LIES THAT VLOGGERS TELL YOU ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES
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It takes over 5 years to get to know any Filipina and regardless you are still going to be called a Foreigner by them and their Families. Best Bet is to move around SE Asia on a 90 day basis and enjoy Your Life! Just my opinion and it works for me! ✌🏻🥃🍺
Thank you John for doing this video. So many bloggers irresponsibly seduce men to make huge mistakes. I personally know many who married a Filipina immediately trusting vloggers videos. Men need to know vloggers main goal are views and not being honest.
How much you spend is all relative, depending on a number factors, such as income, fixed costs, and on top that comes entertainment, etc. Our expenses are relatively high since my step-daughter is at university and my son in school. We also run a couple of cars. However, we own residential property apart from the one we live in and that gets us a decent income. We also own commercial property that also generates income. Compared to the UK, where am originally, from and HK, where I lived and worked for a number of years, the Philippines is extremely cheap, about 15% of the costs of living in those areas. With any budgeting issue the key is to remain realistic.
I live in Anda Bohol, and no one speaks English enough to have a conversation. Except people who work at a resort. It is fine with me as there are few foreigners I run into. And I enjoy the natives and learn their culture.
@@YoLoBong-xs3to all Filipinos are taught English in school. It the way they will improve their quality of life
They may not speak English well, but you write English at a 5th grade level.
That's what happens when people depend solely on UA-cam as their income as opposed to having it as a side or simply a blog. People will clickbait and create content that will generate views and subs.
I Live here in the Philippines,, I really recommend you pay attention to this guy,, he’s very knowledgeable and correct in his opinion of everything here,,he breaks it down simply,,,take heed in this,,, also suggest you try Thailand out for at least a month or two to seek what you want,,Thailand has way better medical facilities and insurance etc,,so if you are a limping tourist check that box,,Philippines is not insurance friendly,,for average person,,do your research first,,I seen first hand the situation of a stupid foreigner,,too many times,,😊Good luck boys and girls,,😊
If you are a westerner that wants to have a lifestyle and it is more expensive in the west. The quality of beef is not American standards. If you get local meat it is not slaughter is done in sanitary area. Filipinas are family oriented what is omitted is their kids are first parents are second, then their siblings then their husbands.
You haven't been to the Palengkes with fresh pork, chickens and beef. There's no preservatives or hormones as compared to America. We make great baby back ribs, shanghai, bola bola, patatim, etc. Or we also go to Landers, South Market and S&R. You have no idea what you are talking about.
Exactly, if u go to a market in the province, many times its sitting outside with flies. The taste is horrible, and so dirty surroundings. Dont get me started on the mosquitos, but i have always lived in a big city. I used to visit my friends in the provinces, i hated it,,,,hahaha
@@Gregory-Masovutch I have been to wet markets, Metro at Ayala, SM, gasiono Robinson and other supermarkets. The food handlers in the Philippines is disgusting. They lost all positive American standards since 1946.
I have visited the Philippines twice this year and my wife is a Filipina, i had a great time but even i know i could not live in the Philippines, my wife and her family have never asked me for anything.
Feeling the same about living in the Philippines. But maybe when I retired in 15 years I might change my mind
I could write several chapters on finding a great WOMAN, not a pinay girl, but I understand your point. Dating is a lot alike all over the World, but with a pinay a serious relationship always involves her family.
IMHO, owning a car over there is INSANE! Your roads remain a natural disaster, so better buy a tank. HA!
I've decided to never move to the Philippines for reasons that could fill in the rest of my book, but I'll just do a video of my wedding and the reception afterwards that was held in Hong Kong last May where the Chinese citizens were fantastic. I remain amazed by the number of Filipinas working over there. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS!
Keep on vlogging. You do a great job of it.
It's your choice no one ask you to come in this country and don't try stay where you are ok sir!!
@@lhanahmayugba312 you are so wrong I do not know where to begin, BUT every time you look at foreign lands fondly try to remember you made the bed you live in. Get used to it. HA!
