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[QUOTE=GoodEnough;2042964]but Filipinos who haven't traveled much may be ignorant of this fact, and receive their rude awakening once they try to sell their skills into an overseas market.
GE.[/QUOTE]Key factor. The village girls live in a bubble. Once they are OWC they can better judge prospects and the value of education.
[QUOTE=NiceGuy99;2043176]Key factor. The village girls live in a bubble. Once they are OWC they can better judge prospects and the value of education.[/QUOTE]True NG once they earn PHP 15 k max in the UAE (housekeeper, DH, fast food creew) and free food is rubbish and shared bed spacers plus the high cost living etc and find the family think they are 'rich' and demand lots of cash etc.
Then they realise the bubble has burst.
So many examples I know of (as am sure you have) and they struggle more there than they do if they stayed at home and worked in a call centre IMHO.
[QUOTE=WickedRoger;2043275]True NG once they earn PHP 15 k max in the UAE (housekeeper, DH, fast food creew) and free food is rubbish and shared bed spacers plus the high cost living etc and find the family think they are 'rich' and demand lots of cash etc.
Then they realise the bubble has burst.
So many examples I know of (as am sure you have) and they struggle more there than they do if they stayed at home and worked in a call centre IMHO.[/QUOTE]Most of them are working on the side just set the location on any dating website to Dubai and its mostly Filipinos. I know one who works in Oman she told me some of the girls have 2 or 3 boyfriends at the same time just to get some money and expensive gifts.
We keep repeating variations on a common theme: given the structure of this economy, which offers little hope for financial advancement save for the chosen few there are few alternatives. College / university education is not--as it is in many other countries--much of a vehicle for upward mobility and emigration for employment appears to many as the only viable alternative aside, perhaps, from working in a bar. The fact that many, if not most Filipinos who emigrate are further exploited at their overseas destinations doesn't seem to act as a deterrent to the large throng wanting to leave. The "official" statistics indicate that approximately 10% of the population (which would be about 10 million people) work overseas. I'm guessing the actual percentage is somewhat higher though I have no means of verifying that assertion.
Several years ago a research organization conducted polls in several SE Asian countries relative to desires for emigration. While I don't remember the specific outcomes, I do recall that an overwhelming majority of Filipinos indicated that they would leave if offered the opportunity to do so. I also recall that in Thailand, the percentage of those expressing any desire to leave their country was dramatically smaller.
Several Filipino academics have studied the sociological implications of absentee parenting caused by one or the other parent working overseas, and their research as I recall, indicated that such absences were correlated with many problems for those left behind; both for the children and the remaining spouse. Given that OFWs represent the second largest source of foreign exchange revenues, and account for significant consumer spending (from the remittances sent home), there appears to be no firm intention to change the course in an effort to retain more people here, so the diaspora will no doubt continue as there's a good chance that without a massive number of OFWs sending billions of hard currency back home, the economy would collapse.
GE.
In November I got round trip from SFO to MNL for $487 on China Southern. Short layovers in Guangzhou. Try ASAP tickets.
[QUOTE=CallSignPapa;2046551]I can say proudly that I've made virtually every mistake it's possible to make in Manila. Some of those mistakes I made despite having read of other people making the same mistakes on this very forum. Never underestimate a stupid person's ability to think "it won't happen to me" immediately before it does. [/QUOTE]Great report that hit a nerve. The wise reader will learn from your experience. I'd even say nobody on this board is truly a veteran with Pinays in situ until he's made some of the mistakes you describe:
- Booked too close together and had to scramble to clean and make excuses.
- Had an intoxicatingly gorgeous Pinay get under your skin just enough to screw up plans with other Pinays.
- Had a Pinay's tardiness hork up your schedule.
- Booked beyond the limits of endurance, we all have them with or without pharmaceutical aid.
Would you add any other problematic experiences to earn the "Veteran of Pinays" badge? I'd maybe add one:
- Negotiated a price while drunk on alcohol or horniness.
