Monday, August 22, 2022

Another Foreigner Having More Fun in the Philippines

 Oh, look it's another foreigner having more fun in the Philippines. 

This man's name is not Rupert and he is not from London but he is living on the streets of the Philippines. Why is this? How is that a foreigner is living on the streets of the Philippines sustained by the handouts of generous passers-by? Because he gave all his money to a woman who lied about being single and now he is stuck here. 

When it came time to fly home it turned out his flight had been rescheduled without his notice and so the ticket was cancelled. Eventually he ran out of what little money he had left and now lives on the streets. There is no one he can call to send him money or buy a ticket home for him. He is all alone in this cruel world. The streets are now his home.

Oddly enough a judge ruled that he must stay in the Philippines until 2025 because he was convicted of pulling a knife during a confrontation in which he was attempting to defend himself. Does that make any sense at all? But that's his claim and not mine. 

The Bureau of Immigration is aware he has been overstaying yet they have not made any moves to deport him because he owes them money and the longer he overstays the more he will owe and they aim to collect that bill. That's what not-Rupert says anyway. 

I admit this is a truncated story with lots of gaps. It is an outline of a Shakespearean tragedy on the scale of As You Like It. I cannot fill those gaps or broaden the outline. All I can do is show you a picture of another foreigner having more fun in the Philippines. 

BTW: This man's real name is Bradley Vincent, he is Australian, and his Facebook page can be accessed here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100072656580991

1 comment:

  1. Maybe he is a begpacker? Some people in the UK and Australia think it's fine to just freeload across SE Asia preying on the charity of folks that barely enough to help themselves let alone sketchy foreigners

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