I'm Leaving Seattle To Retire in The Philippines - The Dream Life!

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Meet Bryce From Seattle, Washington
1:46 Why Bryce Came To The Philippines
2:50 Bryce's 30 Day Travel Itinerary
4:20 Dating Life in The U.S vs. The Philippines
6:00 BGC vs. Cebu City
6:51 Why Bryce is Leaving The U.S
10:31 Interacting With Filipino Locals
11:57 Poverty & Beggars in The Philippines
13:57 Social Life & Dating in The Philippines
16:44 First Impressions of BGC
19:34 Which City in The Philippines Should You Live in?
21:33 Experience Living in BGC vs. Cebu City
29:49 Iloilo City
31:05 Baguio City
32:00 Filipino Hospitality
33:30 Bryce's Social Life Back in The U.S vs. Philippines
37:45 Struggles of Living in The Philippines
39:04 MUST-DO's For Expats Upon Arrival
43:33 Bryce Retirement Plans in The Philippines
44:00 Income Streams in The Philippines
45:05 God Bless
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"He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end."
Ecclesiastes 3:11

[@TheSavvyExpat]

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[@James-mw5xi]

Whether you know it or not you probably influenced so many foreigners to move to bgc. including other KZbinrs. you promote bgc in outstanding and helpful ways. Happy prosperous new year Evan.

[@TheSavvyExpat]

@@James-mw5xi That means a lot James. Thanks for watching and have a happy new year.

[@frodobaggins20011]

This guy keeps on promoting BGC. There are ‘westernized’ areas all over the country like IT park in Cebu, Iloilo IT park etc. Avoid BGC and manila as the traffic is hellish and the cost of living is almost similar as those in western cities

[@1966bluemax]

wow even chinese americans are flocking in the philippines

[@Direx232]

This looks good and all. How does the job market look like for a dual citizen? I'm speaking for someone with great work experience from Wall st. and looking for "final out" of the US once I'm vested. **Older millennial here w/ no kids. Would you be able to cover in a future discussion the corporate etiquette and employment law in the PH? BGC, Makati and Cebu IT park look interesting.

[@desipage9862]

I love how this man puts his son first. He includes him in every decision.

[@forwatchingyoutube1257]

He nailed it! We want expats with humble attitudes. Enjoy the Philippines

[@all4fitz]

After 54 years in the US, I'm visiting Philippines in a couple months to explore places to retire! Thanks for a great video!

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Right on man! Exciting stuff to come 🤙

[@Rogerla62]

My sister and I will be visiting the Philippines from the U.S. this coming Summer. I want her to experience the country and the wonderful people. I am sure she will fall in love with both just like I have.

[@Rogerla62]

@@TarikSolimanX I am planning to retire there in a few years and I am glad she will be able to see it before that happens

[@The_BGGJ1_Network]

As a younger guy it would be nice to hear from his son to see what he thinks. Can’t wait for that interview

[@30AndAWakeUp]

Great interview. Really enjoying these interviews. Plan on making BGC my home base later on this year. Your vids have been great.

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Right on! As someone as well traveled as yourself, it’s awesome to see you chose BGC. Would love to collab with you when you’re out here 🙌

[@30AndAWakeUp]

@@TheSavvyExpat that’d be fun! let’s do it!

[@jareds5249]

Evan, a necessary production tip: If your head is going to be turned toward one direction for videos, put your lapel mic on that side of your shirt.

[@FarEastPhilippines]

As C-suite executive working remotely is option for me; I've been going to Philippines for years now and luckily traveling between offices is a win-win, too! Being based part-time Philippines and Hawaii on a monthly basis is the best!

[@usagianddoggy]

Beautiful interview ✨ planning to retire in the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@IamMagsB]

That is what my hubby and I will be doing in 3 years when he retire, first year will solely be traveling then choose the place that we will be settling in after. I can't wait.

[@hurleywilson7246]

The price difference from BGC to Cebu is significant (lodging). Not to mention the access to islands and mountains. BGC has the better food selection.

[@Anything.is.Possible]

Get a Charles Schwab debit card. Then use BPI atm. No games full exchange rate and Charles Shwab refunds all your atm fees each month. So good

[@escapethematrix876]

The man's just fed up of the Western foolery! I just left from Cebu city and tbh I didn't wanna leave especially since my fiance lives there. Your stress level drops and to get to slow down but being back in the states is night and day difference...

[@Gotcha-xy7fv]

In the US men are second class citizens.

[@user-bg2ig5xc3e]

Thailand is better

[@waterbug1135]

Fun trip for the son. And if he lived in PH for his last high school year, maybe college would be a super experience.