A lot of channel's do tell lies but as adults we have to learn to look after ourselves and that also means not bleaving everything we hear.
Of course those vloggers want lots of views and maybe don't want to say anything to negative.
But as i said its upto ourselves to do proper research and visit the Philippines a number of times to find out for yourself.
Great valid points John. I guess there is some misleading going on to a point. I don’t think it’s fair however when people try it out here, fail and blame vloggers. People must use common sense and be self accountable. Especially new travellers! 🤭
Maybe they failed , but came here in part because of vloggers...... it still cost them time and $$$.
@@JMgmkh in part perhaps. I for one would not move to the Philippines if I had not travelled to other foreign countries and at least spent significant time there. Not a chance.
@@offthecuffadventureswithjamie agree
Great and factual content. Should be watched by anyone planning to move there.
People can be so naive and gullible.
Information, no matter where they get it, should be taken as general information....NOT specifically for them.
Budget videos are great but it depends on their individual lifestyle.
I love your vids my friend! You're very informative and I highly recommend your channel to everyone 💯🙌!!
sir, another misconception is that when a vlogger says paradise, they don't mean perfect, instead, they mean a beautiful place like paradise and it wasn't paradise back then where people were perfect and life was easy.. because I read something nasty comments by foreigners, mostly Americans, that's the reason they went to the Philippines because they saw a vlogger saying that the Philippines is paradise, then when he was scammed and saw poverty and slums in other parts of the Philippines, he said damn, I thought it was paradise lol
well Philippines really had a natural beauty, a paradise like beauty. sadly just like any places in the world that become populous it get uglier. so don't expect perfect beauty especially in metro cities of the Philippines. for sure those that get disappointed., visits metro manila. even cities in 1st world countries got imperfection. new york had slum areas and beggars too, paris got big problem with pickpocket. so what more in a 3rd world country like phils?. if they want paradise like places. don't go to popular tourist spot in phils. there are luxury resorts in Philippines. go there instead. more expensive, but quieter and more beautiful.
"Paradise" for them means -- ITS BAD BUT STILL BETTER THAN THE US which is a total SH*THOLE
It's true about dating, but most who want the foreign guy don't work , Don't want to seem to work and have their face stuck in a mobile phone all day & night .
Test her out about lying because alot are compulsive liers , if she can lie about small things what about the bigger ones ? I spent 6 years of my life on & off here & need time away now , It drains you out also kindness is taken as a weakness here too , you give and it's expected all the time
I totally agree with you on everything. I have visited “home” five times. For me I love it and I seen some expats not tell the whole truth.
I have been in the Philippines 4 times so far. This information is very accurate.
Thank you for your support
One of the biggest liars pertaining dating in PH is Reekay Velez...He often says ; Philippines is the "Olympics of dating" or "paradise of abundance" , I guess those terms would apply if you were to date the lowest of the lowest Filipinas, who are indeed in abundance and most expats seem to be drawn to them...oh well...
Just remember or notice, most of those expats, ie the Reekay cloud are not necessarily the top of the crap...oh wait do they say top of crap or top of cream? Anyway, moat are middle school drop out who were doing menial jobs back home, have not too high IQs etc so it would be absurd for them to approach decent filipinas. Not putting them down, I also come from working class family and though I do make enough to be called middle class I still find middle class intimidating 😂
I married my Fillapina. She's everything that I thought my dream woman would be. If you're unhappy maybe you should go back to California.
@californiaexpat I have been been watching your content. It seems like your content objective is to persuade westerners to move there. Let them experience it. To all foreigners that will disrespect us will have difficulty adapting to our country. Just a reminder to all foreigners that you need to adapt to our way of life or you can go somewhere else.
Please check out vlogs The Philippines Truths/Facts. His vlogs are nothing but negative stuff about the Philippines and its people. Your vlogs are more balanced. We appreciate that. Thanks!
