Although it’s a small part of our house construction in the Philippines, a subject that comes up often is our kitchen cabinets. I’ve written posts on what type of material we should use and sizes of our cabinets also. What I’d ask you as readers of this blog is to look at the picture in this post or on my Facebook album and tell me what you think about what we did with the cabinet underneath the sink.
Many of the readers on here are Filipino and more familiar with Philippine home construction and I respect your opinions on things we are doing. Do you think the dish rack type underneath the sink is a good idea and have you seen this in other homes? If you don’t think it is a good idea please tell me why, and I’ll say I will welcome constructive criticism but not destructive criticism. So the comments are open on this subject and we are probably not going to change what we’ve done but would love to know what problems with this type of cabinet we can expect.
To my friends and family in the Philippines see you real soon
I have added some of the most updated pics of our house in the Philippines particularly the kitchen cabinets. These cabinets were chosen by my wife and in these pictures all but the final finishing touches have been made. By this time I’m sure that they are completely done but I haven’t got those pictures yet. To see the latest pics plus others just click on the following link Our House in the Philippines Pics.
Just wanted to let the people of the Philippines know that Me and my family as well as people worldwide have been keeping an eye on Hurricane Juan and praying for the safety of the Filipino people. I know firsthand how terrible these Typhoons are because I have experienced a few while living in the Philippines and I’m sure I will experience more when I’m there. It looks like the worst of it has been done but the days after will probably be quite hard for cleanup and such. Once again, we are all praying for everyone there to be safe.
The latest pictures of our house construction in the Philippines will show you what is going on inside our house. As you can see we have picked the cabinets and they are almost done. The counter and sink are in and we are almost ready for appliances. That is something I really look forward to as I actually have some ideas that my wife will agree with. Visit our Facebook album of the house construction by clicking on the following link: Our House Construction in the Philippines
On another note there is a video making the rounds of the internet, news stations, and social websites. It is the video of Flight Attendants for Cebu Pacific Airlines performing a choreographed routine aboard a Cebu Pacific flight to demonstrate safety procedures. The video received more than 7.3 million hits in less than a week. Cebu Pacific based out of Manila decided to use this way to “draw more passenger attention to its in-flight safety reminders”. If you haven’t seen it yet I’ve provided the video on this website. It is very good and shows how Filipinos have found a way of mixing their love of music and dancing with something many of us travelers ignore.
Some resources in planning your next flight to the Philippines or anywhere else
Being involved in the past in project management, I can tell you as a project is coming to an end there is an excitement going through the project team. It is pretty much the same here in our household as the outside work on our house construction in the Philippines is wrapping up. There is still some painting to be done before it will be complete but we have moved most of the work to an inside project.
The most recent pictures in the album are pictures of the sliding door and windows that we have added going to the outside terrace. This will be a place where we will spend much time entertaining and celebrating with our friends and family in the Philippines. It looks like we may have to have another house blessing done. If you’d like to see the whole album including the latest updates please click on Our House Construction in the Philippines.
Also I have had a few questions about the size of our home in the Philippines and I have been responding with measurements of the original size as I haven’t been able to do another measurement. I am just providing the basic measurements from the home package we purchased when we originally had the home built.
As you can see from this and the other pictures in the album our house construction in the Philippines is in the latter stages. It’s a good thing because in our phone conversation with family it was raining so hard in Laguna that we could hear it through the headphones. I’ve posted one of the pics from the album at the beginning of this post and the rest can be found in our Moving to Philippines photo album. Click on the link to see them.
In other news, I have been contacted from a tourism student at a University in Manila to be interviewed for her thesis entitled “The Philippines as a retirement destination for foreign tourists” If our schedules match up I may accept her offer and get together with her and her group for a sit down. I’ll post more on this later.
Well thats all I have right other than to say I’m counting the days until my return back to the Philippines. As soon as the college football season is over I will be on my way. See you all soon!
Sticking with the same theme of our moving to Philippines blog I have updated my album of pictures of our house construction in the Philippines. We are still working hard on the interior and these pictures are showing some of the additions with paint. Included in the latest pics are the downstairs bathroom which is the room that is now painted checker board style and also the kitchen sink and part of the work is done on the counter. I think it looks pretty good and will continue to post updated pictures. To link to the total photo album click on the following link: Pictures of Our House Construction in the Philippines.
