General Info

[Jarango]

They are about to be hit by a tsunami of cheap puss. Some may not survive, even with the little blue pill. Artificial intelligence is about to decimate the call center and BPO industries. This is happening at the same time the Iran-US / Israel War is pushing Filipino OFWs out of the Middle East, while driving energy and food costs higher. That means a flood of desperate women into sex work at the same time that mongers balk at expensive flights and fuel surcharges.

You forgot the Philippines is tooling up against China at a rate of knots and that costs big bucks Marcos does not have. The big one is the OFWs getting booted out, and the race to the bottom with call centres. I had sex with some of them for $$, as their salaries are not great, too many Indians running them.

Although some of the more pathetic expats are fixated on their dicks, the Philippines could go tits up very easily if the remittances dry up. Remove the semblance of law and order and these guys will be back jerking off in Florida if they can still get it up.

[Old And Ugly]

It will not help you in any way, unless you're planning on spending your life in the same spot. They speak a myriad of totally different languages, not variations of a common one. You will not understand another if you have command of one of them.

Learn Tagalo if you want to watch the news, but not to understand conversations, because everybody speaks their local dialect, not Tagalo. On my island just few k of the Cebu mainland they speak Visaya, and on mainland they speak Cebuano, everybody speaks both, because cannot understand eachother. Some tribes speak in broken English to other filipinos when they go to the city for the same reason.

[Chocha Monger]

At least he is honest and I have met many like him, who are here to bonk their lives away. Many cut a pathetic scene going up Walking St on their canes and frames, like the human cows staring into space from Kokos and Phillies. Lost lives but perhaps no more lost than anyone else.

I guess one of the attractions of places like Angeles and Pattaya is old farts casn go along half cut and not get mugged, as would definitely happen in the West. Not so much a second chiuldhood as a second blue pill fueled frat house.

They are about to be hit by a tsunami of cheap puss. Some may not survive, even with the little blue pill. Artificial intelligence is about to decimate the call center and BPO industries. This is happening at the same time the Iran-US / Israel War is pushing Filipino OFWs out of the Middle East, while driving energy and food costs higher. That means a flood of desperate women into sex work at the same time that mongers balk at expensive flights and fuel surcharges.

[ThreeInches]

Remember that there isn't one 'Cebuano'. Different areas have different dialects.

Bisiyan can be difficult but now with current level of AI you can combine your immersion with understanding asking clarification on why they use the words what they mean and the derivation of the words which helps to clarify what usage the words carry. The reason why local say "Open the fan" in English because the word for Turn On being Bukas is polysemous something a local with very limited and with a lexicon filled colloquialisms even if they do attend college rarely understand the derivation of words especially their local dialect. So in Tagalog they would incorrectly translate Bukas to mean open in English and in Tagalog turning on a fan as bukas, opening as door as bukas, tomorrow and bukas. They will in turn tell you it means open which in those examples may be confusing. In Bisaya the words differ and don't carry such polysemy for this particular word to turn something electrical on would be suga, turning or opening something manually would be Ablihi and tomorrow would be Bukas in Bisaya. When learning a language knowing the correct derivation for a word you will be well equipped and sound as intelligent as you want to be the languages usage this is not always explained by local dialects and sometimes they are just using words their own language incorrectly or filling their local dialect they don't know the words for with Tagalog or taglish being that you are diving into the derivation of the word instead of the purely relying on usage in the laymen lexicon as that tends to be wrought with offences to the language itself you will beable to clear up misunderstandings much quicker, the girls will often even about their own language be unable to tell you why in Bisaya one word is used instead of another they will just say they don't know. AI solves this barrier to entry and allows you to use her as a resource for learning conversational Bisaya and still be able to understand it. Just keep your phone handy and Load Gemini or ChatGPT and load the live conversation app and ask it to explain the usage and pronunciation and if the usage is correct and when to use it if you don't fully understand.

[Jarango]

The best way to learn any language is to use it, work in a store or charity where you have to use it with the pressure on to use it and you'll pick it up easy as pie.

Speaking of pie, three inches sure likes his grub. Jack Ruby's, Kennedy's killer. That costs plenty and, outside of the cost, gorging is not my thing. Now a good dog steak OTOH.

There was a good story about the British Ambassador to China who took his two little daughters to a meat market where there were dogs for sale and the two little girls demanded, as little girls do, two cute little puppies in the window. The vendor picked them out, smiled and chopped their heads off before giving them to the Ambassador, whose tots were less than happy.

I've had stuff with the locals which made me sick for a week. And without going all John Rambo on it, what the Korean Special Forces eat would make a billy goat puke.

