Expats & Culture Shocks: Hanging Out with JoGo Wonder in the Philippines! 🇵🇭

[00:00:00]The people that follow me tend to follow Joe. Uh, and the people that follow Joe don't tend to follow me.

[00:00:07]We want to have a conversation. Things that we love about being expats in the Philippines and some of the things that can test your patience.

[00:00:17]Is that a good way to descri?

[00:00:18]>> Yeah, that's a good way to describe it.

[00:00:22]>> Got the right coffee cup, too. Do it with passion.

[00:00:24]>> Yo. Hey. So, uh, Joe and I are here hanging out. Uh, I'm at Joe's spot and we're just kind of sitting here having a conversation. I'm like, man, let's let's record this, man. People I tend to the people that follow me tend to follow Joe. Uh, and the people that follow Joe don't tend to follow me.

[00:00:45]So, so anyway, we thought we'd just sit down. We're just sitting here having a conversation. I came to doti and I met up with my buddy Joe. And, uh, some of you guys know who he is. Actually, most of my followers know Joe.

[00:00:58]Uh, most of Joe's followers don't know me.

[00:01:02]So, anyway, what I wanted to do was I I just kind of wanted to turn the camera on and we want to have a conversation and I wanted you guys to be a part of it and and listen to some of um the things that we love about being expats in the Philippines and some of the things that can test your patience. Is that a good way to describe?

[00:01:23]>> Yeah, that's a good way to describe it.

[00:01:24]So, you know, um, and I I can kick this off. One of the things and and also this is a very subjective conversation because being in Dumagetti, things are different. They feel completely different than they do in Cibu, even though we're in the same country, but there still are some of the same problems. Uh, especially as a vlogger, like chickens. You guys hear the chickens in the background?

[00:01:49]>> I've gotten used to them. I don't hear them no more.

[00:01:51]>> Yeah. So, so, but one of the biggest gripes and complaints that you're going to hear any expat talk about in the Philippines is traffic.

[00:02:00]>> Yeah.

[00:02:02]>> Um, and in Sibu, traffic is a nightmare.

[00:02:08]Uh, Dumagedi, it's if you're coming from the United States to the Philippines and you get off of the plane and you get a motorbike and you drive in Dumagetti, you're going to be overwhelmed.

[00:02:21]But if you get off the airplane and you go to Sibu and you get on a bike, it's insane.

[00:02:28]>> Um Joe, you haven't driven yet?

[00:02:31]>> No, I haven't driven in Sibu, but it seems a little I know that it's more people, but it seems like it's um more organized. Like here, we don't have there's only one um stoplight in all of Dumageddi.

[00:02:44]>> Yeah, I I will give you that with traffic signals. There probably is.

[00:02:50]There is more obviously in Sibu.

[00:02:52]>> The intersections here, no one actually comes to a stop. You just keep the same pace and >> it's the same. It's the same in Sibu.

[00:02:59]Yeah. Unless you have a a traffic coordinator out there.

[00:03:04]>> Then there that's kind of like their man their manned stoplight that you know you guys have seen him. Uh >> that's what causes the traffic in in uh Dumagetti.

[00:03:15]>> Yeah.

[00:03:15]>> The traffic guys.

[00:03:16]>> Yeah. You guys have a lot more trikes too because >> trikes aren't allowed in >> I believe trikes are not allowed in Cebu City.

[00:03:25]>> Oh no kidding.

[00:03:27]>> Only certain like Mandawei Naga K car Taliban.

[00:03:35]>> Yeah I could see that being a problem like in the Yeah, >> because they're they don't go that fast.

[00:03:40]>> They don't go very fast.

[00:03:41]>> No. and in certain parts of of like I what do you call those? Uh so Sibu City is huge as a metropolitan area, but it's kind of like you know Chicago has its little suburbs that are still attached.

[00:03:57]Minneapolis and I'm sure where you're from has its own little towns. It's kind of grown into those cities.

[00:04:05]>> Yeah.

[00:04:05]>> It's still basically the same city just has a different name on the outskirt.

[00:04:09]>> Different name, different zip code. Lapu Lapu would be a prime example. Lapu Lapu is an island off of Sibu city where the airport's at. That's where you guys would land in Sibu. And it's its own, it has its own mayor and its own barangis and its own judges and its own court system. It's all in Lapu Lapu. Um, but they allow trikes in electric bikes and uh they really mess the traffic up a lot. And here the trikes do the same.

