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10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Retiring in the Philippines (From a former US Marine)

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Most people think retiring in the Philippines is beaches, cheap beer, and smiling neighbors. That’s part of it—but nobody at the travel agency explains the power outages, visa rules, or what happens when your blood pressure spikes in a typhoon. Here are 10 things I wish I’d known before I made the jump.

Hurry Up and Wait

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Stand By to Stand By: The Fine Art of Sleeping at Attention In the Marine Corps, “Stand by to stand by” isn’t just a phrase — it’s a lifestyle. We learned to master the art of sleeping while standing, nodding off mid-hurry-up-and-wait, and running full speed into the next delay. Orders came down like weather … Read more