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04-05-19 13:23 #17199
Posts: 7Where should I stay?
I am coming to Manila for a 10 day getaway. But I am yet to fix on a place to stay. Can you guys help with that? My initial plan was to settle down in BGC. A few of my friends suggested Gramercy instead. Some suggested Poblacion. A girl whom I befriended on a dating site suggested pasay. I have the airbnb website open in front of me, but the huge list of options are bewildering.
I want to have a nice time. Women. Booze. Partying and I want to play it safe.
Please help.
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04-01-19 10:33 #17198
Posts: 451Originally Posted by Dg8787 [View Original Post]
Switches used to be very expensive. Now, in the US, many new houses come pre-wired with places for power and switches right next to the line in to hard wire connect everything. Optional to have someone install everything for you for plug and play. Heck, you can build your panic room right there.
Originally Posted by Dg8787 [View Original Post]
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04-01-19 06:48 #17197
Posts: 3244Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
I myself would not venture there. That's what I got 3rd hand.
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03-31-19 07:33 #17196
Posts: 3244Originally Posted by FrancoCan [View Original Post]
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03-30-19 12:58 #17195
Posts: 14What is it with those dumb phone posts?
Roaming the Manila thread for my upcoming trip (contributed reports on my past PP / Cambodia trip) and I came across countless mobile phone and phone card posts. Super annoying and useless IMHO. Here is why: the cheapest gal someone rents will cost a many multiple of a phone card one can get at any airport. Bring a phone that is unlocked, case closed. It's really that simple. Being a cheap Charlie is one thing but hackling over 50 or 100 p for better deals is embarrassing. Takes a lot of fun away from reading the otherwise awesome field reports, especially those by the dinosaurs in our profession, whom I worship and highly respect for their wit and humor.
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03-28-19 16:29 #17194
Posts: 1056Malling.
Originally Posted by XMan [View Original Post]
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03-28-19 15:56 #17193
Posts: 4567Geography and anecdotes.
I'm pretty sure that anything north of Pedro Gil would be Ermita. That would mean all of Robinsons Mall. Malate is south of P. Gil.
I've used are. Mall as a meeting place many times with gals I met online. As for direct P4P at the mall, only twice. The first time was a gal who was giving eye contact just outside the Pedro Gil entrance. I was about to go talk to her since she was quite good looking. Suddenly, an older woman cornered my target and started talking about religion. Very frustrating. I waited and my patience was rewarded. We had our fun at Cherry Blossoms Hotel, which was the first and last time I stayed there. The gal wasn't very enthusiastic. She struck me as someone who had an urgent need for cash and just wanted to get it over with.
The second time was shortly after closing and a young, cute looking stunner was with two other gals and someone we might call Mama, or M.
X: Hello.
M: You want girl?
X: Sure, how much?
M: Up to you.
X: How about P1200? (I don't remember exactly, but I started low and was expecting a bit of nego).
M: Okay.
Unfortunately, Ms. Cute then objected angrily to M. So now we are in a very public place and they are making a scene. I just walked away. I guess my opening bid should have been a bit more generous.
I'll agree with Transporter, you should go to the mall for regular shopping. But you never know! X Man.
Originally Posted by Transporter [View Original Post]
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03-28-19 05:30 #17192
Posts: 573Originally Posted by Breadman [View Original Post]
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03-28-19 05:19 #17191
Posts: 573Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
Not sure it is called a beer house, but beer houses do exist here in Malate also. Actually what you saw may have been what the locals call casa. Although it is not the casa like before, it still is a boarding house for girls (they sleep upstairs or in the back) that work the trade, and it is also a bar where you can buy drinks and ladies drinks. Same as the bars in ac you can poke your head in pick a girl, pay the mommie and off you go with the girl. Or you can go in buy a bunch of girls a drink and make your selection.
In the main area of Malate I know of 5 of these types of bars, there are probably more, just haven't needed to go looking since the selection of opportunity is so high in Malate. Don't count on the selection to be great all the time, but it is very convenient, and economical to pull a girl from those bars, just do your interview well.
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03-28-19 05:02 #17190
Posts: 759Robinsons Mall.
There are lots of FLs in the mall. As you enter from Pedro Gill, you will find them on the right, near the escalators and on the way to the departmental stores. You will also notice some go up and down the escalators as if they have come for shopping but in fact they are trying to hook up with someone.
Originally Posted by Breadman [View Original Post]
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03-28-19 01:43 #17189
Posts: 15811Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
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03-28-19 00:40 #17188
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by Breadman [View Original Post]
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03-27-19 12:54 #17187
Posts: 3471Robinson department store by the LA Cafe?
Curious if there are freelancers in this mall?
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03-26-19 01:55 #17186
Posts: 3277Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
To be truthful they are not brothels. They have reasonably pretty girls to entice you to come in. Drinks are overpriced. Set up is like Karaoke but they do not have karaoke machines. Girls will sit with you, drink with you, talk with you, joke with you, touch you enticingly but no grabbing. There are tough looking bouncers. Idea is to make money by getting you drunk. I did not see many customers when I went in. I was enticed in by a very pretty girl. I had couple of beers (expensive) bought the girl a drink (expensive) talked, got her phone number with a promise of hook up after work. I did not call her.
Sure enough next evening I get a text from her asking me to come to the bar. At that time I was in LA cafe and I texted her saying she can come to my hotel (Bayview Park) after work and we can spend time together and I will give her money. She said she will let me know. At that point I said I am in the process of getting a girl and if she is not interested she should tell me. Many texts saying I need to come to her bar and once she gets to know me she will go with me. I said no.
In conclusion it is like bait to get you in, sell you overpriced drinks. At least in karaoke you might have a chance to take a girl you are a big spender. I have done that in China. Also a girl I met on the street duped me but that is another story.
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03-25-19 19:07 #17185
Posts: 451They are seedy and dark and dangerous especially if you foreign. They have been around a long time. When I first went several decades ago, some locals took me. And everyone was a little edgy because we hit like 3 before picking one they felt comfortable in.
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]