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Thanks Master G.

You are one of my favorites on forum, with good wise insights.

I will see with FC about getting to bring someone to Sipalay.

Since I am there only for 3 days. I guess we can stay friendly.

Thanks again,

Vic.

[QUOTE=Goferring;2277809]There are girls online in Duma city and region. Fil Cupid is better than Pina Love as you can drill down to city level not just province. Girls will happily bus in for an hour or two to be with you for a couple of days.

If you want to import from further afield e. G. Cebu or manila, factor in breaks or a few days each per girl. I took a great girl for 2 weeks and by the end of it we were ready to kill each other. Far too long. See my reports on holidaying with a Hooker for details and a list of things to watch out for.

Enjoy, G.[/QUOTE]

I am feeling, not well, as they say here so I planned to call my USA Doctor tonight for a possible prescription. Post nasal drip and coughing like crazy for two weeks now. So I went to mercury drug store and asked how they wanted script delivered in case I got one. Surprised me to learn there is a law here that pharmacies can fill scripts only written by Philippine doctors. My doc at home did give me a travel pack of a variety bag of prescription drugs just in case but this illness is something I am not loaded for. BTW I use this doctor because he is great and I pay him to be on retainer for me. I don't have any idea where to turn to find a competent doctor in Cebu. Any suggestions, I am not interested in being given a bunch of tests to pad someones pocket.

[QUOTE=ForkTruck;2277897]I am feeling, not well, as they say here so I planned to call my USA Doctor tonight for a possible prescription. Post nasal drip and coughing like crazy for two weeks now. So I went to mercury drug store and asked how they wanted script delivered in case I got one. Surprised me to learn there is a law here that pharmacies can fill scripts only written by Philippine doctors. My doc at home did give me a travel pack of a variety bag of prescription drugs just in case but this illness is something I am not loaded for. BTW I use this doctor because he is great and I pay him to be on retainer for me. I don't have any idea where to turn to find a competent doctor in Cebu. Any suggestions, I am not interested in being given a bunch of tests to pad someones pocket.[/QUOTE]You can go the the clinic in Basement level 2 located in Ayala Mall.

[QUOTE=ForkTruck;2277897]I am feeling, not well, as they say here so I planned to call my USA Doctor tonight for a possible prescription. Post nasal drip and coughing like crazy for two weeks now. So I went to mercury drug store and asked how they wanted script delivered in case I got one. Surprised me to learn there is a law here that pharmacies can fill scripts only written by Philippine doctors. My doc at home did give me a travel pack of a variety bag of prescription drugs just in case but this illness is something I am not loaded for. BTW I use this doctor because he is great and I pay him to be on retainer for me. I don't have any idea where to turn to find a competent doctor in Cebu. Any suggestions, I am not interested in being given a bunch of tests to pad someones pocket.[/QUOTE]Since when? I used to go to the pharmacy in Manila and get whatever pills I wanted by just asking for them. Did they tighten up regulations?

Surely you can find a smaller pharmacy that will still help you out. Money talks in that corrupt hell hole.

In Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, etc. , you can still rock up and get any pill you want over the counter with no prescription at all.

Probably you can just ride it out anyway. Most colds and all flu infections are viral, which means antibiotics won't help with them at all. No way to know if it is bacterial unless you do a test. That can't be done over the phone. Most doctors where you are will be too lazy or unequipped to do it, but they might write a script for antibiotics anyway. Most likely scenario you just need lots of rest, drinks lots of fluids, take over the counter pain pills if it gets unbearable. That's assuming it's a cold or flu.

[QUOTE=Goferring;2277760]Did the seaplane arrive and depart directly from Sabang? That's a big improvement from the bay about 10 minutes away and avoids the trike mafia and general fuck around.[/QUOTE]No, neither did. AirTrav arrives on an island nearby and I just asked the security guard to get me a boat directly to Sabang. It showed up 5 minutes later. The trip took 15 minutes maybe to Sabang.

Departing via Air Juan, I had to get a tricycle to the Sandbar, it took maybe 15-20 minutes to get there.

[QUOTE=RickRock;2277921]Since when? I used to go to the pharmacy in Manila and get whatever pills I wanted by just asking for them. Did they tighten up regulations?

.....[/QUOTE]They did tighten on antibiotics a while ago, not tio say that you still cannot get them OTC but sometimes you have to try a couple places.

Calais also sometimes needs to try a couple pf places to get. It is as much a matter of the attitude behind the person at the counter as anything. I have been getting it one place, thyen could not once but was able the next time.

[QUOTE=Dg8787;2277910]You can go the the clinic in Basement level 2 located in Ayala Mall.[/QUOTE]By recommendation of DG I went to the care clinic in ayala mall this morning. The doc I saw was great. She is an internal medicine MD and pulminary specialist. She wrote three scripts for me, cost for the visit was 700 php scripts were another 1350 which I was very happy to pay, This was as a walk in and waited about 40 minutes to see Doctor.

[QUOTE=Sammon;2278647]
I am chatting with a girl who needs 25000 pesos she says for a job in Saudi Arabia. If anybody is interested pm me. I can just give you her name in DIA and after that you can chat with her and see. She said she is already offered a job. This conversation happened because I told her I will be in Manila in April and she said she maybe in Saudi by then. I was not going to pay the whole amount but part of it for fun which she agreed. You negotiate on your own.[/QUOTE]This is off-topic for Manila Hotels so moving to "General info".