[00:04:37]They're very slow. I look at it like a video game, man. I just uh I follow the Filipinos. I usually find a grab driver who's whipping through the traffic and I just get behind him and >> slide right through.

[00:04:48]>> Yeah, I did that today.

[00:04:50]>> Yeah, that's how that's how I learned to drive in in in the Philippines was following grab drivers.

[00:04:55]>> Really?

[00:04:56]>> Yeah. I figured they were moving the fastest trying to get the food to their delivery. So, you know, >> you you know, you can't really do that in Sibu because the some of the Grab drivers are the slowest ones on the road cuz they're playing with their phone the whole time.

[00:05:09]>> Oh, yeah. Trying to find the >> trying to find, you know, locations or, you know, they might >> you might be on a a two-lane road or almost looks like a highway and they're doing 10 15 km an hour holding everybody up and they'll ride right in the middle of the lane instead of getting over.

[00:05:25]>> Yeah.

[00:05:26]>> Here's one that'll get you too. It's very common for someone to be in the right lane and make a left turn or in the left lane make a right turn.

[00:05:34]>> Especially the trikes. It's a good thing you you don't have to deal with them in Cebu. The I've gotten used to it, man. I just stay patient. But the a lot of the tricycle drivers in Dumagetti, they're older fellas.

[00:05:47]>> Mhm.

[00:05:48]>> And they just don't care, man.

[00:05:49]>> They half of them won't even put on a turn signal. The brake lights don't work. You just got to prepare. Like if you're going to go around them, go around them fast before they have a chance to go one way or the other.

[00:06:02]>> I honk my horn. I honk my horn and fly by them.

[00:06:06]>> Yeah.

[00:06:06]>> Yeah. A lot of times they won't even pay attention to that, though.

[00:06:09]>> Yeah. Cuz it's so common. Like I know a lot of you have watched my videos and you said, "Man, they honk the horn awful lot. Why are they honking the horn so much?"

[00:06:19]That's their way of saying, "Hey, I'm here."

[00:06:21]>> Yeah. I'm coming by.

[00:06:22]>> Yeah. You know what's funny is I watched your videos and you were right. You're dead quiet. The chickens are dead quiet until you turn the camera on.

[00:06:32]>> I told you. Look, they wasn't making any noise, was they? I told him. I was like, "Hey, man, if you want to, we can go to the boulevard, have the ocean in the background, be cool." And I said, "We might have some problems out of the roosters." And I really believe this. I You seen There was no noise.

[00:06:46]>> As soon as you turn on the camera, they start making noise. They do it with for me every time.

[00:06:50]>> Yep. I don't care.

[00:06:52]>> Yeah. I mean, it's not you.

[00:06:53]>> It's part of the Philippines. This is reality.

[00:06:55]>> Welcome.

[00:06:57]>> And this is the difference between living in um a province like Negros Oriental versus Cebu.

[00:07:04]>> Yes.

[00:07:05]>> You don't you probably don't hear as much as that. We're in the city center of Dumagedi and we still got roosters.

[00:07:11]You know, >> we have a little bit of roosters and chickens in the city area, but they're not they're not as vocal as this.

[00:07:19]>> They're usually not that vocal.

[00:07:22]Um, another thing that I would say if you are going to come here, something that I love, one thing that I love about the Philippines is how friendly, and we say this all the time. Yeah.

[00:07:33]>> And you're going to hear from anybody that vlogs, how friendly the people are, >> and you I just can't reiterate enough how true of a statement that is.

[00:07:43]>> Um, it and you know, I've got some stories, Joe probably has some stories just about how friendly it is and It's it's it's humbling also because when you come from a society where some people won't even give you the time and you come to this society where people are ready for you to sit at their dinner table and eat with them, it it feels good. Feels really good.

[00:08:06]>> Yeah. Yeah. I've actually most of the time you're probably the first foreigner I've had a conversation with in a few months other than in passing but most of the time like uh I've developed a a friendship even with my neighbors. Most of my neighbors know me but it's more of a just you know we may have a short conversation once a week and and that's about it. But they learn who you are especially if you're a foreigner because they're interested.

[00:08:34]>> Yeah.

[00:08:34]>> They're interested and they want to know you know where you're from things like that.

[00:08:38]So, it's pretty easy to get acclimated if you if you if you give yourself a chance.

[00:08:44]>> Y >> because a lot of the Filipino I noticed this that a lot of the guys Well, and we do it too like as Americans when we're concentrating on something, we have the mean face.