That's true. BUT his opinions are a good balance to all the "feel good" puppies and rainbows channels about the Philippines.
@@UP-2-U The feel good channels are mostly from foreigners that are on vacation and not to stay permanently like the expats. When am on vacation I only see puppies and rainbows. I'm not there to check out the drawbacks, the cons, etc. "It's more fun in the Philippines" WORD!!!
I totally agree with all your opinion. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about my country.
Well said and well done! And make sure you know your Filipina's family!
One thing you missed that’s important to cover, probably in another video, is Health Care. If you want to go to the newer hospitals in Manila you better have insurance. Cost's escalate quickly. No where near as bad as the US but for Europeans who are used to free State healthcare it's going to shock you. There is also the concern, as we all get older, in needing things like organ transplant. Here in the Philippines, forget it. Organ donation is not common here and the few that are available only go to the 'top' people. Then there is the other issue of after life care... where it is common in provincial cemetery's to only rent a spot for 5 years and if you don't pay again... the remains are removed and left in a rice sack in a corner of the cemetery. I've been here over 20 years, would live nowhere else, but I'm realistic about this country. Most foreign UA-cam bloggers in the Philippines are just not realistic or they are looking through a very specific lens and trying to convince themselves all the other issues don't exist.
Well said and grate advice
The other side of that is that may be what life is like actually for them, but we are not all the same people and what maybe a good life for you is not a good life for me and vice versa and so it may not be that they’re actually lyingbut that’s the way their life is and that’s a good life for them does not mean that that’s way. My life will be over there and it does not necessarily mean that if it was exactly like that, it would be a good life for me.
$2500?! Really? Yeah we need that budget video!
Wait, I can’t live like a king on 50.00 us a month????😅
Wait, “ my wife has never asked me for anything nor has their family”
Cause I give her money all the time!!!😅
Wait, I don’t send her any money . She loves my personality so much. Gee, I am so special.
Gee, u mean condos are a great investment right???
Gee, the food is the best in the world. It’s amazing. Love eating street food and never gotten sick!!!!
It is easy to find the undesirable ones. It is the same everywhere. When something seems to be too good to be true, it probably is.
When I was in the navy in the seventies and the sailors brought their wives on the ship on family days I noticed that the Philippine wives were so much more beautiful and fit compared to the American wives sadly I was on a Med cruiser and never got to go to the Philippines; but thank God I met a beautiful woman in Central America that had the same kind of beauty as Philippine women and after over twenty years of marriage she's still beautiful and fit. you guys from the US need to get use to traveling
True. Women In some south american countries and the philippines are incredibly feminine.
I've been to the Philippines six times over 20 years. I will say it is as difficult being there as it is also fun. Kind of like a 50/50 thing. But always get pulled back there because the enjoyable things somehow outweigh the negative. 👍🏻 But true and good points. Freezing weather coming soon here in the West.
Every word you say here in this video is 100% true.
Appreciate it. I thought I better keep the lies out of this one lol
Gio in the Philippines and his Bull Sh*t!!! for example?
@@KingNewJersey what lies does Gio tell? He seems pretty straightforward.
@@genericchannel5899 His budget videos and his BS girl video's
Hi I married a woman from Bohol didn’t last, comunication was and still is a big problem for her and she always puts phillippine people ahead of me very frustrating and she finds no faults with her period at I tell her that I pray for her she says what for I don’t need any prayer I’m a good person ( what a headache!)
Obvious thoughts but good to sum these up for many. In my opinion Philippines is actually "the same" as the US or Europe but with a different swing, nothing else. When one cannot accept the different swings of any different country better to stay put where he is. I lived in various countries and that is my simple assessment where generally speaking Americans seem to have the most difficulties to adapt new things and I think mostly because they have it too easy in the US although I do not speak financially maybe, but when that issue is the main reason to move to another country and expect all the things including romance will go easy without hard work it may end up in disaster. There should be courses like.... WTF will happen when you move to another country...... Great video John😃😃😃
To all foreigners, if you want to stretch your currency, move to Thailand or Vietnam. Philippines are for Filipinos!
