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[QUOTE=Mr Enternational]I'm a bit different. If I start frequenting a country then I start learning the local language. It's really annoying, even frustrating, to me when my friends have been to a country 20 times and can't even say hello in the local language.[/QUOTE]


I understand what you are saying but its not the same. I speak 8 languages, mostly sothern/eastern european. I travel for about 9-10 months of the year. Yes I can speak a bit of thai and tagalog but its still not the same. For me I often go on a romp the first few days and then like to settle into a nice GFE experience and perhaps go somewhere nice for few days. I find that in Philippines its much more enjoyable even though there is far less to see or do. The right girl makes up for it. What pisses me off about thailand and working girls there is that they are kind of like the italians. No matter how many tourists they get or how many customers they have that speak english some of them just can't be fucked to make the effort to learn the language.

[QUOTE=Red Kilt]You're out of touch Slippery.

The good news is that Wowowee has been finished for around 3 months now; the bad news is that it's been replaced by an even worse show called "Filipinas Win na Win"[/QUOTE]

The only good thing about Wowwowee was the danciong girls...turn the sound off and watch as I did from the comfort of my living (always thought my preferred job was being the guy who picked the dancers for the show :) What a perfect job for me!). Even peachy says that to me...she knows I enjoyed watching the girls LOL

Not seen the new show RK but as long as it involves young slim pinays dancing in skimpy costumes I can stand it ;) with the sound off....but I have to admit those types of shows seem to be very typical in PI and mainly rubbish

Still if I could have the job of selecting the dancers...please :D

My maid watches Eat Bulaga religiously every lunchtime. If she misses it, she sulks for the rest of the day. It must be great fun if you have an IQ lower than your average goldfish:).

With regards to the lovely dancing girls that feature in all these shows - I've heard that the casting couch gets a fair battering here in The Philippines with all those young girls looking for an TV opening. Casting manager for these shows must be the best job in The Philippines:D.

Even if I'm only going to a country once I try to get the absolute basics of the language – directions, numbers, politeness (please, thank you, excuse me, etc.) but I'm afraid I'm on Mr. E's sh*t list in Thailand. I've been there maybe fifteen times and just CANNOT get past the basics. I apparently am tone deaf, and that is crippling. I think my worst moment there was when I was frantically looking something up in the dictionary – one of those that has three columns: the English word, someone's best guess at how one would spell the Thai word using western characters, and the Thai characters. Useful, because you can point to the Thai word after you've butchered the pronunciation so badly that the girl has pulled out a knife to defend what little honor she might have. At any rate, as I was looking in the left (English) column, I got a glimpse of a familiar word in the center (Thai pronunciation) column: My name! Wow! What does my name mean in Thai? I looked back at the English. My name means, uh. Well. Vagina.

I lost a lot of my manliness that evening.

I was joking about it (I was still in the denial phase) with a TG later and she didn't get it – she just stared in puzzlement. It must have taken three or four minutes to explain. Obviously the Thai word has a rising, falling, or whatever tone, so it was as different from my name is as "cat" is from "cut" At least I keep telling myself that.

[QUOTE=Red Kilt]You're out of touch Slippery.

The good news is that Wowowee has been finished for around 3 months now; the bad news is that it's been replaced by an even worse show called "Filipinas Win na Win"[/QUOTE]Apparently so. The show's demise didn't take long after that pervert Willie left. I will however, be there shortly for more "culture" at which time I can get introduced to Filipinas Win na Win and Eat Bulaga.

[QUOTE]With regards to the lovely dancing girls that feature in all these shows - I've heard that the casting couch gets a fair battering here in The Philippines with all those young girls looking for an TV opening. Casting manager for these shows must be the best job in The Philippines:D.[/QUOTE]Yea, only if that casting guy does not happen to be a gay, as I have observed, Philippine showbiz is predominantly run by very annoying gays.

Ok so here I was wandering what to do with my day off in Taipei.

Thought I'd see where all the Filipinas go on their day off and see what transpired.

