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[QUOTE=Steve Nash; 1564242]You made a mistake by accepting the 300 pesos, there is not reason to stay and pay a crook taxi driver in my book.

Something similar happened to me twice, one outside Mall of Asia and one outside the airport. On both cases when they didn't want to use the taximeter or they were charging me too much I just got out of the taxi and took the next taxi, the one outside the airport wanted to charge me 500 pesos to go to Makati (when he saw my luggages) , so I got out and took the next taxi and paid only 200 pesos.

I know Ermita is a bit more dangerous, but I been walking with my luggage for 5 blocks around Del Pilar and Mabini street to my hotel Riviera Mansion (which is beside Tune Hotel) , and nothing happened to me during the day. If that happened at night, I would had just found the closest hotel (which by the way there are lots around that area) , and ask the security guard with uniform to watch my luggages until I find a taxi (of course I will tip him first, half before and half after). You probably end it up paying more but at least you don't give the pleasure of giving your hard earn money to a crook taxi driver.

By the way an advice for anyone coming out from Manila airport, if you want to save money just take the local bus, they have a stop inside the airport (don't remember how much I paid, but around 20 to 50 pesos) , and you can go to certain areas in Manila and then you can take a cheap taxi from there. Those buses have a big space in front for you to leave your luggages.[/QUOTE]Thats another way to handle it, but I've been on the road traveling from poon point to poon point for a solid year and a half now and have way to much luggage to be walking down lumpy uneven mabini street at any time of day. .

LAT

[QUOTE=FreebieFan; 1564062]We've all experienced this endlessly. The truth is, it actually doesn't matter what you reply as the routine will follow the same inane manner with the same mind numbingly dumb questions. They get it from each other.

They feel a need to use a phone constantly and that its better to fill the emptyness with nonsense than anything else. Watch 4 filipinas sitting together in a Starbucks. All four wil be working their phones and won't be looking talking to each other.

Reply however you feel, but I think many of us try for the self amusement factor.

For instance " have you had your breakfast "." Well I'm imagining you naked on my table right now and I have a knife and fork in hand.

The reply will be " Huh?"

" Hows your day" well " I'm imagining you lying next to me ready for 3rd round " Another " Huh?"

If she says " have you had lunch " and you reply " huh?" she will reply " are you mad?".

Another variant is when she says " have you had your lunch" to reply " have you had your lunch?". She will reply "huh?"

We don't understand their text language and they don't understand ours.[/QUOTE]I agree with FreebieFan with replying with a self amusement comment.

LOL I said something similar to this girl who text me: "Have you had your lunch?"

I said: "Not yet, but I'm waiting for you to come here, lay on my table naked with your legs open so I can start eating".

Her reply: "LOL" and then she change of subject.

[QUOTE=LuvAsianTang; 1564249]Thats another way to handle it, but I've been on the road traveling from poon point to poon point for a solid year and a half now and have way to much luggage to be walking down lumpy uneven mabini street at any time of day. .

LAT[/QUOTE]Just take it as a pre-workout before getting some pussy.

By the way, an advise for anyone traveling with multiple luggages: Don't buy cheap luggages! Because they break easily!

I broke one luggage in the airport with my gf, and then I broke another 2 luggages while walking down the street alone (the handles break easily).

3 of my 4 luggages broke and the one that didn't brake was the expensive one.

[QUOTE=LuvAsianTang;1564238]having just made the above statement, i went and tried to edit my original post but i've found that i can no longer do that. I'm not really worried as most people know there limits and wont attempt this at home or here in the phils. Enough said, LAT[/QUOTE]LAT,

I can understand your frustration. I try to remember to put a disclaimer in my posts for the same reason. Everyone of us is different. We are from different cultural backgrounds, different upbringing, and individuals. My experiences are what's acceptable for me. The prices I pay are what's acceptable for me. I usually don't report what I pay because invariably it will turn into a pissing match about "ruining it for everyone." We spend an in-exorbitant amount of time on price point. Followed by talk about starfish and runner type of behavior. Well yeah, the girl is more likely to run if she's getting half of what she's expecting. Now I'm not saying that a great time can't be had even when you negotiated down but in my opinion your chances are less likely.

FN

[QUOTE=FreebieFan; 1564062]We've all experienced this endlessly. The truth is, it actually doesn't matter what you reply as the routine will follow the same inane manner with the same mind numbingly dumb questions. They get it from each other.

