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Sorry the posting of the ECA Survey caused so much 'Trouble'.

Thought you members might find it interesting. Sorry I didn't have time for chatting about the topic first!

Seems my 'attitude' has been such someone wants be banned from this Forum, relating to this posting and the replies!

Sorry I dont have time for this.

It is my asawas 44th Birthday and got to get the house ready , beers on ice etc ready to receive her party guests @ 5pm.

goodbye

David

Are the Philippines paying you for all this advertising?

The Philippines dont pay YOU for anything - you must know how it works, YOU get things done by paying for it, bribary and curruption is a way of life here!

Having said that I have been living here in Cebu for 4 years now and I know the cost of living is about 1/10 the cost of living in the UK. That's why I can afford to retire at age 50 on a Annuity of just GBP3kpa.

Do you happen to live in Kent - 'Kentgirl' and perhaps a bit miffed that UK is 10th most expensive place to live in the ECA Survey?

David
Living in Cebu, Philippines

david, I'm so happy you are happy there. And that you are there.

(and I'm not )

I take it your personal life with Sha-sha is not all you hoped, seeing as you are so financially obsessed? I am sorry about that. :( Would it help if I sent you a few more bob?

:)

David - notice what it says for location under ones name.

As you have stated you are in Cebu,  I believe Kentgirl info says she's in New England,  not England...

Interesting advertisement,  but I'm not sure what you are trying to state.

From reading the few posts I've seen, I'm beginning to wonder if you are not trying to convince yourself that you are happy in the Philippines?  

It's just an observation, or are you bored with being able to retire at 50.  

I hope you are happy with your wife and the country you are living in.  It must be wonderful to retire at the grand young age of 50.  

So now that you are retired what are you going to do to keep yourself attractive to this lovely Philippine lady you are married to? ???

Get more money, of course...... :twisted:

Yeah, but it's the Phillipines. Bloody uncivilised out there, full of head-hunters, cannibals, Japanese soldiers still fighting the war, tiny little cars, kimchee and large men with machetes who cut you up for looking at their birds funny.

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Hi David

I think your post on the benefits of the Philipines was great. In fact, I'm thinking of giving my pregnat wife the boot and going to live in a Beach Hut with a sexy Fillipina for $10 a week too. Does Sha Sha have any sisters?

Don't listen to the others. Ther'll nutters who live in the UK and pretend to live in abroad. They're jealous of everyone. I know fora fact the Vegas Rude boy works in as a bus driver in Bracknell.

David:

Firstly, I live in New England - that would be in the USA.

Secondly, I chose the Welsh flag to reflect my heritage.

Thirdly, I am called 'Kentgirl' because Kent is where I grew up.

Fourthly, my post was a little dig at you because all the posts attributed to you which I have read have told us a great deal about the way of life and cost of living in the Philippines, as well as how perfect your life is - much of it repeated in multiple posts, by the way. You have - as far as I can see - not entered into discussions about other matters, nor have you expressed any interest in life outside the Philippines, except to have a dig at English women.

If your post at the top of this thread had included a couple of points to open a discussion, such as "How does this compare with life in your country of residence compare with this?" - or some better question, you would have elicited an intelligent discussion instead of facetious remarks. Simply copying and pasting an article from goodness knows where isn't really helpful.

David,
As much as you may feel that the Philippines is the best place on earth, you seem to have misinterpreted the replies to your post.

The majority of British expats, choose to emigrate to a country that considers the affect on all members of the family. That is why we choose English speaking countries. We chose to come to Ottawa, Canada, 42 years ago ( after 33 years in the London area). We have never regretted the move.

I hope you have found whatever you are seeking in your life and enjoy your retirement.

The Philippines isn't quite the place that people want to live in.
According to this http//www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/imm_net_mig_rat they have a -1.49 Net migration rate (176)

So what's the food like David? Have you adapted easily to those changes too?

Happy Birthday to Sha Sha, hope you take her out for a lovely dinner?

As for your 'advertising' post, I am sincere when I say I read between the lines, that you are trying to convince yourself that you are happy there? But then again who am I, definitely not a therapist.

There was an article on the news recently about another country, can't remember but think it was China. That is "Family" oriented, young couples are made to take care of their elders, and cannot leave a certain area.
If they are allowed the freedom of an education, they then get told where they can work, where they can live. And they have to include parents and grandparents in their lives. That the elders have to stop working at a certain age, and the younger ones have to take care of them.
That seems like a great deal of pressure to me, and a lack of freedom of choice.
But on the other hand, here many just get dumped into nursing homes, and that's not fair either.

So it is interesting to learn of other cultures.

Maybe, if you posted with a question to go along with your paragraphs of information the folks on here would welcome the chance to answer your questions.
Most of us are ex-pats, and most of us are happy to live where we have chosen, so let's not turn it into your place is better than mine. That just creates knee jerk reactions and replies.

So tell us what are you going to do for your lovely wife for her birthday? Do you have any hobbies that you are going to take up and enjoy now retired?

David, I think that you are not really a Brit. If you were, you would not expect to walk into a room full of Brits, challenging them with how your situation is better than their's, and expect them to get all smarmy and welcome you.

You do have an acidic edge that can survive here, but lets change the subject now and then please.

How do you pass your time? do you paint? do you write poetry? or just solve the problems of the universe?

Keith,

The wages many Philipinos earn is very low, this is why many work overseas so they can earn much more and remit back to the Philippines to help their Family. Without these foreign currency remittances, the Philipines ecconomy would be in a much worse state.

That is why there is currently a lot of Filipina Nurses working in the UK for example. With minimum wage there being about GBP11/hour this is nearly Php1100/hour or Php44,000 for 40 hour week. They can earn in 1 week more than double what they make in a month back home.

Since you brought up these figures Keith, one of the reasons I dont fancy living/working in the UK anymore (apart from the weather and the high cost of living) is the fact there are so many 'foreigners' living there and changing life as I knew it.

My wife had gone overses to give her daughter a good education. She worked in many parts of the Philippines but the money was much less than what she could earn as a Domestic Helper in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Typically if one employs a Domestic Helper (live in with food provided), they typically get paid Php1,500 a month (28 days x 8 hours) to start with and perhaps Php2,000 a month if they can cook. Doing the same duties in Hong Kong can earn them 50 times that amount!

Now perhaps uou can see why my wife was an OFW (Overseas Foreign Worker) in Hong Kong as a Domestic Helper and many thousands like her? She had been working in Hong Kong for nearly 6 years before I met her.

I would not say all these people are leaving to work elsewhere because they dont want to live in the Philippines - they just cant afford to live there, and want to better their lives. I am sure many would stay if they could afford to live there comfortably.

Since you brought up these 'migration' figures Keith, tou will see that many people want to live/work in the UK. This is precisely why I dont want to live/work there - too many foreign immigrants for one thing!

Each to his own.

Cheers

David