[00:08:55]>> Yep.

[00:08:56]>> And Filipinos will that face turns to a smile so fast. Like if you speak to them like, "Excuse me, how do I get here?"

[00:09:03]It's amazing how fast that'll go from like you look like maybe the guy's grumpy and then you say hello or good morning or anything and it's like their eyes light up.

[00:09:12]>> Yeah, you can see it.

[00:09:13]>> I just seen it this morning actually.

[00:09:16]>> Parking attendant. They have parking attendants here by the way.

[00:09:19]>> Everywhere. It's a good job. I think that's one of the better jobs especially here in Dumaging.

[00:09:23]>> They'll park your bike for like you'll just get off your bike and almost almost like uh oh my good how can I not think of this word right now? Anyway, you'll park your bike and they'll just grab your bike and they'll put it in a parking spot and you come out, give them 20, 30 pesos. They are so happy, you know. It's like 50 cents.

[00:09:39]>> Yeah.

[00:09:40]>> Nothing.

[00:09:40]>> It's big to them though.

[00:09:42]>> Yeah. You know, and they do that hundreds of times a day. And hopefully they getting paid from everybody.

[00:09:47]>> Yeah. Especially at the Robinsons.

[00:09:49]That's where most of the foreigners shop. And there'll be there's probably I don't know six or seven of the parking people out there in that parking lot and they all got tags on. So, I imagine there's some kind of maybe they have to pay someone to do it. I'm not real sure, but those guys have to be making a killing, man. As many people that that run in there, grab groceries, and run back out.

[00:10:08]>> And how many bikes there are.

[00:10:10]>> Yeah, there's hundreds.

[00:10:11]>> Yeah. At least 200. At least when I went >> all day.

[00:10:15]>> All day long.

[00:10:16]>> Yeah.

[00:10:16]>> And when you pull up there, you're like, "Oh my god, where am I going to park?"

[00:10:19]>> And then they're like, "Oh, come on.

[00:10:20]Come on. Come on." And they're moving bikes out of the way and getting bikes closer and shimmying to get in.

[00:10:25]>> A lot of times they'll just say, "Leave it right there." Yep.

[00:10:28]>> You just leave it right where it sits.

[00:10:29]You'll come out. That's the problem.

[00:10:31]Trying to find it.

[00:10:32]>> When I first bought my ADV, um I was like, man, they had a black one on the showcase, but I was like, >> for some reason at the time, I had seen a bunch of black ADVs, or I thought I had, >> and I bought the white one, put a box on it, and I swear, Chad, ever since I bought that, it seems like every ADV is a white ADV with the same box. So when you park it and the parking boys move it and you don't know where it's at, you're like, "Oh my god."

[00:10:58]>> The only thing that stands out on mine is I got that blacked out windshield.

[00:11:01]That's how I can spot it.

[00:11:03]>> You use your key and hit the horn.

[00:11:04]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:11:05]>> That's what I did. That's what I had to do yesterday was this PCX I rented.

[00:11:08]Honda makes a PCX. And >> Do you like it?

[00:11:11]>> I do like the PCX. Uh I have a Inmax.

[00:11:15]>> Yeah.

[00:11:16]>> Uh in Sibu and I like that bike.

[00:11:19]>> Yeah.

[00:11:20]>> Uh but Inmax is a good bike. I but I feel like I have more room on the PCX.

[00:11:24]>> It's got a big seat over there.

[00:11:26]>> It's got a big seat, a lot more leg room. So, if you're a taller guy, check out the PCX.

[00:11:30]>> Yeah, >> don't get me wrong. Inmaxes are good, too, but you're going to have to change the handlebars out because the stock handlebars you can't you can't change out and they're like got a cover over them or whatever, but you got to do what's called a naked bar conversion.

[00:11:44]>> That's what made me go with the ADV. I was looking at the PCX and the ADV, but that that was the main Well, the main reason was uh the suspension.

[00:11:52]>> Yeah.

[00:11:53]>> Um that's why I didn't get the PCX and I went with the ADV, but they both set back further. I got long arms, so it was a lot more comfortable.

[00:12:01]>> Yeah. The NMAX um it cost me about $120 to have the excuse me, the handlebar conversion put on and rewired because you got to change wiring and stuff on. It's kind of a deal. It's kind of One of the things the one of those things you want to be comfortable in the traffic.

