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I personally feel that the following seems to apply: (These are generalizations and can't possibly apply to everyone in these countries...only speaking to the trend as I see it.) Asians in poor countries have this sense that they need to move up the social and economic ladder. To many of them, that ...

I'm sure she will still get custody and child support in the divorce.

Not sure about "Rest In Peace". Maybe Torment in Pieces?

I wonder if their military generals will try to pull an Egypt and take over? Not sure if this will end up as a good thing but I'm hopeful.

Wow. He may not have committed sexual assault, but she's pushing him towards committing murder.

It's a lot easier when you aren't conquered numerous times by numerous nations who expunged your own identity over the centuries of colonization, then being left to govern yourself.

I'm here now. Posted in the trips section a quick post

If you are living anywhere close to Manila, I'd like to meet up. I'm buyin!

Oh and any of you living nearby, I'd like to meet up. Let me know! I'm buyin!

Despite all the reports about the extreme overcrowding and poverty, I wasn't ready. I've been to Tijuana many times and the level of filth is comparable IMO. But it is not all that way. There are nice Hotels, malls, and establishments that I've seen so far. It's basically my first night since I arri...

I think a lot of the women that go through all the trouble of going to the US are actually looking for that female dominant western life that they grew up watching on American TV and movies. I think you have to always be careful about foreign women who want to live in the US more than their own coun...

Well we have to. According to Herman Cain, China is trying to develop nuclear capability.

Very funny comedian who died recently barely passing 40. His released stand-up special dealt a lot about men's and women's issues in the US, and he used humor to bring out a lot of what a man really thinks and how they're demonized for thinking that way. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVUW5...

You should try out Cebu too. People say it's nicer than Manila. No one likes Manila it seems. If you have a 20k a year pension coming, why do you even need to work or get a new career? I'm not so sure than 20K USD will continue to be worth what it does now. What happens when I only get 20 pesos per...

I'm heading there to check out some of the colleges. I'm going to try to figure out where I want to go to school, and The Philippines offers me an opportunity to make the military housing allowance for overseas schools ($1300 a month) and go to a fairly good school. Since $1300 is more than enough t...

Her puffy lips look like your standard Hollywood botox injections. She's got the A-type looks but that certainly isn't worth $40,000 a month in my opinion. There are wealthy western men who would go for that arrangement though. She certainly understands relative market value. To be honest I wouldn'...

What changed everything was the Internet. Now you have expectations after pages and pages of "research" that you didn't used to have. Now I know where to go, how much it will cost, etc. You really have to work now to stray from the "beaten path" because there's probably an article out about your hol...