Originally Posted by joebloggs
that your happy and good luck with the PR
why has your lifestyle and quality of life improved Peter, in what ways ?
Well here's a few that come immediately to mind
Transportation is not only very very cheap, it's availability is constant with pick-up and drop-off at the request of the passenger.
Means getting out and about for daily needs, exploration or tourism is virtually on tap.
Being lovers of seafood we can indulge ourselves whenever we want with a grand selection of fresh produce from the ocean. We can choose from any number of local markets depending on what we'd like to buy.
Fresh fruits and vegetables are at every market. So many fruits to enjoy.
Plus all those usual vegetables available in UK with a few more besides.
We are within walking distance of a number of beautiful beaches. There are sophisticated beach resorts, public beaches with shelters and facilities and also pristine undeveloped natural beach havens. Choose one to suit your mood.
The mountains are clearly visible in our landscape every day and within a short 30 mins drive to many of the mountain attractions.
I've gotten back into fishing, photography and water colour painting simply because the scope and opportunities are there on my doorstep.
The weather suits me totally. Yes, it's hot, but first thing in the morning from say 6am to 10am it's beautiful. Same goes for the late afternoon and evening. Simply wonderful every day.
We are surrounded by cheerful, joyful people who really couldn't be more friendly or helpful. They seem to have a natural ability to make you feel good about yourself and to look out for others too.
We all have different ideas about what makes us happy and what needs and wants fulfil our desires.
Mine may be completely different to yours. But let me say there are many more small details in life that make us feel good and give us so much pleasure that we never want to let that part of life leave us.
Not everyone's cup of tea I know but within 20 mins of our house we have a choice of over 7 massive shopping malls. Each with a large selection of entertainment and a large selection of restaurants and 'eateries'
Apart from that there are many nice places to eat along every street.
Here in the Philippines eating out is not anywhere near as expensive as UK.
We're lucky enough to have found a beautiful place to live. Village life. Quiet and peaceful surrounded by open spaces, coconut trees, banana trees, mango, pomelo and any others. We feel at peace with the world. Yet the chaos of the local market is just a few minutes walk away. I'll not mention anything about our house or our specific location. Better to keep that for ourselves.
I couldn't end this post without mentioning something about medical care.
Yes, I understand it's not free and I understand it can be expensive. That can be a big downside under certain circumstances. However, the general care and facilities available at any number of our local hospitals is second to none and not expensive.
So I count that as a positive since it's a significant improvement on what we faced back in our Northampton village medical centre.
Better finish this post as my enthusiasm is getting OTT again
Perhaps I should try to balance out a little by listing a few things that are not conducive to a happy peaceful life.
Yes, there are quite a few, just as there are anywhere.
It all depends on your attitude of mind and your frame of reference as to where on the scale things get measured and placed.
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