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[FurryFriend]

I think everyone overreacted to Alec Baldwin's "statement." He was on a talk show, and simply cracked a joke. Okay, it was perhaps a bad joke, but it doesn't make him a racist or anti-Philippines.

Just think, if the press were following you around all the time writing down every word you say, don't you think you might occasionally say something taken out of context that makes you out to be terribly insensitive or a moron? I think we all do, but public figures make the news when they are just human.

RG

It's pretty obvious why the Philippine government does irrational things. It's not because they're incompetent (well, maybe) , but because they get to score points with voters.

90% of Filipinos aren't sophisticated enough to vote. So politicians pander to their basest emotions, like banning an American comedian for insulting Filipino pride. This is one of many reasons why the Philippines isn't ready for liberal democracy.

[Fast Eddie 48]

When a US citizen enters the US his passport does not get stamped. I just paid I think $140 to get pages added to mine.

To John.

No kidding US is now charging to add page wonder they are charging oversea US embassy also, but now day most country is using computer scanning no more stamp only third world country like PI still use them.

Fast Eddie 48

[John Gault]

When I entered Phi couple of years ago my passport pages were kind of full also. Immigratrion lady just put the stamp somewhere and when returning the guy had trouble locating the stamp. I went to the USA embassy in Manila and they added pages within a day for free. Nowadays adding pages are not free. However if you want more pages when changing passport there is one with more pages you can request.

When I had lived in Shenzhen and frequently travelled to Hong kong the stamps fill up pages not counting some travel Shenzhen-Macau- BKK as well.

Cambodia and vietnam take full pages. I wish they would make electronic recording and get rid of all these stamping business. Long time ago when I returned to US they did not put a stamp.

When a US citizen enters the US his passport does not get stamped. I just paid I think $140 to get pages added to mine.

[Bkktg]

NAIA immigration has always been a little more full of themselves than other airports in SE Asia. I remember a while back when my passport was nearly full, and they put the stamp into the endorsements page. I was told sternly,"get more pages or don't come back." Fortunately, getting more pages at the US Embassy in Singapore is one of the most painless activities I've ever encountered.

They have never been anything but very friendly to me, with comments like "welcome back home, maybe you should get a Philippine passport" or "I'll squeeze the stamp here to save some space". I go thru a passport per year mostly due to Indonesian visa stickers which have thankfully gotten smaller.

Indonesia though. When they went thru this full page. Stamp only. Smaller sticker fiasco. Timatic listed Jakarta / Bali as stamp only at the time of travel, I was given the option of paying 5 million or be deported in some shady back room as I had no space for their newly created small sticker. I hope the dickhead at least spent some of it for pussy.

[Radical Guy]

Give the PI immigration credit where credit is due. They were dead on balls accurate about this douchebag.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J0-ZatDHug

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/...ravelers_.html

I think everyone overreacted to Alec Baldwin's "statement." He was on a talk show, and simply cracked a joke. Okay, it was perhaps a bad joke, but it doesn't make him a racist or anti-Philippines.

Just think, if the press were following you around all the time writing down every word you say, don't you think you might occasionally say something taken out of context that makes you out to be terribly insensitive or a moron? I think we all do, but public figures make the news when they are just human.

RG

[Macho Dik]

Thanks Ekspat and Phantomtiger2 for your response.

As I feel time will not be good enough to me and hotel are fully booked, so I scrap this trip to AC and stay in Manila with a good time to a grils name cherry.

I hope on my next trip, I will definitely give AC a try and report back the same way you guys is doing.

Cheers,

MD

[Greek Niko]

Since we are adding to the pages, lets not forget Liberia, Uganda, and Fucking Afghan is stinking Stan.

[Sxxxx]

Philippine Immigration officers .Just roll with it and remember that while you are drinking a San Miguel and getting blown, he is there in his cage, stamping passport, after passport, after passport.

I think that is part of the problem, they are locked in to the airport and to the country. We are free to go hither and thither. Envy would be part of it, but then there is arrogance too, LOL.

[Mahaba]

Another thing is paragraph 1.

1) Idiots or insane persons and persons who have been insane;

The immigration officers are the only ones to decide who's an idiot and even if I have a PhD in Engineering, if they don't like my nose and consider me an idiot, they can send me back. I guess there is nothing much I can do. Best thing is to be humble and polite and get through as quickly as possible.

Cheers!

The immigration desk is the one-place in ANY country where one must keep a low profile, be polite and play the game. Consider the difference between US immigration and Philippine Immigration.

Immigration officers in the USA see real tourists and business people, and lots of others.

Philippine Immigration officers see thousands of entry cards with Angeles City, Subic and Manila addresses, presented by middle.aged mongers. Some of them may be a little pissed and take personal pleasure in inconveniencing you. Just roll with it and remember that while you are drinking a San Miguel and getting blown, he is there in his cage, stamping passport, after passport, after passport.

[Phantomtiger2]

Dear All,

I would like to thank all brothers here that have responses to my earlier posting about DIA girls working as waitress in a club there.

