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[QUOTE=WestCoast1;2255935]
Gents did I miss anything?[/QUOTE]When I applied for a 29 day extension back in 2015 I had to fill in the names, adresses and phone numbers of 2 Filipino friends / acquaintances on the application form.
I don't know if they are still asking this but you can better be prepared.

You can make up two names and adresses if you don't know anyone (or if you don't want to ask the P4 P girls you know), because allegedly they are not checking anything. However I don't know if this is advisable.

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[URL]https://g.co/fi/r/AV50AT[/URL][/QUOTE]My elcheapo Lenovo takes 2 SIM cards which is handy to have local phone and data whilst keeping my usual number on roaming.

[QUOTE=Mogwai;2256052]When I applied for a 29 day extension back in 2015 I had to fill in the names, adresses and phone numbers of 2 Filipino friends / acquaintances on the application form.
I don't know if they are still asking this but you can better be prepared.

You can make up two names and adresses if you don't know anyone (or if you don't want to ask the P4 P girls you know), because allegedly they are not checking anything. However I don't know if this is advisable.[/QUOTE]That part is still on the form (area for Filipino friend), but I left it blank. Re-upped 2 months ago in the province and had to fill out the same form again. I fill in the pertinent info: Name, my local address (hotel or condo), reason (tourist), the date you want to depart (within 59 days of arrival). Interestingly in the province they required a thumbprint scan (not required the last time in Intramuros).

In Intramuros the procedure has been: 1) Fill out form and then get directed to a window. 2) At window hand over form and passport. Wait 3-ish minutes while the Immigration officer works it on his computer. He asks if you want 1-hour or 3-day pickup; One hour thanks! He keeps the passport and prints out 2 sheets of paper. One is a payment bill for the p3100, the other is your background check he has just run on you. It says things like: YOU ARE NOT ON ANY WATCHLIST. YOU ARE NOT ON ANY BLACKLIST. 3) he directs you to a payment window, so you head over to that window and hand them the bill and p3100. They give you a receipt and say come back to yet another window in 1 hour. 4) Go get coffee and wait one hour. 5) Come back and report to the designated window and pick up your passport with new visa stamp in it (right next to your inbound stamp).

On this trip, I banged a couple of hookers bareback. This was the first time ever I've slipped off the condom in over 30 years of mongering at various places around the world.

Upon arriving home, I rang the government run sexual health clinic downtown and was advised that I would only need a you rine test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea. Luckily my girlfriend has her period and I have a couple days to get checked before I need to bang her.

What post holiday tests do the other mongers get when they return home after banging pinay pussy bareback?

[QUOTE=EngineDriver;2256256]What post holiday tests do the other mongers get when they return home after banging pinay pussy bareback?[/QUOTE]My "STD Packet" in Subic included those plus syphilis, HIV amd general UTIs.

Of course you need to be aware of incubation periods and lead times for different tests to be effective.

[QUOTE=Goferring;2256274]My "STD Packet" in Subic included those plus syphilis, HIV amd general UTIs.

Of course you need to be aware of incubation periods and lead times for different tests to be effective.[/QUOTE]Thanks, I went to a random doctor (not my usual GP) and he suggested I get the full packet, all paid by Medicare. I get the results tomorrow!

I feel a little disappointed when some local vendors try take advantage of my generosity. I was wandering around the few shops at T3 NAIA when a shoe shine boy approached me and said "May I polish your boots sir?" I looked at the time and there was still about 15 minutes before boarding, so I said, sure. I sat down on the elevated chair and he began polishing my boots. The conversation, initiated by him, then went in the direction of how life was so difficult in the Phillipines, how he has so few customers since everyone wears sneakers nowadays and how lucky I was to live in the west. He then mentioned that one gentleman tipped him a "pineapple" (an AUD $50 note, on account of it being gold in colour). A few minutes later, the service was completed. The list price was PHP 395 for a deluxe polish, so I took out a new 500 PHP note and told him to keep it. I figured 105 PHP was a reasonable tip for 10 minutes work.

As I was about to leave, he came up to me, and waiving an AUD $10 note, asked if I could exchange it to peso for him. A little puzzled, I pointed to the cambio about 20 metres away and told him to change it there. "No sir, they only offer 36 peso to the dollar. This is worth 40 peso to the dollar, so could you change it please?" WTF? I told him I couldn't change it for him and said to use the proper exchange service a few metres away. I would have been out of pocket only 40 PHP had I helped him, but what made him think that I should take the currency hit?

What would you have done?

