Cebu Focused Living In The Philippines

US Dollar To Philippine Peso — Ouch!

Rusty Ferguson — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:02:24 +0000

US dollar to Philippine Peso rates have falling to below 41 the last two times I transferred cash from the USA to the Philippines. I am using Xoom and like all other remittance companies their exchange rate is lower than the market rate or what you will get using your ATM Card. However for me,...

Read the rest of this Article

Time to Relaunch Cebu Experience

Rusty Ferguson — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:25:04 +0000

A few months ago, I logged in to my favorite website with much excitement and pride. It was this site of course. I instantly noticed that the traffic graph to this site showed a massive decline in traffic. I had been following the news about upcoming Google changes and had been working to make changes. ...

Read the rest of this Article

Being Rude To A Filipino Can Lead To Deportation

Rusty Ferguson — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:17:01 +0000

You often hear that raising your voice to a Filipino can get you deported. It is true, it can. Usually though it will take more than that. But if you are rude to a Filipino and they file a complaint with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) then you can be sure you will be at...

Read the rest of this Article

Ghost in the Philippines

Rusty Ferguson — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:50:27 +0000

Since I have been living in the Philippines, I’ve seen things that have caused me to re-evaluate many things. I’ve been exposed to a lot of superstitious beliefs including those revolving around ghost in the Philippines. A lot of what I hear from Filipina still seems pretty far fetched. I can’t totally discount what I’ve...

Read the rest of this Article

Things to Do In Cebu Philippines

Rusty Ferguson — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:04:54 +0000

Cebu Philippines is located in the center of the country. It is one of the more than 7100 islands that make up the Philippines. Cebu is a province within the Philippines, an island and Cebu City is the capital city of the province. Sometimes Cebu is referred to as the “Pearl of Asia” or “the...

Read the rest of this Article