Pardon me for not able to have it answer one by one of your responses but your comments are very informative to me, specially a first timer to this place.

Initially, due to my immigration papers that I have been working for the past several days from the day I landed this country, I though I will not be able to have time visiting AC but now that I finally have it done. So in this case, I will only have 1 night available to stay in AC as I need to be back for my departure from the Philippines. So,

1) is it advisable to spend one night in AC or I better try next time with more enough time to feel the place?

2) Should I bring my passport there? Is there any border checkpoint? I will be travelling by Victory line (bus)? If possible, for security reason, I don't want to bring so much valuables thing with me to AC.

3) I understand throught my reading in the forum, the Barfine you pay is before you take the girls out? Will this prompted the girls to be not fullfilling the deeds instead of overnighter, they only do short time? Although some have mentioned can be refunded, is this usually happend?

Cheers,

MD

Just a quick response as this is strickly.IMO.

My gut feeling is NO. Going thru all the extra time and travel just for 1 nite in AC will not get you a true feel of the place. It will seem like, get there, check into hotel go out for a quick bite to eat, sit at a bar, order a drink, make a rush decision to pick any gal available as time feels short and then it will be time to leave. (depending on when you arrive and depart).

Like I said this is strickly IMO.

[Phantomtiger2]

Cambodia and vietnam take full pages. I wish they would make electronic recording and get rid of all these stamping business. .

Ha ha, having been to all these places myself I know what you mean about all those visas taking up full pages, lets not forget the Indonesia and China visa taking up full space. Although I know what you mean about going stampless, I still kinda like to look at my passport from time to time and see all those colorful stamps and entry visas. Guess its just the kid in me.

[FurryFriend]

I dislike Alec Baldwin and his politics.

If you were head of Philippine Immigration, do you ban someone for cracking a stupid joke halfway around the world? Petty actions like that makes the Philippine government the laughingstock of Asia and shows how its people have an serious inferiority complex. If the Philippines is to be taken seriously, it needs to act professionally and in accordance with rule of law.

The kinds of mongering things we say on this forum (said in serious manner, I might add) is far more offensive and illegal.

[Sammon]

NAIA immigration has always been a little more full of themselves than other airports in SE Asia. I remember a while back when my passport was nearly full, and they put the stamp into the endorsements page. I was told sternly,"get more pages or don't come back." Fortunately, getting more pages at the US Embassy in Singapore is one of the most painless activities I've ever encountered.

When I entered Phi couple of years ago my passport pages were kind of full also. Immigratrion lady just put the stamp somewhere and when returning the guy had trouble locating the stamp. I went to the USA embassy in Manila and they added pages within a day for free. Nowadays adding pages are not free. However if you want more pages when changing passport there is one with more pages you can request.

When I had lived in Shenzhen and frequently travelled to Hong kong the stamps fill up pages not counting some travel Shenzhen-Macau- BKK as well.

Cambodia and vietnam take full pages. I wish they would make electronic recording and get rid of all these stamping business. Long time ago when I returned to US they did not put a stamp.

[Edward M]

Filipinos are famously thin-skinned and cannot tolerate being criticized by foreigners. It's an inferiority complex.

Remember this from two years ago?

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...om-entering-rp

Alec Baldwin cracks some joke about getting a Filipina mail order bride and Philippine Immigration announces publicly that he's banned. The ban makes the Philippines government look like a bunch of fools.

And Filipinos wonder why their country is so poor, so corrupt and so lacking in tourists.

Give the PI immigration credit where credit is due. They were dead on balls accurate about this douchebag.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J0-ZatDHug

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/...ravelers_.html

[Tanglin]

My goodness what an amazing report. It can be summed up as "prats with power".

Few years ago I had a run in with a female immigration clerk in NAIA. I regularly took the 7am manila CX hk flight and I often encountered a bad tempered immigration clerk. I would politely ask " would you mind stamping next to that stamp in order that I can protect what little passport page space I have?". The reply from this jumped up nobody was always " I have the stamp and I will decide where to put it!". And of course she would then deliberately stamp in the middle of a page to waste it.

After 3 or 4 of therse ocassions I sought out her superior to render a comment and complaint. Supervisor was another waste of space but said he would arrange so that my complaint could be delivered electronically. I received an email that stated I should describe why I was complaining about a civil servant, I should include the sworn written statements of 3 witnesses, I should include a deposit to show my sincerity and I should enclose my own affidavit witnessed by a lawyer in which I recorded my complaint. Clearly these " little useless Emperors" are happy clinging to their tiny power base. I truly hope these idiots are subject to the sefl same abuses when they travel to more advanced and overwhelmingly more enlightened countries.

NAIA immigration has always been a little more full of themselves than other airports in SE Asia. I remember a while back when my passport was nearly full, and they put the stamp into the endorsements page. I was told sternly,"get more pages or don't come back." Fortunately, getting more pages at the US Embassy in Singapore is one of the most painless activities I've ever encountered.