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[nutildah]

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[tvbcof]

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A few things I miss for sure about the U.S.:

- cheese! I miss all the different selections of cheese, and milk, like real, actual cold milk... impossible to find.
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Found some real blue cheese at Centrio today, but it's pretty marginal.  About 1/3 times I've gotten Bukidnon milk at SM it's pretty good.

[pimchanbuabueng]

and everyone should blame Trump LOL

[nutildah]

sold a sprout

[tvbcof]

Ah, whattayaknow, another CDO guy.  ...

My suspicion is that Mindanao can and does grow/raise high quality foodstuffs, but nearly 100% of it is exported to places where there is more money.

One of my few mis-estimations and disappointments about the so-called 'developing world' was it not being as common as I thought to trot down to the local market and pick up food items straight from local farms and gardens.  Probably that does happen more in other environments which I am not exposed to.  When I'm in CDO I stay up on the hill with all the other 'rich' people.  Franky speaking, the alternatives put me at higher levels of risk than I desire here in Mindanao, or at least that is my perception.

Looks to me like what happened in The Philippines was that the earlier 1970's vintage plans to make the country safe for U.S. corporations by limiting population proved impractical.  (See. National Security Study Memorandum 200.)  You cannot make people so stupid fast enough that they don't notice you killing/sterilizing 50% of them or whatever figure you need for 'sustainability'.  But it turns out that you really don't need to kill people.  You can have a 'safe' population of nearly any density if the peeps have the appropriate 'character'.  Methods to achieve such a thing were recognized by earlier scientism-ists:

In his 1952 book, “The Impact of Science on Society”, Bertrand Russell gave us forewarning about the plans for the use of vaccination, education and other practices to control the populace. And Russell was a well-recognised NWO insider.

On pp49-50, he says:

Scientific societies are as yet in their infancy.

It may be worthwhile to spend a few moments in speculating as to possible future developments of those that are oligarchies. It is to be expected that advances in physiology and psychology will give governments much more control over individual mentality than they now have even in totalitarian countries. Fichte laid it down that education should aim at destroying free will, so that, after pupils have left school, they shall be incapable, throughout the rest of their lives, of thinking or acting otherwise than as their schoolmasters would have wished. But in his day this was an unattainable ideal: what he regarded as the best system in existence produced Karl Marx. In future such failures are not likely to occur where there is dictatorship. Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible. Even if all are miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the government will tell them that they are so. (My emphasis)

I shared the essence of this with you previously, but it is just so clear and so important in our time, as we live with the reality of these plans. It also overlaps with the content of this Aldous Huxley speech from 1962. The two Huxley brothers were also key NWO insiders.

The parts of The Philippines I have seen are heavily contaminated with processed foods, and certain potentially genocidal multi-national corporations pretty much own vast swaths of the markets (e.g., Nestle.)  They also use bargain-basement vaccinations not authorized for use in the country of manufacture.  So, they've got the 'diet' and 'injection' part covered.

In order to radically draw down the mean IQ and get rid of potential troublemakers one can give the statistical outliers who, by accident of fate or physiology elude the engineered idiocracy, 6-figure jobs outside of the country.  I met a number of such people when I was working in Silicon Valley.

My belief is that the Americans peeps are targeted in exactly the same way as 'developing world' people are, but vastly more resources and vastly 'higher technology' is used against this threat.  Americans are a fatter chicken to pluck both individually and as the reward for winning the nation.  And the results show.  Americans are overloaded with expensive prescription drugs.  Their suicide rate is 4 or 5 times that of Filipinos.  Filipinos can stay alive and in some ways thrive on a resource allotment which most Americans cannot imagine.  Physically the average Filipino man looks like a different species than the average American...and a lot more fit one.  The women might look overweight sometimes but on closer examination it is mostly a matter of ratios of subcutaneous fat and that is an ethnic thing.

I made a conscious decision to get out of the United States before having a family.  I consider the environment in the United States to be fraught with health risks which most people cannot recognize and truly frightful ones heading our way like a freight train (see. 'Healthy People 2020'.)  I consider the environment in places like The Philippines with it's germs, half rotten street food, etc to be significantly more prone to produce strong and healthy people than 'sterile environments like the developed parts of the U.S., and that's not even factoring in the more 'conspiratorial' threats to health.

