Stupid Shit in the Philippines

[QUOTE=Jarango;3006610]Here is a Cebu based Yank, telling us he has 8 girl friends in the Philippines and they ate all happy he is a butterfly. [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3mMF_kCW1I[/URL] This video and others that followed it got huge traction, with many saying he was the man for living it large on his $2000 pcm social security cheque.

Several follow up posts were made of him repeatng how he was living it large and this one had him with his live in girl firend he is scamming [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20UhN4-ab5g&t=2030s[/URL].

I am with the consensus that the Pinay should get as far away as she can from this leeching loser.

Here is the channel, [URL]https://www.youtube.com/@AForeignerAskingQuestions/videos[/URL] which interviews foreigners in the Philippines, many of whom have lost their nest eggs. Though most of this wil not be new to folk posting here, there is a cautionary tale for us all here that cannot be repeated often enough.[/QUOTE]I saw this video a while back, and my first impression was that the guy is not right in the head, or at least very naive.

All this vlogging bullshit confuses people that never lived in the PH, not this guy in particular, but the general talk about expenses, especially the parts about cheap living. I discovered that only 2 things are cheaper in PH: rent, and pussy, everything else is pricier, and of lower quality. If you want to buy decent things, including food, you have to go to SR which is Sams's Club, or other western outlets, and it will cost the same as in the US or higher. The same goes on for restaurants, a low quality T-bone, same as Outback Steakhouse, is $30 at Kokomos, or it used to be before they changed the menus and hiked the prices, Swiss Chalet is the same. I don't know about the korean places where seems to be a rush at diner time, but I'm not into cooking my own food and paying the restaurant to let me do it. I don't think that I had a month so far when I spent only $2 K so far, even when living in the province I was exceding that by far. Yes you can do it on $2 K or less, but that will be surviving, not living.

The sort of obstacles I'm facing from simps in the internet. This one is from Manila but it's also prevalent in the provinces.

G.

[QUOTE=OldAndUgly;3006668]I saw this video a while back, and my first impression was that the guy is not right in the head, or at least very naive.

All this vlogging bullshit confuses people that never lived in the PH, not this guy in particular, but the general talk about expenses, especially the parts about cheap living. I discovered that only 2 things are cheaper in PH: rent, and pussy, everything else is pricier, and of lower quality. If you want to buy decent things, including food, you have to go to SR which is Sams's Club, or other western outlets, and it will cost the same as in the US or higher. The same goes on for restaurants, a low quality T-bone, same as Outback Steakhouse, is $30 at Kokomos, or it used to be before they changed the menus and hiked the prices, Swiss Chalet is the same. I don't know about the korean places where seems to be a rush at diner time, but I'm not into cooking my own food and paying the restaurant to let me do it. I don't think that I had a month so far when I spent only $2 K so far, even when living in the province I was exceding that by far. Yes you can do it on $2 K or less, but that will be surviving, not living.[/QUOTE]I live on less than $2 k USD per month there in the province. Rent is 3 k pesos, electric is 1-4 k pesos, depending on how much we use aircon, water is about 800 pesos, wifi is 1. 5 k pesos for wired broadband. I don't have a car there and just use trikes or jeepneys. I love to cook, and my food is better than restaurant food, anyway. Budget is about $1200 per month, and that's going out to Macdo or Jollibee several times with my wife and all our kids.

[QUOTE=Aml3740;3006692]I live on less than $2 k USD per month there in the province. Rent is 3 k pesos, electric is 1-4 k pesos, depending on how much we use aircon, water is about 800 pesos, wifi is 1. 5 k pesos for wired broadband. I don't have a car there and just use trikes or jeepneys. I love to cook, and my food is better than restaurant food, anyway. Budget is about $1200 per month, and that's going out to Macdo or Jollibee several times with my wife and all our kids.[/QUOTE]Yes very doable for a settled guy, family oriented, or if you have no choice. But in my case when I'm in AC I spend up to $5 K / mo and maybe $3 K / mo when in the province.

I do cook sometimes, when I get tired of the restaurant food, but I don't think I end up cheaper, because I'm buying in western stores where a freaking California bell pepper costs $3!, one piece. Fruits, carrots, onion, and other basic stuff I do buy it in the market, but some of it is still more expensive than US, which I don't understand because PH is mainly an agrarian country. Only rice is cheaper.