[00:12:20]>> Yeah.

[00:12:21]>> Because on the NMAX I was riding like this because I was so the handlebars were so close to me and I was chicken winging it and sometimes you get in some pretty tight spots and you need your elbows >> Yeah.

[00:12:31]>> you know extend you need your arms extended because if not you're going to bang your elbows off mirrors because we split traffic around here. I don't know if you do or not but in Sibu >> you don't have a choice here.

[00:12:40]>> You ride through you'll ride through traffic >> here. We only have the one of the best things about like learning how to get around Dumagetti is easy cuz all we have >> basically the highway. Yeah.

[00:12:52]>> Number seven. This thing goes all the way around the outskirts like the sea the um shoreline of Negros Oriental. So this is the only main road. I mean we got diversion and stuff like that, but basically everything is off of the highway here.

[00:13:08]>> Really?

[00:13:08]>> Yeah. Makes it easy.

[00:13:09]>> Yeah.

[00:13:11]>> I haven't gotten used to it yet.

[00:13:12]>> Yeah.

[00:13:12]>> Not here. Well, that's what I'm saying.

[00:13:14]If you're ever lost, you're either going to go north or south on the highway. If you can find the highway, you can get anywhere in in Dumagetti pretty much.

[00:13:23]But that's where all the traffic is too because of it.

[00:13:26]What, >> not to change the subject, but I think a lot of people too have questions about what are things that you have a hard time with culturally here and then I I can get into some things that drive me nuts and it probably might be the same things to be honest.

[00:13:46]>> You know, I nothing anymore to be honest. the I mean really I've got it all worked out like once I got sorted out it is what it is you know what I mean this it's different it's change it's changed the way that I look at things like uh >> I try to uh I try to see it like I try to have empathy and I think about the people that grew up here and have lived here and this is the only life they've ever seen and the way that I look at it I try to see it from their purview I guess and they don't know any other way like like the things that I used to get bothered by mainly was because uh naturally I I've always wanted coming from the west we think money money how to make money how to make money and I see the businesses and I want to I just naturally want to help like but it's not my business to do that but like sometimes these little subtle changes like you know maybe if y'all would do this you you you would get the food faster to the customer, you know what I mean? Just things that they do that makes things take longer that isn't necessary. And I know I know that it costs them money, like they're losing money because of that. That's probably the only thing things that I just I understand about business that they don't seem to mind. Time is is not as important here as it was in the West.

[00:15:10]>> No. And it's not. And I think too, western culture, everything is hurry up and get it done. Like >> yeah, we rush through life.

[00:15:19]>> We push and everything is I don't want to be riding this bike for 30 minutes when I can ride for 15, you know? Like we we look at everything like time is money because that's what we're taught, right? How many of you have heard time is money?

[00:15:32]>> You hear it all your life, >> your whole life. And then you come here where everything's so much slower and you go from, you know, 40 miles an hour to 15. It drives you nuts, right? Like initially.

[00:15:44]>> Yeah.

[00:15:45]>> And here in Dumagetti, it's a lot slower than Siboot.

[00:15:48]>> Yeah. But there's still It's still not as fast. It It looks fast-paced, but it's still not even close to as fast.

[00:15:57]>> Good morning. as as us um and it's controlled chaos I guess is the easiest way to describe it >> well not to them I have after hanging out this is one thing that I recommend anybody coming to the Philippines to do a lot of expats to me don't really experience the culture as much as they should like to me Cebu was kind of like America to me >> it park 100%.

[00:16:29]>> Yeah. Yeah. So, it wasn't like a a big When April and I had went to check out her surgery or to go to get her consultation for her surgery, >> even for her, she's from the Philippines. That was a culture shock to her.

[00:16:44]>> She, you know, never been there, you know what I mean? She hadn't been to, she had only been to Manila one time previously, and she don't, you know, she don't like Manila.

[00:16:53]>> So, my camera overheated.

[00:16:57]Hey, this is this is one of the difference between uh Cebu and uh and uh Dumageddi like this right here. Like the this is a more of a familyoriented I'm not saying they don't have families in Cebu.

[00:17:09]>> No. Yeah.

[00:17:09]>> But the kids play out here every day.

[00:17:11]Families >> they'll invite me like sometimes they'll put like cuz it's a dead end road.

[00:17:16]They'll put a table out here at night time when the sun goes down. Sing karaoke and drink. All the neighbors come out. It's, you know, just pretty.

