Anonymous participant if you're getting a DTV, it doesn't matter what you do the three months prior. Getting a ED visa and cancelling it is such an unnecessary headache. Just use the visa exemption and then go get your DTV.
the visa situation is a lot better in the Philippines, so you won't have that issue. A lot of expats stay in Cebu or Makati, so you should start there and visit a few islands.
Anonymous participant 266 why did you get so offended by me recommending another country to another person? No one was talking to you. Are you okay, friend?