rogerluli Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 I dunno, Rog. That's a fine looking dwelling - just the right size for me and tai tai. Ya think the rain makes much noise on that tin roof? Don't want to get woke up in the middle of the night; you know I need my beauty sleep. How much you think a place like that would run? Remember, I want a little patch of dirt for a veggie garden and those 4 crops of strawberries. Don you can buy a house like this with what you find under the sofa cushions... and you don't have to "grow your own" ... A rich expat like you can just go down to the market ever day and buy all the fresh stuff you want... As far as the tin roof goes I'm not sure... Maybe you could get one of those white noise generators to counteract the drumming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllinoisDave Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Remember, I want a little patch of dirt for a veggie garden and those 4 crops of strawberries.What about the cats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerluli Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 I dunno, Rog. That's a fine looking dwelling - just the right size for me and tai tai. Ya think the rain makes much noise on that tin roof? Don't want to get woke up in the middle of the night; you know I need my beauty sleep. How much you think a place like that would run? Remember, I want a little patch of dirt for a veggie garden and those 4 crops of strawberries. Don you can buy a house like this with what you find under the sofa cushions... and you don't have to "grow your own" ... A rich expat like you can just go down to the market ever day and buy all the fresh stuff you want... As far as the tin roof goes I'm not sure... Maybe you could get one of those white noise generators to counteract the drumming... I may have to do some more looking at this expat stuff. http://www.alloexpat.com/malaysia_expat_forum/index.php http://www.my2home.info/index.php http://www.malaysiamy2ndhome.net/Penang-Pr...Real-Estate.htm http://www.properties188.com/penang-proper...ion-picture.htm http://britishexpats.com/forum/ Here's a bunch of reading material...On the forums you may run into me...Same name... B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerluli Posted December 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Pete recently asked about retirement in Indonesia and yes it is perfectly possible...Here's the deal from offical sources... http://www.indonesian-embassy.de/en/consul...rement-visa.htm Most foreigners that I have heard of are on Bali which is known to be very beautiful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerluli Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Here's a Bali forum for expats... http://balipod.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob & Jin Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 hey Roger, have you looked at Guam as a option ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerluli Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 hey Roger, have you looked at Guam as a option ? Seems to me that Guam is so totally a military base that it wouldn't be what I'm looking for...But I did look at the Northern Mariana Islands which are also an American territory... http://www.mgnewman.com/saipan/ Although the guy that did this blog moved to Thailand in 2005... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jin979 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 hey Roger, have you looked at Guam as a option ? Seems to me that Guam is so totally a military base that it wouldn't be what I'm looking for...But I did look at the Northern Mariana Islands which are also an American territory... http://www.mgnewman.com/saipan/ Although the guy that did this blog moved to Thailand in 2005... i like singapore second would be HK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Jin - I like Singapore as well - I lived there for a year. In fact, I'd recommend it to anyone who needed to make a 'transition' between China and USA , prior to moving to USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerluli Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Everybody says Singapore is very nice...But very expensive... And they also have no visa retirement scheme...If you had worked there and gotten a PR then you're fine but otherwise it won't work to live there long term... You can check out the britishexpats.com forum for info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerluli Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) Everybody says Singapore is very nice...But very expensive... And they also have no visa retirement scheme...If you had worked there and gotten a PR then you're fine but otherwise it won't work to live there long term... You can check out the britishexpats.com forum for info... Speaking of the Britishexpats Forum I got my first post there today... I ended it with a "off you go" but talking about blokes is good and spelling everything with an "o" with an "ou" instead and of course end everything with "cheers"... Edited January 2, 2009 by rogerluli (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Everybody