The rigor of life in the USA creates depression, high anxiety, mental illness, loneliness and above all suicide. RELAX ....your are in the Philippines where life is being celebrated....
To overcome depression have faith in God, God is peacefullness. Mat 6:26: "26 See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?" Phil 4:7: "7 And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."
I dunno but i get this feeling that Expats,or foreigners who have families here in the Philippines ,..Look Younger versus if they're staying in the West. Something to do with a Less Stressful Everyday Life!❤ ..and they tend to be much,much cheerful as they stay longer in the country.
Right, I see Westerners my age 62 looking much much older than we are here in the Phil., that's why Im having a hard time looking for a soulmate a bit older than me or at least my age in foreign dating sites,,,Relax, patience, and senior citizens here are a priority, that's the respect we get for being one,,a lot of good music we can sing from the 70's and 80's,bec .the music now are too loud..
I've heard you say this often but I am still awestruck when you say, "The Philippines is the first place I visited where I felt I could live here, I want this to be my home." This is from the heart, my friend. ❤
Surprise me you are still staying here but in the other hand complaining of our culture sorry to tell you that's what it is why don't go where you are happy more...
Another superb video from you, truly enjoyed watching it! No matter or whatever they say, there is always that one thing you will find unique and "Only in the Philippines"!
Many Filipinos speak English with me, but I still try to learn their language. They like it when we learn their language. I find people often speak their native tongues with each other around me and I can follow the conversation better by learning their language. There is nothing worse than sitting with People talking for 1-2 hours that I can’t follow.
Waoow, so amazing to hear that Philippines became the no.1 pretty country to lived with many culture being. Wish all of you to adopt our filipino culture. Goodluck guys MABUHAY PILIPINAS 🇪🇺🇵🇭🥰
Thank you for choosing the Philippines the people are calm and patience and loving people and caring people and warm heart that you never see in others countries they invite you to eat the house and drinks and singing it just only the Philippines 🇵🇭 big love❤
John you said something that hit it on the nail. We tend to run when we have no reason to go fast. It’s in our genes I think just something we took from the west.
We Filipinas who are after the character and the loyalty of the expats don’t really care about the shape or the abs, we are still loyal and devoted to the man who is willing to give us security, loyalty and faithfulness and a peaceful home with no food restrictions lols. But ofcourse we take care of our man’s health so we act like their moms 😂
Regarding waiting in lines in grocery stores jollibee etc, I'm still trying to adjust to that. But why am I still in a rush? I don't know! Another great video with an awesome guest
I just have done watch your interview with mrwrigth. It was interesting so im planting. To watch all the video you make. But first thank you for choosing philippines. And my Gob bless and bkess you more throughout. ❤❤❤
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat hmmm for me the vibes was really good, you can let your door open whole day we feel safe &as what i remember when we were Young our neighbor always giving bayan, giving veges and fruits for free and during summer we played a lot volleyball.We dont have that much money but mostly food we have are all fresh & organic.
No place is perfect…some less perfect than others. As long as you’re a temporary traveler, the imperfections are a novelty or adventure, not a detriment. Once you’re living there, they become something different. Probably good reason to take your time before adopting a new home country….
@WatchCaliforniaExpat Hey john did u find some of that island vibe when u lived in Australia I found when i went to the USA it was very different and yes i am from Australia great video Marco is the Boss!!! I found the music awesome too its like i was transported back in time to my teens and early 20's Soo good
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat So i live on the outskirts of Sydney in the Campbelltown area there is a totally different vibe where I live to the city and north shore. I've spent a bit of time in the country and yep sort of similar.
Hi John. For me, losing patience when spending far more time in a line up for example than what I’m used to has nothing to do with a sense of urgency. It’s more of a case of rather spending that time doing something I actually enjoy (such as exercising, cycling, playing a sport or reading a book), instead of spending much more time than usual in a line up.
