Philippines are a dream land for any IT person – here PHP is hard currency 😛 PHP – Philippine Peso.
Today 1 EUR is 52 PHP; but to understand how this country is progressing think about this – 1 EUR used to be 86 PHP (ok, euro is also dropping, but this country is growing – no global crisis here).
Since division by 50 is hard i help me with a simple math trick – first i multiply price by 2 and then i divide by 100 – it is a cheap trick, but i figured out many westerners i spoke with here didnt think of it even if they stay here for a longer period – im so cool, right 😉
Some prices – for your comparison – i will post more at some later time as i get a better grasp of it:
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