Another philosophical reason I had for voting with my feet:  I consider that anything I add economical to the United States goes directly to the creation of misery and death _all around the world_.  Morally we are plumbing the depths of depravity on a political level.  I blame our monetary system (with it's privately owned central bank) as the driving force for this, but it's complicated.  One problem that The Philippines does NOT have is exporting terror and death...outside of their borders...  Maybe if they were a richer nation they would, but they are not and it will be a long while before they are even in a position to have that option.

At the end of the day, I've spent considerable time in The Philippines now.  I like the people and the culture even though I find it frustrating at times.  At this point I figure it was one of the best decisions I've made in my life, but we'll see if that remains the case as time goes by.  I left a lot behind in the U.S. and I had a nearly ideal life there.  I just see storm clouds gathering and wanted to do some things which I didn't consider compatible with life in the West.  There were no real big surprises about The Philippines to me so apparently I did my research and analysis reasonable well.

I would strongly advise people to 'make their fortune' in the West FIRST before seeking to enjoy the benefits of an alternate way of life.  Filipinos have a strong desire to work overseas for a reason.  Also, have some sort of a support system 'back home' and maintain and exit strategy.  Lastly, be prepared to play hardball if/when necessary, or at the very least, understand how those games are played.  If you are not that kind of a person then think twice about inserting yourself into an environment where bad things happen.

[tvbcof]

Come to Switzerland! 

Pffft.  'The belly of the beast'?  Been their, done that...about three generations ago.

[tvbcof]

Still better and safer than go to the Philippines of Rodrigo Duterte. While Switzerland is not cheap here you can be truly free. If you leave the United States because of the political situation you should not choose a dictatorship over the only country where is direct democracy.

See more: https://houseofswitzerland.org/swissstories/history/way-modern-direct-democracy-switzerland

The Philippines is about the last place anyone should go for 'safety' in the way that most people consider it.  One needs to pay particularly close attention to physical security and develop some relationships and strategies to at least partially mitigate the risks.

I've got respect for Switzerland's internal political system.  My beef with them is that they foster and facilitate entities which do damage outside of their borders.  It's the same with the United States.  They also seem creepy as fuck judging by the tunnel opening ceremony.  My gut sense is that there is no way there are not a lot of Luciferians creeping around that place.  Even as an athiest I don't want to be around them when the chickens come home to roost.

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As for Duterte, I'm basically of the opinion that he is kind of like a real version of the nationalist that Trump played during the election and basically NOT the fraudulent puppet that Trump is.  I figured he might be 'for real' when the world-wide press was universally shitting on the guy.  So far most of what I've seen validates my suspicions.  I think he really is fucking up the NWO plans (infusing the country with drugs (legal and illegal), planting corrupt corporate cronies throughout the government, codling 'religious' pervs, etc, etc.)

I do mostly buy Duterte's argument that the nation really doesn't have the time or resources to successfully fight some of these problems in the ideal way and the end of the nation was closer than some people might think.  Basically conversion into a complete narco-state by the likes of the CIA just like they are wont to do in the Americas.  But he's also a leader in the real world and he has to make compromises and concessions.

I very well could be wrong about the guy.  If he is backed by the same 'talent' that put Trump forward it's good enough to fool me for some time and I don't spend my life studying the guy.  At the end of the day I'm not a Filipino so I'm not under any ethical obligation to call a spade a spade when it comes to Filipino politics.  To a fair degree these are simply not my problems, and that's one of the reasons I got the hell out of Dodge...for now.

[GreatArkansas]

Its kind of a pain in the ass, especially in CDO -- the immigration office workers aren't very friendly
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I had an American friend who lives in Manila and really tried to become a Philippines citizen. He shelled out like 25,000 or more to make it happen, but it kept on getting delayed, and I don't think his paperwork ever went through. Doesn't sound like its worth it...

Ohh I see, I thought that Philippines is not so strict like that especially on some nationality, it's much better then   and for sure it has still something to do with your safety in the Philippines.

Since you have been in Mindanao, and maybe you are aware of the recent announcement of the Philippines' goverment for implementing the Martial Law on Mindanao only..
For you, it is alarming for you as living in mindanao?

Since most of the people who are hardly complaining are those not affected on Martial Law, especially those from Luzon areas.

[tvbcof]

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Since you have been in Mindanao, and maybe you are aware of the recent announcement of the Philippines' goverment for implementing the Martial Law on Mindanao only..
For you, it is alarming for you as living in mindanao?

Since most of the people who are hardly complaining are those not affected on Martial Law, especially those from Luzon areas.

You are full of shit.

The people in Mindanao want 'martial law'.  The government would rather be done with it because it's expensive and a lot of the military is tied up in Mindanao (and thus less able to deal with the communist insurgency which is all over the country.)