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat Hi again. Upon further thought as well, I completely understand what you mean. All of us have become so conditioned to be ultra ‘time oriented’ these days that spending an extra 5 minutes on anything can often test our patience or as you say, “our sense of urgency”. Slowing down throughout our day to enjoy the moment for periods of time takes practice and is something I still struggle with. I certainly most often fill my time here in Japan with work and activities from before sunrise to well past sunset. This is the so called ‘hamster wheel’ that can be hard to step off of. Perhaps we can see moments of standing in line for example as a blessing (?). (I write this comment as it approaches 6:00pm after being on the go working all day on a landscaping project since 7:00am this morning).
Hey brother, another great video and interview 🙌 If this is public information, what is your type of businesses in the Philippines? Have a great day there, John ☀️
Thank you very much. Yes it's public, I have another channel, American Entrepreneur in the Philippines, where I have a lot of videos about my main business here Purple Cow Agency, which is a business process outsourcing (BPO) company and before I had a lot of involvement in a restaurant.
I know why some foreigners like to stay in our country for more practical reasons. I go also with idea to keep in good shape specially at mature age ( rentners or pensioners) its more healthy and fit better to enjoy life , less pains less sick and etc.
No, that's not true that all Filipinos love foreigners. There are a lot of Filipinos who are alarmed at the influx of foreigners into our country. If we Filipinos are not careful, we will end up losing our country to foreigners, or becoming second class citizens in our own country.
The rate of immigration is very low to the Philippines. There are exponentially more foreigners from all over the world, including the Philippines, in the US compared to how few foreigners I see in the Philippines. I get the concern when there are bad behaving foreigners. But I think Philippines culture is far more impacted by what Filipinos watch and do on their phones with foreigner culture overseas than foreigners living in the Philippines
You guys believe that filipinos do not have that sense of urgency. Do not generalize. Career oriented Pinoys do work and barely have the time to enjoy a weekend! Try talking to corporate pinoys!
That's fair and I don't mean any disrespect towards hard working filipinos, though do you also see what we are talking about with the examples we gave? Those do seem to be generally true in retail and public facing customer service settings.
With all his obvious flaws, Marco speaks his mind. I admire his transparency but not necessarily everything he says. But I agree with a lot of it. “Dust in the air” might not be the slam dunk argument he thinks it is.
I'm a Filipina who has been to another country. Beautiful places and cold climates in other countries are just felt on the surface of our eyes and skin and yet I'm feeling alone and lonely. But being with good people around us is felt within our hearts that makes us happy. For me, it is what matters most. Anyway, in terms of climate, here in my place in Cavite just a few minutes away from Tagaytay is much cooler than there in Singapore and Malaysia. I found it so hot in those 2 countries I've mentioned. There are so many beautiful, some even magnificent places I should say here in the Philippines that other countries don't have. I am just wondering why foreigners say that the Philippines is a poor country. I worked in a family in Malaysia and live with some friends in Singapore where the way we eat here or the kind of food we eat here in the Philippines is far better than theirs. Even my house here is better than their house there. Where is the justice saying we are poor people? Yes, we have some (just some for me in comparison to the amount of our population) but many are rich and living a more luxurious life compared to them.
@@WatchCaliforniaExpatdefine we pay well. Is it for $10, $15 or $20 per day? 😅😅 All are terrible of course, not your fault but saying pay well here take on a new dimension. Lol
@@jetd9716 please don't follow the minimum wage law its killing us . Take care of the employees and the employee will take care of your business. Promised we know to give back you receive more than a hundred times in return.
