Why He Came Back To Philippines After Living in Canada For 20 Years!

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  • Опубліковано 26 лис 2024

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  • @TheSavvyExpat
    @TheSavvyExpat  9 місяців тому +5

    Follow Myke's Channel: www.youtube.com/@SocialConfidenceMastery

  • @SocialConfidenceMastery
    @SocialConfidenceMastery 9 місяців тому +25

    Thank you so much for having me on your channel Evan. Had so much fun talking to you. Hope your viewers find our conversation valuable!

    • @TheSavvyExpat
      @TheSavvyExpat  9 місяців тому +3

      Likewise Myke! Thanks for being on the channel!

    • @bornonjuly7052
      @bornonjuly7052 9 місяців тому +2

      Good job Myke and welcome back to our beloved beautiful country. May those learnings and experiences, the technology you have in Canada can be introduce in doing business in our country to help create jobs for our kabayan and help propel our country towards prosperity.
      Congrats Evan your youtube business is inching up i think when i subscribe with you it is jus around less thank 8k early last year. By the way do you connect once in a while to your home province?

    • @SocialConfidenceMastery
      @SocialConfidenceMastery 9 місяців тому

      I hope so too@@bornonjuly7052

    • @Moyosonthemove
      @Moyosonthemove 8 місяців тому +1

      I think reverse migration is the wrong word to say unless you work in Philippine based company and is paid in pesos. But if you are filam/ filcanadian or other filsomething that works for a company based outside of Philippines is not called reverse migration but more like an expat and there’s nothing wrong with calling yourself an expat . Just my 2 cents 😂😂

    • @djhustle7173
      @djhustle7173 8 місяців тому

      Hi I live here in Calgary for 13 years now are you open for Business Opportunities?

  • @rabeariel
    @rabeariel 8 місяців тому +5

    I moved to Canada at a young age and have been living here for almost 30 years now. I can still speak perfect tagalog as well as my son who was born here.

  • @teamkaskas
    @teamkaskas 8 місяців тому +6

    Whoa! Myke's been my facebook friend for about 10 years lol I don't know how we became fb friends but I don't have fb right now. MYKE IS LIKE THE HITCH (Will Smith's character) OF CANADA. I also moved back to the Philippines pre pandemic and managed to own 6 gyms and 1 Japanese restaurant. I also used to stay in BGC. Sad that covid obliterated my businesses. Back to Canada for now as a nurse but I am feeling restless here. I know my purpose is in the Philippines. I shall return! ☝️🙏

  • @victortomas2391
    @victortomas2391 8 місяців тому +3

    This is a very good resource for former Filipino professionals moving back hoping to do consulting.

  • @jasonking6892
    @jasonking6892 8 місяців тому +4

    Great video as always very informative im an Expat 🇺🇲🇬🇧 now lives in Colombia 🇨🇴 before in Ukraine 🇺🇦 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 World Travler
    My Advice be healthy Work out Dress Smart Clean Smell Nice be polite don't be rude and don't be cheap its that Simple
    That's puts 80% of Men out of Buiness 😅😅😅
    Thats why i like the Savvy Expat always looks Smart and Presentable 👍

  • @tibi7651
    @tibi7651 8 місяців тому +12

    I'm not being negative but being 16 year old we never forget our first language. I've been here for 30 years I speak tagalog very well. We never forget at age 16.

    • @83nomad5
      @83nomad5 8 місяців тому

      I kind of find that odd myself. I am only about 4 years older than him when I left the motherland and had never forgot the native tongue to this day. I am also much older than him. Myke might have to reprogram his way of thinking.

    • @runeatexplorer7796
      @runeatexplorer7796 8 місяців тому +1

      Lol. I don’t understand that either. Okay, I was slightly older than him when I moved to the midwest (by myself). Been here 27 years, most of my friends are white…yet I’m still very very fluent in Tagalog, Bisaya, and Chavacano. I have pinoy friends who moved here in their early teens (13 or 14), and they still speak in Tagalog and Bisaya (and yes, they speak/sound very American when speaking english). Just different mentality I suppose.