[@user-op1gq9qh5u]

The beggar children in the streets come to Manila usually during Christmas season. They are the Badjao natives from the provinces mostly from Mindanao. They normally go back home after the holiday season. Usually the local government allow these beggars because it is Christmas season.

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Is that so?

[@ladysnow8186]

We no longer most Badjaos now this year they are less.. I think theres a housing and livelihood project made by govt

[@jetd9716]

I seem to see them everywhere, who cares I hand them $$ when ever I see them in corner streets and middle while I'm driving.

[@romt5970]

Great video! Curious to know what Bryce's plans are for medical insurance that will cover him both in Seattle and PH if he is planning to split time in between Seattle and PH? Will he be able to find a remote job that would still cover him in the US or is he planning to get something through ACA marketplace? TIA!

[@mikefranks4528]

Great informative interview. 😊

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Glad you liked it Frank 🙌

[@amigo2k10]

I loved it in the Philippines this guy was right on point with everything he said i had the same experience too I'm going back in October the only thing i hated was have to meet soo many girls and then to pick one they found me on Facebook to express their feelings

[@TheBigBananaaa]

✳️ I like BGC and Makati 😳 the city traffic and queues at the Manila airport ✈️ is a disaster 🫣 so I prefer Cebu City with a new better organised airport ✳️ booking a Airbnb near Cebu Business Park or IT Park is a must ✅

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Thanks for tuning in✌️

[@StormbladeX69]

What about flying into Clark Airport?

[@markymark7631]

​@@TheSavvyExpatcouldn't agree more cebu IT park is the creme de la creme of cebu its where you wanna base yourself

[@samquinn6427]

With help from Japan, a 33.1km-long Metro Manila Subway will connect 17 stations in Metro Manila, Philippines, by 2027. This will move 1.5 million people each day so should solve the airport commuting problems.

[@yuriyzenda5857]

way too far from Manila@@StormbladeX69

[@sherylcastro5688]

Nice venue!!!! I love Shangri-la

[@papadougpapadougsadventures]

I just did a similar scouting trip between Nov 12 to Dec 7. I flew to Manila to pick up my girlfriend and spent the night. Then we flew to Bali for 10 days. Next we flew to Cebu for 4 days. Then to Moalboal for 2 days. Next took the high speed ferry to Bohol for a few days. Then back to Manila where we joined by her kids(10 and 13). Then I flew back to Washington state in the US. And still it wasn’t enough time. Great trip tho

[@user-bg2ig5xc3e]

And you decided on Tondo

[@papadougpapadougsadventures]

@@user-bg2ig5xc3e not sure what you mean?

[@amigo2k10]

The sm store in the mall of asia in pasay you get much more basically 59 to the dollar

[@user-sx2wm6hs5q]

A bit more about me.... I did my undergrad at the University of Indiana. I wanted to do further education at Notre Dame but I couldn’t afford it. They wanted $60,000 US per year. So I talked to the Navy recruiting office and they agreed to pay my university costs at Notre Dame if I gave the Navy 4 years. So at the U.S. Navy’s expense, I completed my Masters and PHD at Notre Dame. I then entered the Navy and completed 4 years service. In the Navy, I worked in the area of hospital health care administration. I was 30 when I left the Navy and walked straight into a hospital CEO job in Chicago. From there I spent 25 years working as a hospital CEO and President in places like India, Hong Kong, Bangkok (2 different stints over 6 years), Manila (2 years) and Phnom Penh. I finished up my career in Dubai and retired from there in September 2022 (my Filipino girlfriend Sheila is still there as she works as a police officer there and has done so for 6 years). My next hospital posting after Chicago was in 2008 to a hospital in Cambodia. I was offered Jersey City and Cambodia. When I arrived in Cambodia in 2008, there was only 4 paved roads. Somehow in the late 1990’s, I also first visited Cambodia. At that time there were only 2 paved roads. I spent one year there then. Also, somehow despite being in Cambodia, I still managed in the 6 years up to 2010 to work as hospital CEO and President at a hospital in Bangkok (before transferring to Hua Hin). I earned $500,000 US for this and my apartment was 1,200 square feet and only cost $300 which my employer paid for. I get confused about this but the hospital had between 16,000 and 100,000 employees. Between 2008 and 2010, there was political unrest between the redshirts and the yellowshirts. Supporters of the military blocked access to the hospital and demanded money from people trying to enter the hospital. I arranged that over $1,000,000 was paid to allow people to enter the hospital. Then a reporter from the Bangkok Post came to see me. I expressed my frustrations to them. Then the next day, I was featured in a front page article in the Bangkok Post. As a result of this I was arrested and taken to jail. I had never had so much as a parking ticket before this. I was initially put into a cell with about 40 others. I still don’t mind pooping in a bucket because of this experience. I was then put in a cell with a notorious Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout (even though I know him personally, I pronounce his name as ‘bowt’ when everyone else, including him, pronounces it ‘boot’). Viktor is known as the Merchant of Death. I spent 21 or 22 days total in the Thai prison and in that time I went from weighing 240 pounds to 182 pounds. I wouldn’t have minded the diet of rice and cucumber soup but I hate cucumbers. The US Government then arranged my release and a one-day visa for Cambodia. After travelling from Survarnabhumi to Phnom Penh, I returned to the US where the first thing I did was eat some Taco Bell. The Thai government blacklisted me from visiting Thailand but this was lifted after several years and I have returned several times since. After my Taco Bell, I didn’t stay long in the US as I had a hospital CEO placement at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong. I was in Hong Kong from 2010 to 2012. I had a car there but could only drive it to work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays due to the vehicle having red registration plates. I had to catch public transport the other days. Parking fees were more per month than my condo cost me when I lived in Dumaguete. I get a bit confused but when I lived in Hong Kong, I either had a 250 square foot, 1 bedroom apartment which cost $4,000 US per month or a 376 square foot, 1 bedroom apartment which cost $3,000 per month. During the 2012 to 2022 year period, I worked in the other places I have earlier mentioned. I also visited mainland China on and off for 6 years. In 2021, I spent 9 months in Cambodia, 2 in Phnom Penh and 7 in Siem Reap. I bought a Honda CRV when I was there which I had to get the windows tinted to the darkest tint as I kept getting targeted in a made up offence scam by the corrupt Cambodian Police. My fluent Khmer was of no use when trying to get out of paying the police fines. I only lost a few hundred bucks when I sold that Honda. I still have a car stashed away in Dumaguete which I will have to deal with upon my return to the Philippines (on 15 February 2024).

