Just been thinking about being a Filipino expat.....
It's like putting our real life on hold. I feel like we're on a long extended vacation and there's this fear of going back home to start the real life. Although of course, it doesn't have to be like that. But on our case, that's how we feel or rather that's how I feel.
In Maldives and here in Malaysia, we don't really buy stuff for our place. We always think it would be a waste of money to buy things we won't be using anymore after we leave the place. And in the Philippines, we haven't started furnishing our condo because we are not sure when we are going to stay there for good. It's like being suspended in mid air between two places.
Of course there are more pros than cons to being an expat. There's the bigger salary, opportunity to travel, learn other culture, and possibly learn a new language.
But because I can't see myself living outside the Philippines for good, I always think that this expat life is temporary and short-lived.
But there are things that's making me think otherwise too. There's the constant job offer for hubby, more interesting than the previous. And also this fear of starting our real life back in Philippines.
Now the question is, how long should we live as an expat?
6 comments:
You miss miss home very much. The great opportunities there sounds hard to resist.
-thanks for your posts kase whenever na masyado na akong lumilipad ng dahil sa walang katinuan pag nababasa ko ang mga posts mo binabalik ako sa reality ng buhay, char.com.mv cas! Mahirap man sagutin ang katanungan mo pero ang sabi nga pag expat kailangan tayo mega ipon daw (wala ako nyan! sigh*) kase once na matapos na lahat back to julipins kana...and mahirap magwork sa pinas man bah...so un! pero sa totoo lang I feel like I need to go home for good (nakakamiss kase mga tao sa bahay eh) pero syempre di naman pwede haaaay...
It's a good question. I do have similar questions to my life, but I keep thinking that when the right time arrives, you'll know what to do and when to end a chapter in your life. I think you'll all be fine, no matter what.
I've been a vagabond for a long time kahit nasa Pinas ako di naman ako nakatira sa bahay kaya parang I am really suited for an Expat lifestyle...pero I do miss home all the time...lalo na siguro if u r from the province, attached tayo masyado with our simple life...
Rachel - even if i visit phils three times a year, i still miss everything in the phils. the food, the people, the language...:)
Cas - hahaha! ganun?! cge pag feel mo na umuwi sabhin mo lang. mag business nalang kaya tayo dun? waddya think?
Kayni - thanks! I hope i'll really know what to do and when to do it. sometimes kase we're too blinded by money...
Bonangskie - I do believe bagay sayo talaga yang expat lifestyle coz you're still single and you're a modern nomad...hahaha!
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