Mark is in my view helping the conversation on course, and not exactly interrupting. But I understand one mis-cued chipping in from the host and the listener might get focussed on if such interruptions would happen every time onwards. Mark is pretty measured and sensitive as a host. It is a joy to listen to his intelligent comments along the way.
Im a Filipino grew up in the Philippines and went to the US in my late 20s. Now retiring in the US military. I can say that i enjoyed my life more when i was in the Philippines. I just realize that those were the best time of my life during my time in the Philippines. I have been around the world but there are no human being that are very caring and genuine people like Filipinos.
If I am only thinking for myself, I’d say it’s nice to live in the Philippines but if I am thinking about the problems of the country being a road for more than 20 years, I’d say it has many and is probably behind a 100 years to the rest of the developed world.
@@denniszenanywhere if your in the provinces, I might agree with you. But places like the BGC, in my opinion is 20 years ahead of in city in the USA. But for the Philippines it’s expensive, for the Philippines. From what I understand Clark city is going to compete for the most modern city in the world.
Filipinos in general are profound people. They are blessed with human qualities that would make you feel important and treasured. These human qualities made the Philippines the heart beat of the world. People flocked to this country despite of its shortcomings. I am not in the position being physically present in this beautiful country to enjoy the real meaning of full. Live a full and happy life....
I think after being isolated in Taiwan for so many years, Jeff needed to be more involved in where he lived. His life was stifled and he needed to be included in the culture. The Philippines is exactly what Jeff needed to feel alive again. America is full of hate and frustration, too many people raging over things that don't matter. Good interview of a very intelligent guest. 👍
Yes, very sadly, America is being overrun by Satanism, from Govt supported craziness (wokeness, gay agenda, disregarding the rule of law, etc) down to the teachers cowardly playing blind through their teaching of "it's ok to swap the sexes" to the really too you to even understand themselves.
Interesting interviewee! Very insightful and has mastery of what he talks about. Non-judgmental, very level headed. I find him a very intelligent subject. Good job, Mr Mark!
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Even i, i still choose Philippines, why? Because very resilient. No amount of typhoon, earthquake, tsunami can take away their smiles and positive thinking that is why it's easy to recover from crisis.
That interview goes to the top of the list. Jeff is an introvert like many of us and shares the same trepidation of encountering new places and new people. He is well spoken and can vocalize how many people feel about Asia and Phil in particular. Honest opinions which confirm our own. Great interview from both sides of the table.
This guy is one of the smartest people you’ve ever interviewed. Thank you for allowing him to present his perspective on you channel. Very good interview.
Excellent guest. Intelligent and likeable with an extremely clear and easy-on-the-ear delivery. I could happily listen to this guy talk for hours as he's very knowledgeable of SE and NE Asian countries. He instantly joins the top 1% of Dumaguete expats worth getting to know if you enjoy intelligent conversation. Notice how he never once interrupted the interviewer. Not only good manners but it it's 'Interviewing 101'. Perhaps a lesson to be learned there.
I agree with your perspective Jeff 101% about my country Philippines, that a developed country can change their people. I feel that too, because I'm living abroad. Japan is a good, beautiful country but I feel people are busy and cold for me. Living for many years here I can say that my personality has been changed like a robot who has no feelings at all, I mean just talking without expression on your face.. Sometimes I think I still like simple life but warm people with emphathy, respect with elders.
We still want to be HOW we are, loving, happy and very hospitable. Contented with little things that we have and very resilient with mother nature!!! That's why I'm proud to be FILIPINO, more authentic and more HUMAN!!!
Thank you Mark for inviting Jeff to share his thoughts not only about Philippines but also about other countries. Very interesting and very fascinating person. I’m from the Philippines and currently working here in Toronto, I’m so glad there are other nationalities who appreciate the goodness of our country. More power to you both.
I came to the US over 40 years ago and also retired from the military. It’s truly had changed so much. I thought that living in a gated community would at least be safer but a week ago I just experienced something I thought I would only see in movies. A neighbor was shot in broad daylight and it had truly traumatized and shaken me to the core. It’s making me think really hard if I should move out of the US.
# Duterte forever more 🇵🇭💪❤️ Thank you sir for your observations. I salute you. Now you know that FPRRD is tough leader. Filipino loves FPRRD. Go to Davao. I am from Davao and it's a nice city to live too.
“ I like to compare countries to neighbours more than the US because the US is not the end all and be all” Terrific comment by your guest, always best to compare countries to their neighbours to get a better idea of how they are developing. Thank you for the interview.
