Living Abroad Vs Living In The Philippines?

[TmanV87]

I retire in three years and my plan is six months in the PI and six months in the states. Both countries have a lot to offer if you have time and money.

[HarryPotter25]

Now that it’s easier to travel, work or study abroad, I’m excited about the exposure Filipinos will get at a younger age.

Unlike before when third culture kids (TCKs) were born from the circumstances of where their parents were based, the new generation will be globalized and localized as an offshoot of choosing to move abroad.

I believe it’s the overseas Filipino workers, expats and "foreign Filipinos" alike who will till the future of the Philippines, not only on remittances, but with a better understanding of who we are and can be as a country.

It’s been a year since I left Manila. Indeed I still feel more Filipino abroad than I do back home but I use that point of view to my advantage.

Here I’ve realized it is less about finding your Filipino identity but embracing how the underlying cultural DNA brought you up as one. It's about appreciating the nuances and values that differentiate you from the rest of the world. -

[Robo Cop]

Living in the philippines

[ramonalito]

Too expensive to live abroad especially in the ME, for the cost of renting a flat you can buy a Condo unit in Manila... suggest strongly to work abroad, save up, and then go back and live in the Philippines.

[Miss Zelda]

Why go back? I like the January weather in Chicago

[Lordace13]

No better place than RP

[thelaw211111]

Pinas

[nobody15]

go abroad by just visiting place but living, still in PH

[BMC]

Philippines baka sakali sa 2022, may pagkakataon akong tumakbong Presidente ng Bayan. Wala na akong isyu sa residency at renunciation

[Dr. A]

Hi All. Gusto ko lang magvent out. I would personally want to live abroad. Ang pinaka-kinaiinisan ko dito sa Pinas eh yung kulang sa disiplina mga tao. General lang naman 'to as I experience this everyday.

 

Pagddrive pa lang makikita na halos lahat ng mali dito. Ang daming mga tao pag kinausap mo disente naman sila, okay sila kasama pero pagdating sa trapik at sa pagmamaneho nag-iiba ugali. Pasok na lang kung saan pwede at kasya yung kotse, kahit gumawa na ng sariling lane. Walang paki kung matataprik ang kabaling side basta mauna sila.

 

Ang daming mahilig gumamit ng bright. Pagbibigyan mo na nga sila para tumawid, ibbright ka pa nila. Hindi ba nila alam na masakit sa mata? Oo, baka pwedeng "thank you" ang ibig sabihin nito. PERO hindi ba pwedeng mahinang busina na lang? -- Pag nagthank-you ba isang tao sayo, gusto mo ba itapat nila ang flash light nila sa mata mo?

 

Marami pang mga maliliit na bagay sa pagmamaneho na nakakagalit talaga.

 

Nakakawalang-gana na rin kasi minsan pag-iniisip ko na manatili dito sa Pilipinas. Lagi nating binibintangan ang gobyerno kung bakit mahirap ang Pilipinas. Oo baka nga may kasalanan ang mga namumuno sa bansa natin, pero hindi yun ibig sabihin na wala rin tayong pagkakamali. Lagi nating sinasabi ibang tao ang may dahilan, ibang tao ang may kasalanan.

 

In our own EVERYDAY LITTLE WAYS, we can be aware of whats happening around us, knowing the right things to do, and actively working towards a better Philippines.

[xRain]

It depends.. If you'll be living abroad alone .. I would prefer to stay or back in the ph after a couple of years

 

but if you have family or friends abroad, I would surely choose living abroad.

 

 

As for me, I'm new to California, Wala pang 3 years. Every now and then I would think na gusto ko na umuwi ng ph.

reason is I'm alone here, got a few friends, and my lifestyle in the ph was way better compared to my lifestyle here in the US

 

Prolly, I'll save up money for 5-10 years, then go back and retire in the ph. (Yes I should have started saving up already, but no, maluho ako dito since I got my own money and I can buy everything I want)

 

But all of these would change pag nakahanap ako ng lovelife dito, siguro di ko na iisipig umuwi pag nangyari yon

[Acolyte33]

Im foreigner who lives in phillipines

[Jon Don]

It's more fun in the Philippines. After the fun, time to get back to the real world. For most folks, the real world is better lived abroad.

[MRROUGHSEX]

I love the snow which Philippines don't have. I'll buy a unit in Shang at the Fort but only when the snow comes in.

[Barenaked-NoMre]

If 1 is LUCKY enough to get to STUDY/WORK & LIVE abroad ... this gives 1 an opportunity to SEE how things work especially the camaraderie between Pinoys or even LACK of it.

 

This FORCES 1 to "get along" with the natives of the country you are staying in ... as well as other nationalities.

 

You get to COMPARE what it is like to live there ... relative to your own country.

 

But for most ... it is DIFFICULT to ADJUST.

 

However, it is a MEANS to SURVIVE & SAVE up for your loved 1s.

 

Yet, to LIVE in your own country AFTER the STAY in another land ... makes you APPRECIATE what your own has to offer, MINUS those that arent TOO great about it (corruption, traffic, lack of infrastructure).

 

Others CHOOSE to MIGRATE & LEAVE their HOME land behind ...

 

This is the REALITY of life.

 

But ... for me, I STILL believe in the Philippines DESPITE the NOT so NICE things we see, hear and experience.