says Singapore is very nice...But very expensive... And they also have no visa retirement scheme...If you had worked there and gotten a PR then you're fine but otherwise it won't work to live there long term... You can check out the britishexpats.com forum for info... Singapore doesn't have to be expensive, it's just that MOST of the ADVERTISED places to live ARE higher in price, than the ones that are no so expensive. I'm not interested in a Visa Retirement Scheme for Singapore, it's of absolutely no interest to me. It is possible to live there long term but you MUST, IMO, have some sort of work that ties you into Singapore. Long Term, for me, is greater than 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerluli Posted January 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I thought a couple of interesting posts on retiring in Asia...The Swede in the reply votes for Malaysia...Even if you don't bother with the MM2H retirement visa thingie and American gets a 3 month visa when you show up in Malaysia and then can get a 2 month extension just by paying the fees...If only China was so simple... "...anyway back to retiring in Philippines. The biggest problem here is BOREDOM! Met many Brits who have all the trimmings, ie big house, nice young wife, 4 wheel drive car, maid, gardener and driver but BORED. A nearby chap we know attends a weekly expat meet to drink beer and mix with other Brits.... "otherwise I'd go mad" he says. Money gets you everything here but it can make you idle, why dig the garden when a chap will do it for 3 pounds. Luxury goods are not cheap however and you need to choose your hobbie or interest carefully. We know a chap whos's wife is in the UK working and sending him money each month with her families needs. She has a boyfriend there and rumour has it that her sister here is taking care of the husband. He gets bigger and bigger drinking more beer and just sitting....what a life! We are busy with our lives here and contented but I feel sorry for other ex-pats who saw the grass greener on the other side of the fence and made the committment. I would advise anyone retiring in the Philippines to do it as a single person for a couple of years before settling down for good. All is easy to buy but not to sell. " Reply..."Sorry for intruding in to this "British expat.com". I'm from Sweden! I have read this thread and I just want to say that what -sunnydays- is writing is a very common to a lot of westerners moving to a cheap country in Asia. For four years I have bean traveling in Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Cambodia. Everywhere I staid, in different city's for a period not longer than three month in each place I get same feeling about the fellow westerner ho lives there that the only thing that keeps them together is the beer and the common interest of lose women. Offcurse there a lots of acceptations, but not the norm! One could say Ive seen everything and it is a very dangerous not having hobby's. The slippery slope is very close! Now I am in Sweden and soon I am going back to Asia but this time a lot wiser. The only country were you can met another westerner ore a western girl for that matter or a local girl is in Malaysia that will not put a dirty stigma on your person.One more thing with Malaysia is that you get 3 month o.a.v. at no cost and the country is suitable for traveling to everywhere in Asia with fore ex. Air asia ... cheap, cheap!... And explore more!Only Malaysian food is a good reason for living there and the rents south of KL is super cheap!Every second month travel somewhere and in between come home to rest and exercise!Boredom.... dangerous!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadeOgray Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I thought a couple of interesting posts on retiring in Asia...The Swede in the reply votes for Malaysia...Even if you don't bother with the MM2H retirement visa thingie and American gets a 3 month visa when you show up in Malaysia and then can get a 2 month extension just by paying the fees...If only China was so simple... "...anyway back to retiring in Philippines. The biggest problem here is BOREDOM! Met many Brits who have all the trimmings, ie big house, nice young wife, 4 wheel drive car, maid, gardener and driver but BORED. A nearby chap we know attends a weekly expat meet to drink beer and mix with other Brits.... "otherwise I'd go mad" he says. Money gets you everything here but it can make you idle, why dig the garden when a chap will do it for 3 pounds. Luxury goods are not cheap however and you need to choose your hobbie or interest carefully. We know a chap whos's wife is in the UK working and sending him money each month with her families needs. She has a boyfriend there and rumour has it that her sister here is taking care of the husband. He gets bigger and bigger drinking more beer and just sitting....what a life! We are busy with our lives here and contented but I feel sorry for other ex-pats who saw the grass greener on the other side of the fence and made the committment. I would advise anyone retiring in the Philippines to do it as a single person for a couple of years before settling down