    • @malejomalejo
      @malejomalejo 8 місяців тому +2

      Left at 16. It's been 35 years now. Mahirap kalimutan ang tagalog pag 16 and up ka na. Sarap yata magtagalog.

    • @arthurshockley9439
      @arthurshockley9439 8 місяців тому

      Lol he can still speak it.he just wants to speak english more.he was 17 when he went to canada.if u see him walking in the street in the Philippines you can never tell that he speaks english well just saying

    • @lermadonnachie735
      @lermadonnachie735 7 місяців тому

      I think he's more comfortable speaking English rather than Pilipino because he's surrounded by people speaking English nobody speaking Tagalog. He definitely has an American accent . I can't hear any Pilipino twang.

  • @yuriyzenda5857
    @yuriyzenda5857 9 місяців тому +3

    This is probably one of the best, most useful, realistic, inspiring interviews on this channel.

  • @EstrangheroAko
    @EstrangheroAko 8 місяців тому +2

    been away from the country for more than a decade, but never forgot our language, we speak tagalog at home, and our kids use that for our communication. So, for me as a parents moving to other country do not forget your roots, because we don't one day we might be needed to go back again.

  • @iggyp.8764
    @iggyp.8764 9 місяців тому +2

    Leadership and vision ! .. BRAVO !

  • @vondoromal7016
    @vondoromal7016 8 місяців тому +2

    "Have a social life outside of work"... That's an interesting concept...

  • @ritzmarcy
    @ritzmarcy 8 місяців тому +3

    I think Im qualified. Im in Canada for 14 years now. Thinking of moving back to Philippines, got my Canadian Citizen...

  • @AngeloCarlos
    @AngeloCarlos 9 місяців тому +3

    Myke is a super cool guy! I met him inside a Starbucks at Eastwood.

    • @SocialConfidenceMastery
      @SocialConfidenceMastery 9 місяців тому +1

      So great to see you here and thank you for the kind words!

    • @AngeloCarlos
      @AngeloCarlos 9 місяців тому +1

      @@SocialConfidenceMastery great meeting you bro! Let’s link up when I go back to the PI!

    • @SocialConfidenceMastery
      @SocialConfidenceMastery 8 місяців тому

      You bet@@AngeloCarlos

  • @GoldenMedicare
    @GoldenMedicare 9 місяців тому +3

    You’re a very good listener bro. Great interview.

  • @madchick70
    @madchick70 8 місяців тому +3

    Did he save 60% of his living expenses in the Phils because he stays rent free at his Dad’s condo?

  • @anilgoel1475
    @anilgoel1475 9 місяців тому +4

    Great interview.
    Coming from Toronto, I can relate to the entire conversation. Good job!

    • @SocialConfidenceMastery
      @SocialConfidenceMastery 9 місяців тому

      Means a lot! Toronto is awesome!

    • @TheMaiah13
      @TheMaiah13 8 місяців тому +2

      I am also from the Toronto GTA. Reverse migration is on top of a lot of people’s minds lately...though its not within our plans yet.

    • @lillyofthevalley7937
      @lillyofthevalley7937 8 місяців тому +2

      30 yrs in Canada. Mission accomplished! No plans of going back.

  • @keninchicago
    @keninchicago 9 місяців тому +2

    Good video. Thanks to you both.

  • @ryanburdon8635
    @ryanburdon8635 5 місяців тому

    High Street Lounge ! Shangri La the fort, BGC ! Been here, lived on and off in PH for 9 months between 2017-2018, im from Calgary and flew back and forth to PH 14x in just over a year lol I used to see Myke working away on his computer at Analog Cafe on 17th or 4th St sw all the time lol, small world.

  • @myronsmith2114
    @myronsmith2114 8 місяців тому +2

    The Mother Land is specifically Africa and other lands are aunties or uncles

  • @trent1615
    @trent1615 6 місяців тому

    I make a living option trading I’m from Canada there is a lot to like about the Philippines English is widely spoken low crime rate decent health care and obviously the low cost of living just wondering what the capital gains tax is? Also it’s my understanding that foreign income is not taxed. Philippines is on my shot list of places to retire.

