Moving Abroad - Why or Why Not?

**dreamur** · March 28th, 2018 05:18 PM

And dont forget to complete IELTS. Surely passing will not be a problem for you.

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**shadow** · March 28th, 2018 05:23 PM

And it doesn't mean if you're successfully here it will be the same there. Not saying you can't do it.

Hinde lahat hard work and dedication minsan kailangan din ng swerte.

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**Trippin** · March 28th, 2018 06:50 PM

I'm in the camp who says go for it.

It is already easier in your case if your fiance can just continue with her studies/specialization there, and you transfer in your AU office. A lot of other people needed to jump a hundred hoops just to migrate and start a life there.

With your personality and aptitude I don't think you'll be bored there, especially if you're in a city; too many places to go to and people to meet. You won't run out of new friends to run into, and new roads to conquer.

The family and friends part can be solved with connection through social media and or video calls. Most group of friends that I know are only excited to meet up when someone from abroad returns home for a visit, not for pasalubongs but for catching up.

A good number of my friends who I used to hang out with in Singapore moved to AU, and I can tell they very much enjoy it there. There's of course the occasional longing for pinoy food and company but that's normal and it fleets. Plus, if you start a family, you'd have no time for much else.

Unlike in Manila, there you won't have to deal with the crippling traffic, cancerous air pollution, the excessive crime rate, and a divisive and corrupt government. Unless you have established a good business that earns well (something that is harder to achieve in an industrialized country), there's not a lot of things going for in PH to justify the risks especially if you can avoid them, IMO.

Though rent, taxes, electricity, gadgets, and food prices there are relatively high, you two should have no problem managing.

I myself wanted to migrate but the wife is a bit too clingy with her family connections, but hopefully someday soon if we still can.

**12vdc** · March 28th, 2018 07:30 PM

Tanungin nyo mga immigrants kung saan nila gusto ilibing. Sagot nila lagi "sa Pinas parin".

**maxpedition** · March 28th, 2018 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by 12vdc

Tanungin nyo mga immigrants kung saan nila gusto ilibing. Sagot nila lagi "sa Pinas parin".

Iba pa din talaga dito satin. [emoji106]

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**jut703** · March 28th, 2018 07:43 PM

Thanks for the responses everyone. I realized something when I began reading your replies - I was looking forward to read about reasons to stay rather than reasons to go. I guess that means I'm inclined to stay.

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**Egan101** · March 28th, 2018 07:59 PM

Many times I was presented the opportunity to be working full time in other countries. After living in the US for a few years, my wife and I decided that there are more reasons to stay here.

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**GTcervan** · March 28th, 2018 08:00 PM

Totoo ba ito? According to a friend, madami daw ahas at gagamba na puwede dumapo sa loob ng mga bahay sa AUS tapos yung mga kangaroo daw diyan akala mo matitikas ang katawan, yung tipong maiisip mo na boksingero sila dahil ubod ng muscle ang mga braso nila. 😂

**Wh1stl3r** · March 28th, 2018 08:21 PM

^
This is a good summary:

37 Pictures That Prove Australia Is The Land Of Nope

**travajante** · March 28th, 2018 08:31 PM

Have you ever pondered why each was assigned a respective birthplace?
There must be some divine plan, purpose & reason....
What if this here were to be our mission....or cleansing purgatory?
Would you defy the assignment, escape, find temporary relief elsewhere,.... & gamble on the next-life raffle?
Or would you suck it up, stay, serve the sentence full, prove worthy..... & hopefully earn happy ever after?
What if???? Which would you????[emoji4]

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