By listening to the thoughtful and reasoned questions of the interviewer, I realize that he is a very decent and compassionate man. Bravo on an exceptional interview with an extremely intelligent and worldly person. Excellent.
It is hard to do business in the Php due to the bureaucracy of the Govt. system. Secondly, foreign businesses can set up shops in the Php. but can own 40% ownership the rest has to be Filipino citizens owned. But I read last summer of 2022 that the outgoing Pres. Duterte changed all that by having foreigners own 100%. Still, I am not sure if this has been implanted. Thirdly, Electric Power Services cost so much compared to other ASEAN countries. It is the highest cost per Killowat consumed if I am not mistaken. MERALCO the Electric company that provides electrical services in Metro MNL. made such studies years ago of the cost bases per household, business & govt. offices the electrical consumption based on these algorithms & found out that the cost was highest amongst ASEAN countries. Fourth: Infrastructures. Thailand is way ahead in infrastructure. It is efficient & good roads are everywhere even in rural areas. I was totally impressed. I wouldn't be surprised if Vietnam is going to surpass the Php. in economic development. Anyway that's my 2cents.
but I was wondering,here you are watching vlogs about the philippines ..... are you suppose to spend your energy watching vlogs about thailand & vietnam ??? what the !!!!!!😂🤣😂🤣-🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 .....
Very informative, interesting & detailed interview! Thank you Mr Banker for sharing positive insights on the Phils. You've done well owning investments in the country. God bless on your future endeavours. 👍👏
Filipinos generally learned how to speak English since the early 1900s when the Americans first came to the Philippines. I myself graduated from an American Baptist missionary school in the Philippines where English is the medium of teaching. The Siliman University in Dumaguete is actually the sister school of my alma mater the Central Philippine University in Iloilo City.
Great interview - learned a lot from both speakers. I pray you all have great long lives wherever you decide to settle down. Prayers from Scotland soon retiring in Philippines.🎉
Very interesting topic.. He is a high profile expat. I learned things from him. Watching from Chicago. Here in the US you may be a government connected or private person attitude is the problem..you had to deal with it. In my part as Asian it’s scary….how I wish to be in the Philippines right now stay for good.
We might not be as progressive as the other SE Asian countries but it's perfectly okay. My husband and I lived here for three years and from that experience he has learned so much about our lifestyle and since coming back to the States all he does is long for the day when we can retire in the Philippines. There's so many factors that contribute to our decision: one of which is the political climate that we are in right now and also the unbelievable hatred and anger that the people here exhibits on a daily basis. It seems that people here are on the edge constantly I'm actually scared to visit bigger cities nowadays. Thanks for a great perspective. Best of luck to you!!
Dumali n nmn ulol dinown n nmn pilipinas we are third largest economy in ASEAN countries..our GDP is bigger than other eastern European countries and some others parts of the world.. Philippines is emerging industrialized country in the world also
@@samsungdelila5960 good heavens. The guy is expressing his opinion based on his travel experiences to other SE Asian countries and he has the right to his opinion. Relax ka lang dyan, besides you said it yourself - the Philippines is an "emerging" country and you're right dyan. That's where we are right now emerging pa lang tayo and hopefully we will be at par with our more progressive neighbors. Peace.
Sometimes, tradition trumps modernism. As a Fil Am w/ roots in Mindanao I'm confident my cousins would calmly defend their land to any invader. This would include a recently modernized country that's behaving like a bully.
He can totally create his own channel because I think he xan do so much more and people can learn a lot from him since he said he feels his purpose here more.
Great interview! I lived and worked in Taiwan for almost 4 years. Some of my best memories so far. I don't think you'll find friendlier people in the world, and that's where I discovered the Philippines thanks to dating one of the many OFW there. She took me to Manilla to meet her family back in 2008 and I've been wanting to go back ever since!
The best description of us Filipinos. Thank you for the nice words, Sir! I appreciate the observation you have stated. Filipinos are indeed a special race! ❤️
Thanks for another interesting interview, Mike. Nice to hear honest political views about China and Taiwan. Knowing some of your interviewee's perspectives on the Philippines and the Filipino people. I wish that more Filipinos subscribe to your channel and learn something.🤗
Jeff appears to be an all-around good guy. He is pretty spot-on on his observations. Comparable to their Northeastern counterparts who "live to work," Filipinos "work to live," in a manner of speaking. However, there is one point that needs a tad bit of clarification on the matter of "English" getting worse in the country. While it is true that more Filipinos have improved their speaking ability (i.e., accent-wise) due to the onslaught of Call Centers or BPOs in the country, they suffer from a grammatical standpoint as a result of the decline in the quality of education as well as in the prevalence of social media lingos which leave the younger generation grappling for the "right" spellings on a number of words.