I’ll date a Filipina before I date any other nationality. I feel the same way as you John the Philippines is my home. But saying that I like to travel. I’m in Vietnam now next stop Thailand.
Dating isn't easy in the Philippines. I'm living six months now in Metro Manila and it's easy to connect with a Filipina Vampire but it's not easy to find a quality Filipina and I'm on four different dating apps and I'm not ugly.
I've been to the Philippines over 10 times. One thing that I found out is that when it comes to dating that the more beautiful the Filipina is the more the chances increase that they have bad intentions. Yes there are a lot of great women in the Philippines. However its not easy to find them.
Yes it's true that there is a lot of good people there in the Philippines and yes there is a lot of bad people there in the Philippines. One thing that irritates me the most is always getting the questions of are my shoes original or authentic, what type of phone I have, and can you recommend a friend to me.
When I go there to be with my wife for a month it's amazing how many new friends start coming around. My wife gets aggravated a lot by many of her neighbors once they find out that she's married to a foreigner. My wife said it's absolutely amazing how many excuses people try to come up with for that "help" Especially the time a lady suggested to my wife that she should start a "loan/pawn business" to help the people of the barangay.
Definitely cannot live there on $500 a month. If you decide to live out in the province areas then yeah you probably could live on $1,000. $1500 is a good modest starting point
Great information 👌🏾👍🏾
Too true with all of that brother. And you'll need Patience, patience, patience.
Learn to smile at the challenges, explore and have PATIENCE!
BTW, after 7 years I'm still crazy about my Filipina. We laugh, sing, explore, and um 😱, all the time. So get in shape and learn Filipina patience.
This is a poor country and it's very different from the US and other developed countries. The only way you'll know whether or not it's a fit for you is come and spend some time here. Don't go all in before you know for yourself if this is the life for you.
Here it's always about money!
It's easy to date but finding a really genuine woman, which is long term compatible, is not easy. So what? Have fun protected while looking for the right one. Give them a pass if they ask for money early on.
I think the cost of living here is very cheap, I'm on 1000$ a month. But this is basics without travelling a lot
Most of the videos will tell you just enough to make you think it’s wonderful here .
I've been all over East and South East Asia and can say that South East Asia, especially the Philippines are bad news if you're looking for a partner who you can have meaningful conversations and discussions with. The type you can go with to an art gallery in Italy and see some old master's work and they enjoy it too. Or architecture, history, literature, culture whatever. If you go there and check the expat's relationships over there you'll see a clear trend in the overwhelming majority 😂. Let's say the relationship is on an intellectually very basic, rather primal level 😂. So basically I don't date there at all, just ONS and pay for play. If you're looking for some depth in your partner you're looking in the wrong place. That's way easier to find in other countries.
95+ of Filipinas have LOTS of RED FLAGS.. but you guys are so desperate and inexperienced to spot them and commit to a girl out of desperation.
....and after awhile you realize she's more CRUDE than you are. 😳
Yah I agree, at least 1500
All over the world have goodside and badside where ever you go! No perfect life❤❤❤❤❤😂
If you feel that a woman must adapt to and for you, then don't come here. Two people cannot love each other until they have lived together and make things work together.
So don't come here if you expect love to be instant. It's never that way.
Also most Foreigners are with women here half their age, so stop complaining.
Don't live in a major city like manila, cebu, get out into the country side and explore
I went to Cebu for two weeks to meet a girl I met on fb
She is now my wife in Canada
We just had our third anniversary
I know we are an exception to the rule
Congratulations. Always happy to hear when things go well.
