What's so bad about the Philippines?
It's pretty chill there, I may or may not be of Filipino descent wink wink.
Something you'll have to learn in life is that you'll have to let relationships, friendly or romantically, away, even if it is by force. I think your time there will instead be a life changing experience. You'll be breaking away from the wear and tear rough American life, along with technology and whatnot, to a more simpler place. What area (I didn't read the thread) are you going to move into anyway? Not all of the Phillipines is all primative and lowly, it's more civil than the crooked alleyways of Los Angeles or San Francisco. For example, I went there about 3 years ago, we landed in Manilla if I recall, then we went to P-p-p.... Porzorubio was it? They have a really huge difference in terms of civilization, not saying that Porzorubio was a dump, but it was pretty, shanty, I suppose. Manilla is like loving Tokyo all up in this grill. Dog. Uhh, I think we went to the like one of the worlds, or at least in that catergory, largest malls, I bought a trashy pokemon game there (:C) and they even have a huge arcade. Enough about me, just try to make the best of it. Get used to the rugged climate as well. And that's the most you'll see me type in pure english!