[QUOTE=EngineDriver;2256256]What post holiday tests do the other mongers get when they return home after banging pinay pussy bareback?[/QUOTE]My GP has a macro that he uses for STI Screen, from memory it includes the following.

Chlamydia.

Gonorrhea.

Hep be.

Syphilis.

HIV.

HSV I & II.

Cannot test for genital warts.

For Australian Medicare card holders all of these tests should be bulk-billed IE free. The fact that you did the tests does post to the history though. They can be removed by accessing the records online and deleting them.

The results do not post to MyHealth record.

Have had three rounds of tests this year without any questions or lectures form the GP.

[QUOTE=EngineDriver;2257765]
What would you have done?[/QUOTE]I would not have taken the shoe polish in the first place, because 395 peso is absurd. That's almost the minimum wage for a full day in Manila!

[QUOTE=Mogwai;2257796]I would not have taken the shoe polish in the first place, because 395 peso is absurd. That's almost the minimum wage for a full day in Manila![/QUOTE]Airports are going to hit you with higher costs for everything. In addition, shoe-shine guys work sporadically during the day; he's not collecting p395 every 10 minutes, he might be getting it twice a day.

[QUOTE=EngineDriver;2257765]I figured 105 PHP was a reasonable tip for 10 minutes work.[/QUOTE]Tipping is tricky in phils. What's appropriate? To tip, or not to tip? I find most gents tip here at the same approximate rate that he tips at home. If a guy says to me that he tips 20% at home (a cultural expectation maybe), then he's probably tipping 20% here (not a cultural expectation). There's maybe no wrong tip if it comes from the heart for service you feel is deserved. OTOH, any tip for just the sake of tipping might be a wrong tip. Over the years I've watched the number of service employees requesting tips (IMHO, and from my culture, a low-brow request) here increase. I went walking down Burgos one night recently and stopped into several bars and had one drink in each, just enjoying eye candy. On the way out the doors, the door guys at 3 bars asked me for a tip: "Tip for me sir?" "Lucky tip sir? For me?" Ick. Asking for a tip, ick. Mog's has a point: If you were to tip the shoe-shine guy p100 in Manila for a 10 minute job, would you tip the same guy at the airport in Butuan the same way? Its easy to say the same thing: P100 for 10 minutes work. However, many people in Butuan work a whole day for p200.

[QUOTE=Mogwai;2257796]I would not have taken the shoe polish in the first place, because 395 peso is absurd. That's almost the minimum wage for a full day in Manila![/QUOTE]I'm fine with the tipping. It's just the attitude. You give them an inch and they take a mile.

What else can you get for 395 pesos?

Ear candling plus tip.

10 kg of laundry in AC.

1 lady drink at Burgos.

4 short rides on a trike in AC.

Half of an inedible cheese burger from LAC.

1 chicken biriyani meal from the Arab restaurant near LAC.

A bottle of Tanduay rhum.

[QUOTE=EngineDriver;2258029]I'm fine with the tipping. It's just the attitude. You give them an inch and they take a mile.

What else can you get for 395 pesos?

Ear candling plus tip.

10 kg of laundry in AC.

1 lady drink at Burgos.

4 short rides on a trike in AC.

Half of an inedible cheese burger from LAC.

1 chicken biriyani meal from the Arab restaurant near LAC.

A bottle of Tanduay rhum.[/QUOTE]Some people discover the wonders of tipping and others don't. I have.

Has anyone been to Air Force 1 lately? Or the big clubs like Pegasus and Classmate in QC? I understand you can easily drop 30 K in those places and not necessarily get a girl.

[QUOTE=EngineDriver;2258111]Has anyone been to Air Force 1 lately? Or the big clubs like Pegasus and Classmate in QC? I understand you can easily drop 30 K in those places and not necessarily get a girl.[/QUOTE]I have not. Be careful of the clubs where the girls swarm you for drinks. Not only are the drinks way over priced but outrageous. A friend of mine went to one by chance and after 10 minutes decided to get out. They hit him with a 20 k bill for all the drinks for 5 girls! When he protested a couple intimidating gangsters came out and asked him if he had a problem? They then took his cell phone away from him. Lucky for him he didn't have much cash on him but he had his credit card. For fear of bodily harm he put the 20 k on his card.

After he told me the story I told him to object to the charge on his credit card bill. Which he did and the CC company removed the charge.

[QUOTE=Dg8787;2258116]
After he told me the story I told him to object to the charge on his credit card bill. Which he did and the CC company removed the charge.[/QUOTE]Just like that? Sounds like an easy way to have fun in these clubs. Pay by CC and then later let the CC company remove the charge.