FOREIGNER reacts to WHY Life is BETTER in the PHILIPPINES

the same price I can get a penthouse here we don't need that level of luxury but very cheap in the Philippines but some services are quite pricey I must say I always refer to the whole city where I live in called BGC I refer to BGC as the Singapore of the Philippines when they work they have a smile on the face smiling faces were very convincing for me to move to the Philippines what's up Philippines welcome back to another action video with Nelly I'm so happy to see your smiling faces today again today I am reacting to a fellow German I'm reacting to why I moved to the Philippines and left to Germany so I'm very very excited to see that because wow creepy dude just opened it's all good no ghosts in here it's all good yeah I'm super super interested in hearing his story I have never met this gentleman before never seen any videos so I'm just curious to hear his why shall we let's go today's video why I moved to the Philippines or in other words why I left Germany it is not so German single day in the Philippines which is one of the major upsides and I thought I would just give you like a list of why did I move here first things first and that is kind of the obvious thing for most foreigners that they go to Indonesia like Bali they go to Thailand they go to Philippines it is cheaper like the same amount of money that you use here goes a lot further compared to Europe in Germany if I order food it's at least two to three times as expensive if you ever looked at uh real estate prices or like unit prices in New York if you live in like a really modern city like New York you pay like two thousand to three thousand dollars for like a minimal a pop I paid a very similar price in Miami and I mean it was 100 worth it we had the best view of all the views in Miami but still very expensive in the city for the same price I can get a penthouse here and I mean like actual Penthouse 150 square meters multiple rooms now you probably don't need that level of luxury yeah but yeah what you can get for the exact same amount of money it just goes further here when it comes to like okay I can do it like for example shoes or like clothes or whatever it's the same price it has to be imported sometimes it's even more expensive for example on cars to pay luxury tax almost every single service that you can get here is a lot cheaper than in Europe for example let's say you work with other people what I've heard when it comes to like the prices of let's say an assistant or somebody out somebody who cleans your place it's like four to five times cheaper and the best thing is super if you tip somebody let's say a delivery guy and you just set them for like 10 15 that goes a long way here because the average income is about like a dollar per hour at least in the city for example one of my friends last year during Christmas he tipped a delivery guy about a thousand pesos so like seven to twenty dollars that's like two days of work you can with a normal tip give somebody like two days of their lifetime back number two which is also obvious it's the weather when it comes to okay just quickly stopping here services are not always cheap in the Philippines let's say you work with a lawyer or an accountant it is based basically the same price like I would pay a lawyer accountant in Austria or in the US so it always depends on what kind of services you are using of course if you go with cleaners drivers and so on it's very different also Workforce is very cheap in the Philippines but some services are quite pricey I must say Germany or Europe it rains like a hundred ish days a year it's cold for this for five minutes like our summer is like three to four months where it's uncomfortable to go outside in your shirt and even then not every single day is that comfortable but here every single day is comfortable I'm here for seven months now you start to like Miss Seasons yeah you can't really wear hoodies or jackets or anything like that I get used to wearing long pants but you can only wear a shirt outside if you wear anything more like a second layer of clothes you will die that is a very nice problem to have I must say I mean I personally have been living in tropical countries for the past six years I do miss Seasons sometimes I do miss snow but I don't really miss winter in Austria winter in Australia it's kind of like it's awful unless it's for one day snow and skiing but otherwise they're a lot more friendly compared to people in Germany for my own experience it depends on where you live of course but I lived in Berlin the capital and I can tell you it doesn't seem that friendly there most people have their phone like this they don't have a smile in their face just walk around and it's the opposite everybody seems happy even when they work they have a smile on their face in general it just seems a lot more easy going here as in people aren't that stressed people are more relaxed and I prefer that a lot I always refer to the whole city where I live in called BGC it's like a giant hotel resort because it feels exactly like that it's like every single day is a Sunday where it's just easy going more relaxed there isn't as much stress as they're used to back in wherever you're from you distance yourself from like where you grew up because if I think back to where I grew up and where I used to live most of my life it's next to my school it's in the same area I see the exact same street every single day and eventually it won't change so I'm going to a city okay yeah I agree The Smiling Faces were very convincing for me to move to the Philippines it is just in the nature of the Filipinos to have a very positive attitude and that's something that I'm really drawn to I can 100 relate to the frowny phrase with frowny faces that is something that I got really I don't know affected by in Austria it's just it affects your mood if it affects your daily life and just going out some way where people are smiling and friendly it's just so different kind of changes that in a city in Asia changes that a lot next part and I'm gonna be fully honest about that I look different yeah obviously right like I'm white I got blonde hair I stand out and even though it's more like an egotistical thing I guess but it makes you feel more special because in Europe I'm just a guy I'm average height I'm I've never seen it that average everything I'm just average but if you're here in Southeast Asia or like Asia in general it's different people are more open to like talk to you they're interested in where you're from what they're doing here how long you've been here if you've traveled to certain places it's easy to make conversation but in Germany it's like no nobody cares nobody even opens a conversation with you you're just going to stab you which is the next thing it fits safely if you go to a beach or like to the province it also feels safe might just be me at my experience I agree with that point I was carrying a taser in Miami when I went to the supermarket as soon as it got dark and it was just across the road I lived in a very very safe area in Miami beach but still it was not 100 safe it is very safe in Austria I must say especially where I come from but I wouldn't go to the park in the evening versus in the Philippines I don't really feel scared I just beat me up my experience so far but compared to Germany my mom for example doesn't even take public transportation because she does not feel comfortable doing so and she never knows if anything bad happens there you just feel safe here to be fair BGC Makati all those cities the modern places there are bubbles yes is not the real Philippines thank you for pointing that out what in your cities where everybody