Yesterday while reading one of the blogs/sites that are on my daily must read list I came across a post from my online friend Bruce of American in Davao. It seems he was interviewed by an ex-pat living in Norway whose name is Kristie. She is interviewing ex-pats from around the world for her site Cultureshock.

In her interview with Bruce she asked some very interesting questions and I learned much more about Bruce than I knew from his previous posts. I don’t know if any of the questions were edited or copied word for word but I would like to thank Bruce for letting me and his readers know a little more about him.

If you wouldn’t mind I would like to take a couple of Kristies questions and answer them from my own point of view. Since I don’t live there right now I will omit the questions that I couldn’t be qualified to answer but my answers come from living in the Philippines for almost ten years in the 70’s and 80’s and spending much time there in the last few years.

What do you like/dislike about your new home overseas?  I think the Philippines is a rich country. Although perceived as a Third World Country the Philippines has something that nobody else has, that is the Filipino people. They are the most caring and happy people I have ever met. As far as dislike I would have to say there is small percentage of Filipinos who exploit the same thing that I liked about the Philippines and that is the people.

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to get a job in the country you are now living in? Yes, it is very difficult to find a job that would pay enough for you to live on so it would be best to try to find some way of making a living in the online community. You could possibly open a business in the Philippines but you will have to adjust to a different way of running that business due to cultural matters.

Other than the couple of questions I answered I think Bruce answered about the same way I would so I suggest you check out Kristie’s and Bruce’s sites for a very interesting read.