I fully understand the struggles of trying to adopt to a slower pace lifestyle. Unfortunately I think a lot of that comes from the culture of not understanding the value of time. Wages are low, work ethic and the understanding of time equals money does not have a place in PH yet in western cultures it is hammered into you right from a young age. Great vid and I love the energy. Can’t say I disagree with anything here. The ladies is usually what drives men to make decisions. 😂😂😂😂
Philippines is always with United States of America, whoever the Philippines President. We have the constitution to follow and its up to U.S. decision There are cases, we also need to be a friend of non-allies countries for economic purposes, We are not their enemy but to love exchange cultural ties and even as students. Anybody can stay here ro experience our cultures, simplicity of living even in provinces. Most of us in provinces are not spending money for cooking, washing and others For cooking we use firewoods at same time cleaning dried woods around. We have spring waters you can just store in containers for settling of impurities and for filtering. Iñ darflong areas they used military lamp at night, some wih petromax, or lpg or solar lamp. We have to learn economic ways in reducing cost. Others planting varrious fruit tress, banana, vegetables in organic and self consumptions You can stay in Philippines with $1000 dollars and you are safe. For health you can go to public health or as you wish.You have to save money if you want a high class, hospitals. We are in democracy, you have freedom to chose even in foods in restaurants. You can eat the best at high class restaurants or select the alternatives.
As far as the music here, I haven't heard any western or rock music here that i grew up with in the city province where I live. Ive never heard western rock sung on karaoke out here either. My wife never even heard of Elvis Presley. Again, it all depends on what part of the Philippines you're living in. The Philippines never has any western music artists or rockstars from the west perform here. Whereas, other countries such as Japan, Australia and even Russia have. The Philippines recently had an American boy band here, the Jonas Brothers. Wow. I'm thrilled. The first ones since the Beatles came here in '65 maybe? Sometimes I get the feeling they don't want band's like Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne or Metallica influencing the kids out here.
I'm sure it depends where you live as you mentioned. My friends went to a Guns n Rose's concert in Manila some years back. I was out last weekend at a place where a band was playing really good versions of Korn and Metallica in Davao City
@WatchCaliforniaExpat wow! Where was that at? Yeah, it had to be in a city like Manila, Cebu, Davao or BGC as you mentioned. I'm 5 hours north of Dumaguete. San Carlos City. All you hear is either the boom-boom type disco music or the sweet soft "I'm in love with you" kind of music my parents would have probably listened to. Even when they sing Kareoki, that's all you hear. When I sing Kareoki, I start singing Beatle songs.
The rigor of life in the USA creates depression, high anxiety, mental illness, loneliness and above all suicide. RELAX ....your are in the Philippines where life is being celebrated....
Your right
To overcome depression have faith in God, God is peacefullness. Mat 6:26: "26 See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?"
Phil 4:7: "7 And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."
I dunno but i get this feeling that Expats,or foreigners who have families here in the Philippines ,..Look Younger versus if they're staying in the West.
Something to do with a Less Stressful Everyday Life!❤ ..and they tend to be much,much cheerful as they stay longer in the country.
Good sex keeps them young😅
Right, I see Westerners my age 62 looking much much older than we are here in the Phil., that's why Im having a hard time looking for a soulmate a bit older than me or at least my age in foreign dating sites,,,Relax, patience, and senior citizens here are a priority, that's the respect we get for being one,,a lot of good music we can sing from the 70's and 80's,bec .the music now are too loud..
I've heard you say this often but I am still awestruck when you say, "The Philippines is the first place I visited where I felt I could live here, I want this to be my home." This is from the heart, my friend. ❤
This is truly from my heart
Surprise me you are still staying here but in the other hand complaining of our culture sorry to tell you that's what it is why don't go where you are happy more...
Another superb video from you, truly enjoyed watching it! No matter or whatever they say, there is always that one thing you will find unique and "Only in the Philippines"!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much.
Many Filipinos speak English with me, but I still try to learn their language. They like it when we learn their language. I find people often speak their native tongues with each other around me and I can follow the conversation better by learning their language. There is nothing worse than sitting with People talking for 1-2 hours that I can’t follow.
I understand. I'm trying to learn too.
Waoow, so amazing to hear that Philippines became the no.1 pretty country to lived with many culture being. Wish all of you to adopt our filipino culture. Goodluck guys MABUHAY PILIPINAS 🇪🇺🇵🇭🥰
Thank you for watching
The people keep me here, this is my home and I’m married and my wife wants to live here.