[QUOTE=WestCoast1;2033244]I noticed that I couldn't find any US-Cebu nonstops when I did an Orbitz search last month.[/QUOTE]We had our direct flights from LA to Cebu cancelled. They re-booked us with some shitty flights through Manila which we could have purchased much cheaper if we booked those originally in March.
[QUOTE=Kasem;2046832]We had our direct flights from LA to Cebu cancelled. They re-booked us with some shitty flights through Manila which we could have purchased much cheaper if we booked those originally in March.[/QUOTE]Proves, that if you had paid 20 dollars to join ISG, get Private Message facility, and access to all the juicy info that entails, you would have been able to book flights a bit smarter. Cheaper is not always better. Regards, and enjoy Cebu.
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Would you add any other problematic experiences to earn the "Veteran of Pinays" badge? I'd maybe add one:
[/QUOTE]Who could forget that unexpected Viber message "Hi Honey, do you miss my BJ? from previous night's girl on your iPhone screen which the current pinay in your bed sees.
[QUOTE=BrainDrain;2047320]Who could forget that unexpected Viber message "Hi Honey, do you miss my BJ? from previous night's girl on your iPhone screen which the current pinay in your bed sees.[/QUOTE]Good one! I forgot about showing the girl the hot pictures we just took together and unthinkingly scrolling a bit too far or backing out to the thumbnails. I always get distracted from hiding my previous lovely's pics.
[QUOTE=BrainDrain;2047320]Who could forget that unexpected Viber message "Hi Honey, do you miss my BJ? from previous night's girl on your iPhone screen which the current pinay in your bed sees.[/QUOTE]Or the fact you have Imo on your phone which is always on silent. But if you also have the Imo app on ipad, it rings every time a girl makes an unexpected (why don't you ask if its ok! Video call. And of course theres the screen ringing, with a girls profile pic showing her in her bra and panties and the honey you are with saying " I think your friend is trying to contact you " at which point the honey you are with suddenly becomes North Pole Cool.
[QUOTE=FreebieFan;2047358]Or the fact you have Imo on your phone which is always on silent. But if you also have the Imo app on ipad, it rings every time a girl makes an unexpected (why don't you ask if its ok! Video call. And of course theres the screen ringing, with a girls profile pic showing her in her bra and panties and the honey you are with saying " I think your friend is trying to contact you " at which point the honey you are with suddenly becomes North Pole Cool.[/QUOTE]It's those awkward situations that turn newbies into veterans haha I've felt the chill. My best thaw-'em-out line: "Actions speak louder than words. She wants to be with me, but who am I with?
Today's issue of Cebu Sun Star (June 15) contains an interesting article with statistics related to expat retirement in the Phils.
The article cites retirement statistics as reported by the PRA (Philippine Retirement Authority) regarding the approximately 50,000 SRRVs (Special Resident Retirement Visas) issued by PRA during the past three decades, as follows:
1. 34% Chinese (mainland), with 17,768 SRRVs issued (question: shouldn't this percentage be 36%.
2. 21% Koreans, with 10,384.
3. 9% Taiwanese, with 4,524.
4. 8% Indians, with 3,991.
5. 7% Japanese, with 3,442.
Per the article, the remainder of the "top 10" was comprised of Americans, HK Chinese, British, Germans, and Australians.
These figures do not take into account the many expats who have effectively retired to the Phils, but who have not obtained SRRVs.
For those who might be interested, here is the link to the article, entitled "More Chinese Retire in the Philippines":
[URL]http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/business/2017/06/15/more-chinese-retire-philippines-547456[/URL]
Cheers!
OM.
Hi Everybody,
Quiet some time I didnot post anything here but I did not really monger around.
I might go soon to the Philippines and like to prepare me a bit before I go there.
Are there other free datingsites than DIA (date in asia) where I can have a try to arrange something before I fly there?
Would be highly appreciated.
Take care everybody.
When I have previously extended a visa beyond one month, you pay a same day processing fee and you get your passport same day with a new visa. Just recently went to the Cebu office and was told the bureau has ceased same day processing you have to come back 3 days later to pick it up. I presume it is nationwide not just Cebu. If anyone has a different experience in Manila please advise as I will revert to using Manila in the future.