Reinventing my farmhouse as a bed and breakfast
Gut FeelBy Minyong Ordoñez
MY PATIENCE ran out when typhoon “Reming” (circa 2009) destroyed my rambutan and lanzones orchard in Majayjay, Laguna.
MY PATIENCE ran out when typhoon “Reming” (circa 2009) destroyed my rambutan and lanzones orchard in Majayjay, Laguna.
I WAS DRIVING one early morning on Foothill Boulevard in Pasadena, California, with my sister, who was visiting from the Philippines, when she suddenly said, “Look at her, Ate.”
Scoring a perfect 100 percent in “Cost of Living,” the Philippines makes it to the “World’s Top Retirement Havens in 2013,” an annual list prepared by International Living, a monthly publication about the best places to live in, retire, travel and invest.
Poised for retirement, Italian Ambassador Luca Fornari looks at the transition philosophically and with optimism.
Asia is fast becoming a top destination for professional people and executives who go abroad for their companies, their careers and their bank accounts: the expatriates.
After a life of dedication to a corporate cause that in Japan means long hours and few holidays, retirement might be seen as a well deserved rest. But for some, it is a chance to launch a new career.
Building on the remarkable feat accomplished by the 2008, 2009, and 2010 issues of “Philippines: The Heart of Asia” Travel Guide & Directory” in promoting the country for medical and wellness tourism, HIM Communications is publishing for its 2012 edition this handy booklet titled “Guide to Living, Retiring and Settling Down in the Philippines”.
1. Affordable cost of living — The monthly expenses for housing, food, transportation and even labor costs anywhere in the Philippines are quite reasonable and affordable for most retirees that allow them to stretch their pensions and savings. Balikbayans and foreign retirees enjoy not only the lower cost of living but also a favorable currency [...]
I’m 42 and retired from being an overseas Filipino worker last year. I am financially stable now, thanks to some business and investments I’ve made. I have more or less achieved most of my dreams, except one. I don’t have a child of my own. At 30 and two years into my marriage, we found out that my wife would not be able to bear a child. We ended up adopting a boy who is now 15.
What I didn’t realize until recently was that servants grew old, too, not just me! And that their aging cost a lot! You see, my husband died recently. He had been sick for eight years, which necessitated a lot of hands on deck. But suddenly I was by myself, and they were just too many.
Determined to avoid ending their days in a retirement center, elderly Washingtonians living in the shadow of Capitol Hill are working together in a village-like community to stay in their homes.
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