  • @marilousumo226
    @marilousumo226 8 місяців тому +1

    Truly very informative

  • @FamilyCeeVlogChecker-cu7cv
    @FamilyCeeVlogChecker-cu7cv 5 місяців тому

    after 6 years in Canada, Balik pinas muna. Will I return to canada? only time can tell.stock in juggling time as new mom and starting a career

  • @reyjackson6941
    @reyjackson6941 8 місяців тому

    Found your channel this morning. I'm also from Chicago..

  • @joshporado4281
    @joshporado4281 9 місяців тому +2

    Myke the man!

  • @franciscodelapena7026
    @franciscodelapena7026 8 місяців тому +2

    Cost of living now in Canada so high rent grocery

  • @23Dramamodz
    @23Dramamodz 8 місяців тому

    Can I live a mid range lifestyle in the Philippines if I make 13$ an hr in the USA, that’s 2,261$ monthly

  • @YYC403NOYP
    @YYC403NOYP 8 місяців тому

    He was already in Calgary during the oil and gas boom in Alberta. There was a positive chain reaction to other industries. My cousin, who was a welder in Quebec move to Calgary and in 2 years time was able to buy a house right away. Found out that several former Meralco employees who fled during the Marcos regime ended up in Alberta.

    • @TheMaiah13
      @TheMaiah13 8 місяців тому

      Housing is more affordable in the prairies - Alberta, Saskatoon, Manitoba. My brother bought his own townhome in SK within 2 years of being an immigrant although he came with almost next to nothing. Now, the home is fully paid off, less than a decade since.

    • @YYC403NOYP
      @YYC403NOYP 8 місяців тому

      @@TheMaiah13 So true. My Brazilian friend move to Vancouver and he was renting a room for $1000. Van is really expensive.

    • @TheMaiah13
      @TheMaiah13 8 місяців тому

      @@YYC403NOYP even the locals cant afford Vancouver.

  • @x7jrreverse443
    @x7jrreverse443 9 місяців тому +3

    ❤️🙏

  • @KenTravelsAsia
    @KenTravelsAsia 9 місяців тому +1

    I booked a discovert call with you.

    • @TheSavvyExpat
      @TheSavvyExpat  9 місяців тому +1

      Got you booking locked in Ken. Looking forward to it!

  • @darkroast66
    @darkroast66 8 місяців тому

    Can you say where you conduct your interviews?

  • @spitfirelucid
    @spitfirelucid 8 місяців тому +6

    I moved to US at 13 and moved back to Manila at 25 and speak Tagalog fine...I call BS on forgetting the language 🙄

    • @johnramos3335
      @johnramos3335 8 місяців тому +1

      True its totally BS I left when I was 12 but I can still speak Tagalog 100%

    • @luxe-avenue3652
      @luxe-avenue3652 8 місяців тому +1

      He stayed in the Philippines 1year after moving back from Saudi. He basically Grew up in Saudi Arabia. My son would be thesame. Sometimes Filipinos think thesame no matter how they stayed outside longer. The difference with kids growing up outside Philippines is more realistic not negative. Filipino bitter spirit is very obvious really. Do you even know how they communicate at home?

    • @robocop581
      @robocop581 Місяць тому

      I moved to Canada when I was 13. My Tagalog is baluktot but good enough for conversation. However, I can't understand Tagalog Mass as the words they used were very formal. So if you think you know Tagalog, go to a Tagalog Mass in Manila.
      For me, the language is not as important as the Filipino values I've retained.

  • @LothoOdy
    @LothoOdy 8 місяців тому +1

    😊😊😊😊😊

  • @andynguyen979
    @andynguyen979 9 місяців тому +1

    What is the name of the hotel that you guys doing interview. I would love to book few nights there. Thanks!

  • @jeretso
    @jeretso 9 місяців тому

    That is a huge glass of ice tea. Long Island Ice tea?

  • @wanderingdoc5075
    @wanderingdoc5075 9 місяців тому +1

    How long did he live in Bali for?

    • @SocialConfidenceMastery
      @SocialConfidenceMastery 9 місяців тому

      In total, 4 months!