In AC rent is $600 and up for a decent place, trikes $2-300, utilities $200, laundry $40, groceries $3-500, restaurant food $1000 and up, cappuccinos $250, bar drinks $500 and up, and other stuff that doesn't come to mind. On top of that comes the money spent for pussy, and that's where it gets tricky, and expensive. When I'm in province it's a little cheaper, but not a lot because I'm usually renting beachfront, but the pussy is for free.

My other hobby beside young, beautiful pussy is traveling, and I do it on regular bases instead of extending my visa, just take a cheap flight somewhere in SEA, and that's a whole different expense.

[QUOTE=OldAndUgly;3006668]I don't know about the korean places where seems to be a rush at diner time, but I'm not into cooking my own food and paying the restaurant to let me do it.[/QUOTE]I say the same thing here in Thailand. What kind of bullshit is that? I am going out to eat, but I am going to do the cooking. Why wouldn't you just stay home and cook? There is some bullshit born every minute.

[QUOTE=Goferring;3006672]The sort of obstacles I'm facing from simps in the internet. This one is from Manila but it's also prevalent in the provinces.

G.[/QUOTE]It is the cheating guys that spoil it for everybody else.

I met a girl on WeChat who wanted all sorts of payment up front.

She explained how a foreigner had promised her x amount plus transport plus lunch for a Sogo hook up, but after the deed and 2 hours he gave her half only with no transport or food because "he didn't enjoy his time with her".

No wonder these inexperienced girls who get burned then get "gun-shy" and want to ensure a pay-out. As with everything, assholes spoil it for everyone else.

[QUOTE=RedKilt;3006785]It is the cheating guys that spoil it for everybody else.

I met a girl on WeChat who wanted all sorts of payment up front.

She explained how a foreigner had promised her x amount plus transport plus lunch for a Sogo hook up, but after the deed and 2 hours he gave her half only with no transport or food because "he didn't enjoy his time with her".

No wonder these inexperienced girls who get burned then get "gun-shy" and want to ensure a pay-out. As with everything, assholes spoil it for everyone else.[/QUOTE]Valid point. I met a girl in gensan who walked in the door and wouldn't move from standing in the corner until she was paid in full. Same story of her and her friends being ripped off. They were pinoys but same same.

It's even coined an online term now: cash down before panties down.

G.

[QUOTE=OldAndUgly;3006668] I don't know about the korean places where seems to be a rush at diner time, but I'm not into cooking my own food and paying the restaurant to let me do it. [/QUOTE]Korean food is great. BBQ is filling and low carb while being generally cheap. Cooking meat takes about 2 minutes as its thin sliced and you get unlimited side dishes. Otherwise get some Bibimbap. I get a lunch or dinner at Soban in Robinsons Malate for about 300-350 peso with drink and leave full.

[QUOTE=Goferring;3006672]The sort of obstacles I'm facing from simps in the internet. This one is from Manila but it's also prevalent in the provinces. G.[/QUOTE]Love the 'HaHa'.

Sad thing is G, some blokes would do it and send the cash in advance only to learn their lesson.

As someone else said recently, we're the employer paying the wages (or words to that affect).

Whilst pretty blunt, it's a fact and a good way to think.

If they don't want my pay-rate, bad luck.

_ Phil.

P.S. Having said that, I always reward those who put on a good show a bit more when it's time to leave in the morning.

[QUOTE=GDreams;3006847]Korean food is great. BBQ is filling and low carb while being generally cheap. Cooking meat takes about 2 minutes as its thin sliced and you get unlimited side dishes. Otherwise get some Bibimbap. I get a lunch or dinner at Soban in Robinsons Malate for about 300-350 peso with drink and leave full.[/QUOTE]I like korean food, my fav is bulgogi, but I'm against cooking it myself.

I used to be married to a real asian, not filipina (filipinos look asian, but behave like any other poor ex spanish colony), and she kind of explained that the phenomenon of cooking your own food, and paying the restaurant to let you do it, is a relatively recent modern thing that originates from the fact that our days in big cities in asia people live in crammed spaces, or with roommates, making it impossible for friends to get together, and just like the 2 hour hotel rooms, those DIY restaurants appeared. Probably that's the same reason why filipinos are crazy about the "resorts" that have the open huts with the table in the middle, called improper "cottages" or tyosko, wher they go and cook and eat and drink all day long. Even in US my ex bought a portable cook plate, and when her GFs were coming to visit, they were sitting at the kitchen island and do the cooking there, instead of using our huge modern kitchen.