Living in other country for a while made me realized phil dosnt need to compete with other countries, otherhand phil should preserve things the way it is, thats makes them unique, family oriented , simplicity, life to live etc..to think you were born to live a good life appreciate everything, not stress .
I am filipino leaving in the US. You have a good point sir. We filipinos figure it out early on that the world is complex and full of Sh!!!t and only rice is unlimited not our lives. So we make sure that 90% of 24hrs 7 days is having fun. Not wasting our time making$$$$.
I usually don't comment on videos, but wanted to say that this video was super interesting. It's one of my favorites of your interviews. I liked hearing about his views of the world and cultures. I hope he decides to spend some more time in Dumaguete - it sounds like he may enjoy it over Manila. Another interview with him in the future would be great.
When I was a kid my family went to the USA, back in the early eighties, we drove across the country. If you broke down,the people would help you out, people back then would help you out, never in my life in New Zealand did I see people so nice. American people are the best.
we are behind but partly because we are over-populated. Thats the part I disagree with Jeff. Philippines have no big land space nor big economic growth(nor we want to) to handle all its population.
When you look back in history, the Philippines was the leading economy in Asia in the 1960's. After that other countries economies took off and it seemed like the Philippines almost regressed. Losing the US military bases was a blow but not the main problem.
Cory aquino destroyed our country by giving pork barrels to politicians. Nothing progressed because all the taxes went to lawmakers' pockets. Where else in the world would you see lawmakers build roads? 95% of that road budget goes to the lawmaker and nothing left for the actual project.
The Filipino people appreciates the situation they have in life, they learned to live a happy life than to complain of not having things they cannot do or have, which made them more easy to live with. They accept other people in their lives which make them appreciate other peoples from other countries. They tolerate and accept differences and peculiarities of individuals. The interview with Jeff is one informative and intelligent interviews ever. made.
As I said over and over that a successful living in the Philippines or any of your host countries is by not comparing your life where you came from. Filipinos don't have much but they are kind and happy people.
I feel where you are coming from. But I think a positive way to look at it is this. Because there CAN be a toxic and negative way of holding where you came from as the 'standard' and using that to downplay where you are. So I understand your view. However, that's idiotic. If you liked it there so much, why are you here? Go back, and stop bashing where you are. You left for a REASON. Something there you didn't like, something here you looked forward to. It's the differences between the host country and where you are from that brought you here in the first place, and THOSE differences should be acknowledged, celebrated, praised and enjoyed. You should lift up where you are for the differences that brought you there. I think some people get an idea of what it will or should be like, and the reality doesn't meet the expectations... and they take that frustration out on the Host Country. But that's on them for not doing enough research, for properly understanding where they were going. Like most things in life, nothing is perfect and we should temper our expectations so as to not be disappointed when reality doesn't match.
Great content. It would be nice to see a part 2. Jeff is a very fascinating guy and should have his own YT channel to mentor people about investments/finance, travel, and life in general. I'm Filipino/American and living in SoCal. I'm thinking of retiring in Duma in a few years. Thank you, Mark!
You can try visiting Palawan, Iloilo, maybe Cebu, Davao, Bacolod or Ilocos. These places and the people are lovely and aso accomodating. You‘ll be surprised how people goes throgh their lives. Happy, helpful and contented.
Overseas filipino workers all over the world ... Over all nice people, happy souls. I have worked in the Middle East and Gulf country , now here in North America same feelings doesn't change about the Philippines just like your feeling now .
I’m somewhat similar to this guy. I worked in banks for decades. By now most of it in different countries. The difference is I’m filipino. Living in developed countries means working most of the time. Thats why you are there. It does feel lonely especially when you get transferred every few years. Philippines maybe hot , overcrowded and chaotic but it does welcome you
Glad to have you Sir in our country ... Our country is having quite "balance " way of living although greater percentage of the working population work abroad to uplift our economy.
Wow! Just an amazing guy. Any country would be lucky to have him as a citizen. Very intelligent on financial and world affairs. And he is right, American is changing, not for the best.
Hey Mark, appreciate your interviews, it’s good to hear others perspective of the Philippines. For new guys coming to the Philippines, I would recommend them staying at the Park Inn hotel in Bacolod, because there is a walkway directly connected to the SM mall with lots of restaurants, good places to shop, and plenty of coffee shops, including Seattle’s best and Starbucks, it’s a good place to meet people (I find starting conversations with Filipinos is very easy).