The people who are bitching are the so-called 'liberals' who are, in my opinion, largely funded and animated by the NWO crowd (that is, the global corporatists) and in favor all all the standard NWO methods (trans-gender fagotry, fake-ass 'environmental' issues, etc, etc.)  They largely _don't_ live in Mindanao.  Unsurprisingly what passes for 'liberals' tend to be unusually corrupt and they lost the last election big-time in part for this reason.  That is my analysis anyway.

I've spent significant time in Mindanao over the last year and even more time studying the security situation.  I have been through checkpoints numerous times.  The soldiers running them are professional and respectful.  At least to me.  This isn't (American puppet) Marco's 'martial law' where you stop at a checkpoint and they rape your wife.

[nutildah]

sold a dancing flea

[GreatArkansas]

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The people who are bitching are the so-called 'liberals' who are, in my opinion, largely funded and animated by the NWO crowd (that is, the global corporatists) and in favor all all the standard NWO methods (trans-gender fagotry, fake-ass 'environmental' issues, etc, etc.)  They largely _don't_ live in Mindanao.
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That's what I want to say, those people who are not from Mindanao are those people who got the balls to protest and do some shitty rally in the Luzon area, which US are easily enjoying our daily lives, even me which I grew up in the south south south of Mindanao and even some random riffle shots at nights became normal on us.

The martial law now are like 'normal' for us, we don't even complain about it. (It also depends on different area here in Mindanao, I visited some cities here which have curfew at 11pm)
Maybe those protesting in Luzon areas about Martial Law in Mindanao are comparing it to the Martial Law before Marcos time (which I don't even experience it).

[bill gator]

Thank you for sharing your story, thoughts, plans and day-to-day. I'm reading along, inspired, hopeful and conflicted.
Good luck on your journey, I wish I was able to support you with more than just words.

[tvbcof]

Another philosophical reason I had for voting with my feet:  I consider that anything I add economical to the United States goes directly to the creation of misery and death _all around the world_.  Morally we are plumbing the depths of depravity on a political level.  

I used to work in the health insurance industry so I know exactly what you're talking about, even if it only applies 100% domestically. I used to combat insurance fraud via high-volume data analysis, but the system was so fouled by people who had been taking such hardcore advantage of it for so long, eventually it drove me nuts, and I got fired. I forgot what the exact reason was, but something along the lines of refusing to close a case tangentially involving one of our medical directors. It was an ophthalmologist who would issue botox injections for other doctors, covering it under the insurance as treatment for "blepharospasm" (which has an incidence rate of 1 in 10,000 where botox can be effective in alleviating it).

That and the marking up of lifesaving drugs of thousands of percent, passing the full charge on to poor people when their medicaid had expired, writing collections letters to them for hundreds of thousands of dollars... It was disgusting. Fuck that.

I had limited experience with the American health care system, thank God, but even the tiny bit I did shocked the hell out of me.  Your description of fraud and theft is something that everyone who is involved sees even if most people keep their mouths shut and let it ride...or often enough themselves step up to the trough.

If it were just internal corruption that might be something to stay home and fight.  It's vastly more than that though.  Running mercenary forces with names like ISIS to destroy and ethno-religiously cleanse entire regions (Libya, Syria, Iraq, etc) is a whole step down the ladder.  Same with testing out new weapons on civilians.  It may well be that 'we' do it (or tolerate it) in our capacity as a Talmudic golem, but that's no excuse and even more reason to worry for the future.

Looks to me like we U.S. citizens as people are being wrung out financially before being rendered into sausage.  The medical system is just one of the ways in which this is happening, but one of the bigger ones to be sure.  The thing is that if our 'leaders' will tolerate the kinds of internal corruption that harms so many Americans, and external evil that we see all around if we open our eyes, there is simply no reason to hope that they would not be willing participants in a controlled demolition of the U.S. as a nation state.  I'm expecting that the U.S. will be parted out and handed over in payment for debts already incurred.  Pretty similar in some ways to what happened to the Soviet Union.  And, interestingly, some of the beneficiaries (the so-called 'Russian' Oligarchs) will likely be some of the very same people.

[darklus123]

You are full of shit.

The people in Mindanao want 'martial law'.  The government would rather be done with it because it's expensive and a lot of the military is tied up in Mindanao (and thus less able to deal with the communist insurgency which is all over the country.)

