Comments on: Cost of Living Chart – Philippines (in Peso, Dollar and Euro)

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:13:24 +0000

Hi everyone
Great reading about the prices, i am planning on coming out to Manila for three months from June to september, i came out there back in 2006 and loved it, working with my fellow martial arts instructors.
I will be working with them again for 3 months, was wondering what would be the chances of getting part-time work teaching english in Manila, or working as a fitness instructor as I am coming from the United Kingdom and i run my own Personal fitness Training business in the UK.
Any ideas on how much money would be good amount to live on for 3 months?
cheers

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:01:15 +0000

For those that are interested in purchasing property in the Philippines, it’s a great place to invest but be extra careful who you do business with. Always, always ask a broker for foreigner references.. Too many people are trying to take advantage of foreigners. Get with other foreigners that have been around the block before you make the deal. I’ve seen it too many times. Trust but verify…

By: mhey santos

mhey santos — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:09:07 +0000

Wow…Chris and Todd are more Filipino than us :-) …thank you for your great comments about our country. Im Mhey Santos, certified real estate broker. I’d like to share also that most of our foreign investors are amazed how low the prices of brandnew house/mansions here in Alabang ( Daang-Hari is new road connecting to Cavite). Most investors are simply waiting for their properties to appreciate say in 2-5years time while enjoying their stay in most expensive village with world class amenities which is only 10minutes away from the business district. Im also into selling foreclosed properties, offering flexible terms of payment,so you can still channel the rest of your money to other businesses. Most of our investors here are into build and sell. So far, real estate here are doing very very well and our investors are very satisfied with their prefered investments, thank God. Again, maraming salamat po for sharing your experiences. Ive come to realize how rich our country is. Too bad I’ve never been into places you mentioned yet. If God’s will, it is my dream to tour around Philippine Islands first before I go and visit other countries :-)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:41:02 +0000

I am doing a paper for my future NPO that I want to start in the Philippines.. how much would you say internet and phone bills are per month?

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:34:33 +0000

Todd P., the problem is that I’m only using a Plugin to display the Gravatars of visitors; so am pretty much dependent on how that works, as I don’t edit the code myself. Am not so much of a tekkie, to be technical enough to fix the problems in html/php directly. Though I’m still checking, if there is a general problem, might have to try also a different plugin. Not so easy though, to get the formatting right again. Sorry, that I can’t find a quick fix right away…will try my best…

By: Todd P.

Todd P. — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:38:08 +0000

Hey Chris,

I have been communicating with Gravatar, and they say that my email address is listed with the first letter of each word using a capital letter (same as I use on your website). But, I should try a login using all lower case letters because of something to do with the way your website script is written. Here is their quote:

“The site itself should be lowercasing your email address before making its link to gravatar.com. You might want to tell them that their implimentation is wrong (they can see http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/url ) In the mean time, please try using your email address in all lowercase letters.”

Maybe that means something to you?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:25:08 +0000

Todd P. – the funny thing is, I can see your Gravatar currently in the MyBlogLog Widget (the ‘Please also travel to’ box) in the lower right side. You look like a Boat Captn with a full beard, right? Hm, I really wonder, what it can be then….still searching…

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:48:27 +0000

Todd P. – it still is a biggie for me, as something is not working how it should. Hm. I will try to look into it and play around a bit with the code on my end here in the next couple of days. Hopefully we will get that resolved somehow.

By: Todd P.

Todd P. — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:38:26 +0000

Hey Chris, it’s a no-go on the gravatar. I am using the gravatar linked to this email address, it is rated G, I have emptied my cache, and I have already gone to the gravatar website to login. It still doesn’t show, and I have no idea why. According to their FAQ, if I have done all of the above, the only other possible reason is that the website is not configured properly. It’s no biggie – but still…..

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:11:19 +0000

Augie, great tips about life in Baguio! I'm yet to visit, heard it's very nice there and was not hit directly by the devastating typhoons last year. How is recovery in the surrounding areas progressing? Ron Whidden, Todd P, Travis and Sunny - nice conversation and plenty of tips! I will try to check out Samal also, when visiting Davao later in March. Todd P, about the Gravatar picture, it should show up, if you have registered there. The trick is to use the same e-mail address in the comment form here, like the one you used to register at en.gravatar.com.