[00:17:25]>> You know, where I live in my new house in Mandawe, it's the same. I live in a housing edition and it's it's the same.

[00:17:32]They'll someone will park a vehicle and block off a whole road.

[00:17:35]>> Yeah.

[00:17:36]>> And the kids are out there. Mind you, the kids are always outside playing where I'm at.

[00:17:40]>> Yeah. They still play outside out here, >> but they'll block off a whole road. And then all the people come out and they're just all hanging out in chairs outside.

[00:17:47]The guys are all held up, the girls are all held up, huddled up. It reminds me of where I grew up in North Carolina in the 80s. It's like going back in time.

[00:17:55]>> It reminds me of like the '9s. Like >> Yeah.

[00:17:57]>> Almost like block parties, you know.

[00:17:59]>> Yeah.

[00:18:00]>> Uh except for there's no bounce house.

[00:18:02]>> Yeah. There's nothing fancy.

[00:18:04]>> But uh they're all out having a good time, you know, karaoke. And now listen, if you're if you're going to bed early on a week, >> Yeah. you better be able to drown out the singing. you're going to hear the karaoke. It's It's all night long. It's 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning sometime.

[00:18:23]You know, really what I wanted to do is I just kind of wanted to sit down uh with Joe and and we were just going to have conversations. I kind of got more in an interview style and that's really not what I wanted to do. I really wanted to see >> I've never done an interview before.

[00:18:35]>> Yeah. I really just wanted to sit down and just have a conversation, have you guys uh just see what it's like, man. I mean, honestly, it's I don't really have a game plan. We were kind of talking about this earlier. I don't really have a game plan. And I never really did. And a lot of you know >> sometimes that's the best way. Chad.

[00:18:51]>> Yeah. I don't normally have game plans when I turn the camera on. I just want you guys to see what I see. Um, and I want to have memories that are saved somewhere on someone else's hard drive instead of mine. You know, so I can pull them up on YouTube and say, "Oh, yeah. I remember that." Or, "Check this out. I I did this."

[00:19:07]>> That's the ticket, man.

[00:19:08]>> Yeah. And and that's kind of why I started this. And I And I remember watching some of his videos, and he said the same thing. I really started YouTube so my family and friends could see what I was doing and uh his family and friends just kind of grew a lot long bigger than he was expecting. But >> that's why I'm doing this. Not not really to I didn't really have a game plan. I had some questions I was going to ask him and they're just >> How about I interview How about I ask you some questions?

[00:19:40]>> There we go.

[00:19:42]What what do you how do you like as far as like leaving from Sibu? You spent most of your time in the Philippines in Sibu, right?

[00:19:48]>> Sibu city.

[00:19:49]>> So, what do you think the the like you I know you've only been in Dumagetti for a few days, but what do you see the major differences as?

[00:19:57]>> Man, um it feels a lot slower. Um it feels now Joe earlier said something about it didn't feel as organized traffic-wise. To me, it feels more organized >> really. I I think I think so. Um, and in Sibu, traffic is a lot more selfish.

[00:20:17]Here, it's from what I'm seeing, it's not nearly as selfish. Like, people in Sibu are doing everything they can to fit into the tightest spot they can to get somewhere before anybody else. Here, I haven't experienced that yet. Now, I haven't been here very long, and I'm sure the longer I'd be here, the more I probably would see it, cuz I just think it's kind of their culture to, hey, I I'm going to get here. I got to go. I got to get here. You're in my way kind of thing. But I haven't recognized that as much here.

[00:20:45]>> It's that now that you say that, I haven't driven around in Cebu, so I I could see that being a thing. And that might be true for all big cities around the world. They're more westernized.

[00:20:53]>> Yeah. I don't know if that's western or what it is, but they're more uh economy dri or money driven maybe. There's not a lot of there's actually a lot of money in Dumagetti, but it's a lot slower pace of life. Like it's even slower. I'm from North Carolina.

[00:21:10]Like in the cities, it's a fast pace of life, but you don't have to go far outside of the city before the life slows down.

[00:21:15]>> Same with where I'm from.

[00:21:17]>> Yeah. But it's even slower here. Like even in Dumagetti City, the people seem to like they'll let you out in traffic.

[00:21:23]Like whenever I pull up to the end of my road, even during the rush hour, like in the daytime, even the buses, man, are just I don't know what it is. They're just friends. They'll flash the lights at you.

[00:21:35]>> Not in Sibu.