Found all the stores offering balikbayan boxe, pasaload, Western Union etc then found lots of Filipino restaurants all serving the normal tasteless high quantity crap. Then found some bars with a few Filipinas in them and knew things were getting better.

A few smiles and a few nice friendly hellos (why do the gorgeous ones always hang around with an overweight dog of a friend that needs shooting?!) and I procured a few phone numbers which will be acted on next Sunday.

Interestingly a few other single white males were doing the very same thing. Great mongering minds thinking alike. LOL

If you get to HK on a Sunday check out Charter Street in Central: The city actually closes a block or two at a park so the huge mob of Philippinas can congregate. Hundreds of 'em. Bring a couple books for phone numbers.

[QUOTE=FreebieFan]A few smiles and a few nice friendly hellos (why do the gorgeous ones always hang around with an overweight dog of a friend that needs shooting?!) [/QUOTE]

FF

To answer you question...because you need something to play with while your kinky twin is enjoying and raising the educational standards of the gorgeous ones :D

Good to see you are getting out and about in your new location, as we said, once you 'find your feet' life is easy Taipei...especially if gorgeous ladies are willing to play with kinky old men like us :p

[QUOTE=FreebieFan]A few smiles and a few nice friendly hellos (why do the gorgeous ones always hang around with an overweight dog of a friend that needs shooting?!) and I procured a few phone numbers which will be acted on next Sunday.[/QUOTE]And you have summed up my past hobby, in Singapore. Sundays, at Lucky PLaza which virtually is all of Philippines in 6 floors (plus 1 basement).

Yeah, when idling, that's a good hobby, as long as you don't plan an instant hit and run. Collect this week, meet up next week, and repeat.

[QUOTE=Wicked Roger]FF

To answer you question. Because you need something to play with while your kinky twin is enjoying and raising the educational standards of the gorgeous ones

Good to see you are getting out and about in your new location, as we said, once you 'find your feet' life is easy Taipei. Especially if gorgeous ladies are willing to play with kinky old men like us[/QUOTE]Thanks Twin. Thanks to some kind souls here I even found the places where all the motels are. Am sure not up to Sogo standards or even the Dusit but as they require no name no I'd only cash I'm fine with that. A cute Indonesian has been booked for Sunday, with a Filipina as Plan B. Lifes good and getting better!

Its been a while since I did a FR on the phils, here we go.

After expecting to be coming back for non mongering reasons (see advice section) this went a bit wayward during the week.

Rather than cancel my trip I decided to hook up with a couple of girls that I got to know in UAE, treated nicely and were happy to see me.

First was in Manila and we met up. I stayed in a well know 5* in Malate, which is a nice hotel but the surrounding area is a dump, not quite like Makati where I normally stay but I booked at short notice and the rates were much lower.

This girl has always been quite shy but went out for drinks, dinner and even asked to go to a bar in P Burgos as she wanted to see one. I obliged and we did some bar hopping. Bottoms was a great fun place, was busy and had a great buzz.

Eventually we returned to the hotel, I was happy for her to leave being tired after the flight and suggested she do so but she had better plans. We had a really nice session, nothing kinky but a good shag with someone I knew fairly well. In the morning I tried to give her money and put some in her bag. She really didnt want me to give her anything. She told me she wanted to welcome me to Phils and make me happy, she would get a jeepney. I offered her money for Taxi instead, she still refused.

Day 2 and i decided to go to Davao for the night. I like this place. After talking a while to a 65 yr old Brit in the Marco Polo who relocated from Cebu I met Ms A, a friend from UAE from 6 mths back. We went out and ate, hit the bars in Torres St which were fun. A pinoy suggested I dance with what looked like an 18 yr old at one bar, I suggested i was tood old. He said there is no such thing in the Philippines!!!

After a great night out drinking/dancing we went back to mine and had a great session followed by another one in the morning.