They feel a need to use a phone constantly and that its better to fill the emptyness with nonsense than anything else. Watch 4 filipinas sitting together in a Starbucks. All four wil be working their phones and won't be looking talking to each other.

Reply however you feel, but I think many of us try for the self amusement factor.

For instance " have you had your breakfast "." Well I'm imagining you naked on my table right now and I have a knife and fork in hand.

The reply will be " Huh?"

" Hows your day" well " I'm imagining you lying next to me ready for 3rd round " Another " Huh?"

If she says " have you had lunch " and you reply " huh?" she will reply " are you mad?".

Another variant is when she says " have you had your lunch" to reply " have you had your lunch?". She will reply "huh?"

We don't understand their text language and they don't understand ours.[/QUOTE]FF,

That was hilarious.

Any trip I conduct myself into I want to run as smooth as possible. I guess we all do. But talking about the Manila cabbies I have had very little problems taxiwice for small trips within the city and theyve used meter. In my life that means between Malate and Makati, and if lazy from Glorietta 4 to Greenbelt. I run more and more into a prebooked arrangments and have hotelcar picking me. My latest trip I was running late for a spinnervisit so did not have time to shop around so at T2 I ended up taking one taxi from the airports taximafia. Charged me 1200 for the trip and the guy arranging it even had the nerve to ask for tip. Just gave him the evil eye (yes I can also look frightning). I saved some piso as hotel car is usualy 1800. This evening there was just to long waitingline for the yellow taxies (and watching this for 5 minutes without even one single of mentioned taxis showing up made me give up my money saving project).

In some places I have designated drivers for planned excursions (they are trustable and on time, I pay them fair but nothing out of this world). The ad hoc ones goes by normal taxi and preferably by meter (my normal line is "no cheating ok, I have been here many times" nothing special about this comment but said with a smile it seems to work).

But it was good fun reading LAT's post. Chuckled quite a bit.

[QUOTE=FreebieFan; 1564062]The reply will be " Huh?"

" Hows your day" well " I'm imagining you lying next to me ready for 3rd round " Another " Huh?"

If she says " have you had lunch " and you reply " huh?" she will reply " are you mad?".

Another variant is when she says " have you had your lunch" to reply " have you had your lunch?". She will reply "huh?"

We don't understand their text language and they don't understand ours.[/QUOTE]This is perfect and reading your comments almost got me back in phils. The "Huh?" comment is fabiolous. As I see a big different between the more educated and mature crowd of girls (25+) vs the young and uneducated. In the future I will not make anymore effort to have a normal text handling with these girls. It won't work as putting together more than a few words will make it to difficult for them (once again this goes for the youngsters, above legal age ofcourse). That is a totaly and utterly waste of I e important drinking time.

[QUOTE=Steve Nash; 1564258]Just take it as a pre-workout before getting some pussy.

By the way, an advise for anyone traveling with multiple luggages: Don't buy cheap luggages! Because they break easily!

I broke one luggage in the airport with my gf, and then I broke another 2 luggages while walking down the street alone (the handles break easily).

3 of my 4 luggages broke and the one that didn't brake was the expensive one.[/QUOTE]I agree completely Steve. Don't buy anything on the cheap because it will break soon or not perform well. I've had my luggage for 10 years and it has wheels like large inline skate wheels and is made of thick ripstop nylon fabric. I bought it at REI 10 years ago and will probably have it for another 10 years. Also when I negotiate with a girl, instead of low balling her and getting a lame fuck I will often offer the bonus incentive, instead of the full amount she is asking upfront. If she asks for 2500 pesos, I'll counter with 2000 and let her know that if she is a great performer she gets a 500 peso bonus. You would be surprised how many will put in that extra 1000 peso effort for the 500 peso bonus.

Happy pooning, LAT

[QUOTE=LuvAsianTang; 1564111]I
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After payment, we continued our conversation, filled with expletives and one fingered hand solutes, until he was well in his taxi and rapidly leaving the tune behind.

