The story behind Me and my Colorful Life
I realized that there has been some confusion on where I am from and where in the world I am right now so let me give you the real deal my friends.
I am Jade – born and raised in the Philippines, Asia. My parents are both full blooded Filipinos as well. I grew up in Quezon city in the island of Luzon. On my mother’s side – we do have some Spanish blood and on my father’s side some Chinese blood.
I am married to a dutch man who we are now going to call “Supportive Spouse”.
The Supportive Spouse is a dutch man but it’s not that simple my friends. He was born in South America, in a country called Suriname. His parents both Dutch – mom is born in Indonesia and has some Polish and Dutch blood in her and his dad has some French, African, Dutch and Indian blood in him.
We have lived in 3 countries since we are married. First country is the USA where my husband used to work. We then moved back to his home country The Netherlands for me to meet and be near with his family and now we are currently living in Singapore.
We have lived in The Netherlands (Holland) for more than 4 years. While living there I learned the dutch language and now speak it fluently. When you come to The Netherlands with your spouse and intention of living there for a long time, you are obliged to learn the language and go to a course called Inburgering cursus ( Getting to know the society ). After completing my Inburgering Cursus and passing the exam, I was able to attain the dutch nationality by naturalization.
In the Netherlands I got to know his family well and also have met wonderful friends. I love Holland for it’s beautiful architectures, tulips and haring! But the only thing we don’t like there is the weather and high taxes.
My Girlfriends in The Netherlands
So when Supportive Spousee got an offer from his boss to move to Singapore – we immediately grab that opportunity. We have been here once and liked it so it is a new adventure for us and the fact that it is close to my mother land The Philippines was also a plus.
So our future kids will be a mixture of several nationalities 
in other words a Halo Halo!
genebei on May 4, 2009
thanks for the post Ma’am Jade..I got to know you more…Multi-nationalities pala maging babies nyo..he..he…God bless
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Tita Beng on May 4, 2009
Thanks much for sharing those personal infos, Jade! Baka hindi matandaan lahat ng magiging anak mo ang lahat ng dugo na meron sila. ha ha ha! just kidding. Exciting pala life mo ‘no? travel dito at travel doon.
Am glad to know you better from this post. See you again, Jade!
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foongpc on May 4, 2009
Thanks for clearing things up. But after reading this, I still don’t know how to categorise you! haha! Cos you’re too colorful already, and your kids will be even more colorful!
You are like halo halo? Just read what is halo halo – now I know. Haha! In Malaysia, we’ll call you a rojak!
Btw, your hubby has long nose and big belly? Like proboscis monkey? Haha! Just kidding! Don’t sue me please! : )
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foongpc on May 4, 2009
Oh, btw, halo halo reminds me of Beyonce’s latest song : )
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josie on May 4, 2009
jade make it special, put leche plan and ice cream on top
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Jade on May 4, 2009
@ josie – LOL oh they would be special;)
iSSa on May 4, 2009
holy kaw!! halo-halo talaga ang labas ng kids nyo jade! multi-cultural children are sooo cool! ^_^
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Tammy on May 4, 2009
Wow, you’ve been all over the world!
genebei on May 4, 2009
hi..would you mind if i tag u? it is No.8 tag
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Phebie on May 4, 2009
tnx for the compliment bout my family jade…
so nice to know more of you…u r indeed a great traveler! hahhahah
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Jon on May 5, 2009
Wow – that’s a very eclatic mix you’ve got there. Do you have the crazy Dutch accent to go with the passport?
Leslie on May 5, 2009
Oh my, I’m from the Philippines and currently living the USA with my husband.
We’re debating moving to the Philippines, since he can work from anywhere there is internet.
He also mentioned Guam, but I doubt we’d do that one.
I have a Filipina friend who is living in the Netherland’s with her husband.
Love your blog..
Leslie
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Martyn on May 5, 2009
I think I may have helped in causing the confusion, sorry about that but now all has been explained. When it comes to the football World Cup or Olympic Games you must be cheering on somebody every other game or event. Thanks for the explanation and have a sweet day.
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Jade on May 5, 2009
@ Leslie – We planned to move to Portugal in the past but we thought about it and realized way too much trouble trying to learn the language and trying to fit in a society we hardly knew.
So we thought why not to the Philippines – I know the language and most people understand and speaks English and ofcourse cost of living is also way cheaper!;)
Jade on May 5, 2009
@ Martyn – That’s alright dear
Olympics – yeah I guess I just have to limit it to my 2 main nationality Philippines/Dutch
Sherry on May 5, 2009
wow…detail story to know you better
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rosa on May 5, 2009
WOW! Its really nice to know you more sis jade. May dugo ka palang chinese at spanish.. Hehe! Galing naman, halo – halo talaga ang baby mo nian.. Im excited to see your baby na! Hayy, cant wait..
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Cavitenio on May 5, 2009
Haha, It gives me a good laugh about the halo halo thing. Well your picture here resembles different nationalities.
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Bangkokbuddy on May 5, 2009
great post, jade. I always find it interesting reads when someone tells a little about themselves.
gengen on May 5, 2009
It is nice to know more about you Jade…take care.
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rosa on May 5, 2009
looks like you had so much fun jade:)
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Jade on May 5, 2009
@ rosa – Yeah it was fun in Holland…kinda miss my friends. Oh well we can hang out again when I am already in Palawan;)
Jade on May 5, 2009
@ gengen – Thank for reading Gen.
Arnold on May 5, 2009
ha ha ha, for sure gwapa or gwapo ang future kids nimo kay Halo Halo man gud.
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*lynne* on May 6, 2009
Thank you for sharing your background! I think it’s people like us who are the future of the world … we who belong a little bit to many places are more aware of how different places of the world are different and yet the same, y’know?
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Badet on May 8, 2009
You have a rich background Jade. Nice meeting you =) Ang gaganda siguro ng mga babies nyo.
sweetgiftsphilippines on Aug 11, 2009
Yup your right, your baby will have halo halo blood from you and your husband.