would like to go to but that's like the real Philippines it just feels better here everybody's friendly open-minded and for example when I now take my phone out and a little microphone and then just record people are happy to win their video you know what they say in Europe they say nothing because you have something where they pretty much protect you against any recording yeah as in if I were to record in Europe right now if I don't have permission yes it's not a lot at least in Germany everybody's happy that you record that you show the country it's a different vibe a different feeling next part and that is traveling yeah with the recording thing I was in a like on a mountain hike in Austria and it literally said you're not permitted to film here because it's woodlands and you have to get a permission I'm like I'm just walking on a mountain like why is it not permitted to film your experience while you're hiking a freaking Mountain it's not like you're showing people anything it's just nature so it's complicated in Austria you cannot talked about that in the last few minutes but whether you want to go to a city to beach to Mountain an hour or two hours away they can go to any place they would like to go traveling itself taking flights or taking a grab which is the equivalent of taking a taxi on Uber yeah it's a lot cheaper as well like if I go 10 kilometers West to Mall of Asia which is a pretty cool Mall one of the biggest malls in the whole world I think they're great cost me about four dollars four or five dollars for 10 kilometers and like a 30 minute ride in Europe they will be closer to like 40 euros yeah that's so acceptable things like that just make it a lot more accessible if you have a EU or American Income then move to a South Asian country next spot is that there are less rules you could say as in if you live in Germany if you know what I mean anything you would like to do whether it is making a change in your apartment your house your car whatever it is has to get approved their Roots there are multiple documents have to fill out that doesn't really exist okay stopping right here because there is actually a rule that also defines how your garden or how like your outer area of your own house should look like so if you have certain plans that are kind of like going over the fence to your neighbor it's like a huge drama it's just like you can't decide on the color of your house you have to have it approved which you know it's okay to have certain rules but it's a a lot of bureaucracy in Europe and it works quite well for example the traffic like you're used to European traffic or American traffic people you know listen to the rules they do what they do I mean sometimes here it's the opposite people just drive there's no real indication where you turn left or right most people don't even do it and it seems it's chaos in the beginning and I love it but it works better so far I think I've seen almost one car crash but actually zero within seven months to be fair most of the time I stay within the city and the traffic here is regulated because traffic lights all that but driving itself it seems a lot more relaxed I do take a scooter almost everywhere because it is faster than anything else you're pretty much a pedestrian a cyclist and a car at the exact same time so there's zero rules for you I wouldn't recommend doing that because you're not dangerous whatever so much more relaxed that he can just take a scooter that you just buy and you take it anywhere and then all regulations you don't have to fill out some paper save it like a SIM card they're changing that right now over the next like four five six months but if you want to get a SIM card here you just buy it you don't have to give them a details the information nothing like that you just buy it so much easier second to last Point everything at least yes the rules are changing so don't walking distance take this advice as a random example you can walk there it's in the city if you want to go to a spa it's in the city you want to go to a dentist you want to go to have food on a rooftop bar everything is in the city more than once multiple times so even if you have to walk a long distance which is 1.5 kilometers maximum because that's the length and the height of the city that wouldn't even hurt just a nice walk on site because it's sunny in the worst case it's rained and you take an umbrella and walked anyways plus the city has a bunch of cats but not like Stray Cats just normal cats for example one that is right here when I record this is they are the cats of BGC they're all friendly they're people walking around feeding them I still refer to this place as like a giant hotel resort and it's like you take a vacation but the vacation doesn't end and then for the last point in this awesome video of a blonde guy sitting in Asia it is yeah um I refer to BGC as the Singapore of the Philippines yeah it's just very different it's very polished there's a lot of greenery a lot of activities that can do shops malls it's a walkable City so it's kind of like really nice to live there sitting in Asia it is so much easier to meet people you can just point out anything for example somebody wears juicy like like your shoes everybody's friendly to talk to plus you meet people from all over the world that all speak English which is a great Advantage for you because Tagalog is part English now most people don't speak Tagalog they speak taglish so half of the words you understand anyways you don't necessarily have to learn the language in order to live here they speak English and they can understand that and Tagalog is fairly easy to pick up at least for some of the common words because it's like 10 to 20 Spanish and the other words can be somehow guessed based on that it's true yeah and it's easy to make friends plus people from all over the world are easy to talk to I mean our French group right now consists of like let's say like 10 to 15 people mainly and I think we're like nine different countries so yeah been here for seven months and I'll stay for at least five four months because I rented an apartment for an Italian yeah and I like every two years like you wake up you just take a walk outside it's sunny people smile it feels like if I would have known about this place five years ago I would have moved here five years ago went over here for just a two-week vacation and then eventually moved here and I can tell you if you live in America Europe and you think about leaving or think about maybe you know considering living in a different country try the Philippines not necessarily BGC or Makati or like the cities try the islands have like a one week vacation and see the incredible country it's great awesome most people when they mention any country they say they love the food I'm gonna be honest here I don't like it that much I do like seasick but most of the other food I don't like it too much and you won't see a video where I say Foreigner shocked trying balut for the first time I won't do it we might try everything at Jollibee but I can tell you my honest reaction that being said thank you guys so much for watching I like this place quite a lot and take care okay I am not a huge fan of balut either so I told you already many times but yeah refreshing video loved seeing his perspective as well I agree with most of the points and also wow what a nice thing to hear like another perspective of another German living in the Philippines I mean I'm not German Austrian anyways let me know how you enjoyed this let me know what your reasons that you enjoy living in the Philippines comment down below and that was it for today I'll see you next time here on what's up Philippines Peterson foreign [Music]