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The bringing out or travelling with your pet cats or dog across international borders can be an extremely stressful experience. If you’ve had to uprooting yourself and move to another Continue Reading
“What the heck is the difference between an embassy and a consulate?” that is probably the question that popped up in your mind that cause you to find this article. So Continue Reading
On most afternoons, my wife brings down our kids to play with other kids from the same apartment complex at the common area downstairs. There would usually be couple of Continue Reading
Did you know that the Chinese celebrate Valentine’s Day three times a year? Ah! Love is the air! Aren’t we all just addicted to that musty, sweaty and sweet smell Continue Reading
Update (March 2018: All issuances (including replacements) of COMELEC Voter’s IDs are on hold, as discussions on the National ID system are ongoing. Well, that would be a great development. Continue Reading
I love physical books. You know, the ones made of paper that have pages that you can hold and flip. Nope, those books that look like paper on your kindle Continue Reading
Never, ever have Renminbi (RMB) or Chinese Yuan (CNY) sent to your Mainland Chinese bank account. (Are RMB and CNY the same? The short answer is yes.) Just don’t. I Continue Reading
Foreign service officers or diplomats have the most boring blogs ever. There are in fact so few of them that within one week you can probably read all of the Continue Reading
There is always some confusion on what is the BRSTN for the regular Bank of the Philippine Islands (which I will also also refer to the “regular” BPI for clarity) Continue Reading
Important Update 09/18/18: The Philippines has acceded to the Apostille Convention on September 12, 2018, which is an international convention which will greatly simplify authentication services or “red ribbon” services Continue Reading