we can help the community in some small way.

19. I love it that I am respected more by the children than where I lived before.

20. I just love going out in my little banca boat.

That's enough for now.

Buds Banca 20 Reasons I LOVE living in the Philippines

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A Newspaper Article About Bud Brown Living in the Philippines! Mar 04

 

Local teacher's dream takes him to Philippines

Brown has been living on islands for a year

March 02, 2012 6:00 AM

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ALEX K.W. SCHULTZ

THE PORTERVILLE RECORDER

Buds Hat A Newspaper Article About Bud Brown Living in the Philippines!A former local elementary school teacher is living out his dream — in a modernized bamboo hut roughly 7,000 miles away from Porterville.

Bud Brown, 62, who taught at various elementary schools in Porterville for 20 years, has been living in Cebu on the Philippine islands with his wife,

Gloria, since March 2011.

During a phone interview with The Recorder on Monday evening Feb. 20 — which was actually Tuesday morning Feb. 21 for Brown because of the

15-hour time difference — the former teacher said he has enjoyed his 12 months so far in Cebu, helping out the less-fortunate villagers and

learning the local language of Cebuano.

“I’m having a blast. I really am,” said Brown, who retired from teaching in 2005.

Brown said he had always wanted to return to the Philippines after being stationed in San Miguel Zambales as a Vietnamese-English interpreter

during the Vietnam War.

So now he’s back, living in a two-bedroom, one-bathroom structure made of cement and woven bamboo in the “boondocks” — a Filipino word,

Brown quickly pointed out — of Cebu. 

“Most foreigners here have a car and a scooter and live in a gated compound. Consequently, they’re very insulated from the local population,”

Brown said. “I want to be just the opposite. I want to rub elbows with all of the locals.”

Brown doesn’t have a car, he doesn’t have a scooter and he certainly doesn’t live in a gated compound. Instead, he’s landed himself and his wife

among the unknown…and he’s enjoying every minute of it.

Even more enjoyable, Brown said, is how “a little bit goes a long way” in the isolated village.

Brown made mention of a time when he and his wife took their neighbors — a husband and a wife and their five young children — out for dinner to

have some Filipino dishes and a few Coca-Colas. It was the first time the family had gone out for dinner together, Brown said.

More recently, Brown said he and his wife purchased a large piece of bread — which served as a birthday cake — and 14 candles for the family’s

oldest son, Adan, who turned 14 years old in December. It was the first time any of the children had had a birthday celebration, Brown said.

“[Adan] was just beaming,” he said. “It makes us feel good when we can do just a little bit and it means so much.”

Brown also helps the children with their English and math homework. In return, the children assist with chores around Brown and his wife’s house.

“It’s a win-win situation,” he said.

Once, when Brown and his wife were watching a movie in their living room, Brown said he looked out the screen door to see 10 village kids with

their faces pressed up against the screen, trying to get a good view of the TV inside.

Brown welcomed the youngsters inside, and they opted to watch the movie while sitting on the floor because Brown said they’re not accustomed to

sitting in furniture.

“We’re like the neighborhood television,” he said.

He is also the neighborhood linguist. Brown said he created an online course to help people speak Cebuano, which is the most-spoken language

in the Philippines behind the national language of Tagalog. The course, which he said required 10 months of interviews with the natives to

complete, is available atwww.essentialcebuano.com.

Indeed, Brown is making the most of his time in the Philippines, but he does have to return to Tulare every Christmas as part of a deal he struck

with his 83-year-old mother.

He said he hopes to remain in the Philippines for another three to five years.

“That’s the wonderful thing about being retired,” he said. “You can go and stay as long as you want.”

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Bud Brown is speaking Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Cebuano (gamay lang) Nov 24

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What a “Special” Birthday Party! Oct 20

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How Rude! Sep 03

How rude How Rude!

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No sympathy! Aug 26

Burned finger No sympathy!

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Life in the Philippines Cartoon Aug 25

You know you've been in the Philippines too long when…

Air Con Life in the Philippines Cartoon

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Crowded Bus! Aug 04

goat bus Crowded Bus!

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