[@nicholascherry5962]

My little brother just began working for IBM in Seattle. small world

[@artparkgarden8849]

Hey great interview! What hotel are you doing this interview in? Thanks!

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Shangri-La bgc

[@utub999]

anywhere in the US there are places like that, not exclusive to Seattle. Same in the Philippines.

[@northernbohemianrealist1412]

Ignore those commentors who bash you. This is a fine video!

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Thank you!

[@Gotcha-xy7fv]

He is exactly right about Seattle. I used to commute into Seattle for 22 years. After COVID I was remote and decided if they ever asked me to go back to Seattle I would quit. They no longer enforce the law, drug use is rampant open air daytime.

[@ruizphd]

I moved here from San Diego 24 years ago

[@cjcrystal1726]

The main problem with Dating in the Philippines, is that there will be a point in time when you will have to reschedule it to make room for the other...

[@tiyes94]

How do you mean? Is there so many options?

[@cjcrystal1726]

@@tiyes94 I mean, you meet 1, then 2, then 3, so after some months it will be many to choose from.

[@marianeil6630]

VERY COLD IN SEATTLE NEAR BRITISH COLUMBIA

[@MultiPasswordman]

The new haircut is 🔥

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Thank you brother!

[@DAEMON05]

The big difference also eating restaurant in the philippines is your not oblige to give tip its optional compare to U.S. is you should give a tip.

[@abepagtama3803]

Congratulation, #IAmMegaworldAbePagtama

[@TheSavvyExpat]

🔥🔥

[@StormbladeX69]

I'm lining up my Ducks 🦆 to do the same thing in a few years. 👊

[@TheSavvyExpat]

C’mon now!

[@StormbladeX69]

@@TheSavvyExpat Haven't found a way to do it sooner. Trust me, if I could move there immediately I would.

[@jtraveler888]

What is the name of the currency exchange in BGC Market Market?

[@James-mw5xi]

Go in between the McDonald’s and jolibee main entrance of the mall then up the escalator to the 3rd floor make a right turn towards the venders and make another right and you’ll see a few western union counters to choose from

[@brycem5462]

Sanry's Money Changer. Not only in Market Market but also other locations.

[@sl1840]

There goes the dating scene for gold rush

[@emilioromero3555]

Enjoy watching your channel which hotel is that.

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Shangri La in bgc 🤫

[@emilioromero3555]

Thank you I will Go visit that area February coming from Brooklyn New York.

[@JoeannAndDave]

What the guest didn't mention is the reason he had no success in the west with women. He has primary custody of his son. I was in the same boat and most women will reject a guy with kids especially if he has primary custody. Been there done that and in most cases it went silent to being told "good luck with that". What I found is with women in S.E. Asia is they don't mind if you have kids or not. A very welcome change which he should have said something about. it's a great interview though demonstrating how welcoming other countries are, like PI is. 👍

[@imveryhungry112]

Nice video bro 😊

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Thank you brother 🙏

[@imveryhungry112]

@@TheSavvyExpat ill he visiting in 2024 I'll be in bgc lets please meet for coffee 🙏

[@TheSavvyExpat]

@@imveryhungry112down bro!

