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So last weekend our friends invited us to visit them in Cebu, a city in the Philippines. It was our first time in Philippines and the first thing that stood out was how everyone could speak English so well. This I believe was because PH used to be USA occupied back in the day. Another thing that stood out was the disparity in wealth, this is always the case in developing nations but it became really apparent when listening to my friend talk about it.

Basically you can hire a maid for $100 USD / month. And a driver for 200-300USD. His family had about 14 maids and 3 drivers. I also do not know if its a culture thing or just my friends family, but he treats his workers (he calls them "helpers") very well with alot of respect. This is in stark contrast to what goes on in Singapore where a lot of people sadly have the mentality that maids are working for them so they can be mistreated and under appreciated. Day-Offs? I believe Singaporean employers don't even give their maids that. Like one day in 2 weeks. Holy shit it is an enormous difference which is really sad.

Another observation was that although the people are poor, they are happy with their lives because Cebu has tons of fish farms and agricultural produce there is no food shortage. When you don't have food and peoples basics needs for survival are threatened you have war, crime and unhappiness. i.e Africa, North Korea. The people in Cebu seemed happy with their lives. Lastly, driving in Cebu is an accomplishment as well. Its basically a free for all and who ever who is less afraid to die gets the right of way. Kinda like this.


Chloe's friend is one of her best friends and before she got married they used to work together in Singapore. We kept calling her Princess of Cebu lol. We knew they were quite well off, but had no idea they lived like royalty!!!! Anyway here are some pictures of their beach villa.





Lastly i want to add this is NOT how most people live in Cebu and these pics should not be representative of a typical Cebu home because the city is still very under developed. It just happened that my friend is super rich and his lifestyle is magnified similar to how King and Queens live because its a developing nation!