In other news there is a video out making the YouTube rounds of our favorite singer from the Philippines, Charice. It seems she is getting ready for an appearance on the show Glee and she is getting Botox treatments. In my opinion Charice you are beautiful as you are but it’s your body do what feels comfortable. Until next time Salamat Po!
For any of the interested readers of my blog on my Move to the Philippines I am including a link to some of the interior pictures of our house construction in the Philippines. This project is coming along very well and we are pushing it as quick as possible due to rainy season but since it is a very big project we are also watching the quality of work. Thanks to all of our neighbors and relatives in Binan Laguna for what you are doing in our absence, that is what I like most about the Philippines.
Just received some updated pictures of work done on our house construction in the Philippines one of which is at the beginning of this post. Suddenly it’s shaping up to looking like we want it even though there is still a ways to go. I promised I would keep updating as it progressed not to show off but to let people see what goes on with house construction in the the Philippines. I will entertain any comments or questions concerning what we are going through. If you’d like to see the all the pictures just click on my Facebook button to the right.
If you’ve been following the story on our moving to the Philippines you know that we are still working on our house construction in the Philippines. We fully lived in it the last time we were there and decided to start another phase which is making a bigger kitchen and adding a terrace and expanding my office. The picture at the beginning of the post is from about two weeks ago. As you can see, many times Philippine houses are built by manual labor with very little automation at all. It’s been really interesting watching our Philippine house and seeing the unique ways the the Filipino workmen use common items as tools and construction material. Keep checking back to see when we get the completion pictures.
On another note I would like to thank the loyal readers who have been following my blog. I never intended this to be a profit making site but did add some advertisements to pay for hosting and such. I am surprised to see that although I don’t spend nearly as much time as I do on my other projects this blog is picking up much more traffic than I ever expected. If there are any questions on my experience as an American moving to the Philippines please leave me a comment.
December 9, 2010
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Although it’s a small part of our house construction in the Philippines, a subject that comes up often is our kitchen cabinets. I’ve written posts on what type of material we should use and sizes of our cabinets also. What I’d ask you as readers of this blog is to look at the picture in this post or on my Facebook album and tell me what you think about what we did with the cabinet underneath the sink.
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I have added some of the most updated pics of our house in the Philippines particularly the kitchen cabinets. These cabinets were chosen by my wife and in these pictures all but the final finishing touches have been made. By this time I’m sure that they are completely done but I haven’t got those pictures yet. To see the latest pics plus others just click on the following link 
The latest pictures of our house construction in the Philippines will show you what is going on inside our house. As you can see we have picked the cabinets and they are almost done. The counter and sink are in and we are almost ready for appliances. That is something I really look forward to as I actually have some ideas that my wife will agree with. Visit our Facebook album of the house construction by clicking on the following link: 
Being involved in the past in project management, I can tell you as a project is coming to an end there is an excitement going through the project team. It is pretty much the same here in our household as the outside work on our house construction in the Philippines is wrapping up. There is still some painting to be done before it will be complete but we have moved most of the work to an inside project.
As you can see from this and the other pictures in the album our house construction in the Philippines is in the latter stages. It’s a good thing because in our phone conversation with family it was raining so hard in Laguna that we could hear it through the headphones. I’ve posted one of the pics from the album at the beginning of this post and the rest can be found in our 
Sticking with the same theme of our moving to Philippines blog I have updated my album of pictures of our house construction in the Philippines. We are still working hard on the interior and these pictures are showing some of the additions with paint. Included in the latest pics are the downstairs bathroom which is the room that is now painted checker board style and also the kitchen sink and part of the work is done on the counter. I think it looks pretty good and will continue to post updated pictures. To link to the total photo album click on the following link: Pictures of Our 
For any of the interested readers of my blog on my Move to the Philippines I am including a link to some of the interior pictures of our house construction in the Philippines. This project is coming along very well and we are pushing it as quick as possible due to rainy season but since it is a very big project we are also watching the quality of work. Thanks to all of our neighbors and relatives in Binan Laguna for what you are doing in our absence, that is what I like most about the Philippines.
