moving to Cebu shortly

[ConfusedMe]

That's a really big step to move to another place... Like other countries, economy is not that good in Philippines too and the best way I think is to really check on the best source of financial support. Either getting a job or setting up a business. Prices may be lesser in Cebu, but now that you have your wife and you future family, you have to look deeper on your financial status and ways to support your living there...

Good luck anyway in your future wedding and may you be successful in your future plans...

[johnboy999]

That's a really big step to move to another place... Like other countries, economy is not that good in Philippines too and the best way I think is to really check on the best source of financial support. Either getting a job or setting up a business. Prices may be lesser in Cebu, but now that you have your wife and you future family, you have to look deeper on your financial status and ways to support your living there...

Good luck anyway in your future wedding and may you be successful in your future plans...

Getting a local job at Philippines pay rates is never going to happen for me - I am not prepared to work for just a few pesos a day. My plans involve an overseas income, but that is on the back-burner while I get our family home set up, and take a well earned break after working my ass off for the last 20 odd years. I'm financially stable enough to live here for, maybe 10 years, without working even taking into account the relatively expensive lifestyle I will have compared to the locals, but I know I would eventually get bored. I know I will have to have an income, but it can wait for a while....

We only get one life to live and its too short to spend it being miserable doing something you don't want to do so it was easy for me to take this step now. I was in a position that I could do this now - why wait until I am too old to really appreciate the beauty of this place and the many things to do here???

[Terpe]

........We only get one life to live and its too short to spend it being miserable doing something you don't want to do so it was easy for me to take this step now. I was in a position that I could do this now - why wait until I am too old to really appreciate the beauty of this place and the many things to do here???

Your really fortunate to be in that position. I would do just the same.

It's sounds like you've thought things through and got your 'head screwed on' right.
As you say life is too short. Believe me time moves along fast, and my advice is to enjoy your life to the max, but don't take your 'eye off the ball'.

I've met too many Brits living in Phils who one day discovered they had nothing left in their 'financial well'. It doesn't take a lot of time, effort or money to keep you future alive.

Here's wishing you a great life

[johnboy999]

Your really fortunate to be in that position. I would do just the same.

It's sounds like you've thought things through and got your 'head screwed on' right.
As you say life is too short. Believe me time moves along fast, and my advice is to enjoy your life to the max, but don't take your 'eye off the ball'.

I've met too many Brits living in Phils who one day discovered they had nothing left in their 'financial well'. It doesn't take a lot of time, effort or money to keep you future alive.

Here's wishing you a great life

I don't keep all my eggs in one basket - my savings are spread amongst several banks, and my money will be staying in the UK. I'll only be transferring over what I need, when I need it. No point keeping it here in the Phils where I would be tempted to waste it,. And one of my accounts is not going to be touched - it's my emergency escape plan if it all goes wrong here in the future. But I'm not planning to let that happen!

I've been planning this move for nearly 2 years. Just because I haven't been posting on here doesn't mean it's a sudden decision! I've done a lot of research and made 3 recce trips here previously. I'm not totally unprepared, but I accept I still got an awful lot to learn and I'll definitely still be bending ears here from the guys with more experience than me

[ConfusedMe]

We only get one life to live and its too short to spend it being miserable doing something you don't want to do so it was easy for me to take this step now. I was in a position that I could do this now - why wait until I am too old to really appreciate the beauty of this place and the many things to do here???

Live Life to the fullest... I wish I can just do that right now.. Always wanted to do business like a small BandB by the beach of Bohol maybe. There are a lot of foreigners there who actually owned the hotels. I'd say they enjoyed the place a lot and decided to retire there with their wife. It's good for giving more jobs to the locals as well.