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Agreed, there is not much to buy in the Philippines. Two things may interest you. Books are quite cheap. I bought a 2004 US printed Que book on Microsoft XP for 495 Peso at National Bookstore; book showed US price $19.99 / Canada $ 30.99 / UK £14.50. Also Batangas coffee is excellent value and great quality. Of course, the women...well you know already.
As far as things to bring home. I just came back from 3 weeks there and I was told the Tanduay Rum is good so I brought 5 bottles of that home for souvenier presents for my kids. Was advised to get the 5 year Gold Seal Dark. Could'nt believe the price. 21 pesos at the Robinsons liquor store in Manila for 375ml. The guy saw them in my carry on at the airport and asked what was in the 5 bottles and I told him I had 5 children and they all like to drink so thats why there were 5 bottles. He just smiled. LOL.
Handicrafts, T-Shirts, custom made shoes and clothes. Dried fruit is OK if sealed; buy it in Cebu or the province since it is more expensive at Robinsons in MNL. I also like Baguio Coffee and the Batangas (there's some "Brothers" <Monks> coffee from Butuan, but not crazy about it.
P.S. You can only bring 1 woman home at a time and it takes about 1 year, LOL. Ah, the dried mangos are gone, but she is still here, I'm happy to say.
Gents
One can get ok silver hand crafted via the good nuns at St Louis, Baguio.
I found the DVDs/CDs at Quiapo to be very very cheap, much cheaper than Thailand, but I did not buy any. Nearly all porno, which, as a paid up member of the Moral Majoritym bores me, and some good movies but I had seen any I wanted to see.
I guess the only people who come out ahead here are guys with set hobbies such as diving, where they can shop till they drop, knowing thye will use the stuff all year round.
The tourist stuff looks gauche when one brings it back to base, I think. Banana ketchup might raise a smile, but so does everything else.
Lonely Planet and such like go on about big makrets but who wants all the tourist trinket shit they sell? Not
John T Domino, patron to the hookers of SE Asia and beyond,
Yes, the Tanduay Rum is GOOD stuff.
About five years ago I took an EDSA girl with me to the mall. I was looking at back packs and she highly recommended the ones by Illustrazio, which I believe are made in the Philippines. They were more expensive than the others, but i took her advice.
I still have that bag and it shows very little wear and tear despite having a lot of mileage. Also, I never experienced the problem that is mentioned in this article:
[url]http://www.ironwulf.net/inmotion/tarak/07_running_under_sun.html[/url]
And what might be a good gift to bring for a lady?
I asked one of the ladies and she said, "a wedding ring". You have to admire her honesty.
This is a long way to come for a few bottles of rum, though the Tanduay Dark is quite good. I notice that no one here has mentioned furniture. If you have the time, you can order really nice stuff at prices that are extremely low. The Batik is also fairly nice, though it's pretty much the same stuff you see in Indonesia. You can also buy most, if not all of the same counterfeit crap you buy in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam or elsewhere in the region. Clothes, DVDs, fake rolexes, etc. abound in the cheap markets and on the streets.
This is not what you would call a shopper's paradise, and most of the "snob appeal" merchandise is imported. Even the jewelry comes from China (cheap) or Italy (expensive). There's no local electronics industry to speak of. The high end stuff comes from Europe or Japan and the lower end from Korea or China. Prices are reasonably competitive, but hardly provide a reason to come. Even the diving gear is not a bargain, and most of the stuff I buy locally was actually manufactured in Italy.
Unfortunately, the Philippines' most popular export items tend to be its workers and agricultural products.
GE
Well, I am getting under this ones skin whoever it is.
She or it has a fake pictures on her profile so I immediately send this message to her. I usually do this to all the fake pictures, but rarely get a response.
This is her profile.
[url]http://www.filipinaheart.com/Member_Profile.cfm?CFID=59593718&CFTOKEN=e3c2de56589a47c5-0DC03820-E7FA-E7F3-1A0CEB6C81726F48&ID=49056[/url]
I sent her a message titled "Got ya!" and in the message I put "fake pic"
Here is the response I get:
"If that's your way of getting my attention, then tell me what does fake mean to you. Would it be fare enough if I say you have a fake picture? "Got ya" as you said. I am not hiding anything or covering up from anyone so why is it as if you sounded you found me. On the side note, I am really curious why you are looking for asian women? Can't you find someone of your same race? Perhaps you can't handle american women. True? "
So I respond to her:
Yes, when people on here post fake pictures that is what I do.
Why? Guess? You pretend to be so smart.
Of course you can tell my pictures are real as they are natural pictures. So I do not have to worry about them being mistaken for fake.
Now to give you a little advise about how to react to those you are trying to fool. To respond in anger and then to try to imply that I have some sort of problem meeting women in America or my own race only shows that I am right. Your reaction to being caught is evident by your response.
Of course I can handle American women. I just do not like liars. Like you. So are you even female? How has your scam worked so far.
You will see as in a few days FH will be removing your ad. Then you will have to go out and find another picture to post and you will because of the type of person you are.
It is also funny that you would make such a remark about me seeking an Asian girl. Then wouldn't that same question apply to you and your desire to seek a person outside your culture?
See? You really have to learn to think a little more before you try to play these games. Go ahead learn from your mistakes here, go and find another picture and try again.