[QUOTE=PhilJoy;3006865]Love the 'HaHa'.

Sad thing is G, some blokes would do it and send the cash in advance only to learn their lesson.

As someone else said recently, we're the employer paying the wages (or words to that affect).

Whilst pretty blunt, it's a fact and a good way to think.

If they don't want my pay-rate, bad luck.

_ Phil.

P.S. Having said that, I always reward those who put on a good show a bit more when it's time to leave in the morning.[/QUOTE]When paying in advance, you always have to keep some leverage, to insure a great performance, like promise a good tip after the job is done if it was great.

[QUOTE=Jarango;3006610]Here is a Cebu based Yank, telling us he has 8 girl friends in the Philippines and they ate all happy he is a butterfly. [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3mMF_kCW1I[/URL] This video and others that followed it got huge traction, with many saying he was the man for living it large on his $2000 pcm social security cheque.

Several follow up posts were made of him repeatng how he was living it large and this one had him with his live in girl firend he is scamming [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20UhN4-ab5g&t=2030s[/URL].

I am with the consensus that the Pinay should get as far away as she can from this leeching loser.

Here is the channel, [URL]https://www.youtube.com/@AForeignerAskingQuestions/videos[/URL] which interviews foreigners in the Philippines, many of whom have lost their nest eggs. Though most of this wil not be new to folk posting here, there is a cautionary tale for us all here that cannot be repeated often enough.[/QUOTE]Yeah I saw this too. This crap needs to stop if it means banning vloggers in the Philippine's. This is total BS,8 girlfriends and he lives on 2 k a month, maybe if they are ugly as crap and overweight. These type videos are very misleading and many a guy comes over here and in short order ends up so broke they can't get back home. Its out of hand thast for sure and in the last 5 years has gotten much worse. Guys are here making these things in their 30's and 40's,if this is how you must make a living to stay here, go home. SEA is mostly and always has been for retired guys with a pension or younger men who are just wealthy. Posting this propaganda helps no one except maybe the vlogger himself. Go home get a real job and come back when you don't have to do this crap.

Red Horse is much too strong and sweet for me, even though I am mostly a cider man. San Miguel tastes like puke and the SML wityh a lemon flavur seems to be the best of a very bad lot for me. Is there anone with a discerning or delicate palate who drinks anything else that is local or is good beer a totally foreign and alien concept?

[QUOTE=Jarango;3008155]Red Horse is much too strong and sweet for me, even though I am mostly a cider man. San Miguel tastes like puke and the SML wityh a lemon flavur seems to be the best of a very bad lot for me. Is there anone with a discerning or delicate palate who drinks anything else that is local or is good beer a totally foreign and alien concept?[/QUOTE]I drink SM White, but lately nobody has it, except the little carinderia vis-a-vis from Royal Amsterdam, when not avail I drink SM Pilsen. Lots of times I come up with my own diluted cocktail mixes, that are not too sweet and order that, but after always getting something totally different from the bar, I learned my lesson, and I order the ingredients separate, and I mix it myself, it costs more than ordering the cocktail, but better pay 2-3 $ more than deal with the frustration of getting something unexpected and most likely undrinkable. I have to mention that the older waitresses at Kokomos usually are getting it right.

Anybody knows what happened to the cute long haired blonde waitress (I think named Jane) from Kokomos? I didn't see her there anymore, I was hitting on her, but no results, probably somebody married her.

[QUOTE=OldAndUgly;3008205]I drink SM White, but lately nobody has it, except the little carinderia vis-a-vis from Royal Amsterdam, when not avail I drink SM Pilsen. Lots of times I come up with my own diluted cocktail mixes, that are not too sweet and order that, but after always getting something totally different from the bar, I learned my lesson, and I order the ingredients separate, and I mix it myself, it costs more than ordering the cocktail, but better pay 2-3 $ more than deal with the frustration of getting something unexpected and most likely undrinkable. I have to mention that the older waitresses at Kokomos usually are getting it right.

Anybody knows what happened to the cute long haired blonde waitress (I think named Jane) from Kokomos? I didn't see her there anymore, I was hitting on her, but no results, probably somebody married her.[/QUOTE]Waitresses would be in big demand (an honest wman ha ha) and the tips mount up. I find the service in Phillies bad. They seem to ignore the customer.

I guess thePhilippines is a palce for cheap drink, not for good drink. I guess SM rule and, kinda like Jolibee, everyone can drink it or FK off.