[00:21:36]>> Here they do. They'll let you out.

[00:21:37]>> They hate you in Sibu.

[00:21:38]>> Well, they'll hit you here if you if you're if you're uh trying to get around them >> and they're, you know, you have to pay attention to what you're doing because they're not going to pay attention to you. A lot of times >> the buses Sabu they it's almost like they have the rightway no matter who anybody even pedestrians >> they're the biggest vehicle on the road of course they got the rightway >> I mean even pedestrians right the pedestrians try to cross the road these buses are not stopping >> oh yeah that's what that's another thing and if you're coming from most western countries pedestrians always have the rightway that is not the case in in the Philippines you will get ran over and and probably if you get hit by a car the police might say what was you doing out the road >> you know in Sabu if you're in a crosswalk walk, you have the right away.

[00:22:18]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:22:19]>> Uh you have to stop for them. Um or at least make it to where they can cross.

[00:22:24]Like if they're crossing and they're in the lefthand lane.

[00:22:27]>> Yeah.

[00:22:28]>> You could scoot over the right hand lane and give them still enough room to keep traveling and you're fine. But >> well, even April when I went to when we went to Sibu, even she knows she's like they drive very fast here in Dumagedi.

[00:22:39]Unless you're going up toward Valencia or somewhere in the mountains, >> you'll notice like there's nowhere to go fast. Like you very rarely see anybody going >> even 50 kilometers an hour.

[00:22:51]>> Yeah, we do. We do anywhere.

[00:22:54]Average speed on a two-lane road is 45 in Sibu to 70 even though 60 >> out here. You're lucky to hit 20.

[00:23:02]>> Yeah. Yeah. This is slow. I will say that. Um what do you think about how do how does Dumagetti make you feel compared to other cities you've been in?

[00:23:14]Obviously, you prefer it because you've been here in the long list.

[00:23:17]>> Well, I Well, yeah. It's definitely my favorite city so far, but I can't really speak speak intelligently about a lot of the cities because I didn't spend enough time. I did spend a month in Behold.

[00:23:30]I found um really kind people to hang out with in Behold, just like I have in Dumageddi, but it was uh beaches are beautiful like the beaches over in Behold, especially in Pang Lao.

[00:23:42]>> Yeah. white sand, clear water, but it's very touristy and it's uh actually more expensive. Like if you're in Alona Beach, the prices at the restaurants isn't a whole lot different than the United States.

[00:23:56]>> That's crazy, right?

[00:23:57]>> Yeah. And I hear it's that way like in Borai and places like that. And I didn't come over here for the I didn't come over here like um I came over here to live, you know? I didn't want to This isn't a vac just a vacation for me. It feels like an everyday vacation just being able to afford daily life. You know what I mean?

[00:24:15]>> Yeah. And not have to get up at a certain time, not have to worry about going to work and pleasing the man, right? Like those things feel good.

[00:24:21]>> Not having appointments. I mean, that's why a lot of people will get angry with me cuz I get invited to some things. And I I do my best to avoid clocks. I You see, I don't even have my phone. You see, my phone usually just dies where it sits. And >> trust me, I'll text him and it'll be >> quick responses are half an hour.

[00:24:44]>> Yeah.

[00:24:44]>> Average response is 4 hours.

[00:24:47]>> Yeah. And and you know, I would I was about to say and I apologize for that, but I don't because that's but no, that's the great to me that is the great thing about being over here. I have gotten accustomed. I've hung out with so many Filipinos. the the guys. Like I've hung out with more Filipino guys than I have girls. April's pretty much the only girl in her family.

[00:25:09]>> And none of them pay attention to their phone. It's awesome. Is it crazy?

[00:25:14]>> They don't even mo most of them don't even have phones. The girls do, but the guys don't.

[00:25:19]>> Well, again, so we're going to go ahead and cut this off.

[00:25:23]>> Sorry, guys. It's going to be a short short time of jail.

[00:25:26]>> Deuces. Hey, we were just talking about these cats are about to fight, right?

[00:25:30]Sorry. I said we were going to be done, but I I I let it cool off for three or four minutes just to get this section in.

[00:25:37]These cats are about to fight. And >> it's like Wild Kingdom.

[00:25:43]>> The >> What's the guy's name? The Australian guy.

[00:25:45]>> I don't remember. What's Anyway, you can throw it in the comments. Uh the >> the alligator guy.

[00:25:52]>> The guy getting killed by the stingray of all things.