    • @wanderingdoc5075
      @wanderingdoc5075 9 місяців тому

      @SocialConfidenceMastery Awesome! We just took a 13 days trip to Bali. Stayed in a lot of luxury resorts so I felt that was a detriment and we didn't do as many outside activities as I wanted.
      I am based out of Cebu right now, it took like 2 months of house hunting to find a place with decent stable internet.
      How hard or easy is it in Manila to find a condo rental with verified 300 mbps down and 300 up internet?
      Thanks man

  • @myrahartmann2164
    @myrahartmann2164 8 місяців тому +2

    He said when he moved to Canada he didn’t speak English. Pardon me but I find that hard to believe. You attended Mapua for a year. I’m sure they taught English in high school while you were in Saudi Arabia even if you went to a Filipino school because in the Philippines the
    Medium of instruction is in English.

    • @teekbooy4467
      @teekbooy4467 8 місяців тому +2

      Engineering students are not good in english they are good in numbers though

    • @myrahartmann2164
      @myrahartmann2164 8 місяців тому

      @@teekbooy4467 You don’t have to be good in English but I know Filipinos who went to school spoke English. In Mapua classes are taught in English. All colleges in the Philippines use English as medium of instruction. Books used are in English.

    • @SocialConfidenceMastery
      @SocialConfidenceMastery 8 місяців тому

      Agreed @@teekbooy4467

    • @teekbooy4467
      @teekbooy4467 8 місяців тому +1

      @@myrahartmann2164 but it doesnt mean they are good in english. Medium of instruction is still combination of filipino and english. outside of the class they speak there own languages

    • @myrahartmann2164
      @myrahartmann2164 8 місяців тому

      @@teekbooy4467 I grew up and went to college in the Philippines so I know. Even the International Philippine School in Saudi Arabia has English as the medium of instruction. I don’t understand why he has to pretend that he didn’t know how to speak English when he moved to Canada.

  • @TheTris2000
    @TheTris2000 9 місяців тому

    Hey savvy do u know tagalog?

  • @sherylcastro5688
    @sherylcastro5688 9 місяців тому

    Welc, bk!!! Brother~~~❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

  • @diviab5
    @diviab5 8 місяців тому +2

    The content of the video doesn’t answer in depth why he decided to leave Canada for the Philippines. Mike is too diplomatic in this video not really talking about Canada and its issues. I guess he is too polite lol

    • @TheMaiah13
      @TheMaiah13 8 місяців тому

      He said it makes better sense to move to a place where the cost of living is lower, esp as he could work remote. Its all abt stretching yr dollar.

    • @diviab5
      @diviab5 8 місяців тому +2

      @@TheMaiah13 Yes we all get that. Doesn't go in depth and doesn't talk much about Canada.

    • @TheMaiah13
      @TheMaiah13 8 місяців тому

      @@diviab5 thats bec he is basing his reply on his personal reasons for leaving

    • @diviab5
      @diviab5 8 місяців тому +1

      @@TheMaiah13 It doesn't really help. Title is misleading. Purpose of the video is mainly to promote his business and to talk about his experience.

  • @roce6296
    @roce6296 9 місяців тому +3

    bruh you're breaking out.

  • @EsthersMedia
    @EsthersMedia 9 місяців тому

    He looks just like 20 years old

  • @323ddg
    @323ddg 8 місяців тому

    Wow, I wish I could stay at my Dad"s place or aunts or like most of your digital nomads' rent-free places, haha, oh well, bully for them...

  • @Gago_ka143
    @Gago_ka143 8 місяців тому +3

    Mukhang bumabatak si kuya

  • @DW-op7ly
    @DW-op7ly 8 місяців тому

    Huh? Most Filipinos plan to go back to the Philippines

  • @chuck_dane
    @chuck_dane 8 місяців тому

    He looks like 45 years old and you a look like 17 years old. 😅

  • @chillax861
    @chillax861 8 місяців тому +3

    sounds scammy

    • @sfrealestatedealmaker6001
      @sfrealestatedealmaker6001 8 місяців тому

      Social coaching isn’t a scam 😂 it’s like taking sales classes. Social dynamics is an important part of life.

    • @chillax861
      @chillax861 8 місяців тому

      @@sfrealestatedealmaker6001 says a "social coaching" practitioner hahaha