[@imveryhungry112]

@@TheSavvyExpat yaassss! See you soon bro!

[@jnsa9454]

I thought you were Filipino American, Bryce since lots of Fil Ams in Seattle. What's your background? Why PH of all other places?

[@TheSavvyExpat]

I believe Bryce is half Japanese half Chinese if I recall correctly

[@millennialinmanila5621]

Filipina ofcourse

[@islandjhook]

Evan, you’re getting really really good interviewing people! I learn lots of things about moving to the Philippines from your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@brycem5462]

Half japanese, half chinese. Born in New Jersey, Lol.

[@arnelalcomendras4999]

China officers a Permanant Residence Visa, which is relatively low in cost. Philippines has SSRV Retirement Visa which REQUIRES ($10,000) to be put in the hands of Philippines banks, where they can revoke on a mere whim.... That is $10,000 down the drain (risk). China offers far more for Retires with a Pension. Philippines Very Restrictive Rules says "my way or the highway". Keep in mind that the golden highway of Retirees Money ($$$$$$$$) rejected by Philippines, speeds on past the Philippines and lands in the Economy of China! Thank you China. That is smart business indeed. This money can be used to expand China's economy and influence in the world. Smart China!!!

[@phil-amvlogsi8359]

Perhaps in the future if you meet new friends, you can have them introduce yu to someone. Because of the culture, it is better to meet someone this way.

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Absolutely

[@SpiritualityandHealth-ue2fu]

@SpiritualityandHealth-ue2fu 0 seconds ago A lot of it is also psychological….i would say most of it depends on where you grew up and spent most of your years…. For example America is better if you grew up in the Philippines. If you grew up in America Phillipines later in life is better. Not limited to just America - Phillipines vicversa… Same psychological thing happens with any person raised in any other country and migrating later in life to a different completely country… Why? Because the grass is always greener on other side “mentality”.

[@PapayBmet]

Also important is doing what makes you happy and giving your life fulfillment meaning and purpose and adventure and finding more love.

[@carolinapascua3672]

What is your problem being divorced twice?

[@samquinn6427]

I am assuming many available woman has contacted man after the video hit.

[@jameslee9726]

I would never marry again especially that Im 59 yrs old now. I will just pay to date and have a happy ending. That’s my plan when I retire in the Philippines when I’m 62 yrs old. A younger woman like 25 to 30 yrs old would never find and old dude sexy. That’s why Im just going to be a free agent till Im gone from the planet. Life is getting shorter and being free when I retire is going to be a blast in the Philippines. Free agency is the best 😀

[@pennyondime95]

I am now over 40 years living in a Mainland of USA..No Plan to visit the Philippines..? Too Risky...Poor Air Quality, you are lucky to get out of NAIA without any Trouble...Laglag Bullet pasok Droga o Missing Valuable item in you luggage.. 😂😂

[@agvlogs4504]

✂️ + 🧒🏻 = 😂😂😂😂😂

[@pennyondime95]

Dream Life is in USA...A Nation of Immigrant...Land of Opportunities....

[@tenzinchoegyal4067]

Sounds like Phillip is better then America hahah 😊

[@101starwarsfan]

are you single?

[@arnoldfrias3685]

whats with the constant urge to drink every sec? its kinda distracting and you’re drinking more than your guest?

[@bornonjuly7052]

Is he a Fil-am ?

[@SolusBP]

he looks east asian so maybe korean or chinese?

[@Pulaco.Dimantag]

What's his ethnic background? Damn bro... You need to up your interviewing game..

[@DAEMON05]

half chinese- half japanese.

[@323ddg]

Go back to the old haircut. This one is too high-schoolish.

[@TheSavvyExpat]

My barber was out of town, dude at Bruno's at Forbestown absolutely had no clue what he was doing 🤣

[@BINI_Maloi_Colet]

But it looks good on him. He looks younger

[@phil-amvlogsi8359]

I think I like his hair.

[@mikefranks4528]

@@TheSavvyExpat Evan, in my humble opinion, you could rock both hairstyles, no cap.

[@TheSavvyExpat]

@@mikefranks4528 you da man Frank

[@MrSaabsucks]

This guy is really new to Philippines.

[@TheSavvyExpat]

Bryce was on a scouting trip to see where he should move to in the country. Although new, I’d say he knows a heck of a lot about the country within only 30 days

[@mikefranks4528]

@@TheSavvyExpat I agree. Very impressive for the short amount of time he’s been in country.