I understand you
Thank you for choosing the Philippines the people are calm and patience and loving people and caring people and warm heart that you never see in others countries they invite you to eat the house and drinks and singing it just only the Philippines 🇵🇭 big love❤
Thank you very much 😊
Thank you for loving to stay and live in the Philippines.
Thank you very much
John you said something that hit it on the nail. We tend to run when we have no reason to go fast. It’s in our genes I think just something we took from the west.
Yes, and it's a difficult thing to change even if it would help us
I love to subscribe foreign bloggers that promote my beautiful country Philippines .We will be retiring thier soon from IN USA
Welcome back soon 😊🙏
im a filipina 33 and i loved possitive comments about my county ph..thank you ..watching from shanghai china ..
Thank you for watching and commenting. Are you working in Shanghai?
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat yes sir 😃
@@blink188 very cool 😎
Glad to hear this sir... Thank you for choosing our country.. The Philippines ❤❤❤🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Thank you for your support
Try to relax, ,good for your
Health and Mind indeed
Thank you Helen
Wow, thanks for your kind words Sir ☺️, God bless your stay in our native land 🙏..
Thank you for your kind words.
Nice interview❤❤❤
Salamat po
We Filipinas who are after the character and the loyalty of the expats don’t really care about the shape or the abs, we are still loyal and devoted to the man who is willing to give us security, loyalty and faithfulness and a peaceful home with no food restrictions lols.
But ofcourse we take care of our man’s health so we act like their moms 😂
I like this. Thank you sharing
Great interview. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for your support
Regarding waiting in lines in grocery stores jollibee etc, I'm still trying to adjust to that. But why am I still in a rush? I don't know! Another great video with an awesome guest
Enjoy and smell the roses. Relax.
@@kathiemathias212 I'm working on it🤣
Really appreciate it!
I'm enjoying watching your vedios
Glad you like them!
"It's a tie". Suuureee!!! This dude needs to be a politician 🤣🤣🤣
I'm happy that i meet you marco for being goodfriend to me😊
Thank you for watching
To you both 90's is quiet old. Life begins at 40 so, both of you are still young. nice looking too.
Very kind of you to say.
I super like the vibe on this interview and glad I came across your channel.
Thank you very much 😊 Where are you watching from?
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat watching from Cebu ❤️
@@dee1901 Oh nice, I'm in Cebu City
VERY INTERESTING INSIGHT, I LOVE IT
Thank you ☺️
I just have done watch your interview with mrwrigth. It was interesting so im planting. To watch all the video you make. But first thank you for choosing philippines. And my Gob bless and bkess you more throughout. ❤❤❤
Maraming salamat po. I appreciate your support
Life in Ph are quiet relax only thing you need to worry is just health care! We live simple & happy especially in Province area.
Thank you for sharing. How do you like living in the province.
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat hmmm for me the vibes was really good, you can let your door open whole day we feel safe &as what i remember when we were Young our neighbor always giving bayan, giving veges and fruits for free and during summer we played a lot volleyball.We dont have that much money but mostly food we have are all fresh & organic.
No place is perfect…some less perfect than others. As long as you’re a temporary traveler, the imperfections are a novelty or adventure, not a detriment. Once you’re living there, they become something different. Probably good reason to take your time before adopting a new home country….
Yes fair advice
such great interview
Thank you ☺️
@WatchCaliforniaExpat Hey john did u find some of that island vibe when u lived in Australia I found when i went to the USA it was very different and yes i am from Australia great video Marco is the Boss!!! I found the music awesome too its like i was transported back in time to my teens and early 20's Soo good
I was in Sydney and didn't really feel island life to me there. But how about you?
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat So i live on the outskirts of Sydney in the Campbelltown area there is a totally different vibe where I live to the city and north shore. I've spent a bit of time in the country and yep sort of similar.
