Coming Posts

My Philippine travel posts continue up to end of 2024. Afterwards, I will switch my focus to educational issues based on my dissertation and classroom experiences.

I will follow a book-in-progress style with some posts exclusively for paid subscribers only. My goals are:

• to highlight the Filipino-American relationship in education, specifically about the establishment of special education in the Philippines

• to share historical details that I discovered in the DC area that is relatively unknown in the Philippines and the USA that might shed light on why there is a special relationship between the two countries

• to introduce Delia Delight Rice, who established the first SPED school in the Philippines, to more educators

• to see parallel educational strategies that Ms. Rice did and what resourceful Filipino teachers in the USA are doing to survive in the classroom

My goals might change through time depending on your feedback. If you are not an educator, please refer this online newsletter to others who would be interested in this topic. Thank you for reading and supporting Pilipinas Info.

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More Travel Tips 2024

• Arrival Mishap: Discovering I cannot ride the free airport shuttle bus from NAIA Terminal 1 to 3 (to sleep at Wings Capsule hotel) and not wanting to ride a taxi alone after midnight - what happened next

• My experience using 4 different electronic SIMs in the Philippines

• Trying out Sulit Dormitel where foreign backpackers gave great reviews at Agoda and other sites

• Staying in a Dorm instead of a Hotel or AirBnB in the Philippines

• My experience with Victory Liner’s new Royal Class Sleeper Bus and review of Microtel - a hotel near Victory Liner Baguio Terminal

• Re-experiencing Baguio after decades: what changed

• My first robot waiter at Good Taste Restaurant versus Oh My Gulay with our live waiters

• Observation about Metro Manila Pedestrian Footbridges for Public Transit Riders

• Using alternative travel means from Metro Manila to NAIA Terminal 1 and Terminal 3

Previous Travel Posts

• when is it reasonable to pay more for your airfare to and fro the Philippines

• traveling to and fro NAIA airport using P2P (Point to Point) buses and opting to rest at a relatively unknown airport capsule hotel inside NAIA

• a cheaper Metro Manila hotel option where you get a lot of value for only $25 a night

• getting SIM cards before traveling to the Philippines and using WiFi to call using your US number

• maintaining a Keto diet in a carb-rich country - what happened with my weight when I ate more carbs and sugar (buko pies, halo-halo, pandesal etc.)

• budgeting tips that worked for me when you need to send money to the Philippines

Money - Related Posts

• different money perspectives and how Balikbayans (Filipinos returning or visiting home) can prepare to lessen financial stress

• challenges in opening a peso account and why banks need to you fill out forms that includes revealing your Social Security Number (SSN)

• IDs and other Philippine bank requirements if you are no longer a Philippine passport holder

• how to minimize wasted time in Philippine banks especially for Filipinos based abroad

• value of keeping validated Philippine bank slips when filing for government benefits

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