Now some may say that I was a bit hard on him, and should have paid the 300p and some would say I was a bit to easy, and that I shouldn't have paid him at all. Had I have agreed on the 300p prior to climbing in the taxi I would have paid him and been forever pissed at myself for being a chump. But in essence, he held me up in his cab after agreeing on using the meter which would have been less then 200 plus a tip. I'm not the type of person to try and get a free ride, I pay my way in life and always have. I gave him what I thought was a fair amount, said just enough to pucker his sphincter and sent him packing. This gave me much pleasure, and gave him what he should have gotten, A positive ending to a situation that could have ended very badly for us both had I acted on my fantasy instead of my logic.

Happy pooning, and taxi rides, LAT[/QUOTE]Interesting, I did something similar in India once. It ended up with the driver standing in the street knocking on the hotel front door (he didn't want to walk in). I got away with it, of course.

[QUOTE=Steve Nash; 1564258]Just take it as a pre-workout before getting some pussy.

By the way, an advise for anyone traveling with multiple luggages: Don't buy cheap luggages! Because they break easily!

I broke one luggage in the airport with my gf, and then I broke another 2 luggages while walking down the street alone (the handles break easily).

3 of my 4 luggages broke and the one that didn't brake was the expensive one.[/QUOTE]To Steve.

I go through about 4 Luggage a yr I buy the cheap knock off in China but every time the Airline damage it they paid me back 100 USD each time and I have travel insurance, if you fly with PAL the worst airline I ever fly with they only limit to 500 peso.

Fast Eddie 48

Never buy luggage that has wheels that come out of the luggage. There's some that have wheels that can do all four directions. They break the easiest.

[QUOTE=LuvAsianTang;1564202]P. S its indoctrinated and realize.[/QUOTE]Yes indoctrinated is indeed indoctrinated.

But you do realise that realise is indeed the way those of who arent Americans, spell realise.

In English, you realise.

In American. Well there is no American language, only English with different spellings. LOL.

Ps. Theres many of us who are veterans of Asia and this board.

I was also there in the days of Ferdinand and Fabian Ver and Enrile who is now the last man standing.

We all deal with stuff differently, as in spellings and taxi disputes.

[QUOTE=FreebieFan; 1564629]Yes indoctrinated is indeed indoctrinated.

But you do realise that realise is indeed the way those of who arent Americans, spell realise.

In English, you realise.

In American. Well there is no American language, only English with different spellings. LOL.

Ps. Theres many of us who are veterans of Asia and this board.

I was also there in the days of Ferdinand and Fabian Ver and Enrile who is now the last man standing.

We all deal with stuff differently, as in spellings and taxi disputes.[/QUOTE]A discussion on spelling that contains grammatical errors is funny.

[QUOTE=Great Muta;1564495]Never buy luggage that has wheels that come out of the luggage. There's some that have wheels that can do all four directions. They break the easiest.[/QUOTE]I have been using Tumi with 4 wheels for many years. They are really tough. I end up passing them on to my relatives or gfs. I currently have Tumi Tegra-Lite (about 2+ years old).

I have also used Samsonite and Piquadro (not sure how to spell it) , and no comparison for toughness.

Of course I realise (oops, realize LOL) , that having expensive brands increase the chance of theft, but these days with so many knock-off copies coming from China, it is difficult to identify with a quick glance the genuine article!

Tumi service is also impressive. After many years heavy usage, the shoulder strap pad of my Tumi briefcase wore and would leave a few bits of fluff on my jacket. Whilst in a Tumi shop in Hong Kong (used to be in Prince's building) , the girl noticed this and gave me a replacement shoulder strap with pad [b]free of charge[/b]. I had only noticed her big tits!

Cheers

[QUOTE=FreebieFan; 1564629]Yes indoctrinated is indeed indoctrinated.

But you do realise that realise is indeed the way those of who arent Americans, spell realise.

In English, you realise.

In American. Well there is no American language, only English with different spellings. LOL.

Ps. Theres many of us who are veterans of Asia and this board.

I was also there in the days of Ferdinand and Fabian Ver and Enrile who is now the last man standing.

We all deal with stuff differently, as in spellings and taxi disputes.[/QUOTE]Here is a link explaining the different spellings, that I just came across.

[url]http://grammarist.com/spelling/realise-realize/[/url]

By the way, I'm by no means the best speller around, I was just in a pissy mood and I apologise, or is that apologize, for jumping on such a mundane thing as spelling.

Can we all just get back sharing our experiences the way we want to and get along as brothers from different mothers?

I personally would find that much more preferable then correcting spelling (my bad) any way.

Happy pooning LAT