My Move to the Philippines

Many times in life we set lofty goals that some people can only laugh at. Some want to climb Mt. Everest or swim the English Channel. Although those are obtainable goals few really ever attempt let alone complete that goal. One of my goals when shared with friends and family bring the same kind of eye rolling and smirks that the future swimmers and climbers get. That goal is to move into a new house and take nothing from the old house except a few personal items. The personal items would be some books and paperwork and a few of my clothes. Since we are moving into a brand new house when we move to Laguna this goal will be accomplished. It isn’t because we are so rich that we can discard our old stuff but a matter of convenience and practicality.

I was reading an article on a website concerning Moving to the Philippines entitled “How to move to the Philippines-with a bag, suitcase, or container-with your full household or just personal belongings.” In this article the author offers a few facts to help a person decide what to take. For example, due to the weather, winter clothes will not be needed. In fact, he recommends that you bring few clothes because of the low prices on clothes, tailor made or otherwise.

The article goes on to mention the availability of musical items and sporting goods at the malls and stores so I won’t need any of that. The furniture probably wouldn’t hold up under the high humidity and most mattresses would rot away in no time. That’s great because I like rattan furniture better than the cheap stuff I have in my house now.

The cost of moving a whole household by container plus the expenses of customs fees really opened my eyes to going with everything new. And it would take awhile, possibly months, before the stuff from the states would arrive. What would I do until then?

So its just practical and cheaper for me to leave everything behind and move to the Philippines with what I can carry on the plane, just a bag and a suitcase. Anyone know where I can get some good rattan furniture?