[00:25:54]>> Man, how did I forget his name? We'll remember it when I >> That's crazy, too, because I used to I used to love watching that guy, but watching these cats is kind of like that, man. It's like like coming to the Philippines to retire. I didn't, you know, I don't look at them as my pets. I do feed them, but it's funny to watch the wild order of things.

[00:26:12]>> Yeah.

[00:26:12]>> This is crazy that I spend some of my time instead of paying attention to a phone. It's like having uh YouTube shorts with these crazy cats. And it's not just the cats. There's dogs. There's like a gang of dogs that come through here. The dogs in Sibu are insane.

[00:26:27]Everywhere. Everywhere.

[00:26:29]>> And everybody who's cra That's another thing. When you're dealing with traffic, you don't really have to worry about the traffic as much as the dogs. The dogs here don't care, man. Even on the highway going towards Dowin, they will walk out in the middle of the highway.

[00:26:40]>> Opposite in Sibu, they don't walk out in the road. If you honk your >> They lay in the road out here.

[00:26:44]>> So, they'll lay in the road in Sibu, too, but when they see you coming, they'll get up and walk away. But if you honk your horn at a dog, it looks at you and steps off to the side of the road.

[00:26:52]It's already It already has this, oh, I need to get out of the road or I'm going to get hit.

[00:26:56]>> I think these dogs have given up on life in Dumageddon. I swear they they don't I've seen them in the middle of the road with traffic going fast on both directions and they're laying on the center line.

[00:27:07]>> Like full sleep.

[00:27:08]>> They don't care.

[00:27:09]>> Yeah. Like you're looking to make sure they're alive. They're stretching. They don't even care, man.

[00:27:14]>> Yeah. We were just chitchatting and he was like, "Man, these cats are about to fight." They were. They're about to fight. No, they think the reason why cuz I want to see which ones it is. There's like three Well, there's more male cats, but there's three male cats. I guess they're like vying for position and they'll get in the backyard. Man, you heard the noise?

[00:27:32]>> Yeah.

[00:27:32]>> They'll do this at midnight.

[00:27:35]>> Get back there and fight.

[00:27:35]>> Yeah. So, I'm trying to see which ones it is so I can uh shoot shoe the ones I don't like away.

[00:27:42]There's a yellow one that uh I >> He just walked by.

[00:27:45]>> Yeah. Yeah. He's pretty cool. I like him. He's like a gangster, man. He he he keeps every everything in order around here, but there's a couple that try to move in on his territory.

[00:27:55]>> I'm sure. Yeah, there's a lot of female cats out here.

[00:27:57]>> Yeah, that's why.

[00:27:59]>> I hope you get a bunch of subscribers. I hope a bunch of my guys come over there and subscribe to your channel >> somewhat. I did want to try to pull some of Joe's subscribers over to mine obviously because this is how I make extra money.

[00:28:10]>> Hey man, my people are cool. They know they know it don't cost them anything to hit subscribe and like. My people are cool, down to earth.

[00:28:17]You know, I got I got a good I got a good crew, man.

[00:28:21]>> But I did it because Joe and I are friends and he's in my mind, he's probably and how do I say this without offending other friends of mine?

[00:28:35]Probably the closest growing up the same way that I did. like I grew up in a country community, you know, kind of with southern values even though I didn't live in the south. Most of the people that had founded my town were southern values, Kentucky and Georgia area. And so we just kind of clicked because we see things kind of the same way except for he's a lot more positive than I am. I think it's the age difference >> because he's >> he's a hell of a lot older than me.

[00:29:08]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, man. I just turned uh 39. What are you talking about?

[00:29:12]>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Me, me, too.

[00:29:14]But anyway, I just wanted you guys to see what was going on. But I'm going to go ahead and cut this off. Listen, I can't thank you guys enough for watching me. Thank you very much for taking time out to watch my videos. Thanks for subscribing if you subscribe. If you haven't, please do. Thanks for all the positive comments. Hey, negative comments, whatever. If you're going to send them, send them. It just helps me out on my algorithm.

[00:29:35]>> And please share. You know, if you want to share this video, please share, man.

[00:29:39]Maybe maybe we said something that you need to pass on to somebody else. And that's what I hope that's kind of why we are influencers to influence you guys into decisions or making your life better. And especially if you're looking to come to the Philippines, we want to give you as much information as we can and our experiences and that's why we do this. So, thank you guys very much for watching. Peace.