To all that have contributed to the tread you guys are GOAT’S best read I’ve had on this site … I’m 35 just picked up so much . But I’m heading to the Philippines I own two homes here I have a Roth IRA and I don’t see me ever paying both my mortgages . But I see I’m gonna marry abroad and move there been to the Philippines 17,19,22
In 18 did the Thailand, Malaysia but the Philippines English isn’t a issue and the life quality pertaining to freedom is worth it .
I tried to really like the Philippines but the sheer poverty was overwhelming. Logistical nightmares left and right everywhere all the time. I've traveled to China many times and I thought I'd be use to third world scenes..I was wrong. And...leaving 6-8 hours to barely make your int'l flights seemed...mind blowing to me.
I'm not thrilled with Filipino food, just everything overly sweet or fried to hell. I grew up San Jose surrounded by Filipinos.. but it's just different in the motherland. Yea, some eye candy for sure, but they were still the tiny minority. Overall, the women look too manly for me. Soft delicate features are rare. I don't know. Couldn't hack it. I was visiting with my girlfriend at the time for a friend's wedding...so probably wasn't in the right frame of mind to appreciate the scene.
Walked down the relatively small red light corridor of Angeles City in 2019, was so unimpressed. You know what I did see a lot of? Korean guys. I was like wtf? Found out hella land dev and commercial real estate was being gobbled up by South Koreans. They're all in their casual golf gear walking down that boulevard. They have the characteristic forward tilt in their jaunt with hands behind the back. We were there after xmas though and DANG, Filipinos party HARD and celebrate the holidays like no other. I've never seen so many cover bands everywhere...as a musician myself, I find it a bit odd that so many people would work so diligently just to be cover bands in the hopes of bar gigs, cruise ships and other random stuff. Seemed...odd to not at least have some concept of your own sound.
I don't know, I should go solo a few more times before I cast more judgment I think. But there's so many Filipinos here in California too. I don't know. Not exciting or exotic to me.
And to sound like a punk or a snob, Filipinos are dumb. National avg. IQ of 86. Not that I want to break down geopolitics with my broads, but I like less stupidity overall. Maybe been spoiled by fancy Asian Koreans where we can talk technical analysis and crypto.
Fancy Asians (Korea, Japan, China) and Jungle Asians (SEA) vs Island Asians (Philllipines, Malaysians, Indonesians) are different.