This time I tried to sneak the money into her bag but she saw and told me not to. She doesnt do it for money with me. She wanted to give me a good time in return for visiting her.......I finally managed to convince her to at least take taxi money.......

Strangly this girl has been internet dating Mr. A from the Middle East for some time and he recently visited. I asked her the night before if it was right we sleep together and she said she wasnt sure if it would work and he wouldnt know so no problem. So Mr. A, I'm sorry, I did try!

Back to Manila and I have to come home a day early due to an emergency.

Anyway, a weird trip just catching up with some girls i met before and was kind and pleasant to. They repaid me with their kindness by wanting to make me happy!!

Great post glad you had fun and it shows to respect the filipinas unlike some others on this board that give themselves high fives and refer to them as stupid, ignorant, liars and then use them and throw them.

If your approach to meeting women is all about yourself then you will recieve the bottom of the barrel and deserve it.

[QUOTE=Whatsgoingon]Its been a while since I did a FR on the phils, here we go.

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Some of you know about the airport taxi monopoly. The set fare to Ermita or Malate is 530 pesos, even though a metered city taxi going the opposite direction is between 150 and 200. But the airport taxi service is reliable and still reasonable compared to other cities in the world. Thursday night I used the airport taxi to get me and my squeeze to Eurotel on Pedro Gil. The ticket agent and I loaded my bags, I tipped the ticket agent 50 pesos -- he looked surprised that I tipped him -- and away we went.

The driver stopped along the way to get something to eat. My squeeze and I waited about 5 minutes while he did this. When we arrived at Eurotel the doorman unloaded my bags and I asked for the receipt. I gave the driver 600 pesos. The 70 peso tip was a little more than 13%. It would have been a hefty tip for a city taxi going the same distance. But this driver didn’t think it was enough. He said so, loudly calling me “kuripot” (cheap) for all to hear – the doorman and security guard, my squeeze, and various others on the street nearby. Incidentally, he didn’t lift a finger on my bags, since other people, myself included, handled the luggage at both ends. I tipped the doorman 50 pesos.

So here’s my question: did I tip enough, or was the driver right to assail me as kuripot? How much are other mongers tipping for this distance? Filipino friends think I tip too much in taxis, so is this an expectation that applies only to foreign visitors? I promise no backchannel flames for anybody who calls me cheap. Have at it.

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[QUOTE=Skip Kost]Some of you know about the airport taxi monopoly. The set fare to Ermita or Malate is 530 pesos, even though a metered city taxi going the opposite direction is between 150 and 200. But the airport taxi service is reliable and still reasonable compared to other cities in the world. Thursday night I used the airport taxi to get me and my squeeze to Eurotel on Pedro Gil. The ticket agent and I loaded my bags, I tipped the ticket agent 50 pesos -- he looked surprised that I tipped him -- and away we went.

The driver stopped along the way to get something to eat. My squeeze and I waited about 5 minutes while he did this. When we arrived at Eurotel the doorman unloaded my bags and I asked for the receipt. I gave the driver 600 pesos. The 70 peso tip was a little more than 13%. It would have been a hefty tip for a city taxi going the same distance. But this driver didn’t think it was enough. He said so, loudly calling me “kuripot” (cheap) for all to hear – the doorman and security guard, my squeeze, and various others on the street nearby. Incidentally, he didn’t lift a finger on my bags, since other people, myself included, handled the luggage at both ends. I tipped the doorman 50 pesos.

So here’s my question: did I tip enough, or was the driver right to assail me as kuripot? How much are other mongers tipping for this distance? Filipino friends think I tip too much in taxis, so is this an expectation that applies only to foreign visitors? I promise no backchannel flames for anybody who calls me cheap. Have at it.

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I wouldn't know what the normal tip is for these guys. Most people don't use those private cars. I use only the metered taxis, the yellow airport ones or the metered ones dropping off passengers. Think most would be very happy for the 70 pesos. Maybe he saw you tip the ticket agent 50 pesos and figured he'd get more than 20 pesos more than him if he's driving you.