Love / Polish boyfriend coming to visit [52]


That's so passé! I thought the advice young girls were getting nowadays was "marry a rich guy so you get to keep the house and half of his savings when you divorce him."

Am I wrong here? ;)


To play the devil's advocate here - wouldn't you say that part of being an immigrant is to absorb the host country's culture and traditions, including the language? Of course that doesn't preclude keeping your old customs and traditions as well...

Genealogy / What certificate is this?; birth certificate from the greek catholic church [63]

By the way, if this birth certificate is indeed from 1918 AND from a Polish teritory then it's pretty special in itself.

In 1795 Poland disappeared from the world map as an independent country. Starting in 1772 the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania (the two countries were united at one point) was partitioned (three separate times) between Russia, Prussia and the Austrian-Hungerian empire. In 1795 the country finally seized to exist - until 1918 that is!

Hope I didn't mess up the Polish history too much...

So this birth certificate could possibly be one of the last ones from an occupied area of Poland.

Genealogy / What certificate is this?; birth certificate from the greek catholic church [63]

The name implies Russian or Ukrainian roots rather than Polish. Also, since it's in Russian at the very least it's possibly from a Russian occupied area of Poland. It's hard to read, what year does it show?

Then again, many, many generations of rape and pillage brought by the tsarist Russian secret police to be followed by the Communist Soviet (primarily Russian) NKVD/KGB "encouraged" many Poles (and other nationalities) to change their names to more Russian sounding names - the infamous Russification. To be fair, the Germans and the Austrians weren't that much better and had their own share of forced Germanisation of occupied territories.

Love / Polish boyfriend coming to visit [52]


I've visited Manila and Cabanatuan the most but I've also been to Quezon City (sp?), Batangas, Angeles and some other smaller cities but I can't remember the names. Subic Bay and the beach area is very nice.

I've met quite a few Philipinos, some poor and some rich, some older and some younger. They all seemed happy and always tried to keep a positive outlook on life which I like. Often I also witnessed how relatively poor people would try to help other, even less fortunate folks. The kindness of the locals is probably what I like the most about PI.

Paalam ;)

Love / What do Polish guys think of Irish girls? [187]

Fiish - I've been to Ireland a few times and personally I think the Irish women are very beautiful. Of course, I think you'll find beautiful women in every country but I do like the Nordic traits of the Irish ladies (guess the Vikings left some DNA on that island :) and I find the Irish dialect very sexy.


MariaP - as a man I agree 100% What the heck happened to manners and politeness? Seriously... C'mon guys, you all know we can do better than that... Think of every comment you make here as a comment directed toward your mother, your sister or your wife... (no, not your ex-wife! lol)

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


Don't worry... All languages are influenced by other languages (well, except the Icelandic language which is why "internet" comes out to "alþjóðanet" and "download" becomes "sækja skrá af fjarlægri tölvu" on the Ice Rock ;).

There's always influence... It used to be Greek, then Latin, then French, then German and Russian, now English, soon Mandarin and after that Marsian or maybe Klingon?...

Qapla - that's Good Bye in Klingon LOL

Love / Polish boyfriend coming to visit [52]


Softsong - quite an incredible story... It shows you're a top notch person...

Marek1024 - I fly into Manila very often and love your country. It's the Hawaii of Asia in my view and I live in Hawaii so I can compare...

I know nothing about your boyfriend but I think what you should focus on is the local culture and traditions. I believe that Poland and the Philippines both share a love for the family life - it is an integral part of both cultures. You should show him how friendly and kind the locals are to each other and to people they don't know and I think that'll make him feel at home.

Good luck to you both or Palarin ka sana... :)

USA, Canada / Polish people in Alaska [41]

That's possible, haven't looked into it... My reply was pertaining more to the living costs in a regular 3 bedroom house, with all utility costs, food, etc. included. Land might be cheaper there than let's say in California but again, I know very little about it...

USA, Canada / Polish people in Alaska [41]

Dorcia - I don't live in Alaska but I'm there about once a month, usually in Anchorage.

Not sure where you live right now; that way I could give you a good comparison to what you're used to. Remember - Alaska and Hawaii are the most expensive states in the US. From what I've seen, if you know the overall price levels in California and New York (pretty expensive) - add 20-35% and you'll come pretty close to Alaska rates.

Anchorage is a unique city because they actually do not have any sales tax in that city (the rest of the country is usually anywhere from 5-15%) however it's still pretty expensive there or more expensive than in other states. After being a resident for a year or so everyone is entitled to the Alaska oil revenue check which I believe was around $1300 last year. Nice to get paid to live there however, trust me the money will be gone fast enough...

Winters in Alaska - well depends on where - it's a huge state. Juneau is actually fairly mild similar to Stockholm if you're familiar with that part of the world. Anchorage a little colder but not too bad... Fairbanks - well, it's a city of extremes.

The highest recorded temperature in Fairbanks was 96 °F (36 °C), while the lowest was −62 °F (−52.2 °C).

h t t p:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks,_Alaska

Summers are incredible although it can rain quite often. 20 °C to 30 °C and extremely beautiful surroundings...

Do not know anything about the Polish community but I'm sure it exists. However, Alaska is a tough place to be at while looking for a job because you'll deplete your savings before you get the job so if you're serious about moving there I'd say start applying way before you go and ideally get to know some people there because it's such a small job market. I believe there are less than 700,000 people living in the entire state of Alaska (don't quote me on that lol).

That's about all I know, hope it helps...