@@westnash it is a hotel and usually rented by the day or week. During peak time it could be $120 a night, but I got them recently by using Agora at $61 per night. They have a restaurant that serves all day and a very small bar area with an open lounge.
Thank you to both of you for more information about our beloved country Philippine. What a wonderful interview.❤❤❤❤. I am a Filipino since birth but I worked in the U.S soil for more than 34 years and planning to retire in the Philippines hopefully 2024 or 2025. Once again, thank you very much a very positive messages.
I enjoyed listening to Jeff‘s story before he decided where to stay and his assesment about the Philippines. I wish him an enjoyable stay in our beloved country.
New to the Philippines and living in Muntinlupa area of metro Manila. This is a beast of a city. I rarely see a foreigner and interacting with locals does not seem as easy as areas I see from RU-vid vloggers from other parts of the Philippines. I am an easy going and friendly person. I will be staying in the Philippines but will be making my way out of Manila within the year. There’s a reason foreigners don’t live here except for business or other demands. I’ve passed thousands of people in a day’s time and not seen a foreigner. Going anywhere is a struggle due to traffic. I’m not getting down on Manila but it is what it is. Not easy living.
Curious as to how you ended up there. Even locals need a tough gut to live in the general, mass populated area. The great divide between the gated community and not (real native born to the area) is massive.
Manila is VERY tough. Start in Cebu. Try Dumaguete / the island of Negros in general, then Bohol / Panglao, and then places like Siargao or Palawan. Negros is considered the best overall for foreigners.
@@TeaRho my wife is from here and I told her we will live in the Philippines but not Manila. We rent a nice house in a gated guarded community so we are fortunate in that respect. We will be moving within the year
@@Tom-sv5zw That figures. There are many interesting, better cities, areas in the Metro but it will depend on your finances and preferences in lifestyle. Good luck! 😀
I’ve followed you channel for sometime, and appreciate your content and enjoy your interviews and learn a lot. I retire in 4 years with 40 years as a police officer. I an planning a 3 week trip to the Philippines this year for a scuba trip near Cebu and a small taste of the life. I must say I’m disappointed in your comment about law enforcement in the US. The vast majority of officers are honest, compassionate, high moral standards, dedicated to service, both professionally and in life. Any profession has corrupt members, doctors, lawyers, CPA’s, nurses, or child care workers. How many nurses have murdered patients ? How many surgeons have operated intoxicated via alcohol or narcotics? Amputated the wrong limb. Yes l, there are corrupt police officers, needlessly violent, and there is a blue wall of silence, but honest law enforcement is tearing it down brick by brick. Maybe you should walk a mile in my shoes or at least conduct a little research from legitimate resources, and not news fodder of a particular political party. I would enjoy setting down with you for a honest conversation. Are there bad officers? Absolutely, and those that commit these horrible offenses should spend the rest of their lives in prison or until they walk to the death chamber. I’ve taken the liberty to add a small amount of research from Pew Research and a few other sights. Google, Yahoo, and Safari are far liberal search engines, This was pulled mostly from DUCK DUCK GO search engine and is actually pretty honest. There are more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States, about 12 percent of whom are women. Around 137,000 of those officers work for federal law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement operates primarily through governmental police agencies. www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ It also provides data on U.S. resident-reported use of force during the contact and on enforcement actions. About 21% (53.8 million) of U.S. residents age 16 or older had contact with police in 2020. A smaller share of persons had contact with police in 2020 (21%) than in 2018 (24%). Number of officer involved shootings by race in 2021 Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2022, by race www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race
Great content. This guy Jeff is spot on with insight about the culture. Thank you for sharing this interview Mark. Kindness, humility, and love for family is still what nurtures the human spirit and it is still very much alive in Filipino culture.
You've been having a lot of good interviews/conversions lately. I just don't get folks trying to tell you how to conduct them. Happy New Year to you and Jen.🍾🥂🎇🏝️
Thailand is the most disciplined in the road and has the best transportation system, next is Vietnam, then Philippines, lastly Cambodia. The country with the least road rage would be Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, last is the Philippines. Vietnam is also very hospitable and friendly, Thailand and Cambodia are also friendly but not that accommodating or service-oriented if you go to restaurants and shops; in Philippines you can feel the hospitality the moment you arrive at the airport. The air suddenly change, This is just based on my experience.