You need to be very careful about the fees these girls are discussing.

The POEA is very strict about recruitment agencies ripping off OFWs and women who try to short-cut the system are usually the ones who are caught out.

There are placement fees and processing fees.

The placement fee must not exceed one month of the proposed pay for the OFW.

The processing fees can run from 8000 - 12 000 php (medicals, paper work etc etc) but an acquaintance of mine paid only 3000 php for work in SIN just last week.

If you plan to "donate" cash to a woman for work abroad, ask questions about the break-up of the amount she says she needs. You might end up helping her avoid being ripped off. Filipinos are experts at ripping money off their countrymen.

Google "placement fees for OFWs" or "processing fees for OFWs" and follow the FAQs. Many of these women need help to navigate the sharks who prey on the desperate.

Example: https://www.ofwguru.com/guides/how-much-does-it-cost-to-become-an-ofw/

Dear Red Kilt,

Bravo for all these pertinent info.

It will be great to help them to at least not fall into a hole!

Thanks, Vic.

[QUOTE=RedKilt;2278695]This is off-topic for Manila Hotels so moving to "General info".

You need to be very careful about the fees these girls are discussing.

The POEA is very strict about recruitment agencies ripping off OFWs and women who try to short-cut the system are usually the ones who are caught out.

There are placement fees and processing fees.

The placement fee must not exceed one month of the proposed pay for the OFW.

The processing fees can run from 8000 - 12 000 php (medicals, paper work etc etc) but an acquaintance of mine paid only 3000 php for work in SIN just last week.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Sammon;2278647]The way your first post was written it was assumed you are looking for a low level girlfriendly hotel to keep your girl from provinces and possible get another girl from Manila. Why else you want a girlfriendly hotel? Anywhere in the world if you book a room for two you and your girl can stay together except Saudi Arabia maybe (never went there). If you are just staying with one girl register her along with you and nobody will say anything. If she is coming to Manila and hoping to get a job in Dubai she needs to pay agency fee of roughly 25000 pesos. Maybe she is hoping you will help her. Her earned money possibly vanished.

I am chatting with a girl who needs 25000 pesos she says for a job in Saudi Arabia. If anybody is interested pm me. I can just give you her name in DIA and after that you can chat with her and see. She said she is already offered a job. This conversation happened because I told her I will be in Manila in April and she said she maybe in Saudi by then. I was not going to pay the whole amount but part of it for fun which she agreed. You negotiate on your own.[/QUOTE]RK advise is sound and I have helped people get the paperwork etc and is not 25 k Sammon. There are fees for requirements (which I never understand) and the government asks they pay up for some seminar etc POEA I think (I helped a lady recently and was less than 1000 pesos). So if 25000 either she is ripping you off or is being taken advantage of (not surprisingly the pinoys in Saudi screw over their own very happily).

Try Saudi I love the place and easy to get a girl into the room. Trust me I know as had a few pinay nurses in my time who e more scared of going back to my compound then a nice hotel.

Got to love Grab transportation service. Reliable transportation at a predictable price, and they deliver food and girls right to your hotel. It brings a whole new context to "going to Grab me some pussy".

Ahh, I slay myself sometimes!

Do not just fuck, Educate.

[QUOTE=Sammon;2279596]Do not just fuck, Educate.[/QUOTE]Most mongers are on a mission to inseminate and evacuate. LOL!

[QUOTE=WickedRoger;2279042]RK advise is sound and I have helped people get the paperwork etc and is not 25 k Sammon. There are fees for requirements (which I never understand) and the government asks they pay up for some seminar etc POEA I think (I helped a lady recently and was less than 1000 pesos). So if 25000 either she is ripping you off or is being taken advantage of (not surprisingly the pinoys in Saudi screw over their own very happily).

Try Saudi I love the place and easy to get a girl into the room. Trust me I know as had a few pinay nurses in my time who e more scared of going back to my compound then a nice hotel.[/QUOTE]25000 I think is the total price. Including passport, visa fees, agency fee, certain government fees etc. Couple of years ago I went with my GF at that time to one of those agencies on Mabini street. She had a passport and certificates for a nursing assistant job. She was interviewed right away and offered a job in Saudi Arabia. Pay was $500 a month and free accommodation and transport to work. And contract for two years and flight ticket round trip. Initially I told the girl to go in and talk herself and after she got the job I wanted the breakdown of 15000 pesos the agency wanted. They did write it down. Do not know where it is now. I was ready to give 15000 and the girl wanted to ask her family first before committing. She went back to the province. Her family dissuaded her and she backed off. I am still in touch with her but not seeing her. In between she met a foreigner and has a baby with no child support. Guy vanished into thin air. Now she regrets having not taken the job.

I would not go to Saudi Arabia for mongering trip. Dubai is better although I do not like the chip on their shoulders. I like down to earth girls.

[QUOTE=Sammon;2279602]25000 I think is the total price. Including passport, visa fees, agency fee, certain government fees etc. Couple of years ago I went with my GF at that time to one of those agencies on Mabini street. .[/QUOTE]If you need more information best PM as 25 k is too high and agency is taking a huge cut. Passport. She has to do herself and is 2000 pesos or thereabouts (the DFA web site did have the prices and times) but getting an appointment has been tricky in some places.

Also you did not say what job and hopefully not a DH job as loads issues with pinay DH and Arab families.

Best PM and we take it offline if you like.