The people who are bitching are the so-called 'liberals' who are, in my opinion, largely funded and animated by the NWO crowd (that is, the global corporatists) and in favor all all the standard NWO methods (trans-gender fagotry, fake-ass 'environmental' issues, etc, etc.)  They largely _don't_ live in Mindanao.  Unsurprisingly what passes for 'liberals' tend to be unusually corrupt and they lost the last election big-time in part for this reason.  That is my analysis anyway.

I've spent significant time in Mindanao over the last year and even more time studying the security situation.  I have been through checkpoints numerous times.  The soldiers running them are professional and respectful.  At least to me.  This isn't (American puppet) Marco's 'martial law' where you stop at a checkpoint and they rape your wife.

That is actually true, the only threat you might want to consider being in the Mindanao area is if you will encounter some terrorist groups. It is actually a lot safer being watched by Army (most of them are actually more loyal,respectful and polite officials) rather than being in the urban places of the Philippines where there are more "Police" Officials who are abusing their powers which are called "police scalawag".

[Fedice]

Now, you have moved to a country where politics does not exist?

Simply say you wants to explore new environments and try new cultures. Never blame your relocation on politics because politics is everywhere. And even worse in some of those countries in Asia. It's just a matter of time before you begin to miss America.

Good luck in your quests for happiness!

[tvbcof]

Now, you have moved to a country where politics does not exist?

Simply say you wants to explore new environments and try new cultures. Never blame your relocation on politics because politics is everywhere. And even worse in some of those countries in Asia. It's just a matter of time before you begin to miss America.

Good luck in your quests for happiness!

I already miss America.  All of my family and friends are there.  I've got a ton of property and a lifetime build up of toys that I left behind (buildings, excavators, rare motorcycles, etc, etc.)  I could easily run out the clock there in perfect contentment...for as long as things remain more-or-less as they are now at least.  Indeed I very much hope to be able to come back.

I'm not seeking 'happiness'.  In fact it is said that being stupid is a key to being happy.  "ignorant, stupid people can deny the HORRIBLE TRUTH of this terrible world of suffering and live happily."  There are not very many happy 'truthers' and being one is probably at least 50% a hard-wired thing.  But you play the hand that you were dealt.

[rjbtc2017]

I only read the first post, My Take: Philippines is a good choice for living, if you have a work with a work from home set up , you can live $50 daily for a food. Electricity Rate and Both Water Rate is not that expensive tho yearly they have an outage problem. If your girlfriend is a Philippine Citizen, you can also have to apply for a rent to own house which is i think have an easy paying scheme.

Having a decent job with a decent pay you can really survive here in the Philippines. One Major Problem here is the Government, They continue to lick Chinese Government Asses, Duterte's Government is not only "extra judicial killings", Senators, Mayors, Much of them are stupid ass-lickers of Duterte, While Duterte is a stupid ass licker of China. News for this Government's stupidity is not only happening once, it happens everyday and I'm sick of it, Much of the Filipinos are poor, uneducated and uninformed who uses free facebook (a place where idiots shares fake news and continue to support this hellish Government) which made them a fan and a supporter of this Shitty Government. Anyway, Good Luck, I hope you find a comfort and peace living here in the Philippines with your Girlfriend.
 

[nutildah]

I only read the first post, My Take: Philippines is a good choice for living, if you have a work with a work from home set up , you can live $50 daily for a food.

$50? That would be terrific! I actually have become accustomed to living on somewhere between $10 and $30 a day for food. Some days 300 pesos lasts the whole day, mainly because my girlfriend is a great cook. She makes a mean pork adobo. One other thing I never had before that I found out is quite delicious is flayed eggplant battered with egg.

Electricity Rate and Both Water Rate is not that expensive tho yearly they have an outage problem. If your girlfriend is a Philippine Citizen, you can also have to apply for a rent to own house which is i think have an easy paying scheme.

We did rent for about 7 months, and yes it was a lot cheaper, however I never got around to buying an aircon or a decent bed, and after a while, everyone knows where you live and just shows up at your door randomly... I didn't like that part, and prefer to be on the move.

One night the Barangay Tanod told me I should move because there was a known robber who would come visit my next door neighbors. Apparently he was a real bad apple, and they actually feared for my and my girlfriend's safety. They told me, "some day we're gonna have to kill him." So, when the police tell you you should move, its time to move.

Since then I've been living in a combination of cheap hotels and AirBnBs.