Regarding the host question, "Is the Philippines being left behind by the neighboring countries?" As for me, yes. He is right when he mentioned the law (interviewer). If a foreigner will build a big business here, he won't have full control - 50-50 or 60-50 on that foreign company tops. However, I don't blame the law for being placed in there because of our current mindset, it is hard to explain. Let us put it this way, if the law especially in estate will be diminished favoring foreigners - I could only imagine in 5 years - 90% of the country will be owned by a foreigner (because 1st World foreign countries earn 5x more than us, income wise). I am not saying it is a bad thing but since they will own 90% of the land, who will rule? Now the bad thing also on this is that - the monopolization of the wealthiest local people. Look at the Ayalas. I think the interviewee and interviewer are polite because yes, they understood that they are not 100% citizen. But I am still hoping for the best in our country. 🙂 This type of interviews is actually good, getting the perception and Western feedback.
I will be dual citizen US and Phils and will continue to travel around the world while I can, you don’t need to be super rich to do this its more of budgeting and the mind set
I lived in Taiwan for 5 years while working for American companies and always thought if China decides to attack Taiwan they would do it during the Chinese New Year festivities. That is the wildest celebration I've ever experienced and so much fireworks are going off nobody would realize they were being attacked.
As usual, very good interview! I think Philippines is keeping pace with development. My view is based on my observation in Luzon…from Manila to Baguio. The amount of construction is amazing! Over-development will also be un-attractive because the place will become congested.
Philippines indeed was left behind by many asian nations in terms of greatness. *BUT* we were second to Japan in developments during the Marcos Sr. era, and even Lee kwan Yew of Singapore emulated the Marcos governance which he looked up to during that time, and how is Singapore now?! It was when the Aquinos and the Dilawan political party took over the government thru a people power revolt (it was of course not nationwide, just Metro Manila with lots of radicals staging rallies) that the Philippines start sliding down the dumps. Then president Cory Aquino stopped all projects for national development, and sold government entities to relatives and friends which would had greatly benefited the populace thru cheap quality services. For more than three decades the country never moved forward to further development, since it seems the Dilawans wanted the people to remain poor so they could easily be under their whims and power. Fortunately the nation had awakened from the Dilawan shenanigans and voted for President Duterte that paved the way to a better nation, and now the Marcos son won the last presidential race in a landslide victory and finally we could see a brighter future. We expect in a couple of years Philippines will be flying high again.
random conversation from random persons is ordinary here, at the end of the conversation you know some stories from her or him but you forget to ask his or her name, happens all the time
We're lucky to have you Jeff here in the Philippines, you seems to be a good man with tons of mullah that will be a great addition to our population. I hope you stay here for good.
Mark, my only request to you is please don’t interrupt your guests while they speak. And over & above that you have the tendency to ask long questions when it should be crisp & short. Please engage your guests in telling their own stories & not the other way around. I hope you take these shortcomings in good spirit & change your way of interviewing your guests please. Mark I am following you from a long time & hence requesting you to correct your shortcomings while interviewing. Good luck 👍❤️
This interview is not structured at all. It is a free open conversation and at any point Mark was not interrupting his guess at all. Mark keep up the excellent free style interview.
Agree with you all. Mark is a great interviewer but he does that at 19’. Anyway it’s a deeper conversation that Mark shares with us. It makes it friendly and intimate. Therefore Mark’s style is unique and that’s the brand of his channel that makes a gem on RU-vid like nowhere else. Sure not on mainstream medias ! Thanks Mark again !
Nice interview...very informative, good discussion and exchange from a guy who has worked and lived most of his life in Asia. I learned so much from his business, political and social perspective. Waiting for his next interview btw.🙂
Thank you Mr Banker, for your perspecrive of Philippines is very positive . You really embrace the culture and differences of this country willingly. As a Filipino I'm so glad to hear your story. Wish you all the best of your stay here .
But at the same time i warn you guys please beware of some opportunist filipinos they very niced to you but only thinking how to take advantage of you and also a lot of modos or scammers in philippines especially in metro manila. Be very careful guys
Hello new subscriber here😊!!! I'm an OFW and have been in some other country, well I can still say "Home is where your heart is" but nothing can beat my paradise Philippines because it's not the country it's the people in the community 🥰. I like mister Jeff points of view very interesting and informative.I hope you stay just like me wanting to stay for good in the near future.
Thank you for staying in the Philippines. Your Life becomes meaningful when you share your life to others, by helping those who are in need, accepting who they are and not being antagonist, love them without condition. 🙏🙏🙏
I may have missed it but your guest looks like he has some Asian in him. I would enjoy knowing these attributes when you you are interviewing guests just to help understand their background
