EthanJM

Ahhh you bad with it. I like that.

yup.
timeticks at NVC are the same for IR-1/CR-1 visas as they are for IR-5 visas. Study those, study interview cycle for Manila, IMO they will be interviewed sometime in August.

International Driving Permits
The State of California does not recognize an International Driving Permit (IDP) as a valid driver license. California does recognize a valid driver license that is issued by a foreign jurisdiction (country, state, territory) of which the license holder is a resident.
The IDP is only a translation of information contained on a person’s foreign driver license and is not required to operate a motor vehicle in California. Citations issued to a person in California who has an IDP, but does not have a California driver license will be placed on the Department of Motor Vehicle database.
The IDP is also called an International Driver License, International License, etc.
http://dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm

I consider myself not the friendliest when I was still in PI but would gladly respond if I'm greeted sincerely. When I got here, I notice people love to greet each other, I always get hi and how are yous that I smile, respond and do the same to others. I also love how people hold the door for me which I also do. Add the many times I hear "thank you", especially riding a bus or wherever and random "you're pretty/beautiful(from female/male strangers)" even if I didn't have anything on my face and wearing kids size shirt. I consider Americans one of the nicest and friendliest, I maybe lucky though most are nice to me or I'm too much of a happy person now that I don't know when someone is rude . I also believe we live in a very friendly city, so yeah(won't be leaving this city ever ). What I usually do back in PI or when I get a feeling some is a Filipino here is to smile if they smile at me or nod which is my equivalent to saying hi.

It's because of the attitude of...
"Dapat ako lang sa Tate, bakit ka din andito?!" Hmp!

Yes of course we can, but what if you have been doing it for years and most of the time you get rejected? My 12 year old (then)daughter told me several times, "why do you insist on greeting our co-Filipinos if they do not even smile at you". I am talking of Filipinos in Italy. This kind of attitude baffles me until now. Now that I'm in the US I see that the pattern is pretty much the same. I am new in Texas and eager to have Pinoy friends so I smile a lot to every co-national that I encounter but so far no fruit yet. Maybe I really have to go and approach them and say, "how are you". I have greeted mistakenly in the past lots of Japanese, Thais, Malaysians and the like so the problem with me lies not on that. It's more of the fact that I'm afraid to be snubbed like in the past. And so the Filipino who sees me evaluates me as a snob too.
I'm all praises to the Filipinos in Spain and Prague because they are way too friendly and hospitable, inviting you for a meal in their place without even knowing you.
I don't think its a culture thing. I guess it has got to do with the population. Say, if you live in a certain place for quite sometime and have not seen any co-national yet I bet the minute you see one you'd go running to meet/greet her. But if you live in a certain place full of Pinoys and they seem to be succesful in their careers driving BMWs and Mercedes comparing with my raggedy rickety Mazda, of course I'd feel ashamed to greet them.

I have seen those type of Pinays not only in our area but in a different places. Snobs, stuck up and would size you up whether or not you're driving a Mercedez and carrying a LV purse.
I am not a snob kind of person but, definitely not the type of "hi/hello" one either. So, this thing never really bothered me at all. Life is too short and, I've got better things to do than thinking about 'em. In fact, they're just making me laugh. Because I know for a fact that some fellow Pinays are indeed like that.
Just ignore them and don't let them ruin or, at the very least, affect your precious day, IMO.
Cheers!

hopefully you know that nagging a spouse's spelling or grammar is a symbolic death knell for the relationship.