@@simonkendall4824 I understand. I think the city has grown a lot since I've been there
Hi John. For me, losing patience when spending far more time in a line up for example than what I’m used to has nothing to do with a sense of urgency. It’s more of a case of rather spending that time doing something I actually enjoy (such as exercising, cycling, playing a sport or reading a book), instead of spending much more time than usual in a line up.
You should bring books with you in case you encounter long que
@@spidey6077 😆 good idea. Can someone please tell me why staff are so slow in the Philippines?
That makes a lot of sense and I suppose is the same for me as I think more about it
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat Hi again. Upon further thought as well, I completely understand what you mean. All of us have become so conditioned to be ultra ‘time oriented’ these days that spending an extra 5 minutes on anything can often test our patience or as you say, “our sense of urgency”. Slowing down throughout our day to enjoy the moment for periods of time takes practice and is something I still struggle with. I certainly most often fill my time here in Japan with work and activities from before sunrise to well past sunset. This is the so called ‘hamster wheel’ that can be hard to step off of. Perhaps we can see moments of standing in line for example as a blessing (?). (I write this comment as it approaches 6:00pm after being on the go working all day on a landscaping project since 7:00am this morning).
Watching from cebu 😊🙏
Thank you Weng ☺️
You were very funny in this John
Thank you ☺️
Hey brother, another great video and interview 🙌
If this is public information, what is your type of businesses in the Philippines?
Have a great day there, John ☀️
Thank you very much. Yes it's public, I have another channel, American Entrepreneur in the Philippines, where I have a lot of videos about my main business here Purple Cow Agency, which is a business process outsourcing (BPO) company and before I had a lot of involvement in a restaurant.
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat thank you brother
@@michael_Jon7 Your welcome ☺️
Haha, I'm watching here laughing
That’s because you’re happy 🥸🥸🥸
Glad we made you laugh 😊
I know why some foreigners like to stay in our country for more practical reasons. I go also with idea to keep in good shape specially at mature age ( rentners or pensioners) its more healthy and fit better to enjoy life , less pains less sick and etc.
Thanks for liking our country ❤❤ ❤❤, we love having foreigners too 😊 🇵🇭 ❤❤
No, that's not true that all Filipinos love foreigners. There are a lot of Filipinos who are alarmed at the influx of foreigners into our country. If we Filipinos are not careful, we will end up losing our country to foreigners, or becoming second class citizens in our own country.
@@Gregvertagree with you. SOME foreigners are doing more harm than good. We have to be mindful.
Appreciate your thoughts guys.
The rate of immigration is very low to the Philippines. There are exponentially more foreigners from all over the world, including the Philippines, in the US compared to how few foreigners I see in the Philippines. I get the concern when there are bad behaving foreigners. But I think Philippines culture is far more impacted by what Filipinos watch and do on their phones with foreigner culture overseas than foreigners living in the Philippines
You guys believe that filipinos do not have that sense of urgency. Do not generalize. Career oriented Pinoys do work and barely have the time to enjoy a weekend! Try talking to corporate pinoys!
That's fair and I don't mean any disrespect towards hard working filipinos, though do you also see what we are talking about with the examples we gave? Those do seem to be generally true in retail and public facing customer service settings.
With all his obvious flaws, Marco speaks his mind. I admire his transparency but not necessarily everything he says. But I agree with a lot of it. “Dust in the air” might not be the slam dunk argument he thinks it is.
I'm a Filipina who has been to another country. Beautiful places and cold climates in other countries are just felt on the surface of our eyes and skin and yet I'm feeling alone and lonely. But being with good people around us is felt within our hearts that makes us happy. For me, it is what matters most. Anyway, in terms of climate, here in my place in Cavite just a few minutes away from Tagaytay is much cooler than there in Singapore and Malaysia. I found it so hot in those 2 countries I've mentioned. There are so many beautiful, some even magnificent places I should say here in the Philippines that other countries don't have. I am just wondering why foreigners say that the Philippines is a poor country. I worked in a family in Malaysia and live with some friends in Singapore where the way we eat here or the kind of food we eat here in the Philippines is far better than theirs. Even my house here is better than their house there. Where is the justice saying we are poor people? Yes, we have some (just some for me in comparison to the amount of our population) but many are rich and living a more luxurious life compared to them.