for good. All is easy to buy but not to sell. " Reply..."Sorry for intruding in to this "British expat.com". I'm from Sweden! I have read this thread and I just want to say that what -sunnydays- is writing is a very common to a lot of westerners moving to a cheap country in Asia. For four years I have bean traveling in Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Cambodia. Everywhere I staid, in different city's for a period not longer than three month in each place I get same feeling about the fellow westerner ho lives there that the only thing that keeps them together is the beer and the common interest of lose women. Offcurse there a lots of acceptations, but not the norm! One could say Ive seen everything and it is a very dangerous not having hobby's. The slippery slope is very close! Now I am in Sweden and soon I am going back to Asia but this time a lot wiser. The only country were you can met another westerner ore a western girl for that matter or a local girl is in Malaysia that will not put a dirty stigma on your person.One more thing with Malaysia is that you get 3 month o.a.v. at no cost and the country is suitable for traveling to everywhere in Asia with fore ex. Air asia ... cheap, cheap!... And explore more!Only Malaysian food is a good reason for living there and the rents south of KL is super cheap!Every second month travel somewhere and in between come home to rest and exercise!Boredom.... dangerous!"I honestly never understood the reasoning behind men going from girl to girl. I guess I was always a 1 woman guy, I don't think I could live like that jumping from one woman to another. I guess I'm one of those odd balls as far as men go...I hate sports too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerluli Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I thought a couple of interesting posts on retiring in Asia...The Swede in the reply votes for Malaysia...Even if you don't bother with the MM2H retirement visa thingie and American gets a 3 month visa when you show up in Malaysia and then can get a 2 month extension just by paying the fees...If only China was so simple... "...anyway back to retiring in Philippines. The biggest problem here is BOREDOM! Met many Brits who have all the trimmings, ie big house, nice young wife, 4 wheel drive car, maid, gardener and driver but BORED. A nearby chap we know attends a weekly expat meet to drink beer and mix with other Brits.... "otherwise I'd go mad" he says. Money gets you everything here but it can make you idle, why dig the garden when a chap will do it for 3 pounds. Luxury goods are not cheap however and you need to choose your hobbie or interest carefully. We know a chap whos's wife is in the UK working and sending him money each month with her families needs. She has a boyfriend there and rumour has it that her sister here is taking care of the husband. He gets bigger and bigger drinking more beer and just sitting....what a life! We are busy with our lives here and contented but I feel sorry for other ex-pats who saw the grass greener on the other side of the fence and made the committment. I would advise anyone retiring in the Philippines to do it as a single person for a couple of years before settling down for good. All is easy to buy but not to sell. " Reply..."Sorry for intruding in to this "British expat.com". I'm from Sweden! I have read this thread and I just want to say that what -sunnydays- is writing is a very common to a lot of westerners moving to a cheap country in Asia. For four years I have bean traveling in Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Cambodia. Everywhere I staid, in different city's for a period not longer than three month in each place I get same feeling about the fellow westerner ho lives there that the only thing that keeps them together is the beer and the common interest of lose women. Offcurse there a lots of acceptations, but not the norm! One could say Ive seen everything and it is a very dangerous not having hobby's. The slippery slope is very close! Now I am in Sweden and soon I am going back to Asia but this time a lot wiser. The only country were you can met another westerner ore a western girl for that matter or a local girl is in Malaysia that will not put a dirty stigma on your person.One more thing with Malaysia is that you get 3 month o.a.v. at no cost and the country is suitable for traveling to everywhere in Asia with fore ex. Air asia ... cheap, cheap!... And explore more!Only Malaysian food is a good reason for living there and the rents south of KL is super cheap!Every second month travel somewhere and in between come home to rest and exercise!Boredom.... dangerous!"I honestly never understood the reasoning behind men going from girl to girl. I guess I was always a 1 woman guy, I don't think I could live like that jumping from one woman to another. I guess I'm one of those odd balls as far as men go...I hate sports too Yes there are expats and then there are SEXPATS... and many of them end up in some corner of asia known for cheap women and cheap booze...You get what you pay for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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