She got her visa and the job.. that's what she wanted
The way I did it was I lived on a farm and I lived like a poor Filipino and I learned the culture.. so my advice is learn the culture first because you may not like it at all! So how can you take a wife? Don't think your going to convert a filipina to be like you, it's not going to happen! They will leave your ass! Rule number one, never make a filipina angry! Never ever! That's world war three!!! Rule number 2 be kind
Rule number three, a filipina is not a sex doll, use it don't abuse it! If she don't want to give you some ass you respect it! She will leave you! Rule number four, don't go in the same way you came out your last relationship, learn and change. If she leaves you then you was mentally, physically or sexually abusive.
you met her on fb....through a chat group? apartment for rent group? or messenger?
@@newtonlee10 she was in a same group and replied to a post
We got chatting from there
When American vloggers say "The Philippines is a paradise", it actually meant -- it can be bad, but still a lot better than the US which turned into a complete sh*thole. 😊
It might be true, if its not why are they desperately flocking over here? 🇵🇭😎
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As an American, I approve of this message.
You know what, I moved to the Philippines over 2 years from "Shithole" / "Hellhole" / "Loveless" California, and now I have the perspective of the true meaning of "3rd world" !!!
Need I say more...
@@Jake-u2o i dont really care how crappy the US has become, Jake. The Philippines has a lot of problems to deal with too. BUT WHEN Americans get too judgmental and constantly talks sh*t about about my country, feeling like they're better human beings(even if theyre actually not🙄) IM GONNA FIGHT BACK BRUH. Most Americans here have THIRD WORLD ATTITUDE tbh.
Only a million vloggers?
The actual number is 10 million but I though no one would believe me if I gave that number
tampo = they know they is wrong and dont want to fuel the fire ;)
People keep making these videos about vloggers saying they live in PH for 500 bucks, but I've only ever seen them doing that as a one month challenge, or something like that. Seems a bit of a strawman.
I think the problem for many people coming from the West thinking about moving to the Philippines is taking the Western mentality with them. I'm thinking of going there when I retire and I think one of the hardest parts of moving somewhere completely different is a change of mindset. I hope I don't end up being another annoying Westerner in the Philippines 🤣
@@leemcarthur4334 Fair enough. You sure as heck aren't getting a western middle class lifestyle for 500 bucks. That's open air hut on the beach type of money. Have fun when the typhoon comes!
@@genericchannel5899 I'll be going there hopefully with around $2,000 (£1,500) a month budget but I'm going to try to bring the costs right down with growing lots of my own food and setting up solar panels and storage batteries to cut down on monthly bills and avoid the many brown-outs that they seem to have there! Maybe keep some chickens for free eggs!
Atleast 15 percent of people are nice and the rest are rude, just saying, and that's the realization
Perhaps you’re the one being rude to begin with? People will only react to your attitude not just in PH.
😳❓️I hope that the Phillipine Islands are not invaded by China ...
Dating is amazing in the Philippines mostly all the men here are gay or trans
I watch Vlogger's from the Philippines, but I never said I believe them. Trust but verify I moved to the Philippines 15 years ago, but I still find some of their topics interesting, but I usually have my own take on the subject matter. Our 3-Story home is less than 10 years, but we average around 10Kpesos electric, 1Kpesos water, 2Kpesos Internet. Another $300 for food, $300 for going out to eat, $120 gas if we travel by car. So our budget is around $2000 a month and sometimes more
Realistic numbers. Electricity here is very expensive. In the 20+ years I've lived here, the general cost of living has risen significantly.
unless YOU (FOREIGNERS) meet a financially independent or middle-class type Filipina & family, EXPECT to be hit with financial assistance from relatives! the locals see YOU (FOREIGNERS) as a MEAL TICKET out of poverty. UNLESS you and your future partner/spouse agreed to NON-SUPPORT of relatives, and stick to it, you'll be better off looking for your partner in your own country. i am a Filipino and i warn/advice my FOREIGN friends to be very careful and not be carried away with their hyper active gonads....lol
Lol. I agree this is true some of the time but it's rarely been my experience in 5 years living here. I think the important thing is to see at the beginning of the relationship the expectations