I understand. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences
👍☠️🇵🇭⚔️💪
Thank you for watching
Marco it seems you are looking for the compatible partner. I hope you wil find me
Thank you for watching
thanks for investing in the philippines. if someday you want to be an employer, i hope you will give my fellow countrymen a fair salary.
I've been an employer here for 5 years. We pay well
@@WatchCaliforniaExpatdefine we pay well. Is it for $10, $15 or $20 per day? 😅😅 All are terrible of course, not your fault but saying pay well here take on a new dimension. Lol
@@jetd9716 please don't follow the minimum wage law its killing us . Take care of the employees and the employee will take care of your business. Promised we know to give back you receive more than a hundred times in return.
I fully understand the struggles of trying to adopt to a slower pace lifestyle. Unfortunately I think a lot of that comes from the culture of not understanding the value of time. Wages are low, work ethic and the understanding of time equals money does not have a place in PH yet in western cultures it is hammered into you right from a young age. Great vid and I love the energy. Can’t say I disagree with anything here. The ladies is usually what drives men to make decisions. 😂😂😂😂
Good insights my friend and very true about decision making with ladies lol
Philippines is always with United States of America, whoever the Philippines President. We have the constitution to follow and its up to U.S. decision There are cases, we also need to be a friend of non-allies countries for economic purposes, We are not their enemy but to love exchange cultural ties and even as students. Anybody can stay here ro experience our cultures, simplicity of living even in provinces. Most of us in provinces are not spending money for cooking, washing and others For cooking we use firewoods at same time cleaning dried woods around. We have spring waters you can just store in containers for settling of impurities and for filtering. Iñ darflong areas they used military lamp at night, some wih petromax, or lpg or solar lamp. We have to learn economic ways in reducing cost. Others planting varrious fruit tress, banana, vegetables in organic and self consumptions You can stay in Philippines with $1000 dollars and you are safe. For health you can go to public health or as you wish.You have to save money if you want a high class, hospitals. We are in democracy, you have freedom to chose even in foods in restaurants. You can eat the best at high class restaurants or select the alternatives.
As far as the music here, I haven't heard any western or rock music here that i grew up with in the city province where I live. Ive never heard western rock sung on karaoke out here either. My wife never even heard of Elvis Presley. Again, it all depends on what part of the Philippines you're living in. The Philippines never has any western music artists or rockstars from the west perform here. Whereas, other countries such as Japan, Australia and even Russia have. The Philippines recently had an American boy band here, the Jonas Brothers. Wow. I'm thrilled. The first ones since the Beatles came here in '65 maybe? Sometimes I get the feeling they don't want band's like Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne or Metallica influencing the kids out here.
I'm sure it depends where you live as you mentioned. My friends went to a Guns n Rose's concert in Manila some years back. I was out last weekend at a place where a band was playing really good versions of Korn and Metallica in Davao City
@WatchCaliforniaExpat wow!
Where was that at? Yeah, it had to be in a city like Manila, Cebu, Davao or BGC as you mentioned. I'm 5 hours north of Dumaguete. San Carlos City. All you hear is either the boom-boom type disco music or the sweet soft "I'm in love with you" kind of music my parents would have probably listened to. Even when they sing Kareoki, that's all you hear. When I sing Kareoki, I start singing Beatle songs.
@@JamesKay007 It was at a place called Classroom in Davao City. Was a lot of fun. I'd post videos if I could in the comments
@@WatchCaliforniaExpat Sounds good 👍
Come to baguio city n benguet prov. Country music is most played so with country bars with country bands doing country music