To be quite honest, while the Philippines will always have a special place in my heart, in terms of career growth and lifestyle I would choose Malaysia at this very moment.
Right now, the PH is quite hard to live in. Driver’s licenses are all receipts and the distributing body has yet to print out actual IDs even if the receipts are already more than a year old. Same goes for license plates for cars. It takes forever to get a hold of your personal identifying documents. Passport online appointments are full until Dec 2017 and I’m not sure if walk-ins are allowed.
The state of local transportation is just horrible. Traffic on main roads. Malfunctioning Metro Railways. 100 year old, falling apart public buses. Taxis that charge you an arm and a leg if you can’t book an Uber or Grab.
City planning is also a mess. No care for the environment AT ALL. Here is a photo of one of our most densely populated cities (Pasig) which went viral just recently.
Yes, the roads can only handle 2–4 cars across at the most and it’s just so dense that you can hear your neighbors from 3 houses away snoring.
Internet services are a scam. There’s a data cap on most ISPs. Those with no data cap, you have to pay premium price and it still is UNSTABLE service for the most part. Customer and tech support is also a pain. Despite being known for smart and techy support in BPOs, Filipinos seem to care not one whit when they’re serving their own people.
My dad has been to Malaysia and Singapore in the past year and he says both countries are like a breath of fresh air.
Given the current circumstances, I would grab the chance to live in Malaysia if an opportunity was provided.
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