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Friday, July 31, 2015

Tim Potter Texas Expat 101

Tim Potter Texas Say's Do not kid yourself its hard.

Beware of moving overseas! It’s tough, confusing, disorienting… and ultimately, extremely rewarding. So take it one day at a time and learn to walk before you run.

Living overseas will not solve your problems

It may distract you for a while but you’ll likely find that once you’ve been overseas for a while, old habits and patterns begin to re-emerge and you’ll find yourself with all the same problems, just in a different place. Your problems could only get worse if you run. Face them prior to leaving.

Eliminate baggage

Becoming an expat is not only physical, geographical, and logistical it’s also emotional. Your priorities change. Having these things back home will make you miss them. Then when you return home you may question why you left to start with. It was such a distant memory.

Bring Money

When you arrive budget is out the window as you try to settle in. So you must have more money then you thought. Plan for the emergency that may arrive and be prepared.

Visit First

All the reading and understanding does not explain the culture. There is nothing that compares to boots on the ground. A book and words mean nothing in real world situations So visit for a while and see if it suits you.

Be Flexible

Be prepared to be flexible about specific destinations. A lot of research on a city that you think you would love. After a couple of days of getting there you may realized it wasn’t the kind of place you wanted to spend more than a week let alone a life time. You are not married to one place so do not give up. Just move to another city.

Have Goals

Know where you want to be and set a time frame. Know that you must sacrifice in the short term to eventually reach those goals. If you come up short set the goal again.

Governments problems can be compounded

You need to be patient with the documentation procedure, be open and understanding with different languages and culture.”

Research

Research, research, research

Have a support structure

Dedicate time to spend time with people of similar culture to bounce ideas and thoughts off. It will keep you grounded. It will allow you to be open to talking about your fears and frustrations.

Have interests that the country provides

Do not be one dimensional when you move to the country. You must have genuine interest in the country you are moving to. Enjoy all the sites and sounds of your surroundings.

Water and Condoms

Don’t drink the water and use a condom.

Do no accumulate to much stuff

When you first arrive you will want the creature comforts of home. Yet you need to give it time before you settle into your life 100%. Ensure it is the location you desire as moving again would be of significant loss. This can be an emotional and physical drain if you must relocate.

Eat and speak local

Live outside your own little bubble. Get out Eat foods that you never thought you would, Take in the culture and learn the language. Push your self to the limits and then you reap the rewards.

Its not your home country

Your values and your idea of right and wrong belong in your home country. Adapt to the surrounding and try to be an Expert of life there. If you try and compare it will frustrate you and soon you will be packing.

Be a tourist

There is nothing wrong with being a tourist. It actually gives you an excuse when you make an error. Slow down take time and just enjoy this new life. After the honeymoon is over then settle into that new life.

You will miss family

People that do not travel frequently become home sick. They miss the close family support structure. This life changing decision can not just be undo instantly. It would be very costly to head back home. So you should consider this aspect prior to any move.

It is a move not a vacation

This is a step to a new location and new life. It will not end after a month so understand the dynamics involved. Do not think it is an extended vacation. This will be your life from today forward.

Dream or reality

As long as you sit at home and dream about this. The farther away it becomes. The only way to make this happen is to do it. Then it becomes a reality. Talk is cheap and dreams happen every day. Reality is when you step off the plane and you have arrived. To make this happen you must take the steps in the direction required and do what is required. Every step forward is a step towards making this a Reality.

Enjoy

Tim Potter Texas

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Philippine Online Dating Scam

Internet Dating Scam

There was a time when online dating carried a negative stigma. Over the years, however, using the Internet to find your future mate has become commonplace. One in ten Americans have used an online dating site or mobile dating app, according to a 2013 PEW Research study, and the largest group searching online for a potential mate are singles 50 and older. But unlike tech-savvy 20- and 30-something online daters, the plus-50s are less aware of the perils that lurk on the web.

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Friday, January 18, 2013

Keep your Computer Running at Optimal Condition

Computer maintenance and repair while living in the Philippines.

Since it seems that this will be your life line to the outside world
you need to keep this in tip top condition.

You must do certain things to keep it up and running. I am going to attempt to give you a
few things that I feel will keep you running in optimal conditions.
Since I am windows user this will be strictly for windows users.
Everything I will list to use is free to use.

First:

DEFRAG- I would ensure you run your defrag program at least once a
month. Look at your computer like a huge library as time goes on the
books get placed in different order and on the wrong shelf. Well the
same thing happens to your computer. These files become scattered all
over the hard drive. The defrag program is located right on your
computer and it is free to use. So use it, your speed will increase
by seconds or mins depending how fragmented your hard drive is.

Second:

CCleaner- is a free program that removes temporary files from your
computer. Go to the Cleaner section and hit "ANALYZE" when complete
"RUN CLEANER". As you have been surfing the Internet your computer
downloads little pieces of information and stores them on your
computer. This will clean alot of space on the computer. Plus again
this can slow down the computer as it searches for these little pieces
of information. Now go to the Registry section and hit "SCAN FOR
ISSUES" once complete you can now select all and "FIX SELECTED
ISSUES". It will ask you to back up your entries just save this to a
location on your computer. What happens here is as you install and
uninstall programs on your computer little pieces of the program are
left behind. This will remove those chucks of data. This also should
be run once month or more often if you are installing or uninstalling
programs.

Third:

Malwarebytes- What this program does remove spyware and malware from
your computer. This is different then a virus that attacks and slows
down your computer. This is primarily used to redirect your computer
browsing to different sites. Example you ever go to google and what
you had been searching for now appears as an advertisment to the
right. Though not malware or spyware it is a tracking cooking that
tracks your moves. What the Malware or spyware will do is create
popups or redirect you automatically to these sites. Additionally this
will slow your computer. It will direct you to certain sites no
matter what you type. They are also collecting data that you type and
sending to companies. It can be potentially dangerous if some of your
information is collected and sent to these people. I recommends you
run this program at least weekly to prevent such actions. As you can
see this will slow your browsing speed down and give you bogus
information when you do a search. Additionally the potential for harm
is great. When you get this program just run a quick scan once a week
and you will be safe.

Forth:

AVG FREE- This is a virus removal program. Well is that not what I
talked about above. No not really. Virus is a catch all phrase that
includes the above but is not limited to just that. Viruses tend to
spread. They go from infected host to other drives and anything
connected to the computer. They are malicious and attack the very
fabric which makes the computer run. Yes they can do what I stated
above however these little bugs are dangerous as they will cripple
your machine. To the point it will never run again. Getting a anti
virus program that runs in the background is a safe and effective
option.

Fifth:

Make sure your firewall is on. The reason is simple it acts a buffer
to what is coming from your computer to the Internet and what is
coming from the inter net to your computer. There are people that
will exploit open systems on the Internet and attack your computer
from cyber space. This will ensure they do not do that.

Sixth:

Automatic updates. I recommend keeping them off. Then just
update them manually. Reason is when it updates it will use as much
resources as possible to accomplish the update. It will slow your
computer down as it updates. Just do not forget to run this. It
applies alot of security patches to your computer as the hackers are
always looking to exploit your computer.

With all all that said will this make you safe. The answer is no.
However it will make you safer and will keep you running in a peak
condition.
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