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A while ago my wife and i went back to live in the UK due to the fact that after 18 months of no work it was the only place i could get a job in my line of work.
I have a grown up son and daughter there 35 and 37 years old now and at the time we went back a new born grandson.
We were back there for 3 years and i think i was lucky if i saw them more than once or twice a month and only if i put in the effort to call them or invite them for a meal.
Due to the UK home office BS which makes it difficult and costly for legal people to get visas and mainly the fact that they refused my Filipino stepdaughter a visit visa we left and returned to the Philippines.
So for me leaving family behind was not a hard choice, i think i have more contact with them now on facebook than i ever did when i was there in person.
Sad but true

 

My Son is 5yrs soon to be 6 and I will be over there for his Birthday early Dec, I'm hoping to get him and his Mum over here to Scotland, I had built a house there for them both to live long term but now realise it would be better for them both to reside in Scotland.

My big concern is for him to get a good education, I'm sure even the best Private Schools there in PH fall short of what can be had here in UK, I have another son of 47yrs here in UK he has done so well for himself, now owning his own business, educated here in a mainstream School to then go on to get a degree at Edinburgh University, none of this cost me a penny as Education is free for everyone in Scotland.

Eldest Son has taken and interest in his half brother and even visited him there in PH, I was back in UK at this time, however as it happens he does Employ Filipinos there in Manila to assist in his business.

Another side to this is; if anything had to happen to me (soon to be 71yrs and officially a Coffin Dodger?) my big Son would be here and available to assist his young Brother in any way he could.

 

I am fine now thanks.
Regarding my experience i am glad to say that i haven't had much previous inpatient stays either here or in the UK and the ones that i did have were a long time ago so i don't have much to go on but i will give you my opinion on the pros and cons of Polymedic.
PROS
Large onsite parking area as oppose to Silliman and Holy child.
New building and all equipment, AC and elevators in working order.
Food was edible.
Cafe onsite with brewed coffee.
Most of all i survived it

CONS
Very far from where we live.
Cafe not open 24 hrs so nightshift watcher had to bring her food in as nothing in the area selling food.
Most uncomfortable bed i have ever slept or tried to sleep in, metal frame with 2 inch thick mattress.
Sleep depravation as apart from the aprox 2 hourly visits for vital signs and medication there would be visits to tell this was the new shift change nurse or to get a signature that could have waited until morning.
And this is most important, at the initial consultation i asked the doctor for an aprox price but the final bill was 50% more than his estimate.

All said and done i would use Polymedic again for any future problems but next time i might try to nail them down to a more accurate price estimate, at the end of the day if you need the treatment then you have to accept the price.

 

A 'rock' called being an Honours graduate in virology.

I think this article, whether from the BBC or whomsoever, excellently correlated information which may have been published already but is very scattered. Articles such as the one I used put information together from various sources to save people doing hours of online research and if a person does not know what to seek then they will never find it. It seems that would not apply to you as you already know it ALL.

Btw, I wrote this to inform those who are interested.

 

Two Filipinos were arrested in Bacong last night and ended up in the local jail. They out after the 9:00 pm and they didn't have a QP.

are pretty serious charges. A person has to be pretty stupid to think they are that special. My guess is this guy will end up in Bicutan which is the foreigner jail near Manila (Hell on Earth is what I've heard).

Very true, there is some prejudice toward some foreigners and you can thank this guy for making it worse.

 

Locked Rotor Amps, sometimes abbreviated LRA, is exactly what the name implies. If the rotor is locked and can't move while electrical power is applied, the motor will draw this many amps. Locked Rotor Amps are much higher than running amps, generally around five times max running amps.

full-load-amperage

This value can also sometimes be referred to as: Running Amps, Rated Amps, or just AMPS. ... For motors with a service factor of 1.0, drawing substantially more current than its rated-full-load-amperage indicates an overload situation.

If you can understand the above you will understand what I am about to explain to you here.

If you place an amp probe in the circuit of any motor you will get these kinds of AMP READINGS.

1. The motor is not turning (it is off). You power it up, (plug it in). The amps WILL momentary spike to Locked Rotor Amps and immediately drop back to its run amps.

2. You as a domestic user will not notice that very small bump in amps because of its very short duration in that spike and the fact that your motor load is also very small.

3. If you are a large commercial user like a machine shop or say a mall you MIGHT see a spike in your bill.

4. Here is where the money comes in; Add all the motors in the entire system both big and small. There will be a very large spike in the load at the power plant, (in amps), amps is money to the power producers.

5. Now you do the math. ALL of US will share in that spike in amps one way or another, $.

Just in case you were wondering. I owned and operated an Air conditioning service company for 18 years. You can not run an Air conditioning service company with out an extensive knowledge in both electricity and pluming. I got most of that knowledge by attending UAA for 4 years. UAA = University of Alaska Anchorage.

 

Not being religious in any way, I will only wish him the best, I've been fighting the same illness for the last nine years, my thoughts are with him & his family at this time.

For all male members on this forum, please have your P.S.A. checked from time to time, especially when over 40 years old. I know it is not definitive, but it is one of the few indicators that could warn us in advance of possible problems.

Cost is around P1,950 per test in S.U.M.C., I don't know any other hospitals' charges, as I only use them.

 

The biggest complaint tourists have is traffic. Many tourists like to walk. If there is no space for more cars and more parking then make more ways to walk. Make wide sidewalks and give the death penalty to any motorcyclist or vehicle operator who drives or parks on those sidewalks. Turn the city into a futuristic city where people get off their asses and walk. No vehicle of any kind on sidewalks (except and only exception being wheelchairs).

That's my comment