Her responce to me. She sent two messages to me so here are both:
1st message:
Big deal because I don't really care if my account gets deleted. Not the end of world pal. Though people like you, excuse me I mean loosers like you spend time looking for people like us? Is this your way to attract attention? What a shame. Poor guy you are. Go find your own race. Perhaps you never had any experience yet that is why you want to be with someone so you feel dominant. You are not worth it to be with asians. Your one hell of an ugly guy Todd. In and out, you really are. Look at yourself in the mirror.
2nd message, which she titled in the subject to me as "Inspector Cruso":
On the side note, I am very curious to ask you if you get paid and how much for your time catching people posting fake pictures. That is what you do here right? As a matter of fact you are the one who told me that I have a fake picture. So prove it. Prove it that I have a fake picture. Perhaps you just want to have more pictures of me you pervert. Todd wake up. Smell the roses. You must have a very difficult childhood. So sorry to hear that. Remember, you were the one who started communicating to me. As if you own this site. You may be a "president" of your career but that does not impress anyone at all.
Haven't responded to either of these yet. I really am under it's skin it appears.
I'm going to report "it" in a few days after one more message back.
Calling me pal in the message seems like this is a man from another country other than the PI.
So what is the guess as to what this really is?
Male?
Female?
Local?
Foreigner in PI?
Other?
FF: So what if she puts up a fake photo? Maybe she does not want some people to see her. The ad looked genuine enough and so does the English: there are all levels of ability there. Attacking you the way she does seems fair enough too. All these ladies bring to the party really are their pussies and they do have to preserve some self respect, even if that means answering you back.
[QUOTE=Domino]FF: So what if she puts up a fake photo? Maybe she does not want some people to see her. The ad looked genuine enough and so does the English: there are all levels of ability there. Attacking you the way she does seems fair enough too. All these ladies bring to the party really are their pussies and they do have to preserve some self respect, even if that means answering you back.[/QUOTE]
Domino?
I have always said it is not what someone says to you, but the way that you take what they say that is the meaning. It is up to each to take the information and decipher as they see fit. So I appreciate that you see this differently.
However, she is not required to post a picture. You may leave it blank as many do. So based on that do you still believe that this photo from a magazine is there for this poor honest girl to find a BF?
And do you really find the language as from a girl in the PI?
It is not the fact that she or it, defends the ad they posted. It is wording itself.
If this is the type of girls you are meeting in the PI, then I would like to monger with you one day or night and see where you are finding your prey.
FF
I posted on the Davao board that I fucked real beauties. I would rate them higher than her, not that that means much. I am known on these boards as boasting about the ugly toothless hags I bonk btw;)
There are so many beauties in the Pi why bother about her. Talk about more fish in the sea. In my own particular case, I find it amazing I refuse to fuck beauties for chump change. Several of the Davao women were movie star potential in looks. Not that that matters. It is under the bonnet, performance, that matters.
I take it you did not intend to marry this lady. If you feel ok lying to her, why not also feel ok with her lying to you? That is how I feel now with skanks and I sleep a lot better at night as a result. I use them for my pleasure and then return to the real world.
In fact, if I was not such a lazy good for nothing, I would make a compilation of all the lies I have been told by these women. My hard disk, about 100 gb, is not big enough:(
[QUOTE=Frequent Flier]
So what is the guess as to what this really is?
And do you really find the language as from a girl in the PI?
[/QUOTE]Frequent,
Instead of drawing a conclusion or offering my opinion on the matter I will scrupulously confine myself to reporting my recent direct personal experience.
This morning I stumbled into the coffee shop of one of the old downtown Las Vegas joints for their cheap steak and eggs breakfast special. Like so many of the hotel/casinos in town, they employ a number of Philippine-Americans. Becuase of my fondness for people from the Islands, I chatted her up and learned, among other things, that this articulate lady in her fifties came to the USA when she was a very young woman, and is now preparing to take retirement after about three decades of serving her working class American customers all day and going home to her American ex-Navy husband every night ever since she emigrated and became an American herself about thirty years ago.
Her communication was nowhere near as Americanized as those you received from he/she/it from the personals website. Not close.
Wastrel
I would have to add that a filipina with a Bachelors degree and working in avionics(flight attendant?) most likely would have excellent command of the English language.
It isn't something I spend my life worrying about.
Of course I could move on and go plant a garden and do some yoga, but I'm not upset by this.
I just saw this ad and as I do sometimes I hit her with the fake pic message. Trust me this is a scanned magazine pic.
The reason I do this is that they are obviously out to scam some guy, so I figure I'll give them a little aggravation on the way. I just like to play games with those on these sites who try to pull the scam.
I will sometimes respond to those Nigerian get rich emails to see how far I can get them to go with me. I used to have some standard responses to get them to waste their time with me, but that hard drive crapped out a few years ago.
I thought her or it's response was very unlike a Filipina. That is all and as others had showed interest about FH or other Internet sites here in the past, I thought I would show what is out there to be careful of and as a little game see what others may have thought I was really dealing with.
FF:
I thought I was the only one to respond to the Nigerian scammers! I typically try to interest them in buying shares in the Eiffel Tower, and once I tried to sell the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Funny how it never seems to work for me. I did actually go a couple of rungs up the ladder with a scammer in Ghana once, and then I turned the cops on him. I'm not sure what happened after that, but I never saw him again.
GE