Having a decent job with a decent pay you can really survive here in the Philippines. One Major Problem here is the Government, They continue to lick Chinese Government Asses, Duterte's Government is not only "extra judicial killings", Senators, Mayors, Much of them are stupid ass-lickers of Duterte, While Duterte is a stupid ass licker of China. News for this Government's stupidity is not only happening once, it happens everyday and I'm sick of it, Much of the Filipinos are poor, uneducated and uninformed who uses free facebook (a place where idiots shares fake news and continue to support this hellish Government) which made them a fan and a supporter of this Shitty Government.

LOL. Your comment started off so positive. I stay out of politics. I was here in 2016 during the presidential debates, and I remember watching on TV when Rody said they should bring him out to the Spratly Islands on a speedboat, and he will plant the Philippines flag there, and let the Chinese to do him "what they wish." He's pretty much done a 180 degree turnaround on his stance toward China since then, which just goes to show he's also just another politician, to a certain degree.

[rjbtc2017]

I only read the first post, My Take: Philippines is a good choice for living, if you have a work with a work from home set up , you can live $50 daily for a food.

$50? That would be terrific! I actually have become accustomed to living on somewhere between $10 and $30 a day for food. Some days 300 pesos lasts the whole day, mainly because my girlfriend is a great cook. She makes a mean pork adobo. One other thing I never had before that I found out is quite delicious is flayed eggplant battered with egg.

Electricity Rate and Both Water Rate is not that expensive tho yearly they have an outage problem. If your girlfriend is a Philippine Citizen, you can also have to apply for a rent to own house which is i think have an easy paying scheme.

We did rent for about 7 months, and yes it was a lot cheaper, however I never got around to buying an aircon or a decent bed, and after a while, everyone knows where you live and just shows up at your door randomly... I didn't like that part, and prefer to be on the move.

One night the Barangay Tanod told me I should move because there was a known robber who would come visit my next door neighbors. Apparently he was a real bad apple, and they actually feared for my and my girlfriend's safety. They told me, "some day we're gonna have to kill him." So, when the police tell you you should move, its time to move.

Since then I've been living in a combination of cheap hotels and AirBnBs.

Having a decent job with a decent pay you can really survive here in the Philippines. One Major Problem here is the Government, They continue to lick Chinese Government Asses, Duterte's Government is not only "extra judicial killings", Senators, Mayors, Much of them are stupid ass-lickers of Duterte, While Duterte is a stupid ass licker of China. News for this Government's stupidity is not only happening once, it happens everyday and I'm sick of it, Much of the Filipinos are poor, uneducated and uninformed who uses free facebook (a place where idiots shares fake news and continue to support this hellish Government) which made them a fan and a supporter of this Shitty Government.

LOL. Your comment started off so positive. I stay out of politics. I was here in 2016 during the presidential debates, and I remember watching on TV when Rody said they should bring him out to the Spratly Islands on a speedboat, and he will plant the Philippines flag there, and let the Chinese to do him "what they wish." He's pretty much done a 180 degree turnaround on his stance toward China since then, which just goes to show he's also just another politician, to a certain degree.

Canned sardines with egg, Canned Sardines with soy sauce and vinegar, Cheap vegetables that you can ask for a cheaper price, Noodles etc. There also a lot of carienderias everywhere which you can have a decent food, with rice free soup and unlimited water (lol)  for only Php 60.00 = $1.5 +- , For dresses there are also thrift shops everwhere, cheap but decent dresses. Ask her to cook you some "dilis" or "tuyo", I think you would love it.

Robbery or Akyat Bahay, is an inevitable "entity" specially in crowded places or squatter areas.

I mean, That is what Philippines can offer,decent job means decent life but what it makes difficult to live here is the Shitty Government, and that's the reality, this Government is Anti-Poor and that's part of living here, taking all the shit and also i forgot to add the Traffic, Inconvenience in Commuting, Guess you experienced the hell of commuting.

[kspro]

We did rent for about 7 months, and yes it was a lot cheaper, however I never got around to buying an aircon or a decent bed, and after a while, everyone knows where you live and just shows up at your door randomly... I didn't like that part, and prefer to be on the move.

One night the Barangay Tanod told me I should move because there was a known robber who would come visit my next door neighbors. Apparently he was a real bad apple, and they actually feared for my and my girlfriend's safety. They told me, "some day we're gonna have to kill him." So, when the police tell you you should move, its time to move.

Since then I've been living in a combination of cheap hotels and AirBnBs.

I didn't quite get this part... How do you live in a place like that if it's so dangerous? The US passport can provide access almost to any country, why did you choose this? But I think that's a great experience anyway.