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      • The Philippines: Jobs
        01/18/09
        Much like Japan, it seems like "everyone has a job". You walk into a department store and there are 5,000 people working there just waiting to help you. You can't look at clothes without being followed around by like 5 sales people (which is kind of annoying). The corollary to that

      • The Philippines: Security
        01/18/09
        I figured I would hit this one first and get it out of the way. Before you travel to any country, you should visit the State Department's website and view any and all travel warnings. The website for the Philippines (or PI as it's known) is here: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_t.

      • The Philippines: Overview
        01/18/09
        The running joke around the neighborhood is that I'm stationed in the Philippines and go TAD to Thailand and Okinawa from time to time. ha ha ha. Lisa doesn't think that's so funny :(

        As I was standing in the Manila airport on Saturday, I realized that I've been to

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