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08-11-18 16:11 #11938
Posts: 3230Originally Posted by Mogwai [View Original Post]
I am lucky to have a balanced life in that I am able to spend time working in a number of SE Asian countries for short, intermittent periods and also have my own comfortable place in Ortigas which is clean, relatively disciplined, well serviced with facilities and is organized.
Visiting Australia is always hectic, stressful and extremely expensive but also enjoyable.
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08-11-18 15:55 #11937
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by Mogwai [View Original Post]
1. Slower pace of life, easier to take things less seriously; there's a lot less scurrying around and anxiety over things that are actually quite trivial;.
2. Filipinos' sense of humor. If Westy were to tease those Pinays over some of those inanities, they'd probably be the first to laugh. My experience is that Filipinos are as willing to laugh at themselves as at others;.
3. People, or at least middle aged women, singing along with the radio in the workplace (if radios are allowed);.
4. Acceptance of us long-in-the-tooth men with younger Pinays; the equivalent in the states would quickly start the tongues wagging;.
5. Cheaper prices for almost everything; and.
6. Great sex.
Obviously there is a downside to life in the Philippines, especially in Manila: traffic, pollution, screwed up or incompetent systems, and politics that block change and invariably protect a handful of rich families (perhaps only a matter of degree different than most other countries).
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08-10-18 15:11 #11936
Posts: 1085It should go without saying.
Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
General topics such as crazy Filipinas, airline tickets, traffic, visas, immigration, phones, I / e anything that pertains to the whole country belongs here.
Most guys here just don't care so the PI forum ends up being a lousy tossed salad. It's just so simple but some damage has been done.
Cheers Westie.
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08-10-18 07:58 #11935
Posts: 2201Originally Posted by RedKilt [View Original Post]
Why is it so bad?
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08-10-18 06:10 #11934
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by XXL [View Original Post]
Girl: Did you take your breakfast / Me: Yes / Girl: You had your breakfast Westy..
The girl's second question, "You had", is different from her first question, "Did you". It cannot be a bounce-back.
OTOH, in FB PM I am getting a duplicate message, but only from some girls. When she says, "OK see you then", within about 1 minute, there is another identical "OK see you then". However that's not happening in txt msg.
Originally Posted by Simmer [View Original Post]
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08-10-18 05:41 #11933
Posts: 1121Originally Posted by Sxxxx [View Original Post]
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08-10-18 03:35 #11932
Posts: 281Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
But of course such idiosyncrasies are not limited to the Philippines. Apparently I'm too polite, using thank you too often. Then there are the McDonalds workers where a conversation goes something like this:
Me: I'd like a spicy chicken sandwich combo with coke, dine in please.
McD: Is that dine in or take out?
Me: Dine in.
McD: So a chicken sandwich. Do you want a combo?
Me: A *spicy* chicken sandwich combo with coke.
McD: Spicy chicken combo. What drink do you want?
Me: .
Then going to SM Dept Store on 1st September and commenting to a salesperson "Bit early to be playing Christmas music, isn't it?" to which she replies, completely seriously, "we need time to plan, sir".
But there are plenty of good things going for the Philippines and its people. It's quite something going to the provinces and visiting houses which are simple, cheap, rough, basic. But sometimes you're left thinking maybe, just maybe, we overdo things in the west. I was bemoaning the cost of AC earlier because houses here in California aren't designed to be naturally cooled by breezes, so you kind of have to use AC. In the provinces they employ far cheaper methods such as fans and houses that just vent naturally. As for growing your own stuff, people here think you're nuts. Pros and cons, as I keep saying.
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08-10-18 03:09 #11931
Posts: 2395Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
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08-10-18 02:43 #11930
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
If the Gen Info thread is not the correct place to discuss 'craziness', where is?
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08-10-18 00:10 #11929
Posts: 1121Filipinas favourite job.
Originally Posted by NewImage [View Original Post]
But, without doubt, the Filipinos themselves will say: "the best job, is a blow job"!
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08-09-18 23:18 #11928
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by RedKilt [View Original Post]
All communications require senders and receivers, and so interpreting a communication like Westy's as "negative" depends as much on the receiver as on the sender. At risk of being too philosophical, there's a great message in John Ciardi's classic little essay on "How does a poem mean"? He argues that poems do not have fixed meanings; rather poetry depends on the experience that is evoked from the poem. Westy's posts are not poetry (although some of his photos come close), but the experiences they evoke for me are laughter, wonderment, and some fond and not so fond memories, not disdain for Pinays or the Philippines.
The forum certainly has some serial broadbrush critics of all Pinays' "motives," but I rarely see you calling them out. Perhaps you have done like me and put people on "ignore" whose posts are consistently racist and ethnocentrically critical. But shouldn't we allow some leeway in the forum for occasionally discussing the craziness?
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08-09-18 22:45 #11927
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by Simmer [View Original Post]
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08-09-18 17:33 #11926
Posts: 281Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by RedKilt [View Original Post]
We are weighing up the options of moving to the Philippines for good. What's the point of a life where you spend 48+ hours a week working, only to pay most of your income back <rant held back , whereas I could have a nice house, grow some of my own food, go away every weekend. Advantages of an online income that remains the same no matter where your keyboard is. Pros and cons, of course.
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08-09-18 14:17 #11925
Posts: 970Surely you know by now.
Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
Why do Filipino girls like boob jobs?
Its the only job they're qualified for!
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08-09-18 12:36 #11924
Posts: 3375Originally Posted by RedKilt [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by RedKilt [View Original Post]