That's only 50-60K pesos a month. Whilst a Filipino family can probably live comfortably on that, I think any westerner would struggle unless they really cut back. I don't live a sumptuous lifestyle but I do like some luxuries and wouldn't fancy living on dried fish and rice. I think my phone bill alone would be at least 10K a monthPersonally I would want at least 100-150K a month to allow for any spur of the moment purchases, gadgets, flights, luxuries I wanted.