Threeinches turns his nose up at prime dog steak but has no problem bonking skeletons. To each their own.

At least he is honest and I have met many like him, who are here to bonk their lives away. Many cut a pathetic scene going up Walking St on their canes and frames, like the human cows staring into space from Kokos and Phillies. Lost lives but perhaps no more lost than anyone else.

I guess one of the attractions of places like Angeles and Pattaya is old farts casn go along half cut and not get mugged, as would definitely happen in the West. Not so much a second chiuldhood as a second blue pill fueled frat house.

[BaddHabbit]

A question for any here who've learned Cebuano: was there any particular app you used and would recommend, or any online courses, videos etc?

I found an app called Ling that was (is) very good for cebuano.

[Flyboy 2000]

Hi Fly,

Congrats on looking to learn the local language.

Having a knowledge of tagalog has helped me so much.

It's a great way to get personal with the locals and they'll appreciate your effort. From the airport and customs staff, to the hotel staff, to the freelancers on the street. It even opens some 'doors' with the 7-11 girls.

It's also an advantage that the girls think that you know, what they're saying about you.

I've always got by with tagalog and english in Cebu.

As for Cebuano, you could pay about $8 per month to use www.learnbisaya.net or similar, or you'll find the basics on YouTube just to please the squeeze.l.

Thanks Phil, good advice. I was thinking of learning Tagalog, which she also speaks fluently (along with English), but figured Cebuano might be more appropriate and more personal. There's no way I could manage both though, LOL, I am in my 50's and my brain is far less 'plastic' than in youth, plus both languages are such tongue-twisters that one will be enough of a challenge. It astounds me that a sentence in English can be so much shorter, both in total length plus individual words, than the seemingly convoluted multi-syllable Tagalog or Cebuano equivalents!

[Old And Ugly]

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I spend about 25-40 k per weekend (including travel expenses) and my grocery bill is about 50-70 k a month fueled by my need to eat real food. This doesn't include eating out, Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill for some, Ruby Jack's Steakhouse & Elbert's Steak Room where I spend a minimum of 10 k. This place really isn't cheap if you have one standard of living let alone "standards".

I don't live here to save money or to live cheaply or to live a local lifestyle I'm here for one reason. Even if I were to exhaust all my savings I could sustain this style of living for 30 years+ most likely indefinitely at least the rest of my life time. I'm here to enjoy as much pussy as possible before I kick the bucket that was never going to happen in America. I don't really see the need to come here and suddenly drop every single one of my western standards. BUT this place still has women that are amazingly naive the unwoke kind here that is worth being here for 100% and paying whatever price that is. American women of any race even filam's the thought of them turns my stomach their very nature is revolting, they send chills down my spine their screeching and Karen logic is unbearable.

Same thinking here, so far, so good!

[Econo Tech]

Dogs here have mange on top of mange layers deep their skin is a dried up mass that crinkles when they walk like a piece of plastic. They have the most gamey smell like burnt tires mixed with 4 month old unwashed ball sack and you can never wash off even if you burn it I suspect you can still smell that. A stray dog was living in my storage area near some card board boxes it reeked so bad I paid a kuya to handle it and it still reeks smh.

That's a very specific way to describe it. Haha.

FYI, Marcos has already converted the gold to billions of USD in case you haven't heard.

Yeah, the whole 40,000 tonnes he was supposed to have discovered.

[Goferring]

It's also an advantage that the girls think that you know, what they're saying about you.

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It's also an advantage when they don't know that you understand 😜.

G.

[Goferring]

A question for any here who've learned Cebuano: was there any particular app you used and would recommend, or any online courses, videos etc?

I'm interested in learning some of the language to 'please my squeeze', although her own English is excellent, so would appreciate any tips!

Thanks in advance.

The fastest way I've found to learn is to take said girl on a 2 week holiday to an area that speaks the language you want to learn and tell her that from stepping on the plane to stepping off, no english is to be spoken. It's amazing how quickly you will pick it up.

A word of warning: it will drive her nuts and you will have to insist on not using english several times but it's worth it.

Remember that there isn't one 'Cebuano'. Different areas have different dialects.

Good luck. G.

[ThreeInches]

Never ate dog here.

Dogs here have mange on top of mange layers deep their skin is a dried up mass that crinkles when they walk like a piece of plastic. They have the most gamey smell like burnt tires mixed with 4 month old unwashed ball sack and you can never wash off even if you burn it I suspect you can still smell that. A stray dog was living in my storage area near some card board boxes it reeked so bad I paid a kuya to handle it and it still reeks smh.

[ThreeInches]

Pesos to one US dollar: 61.62.

This fantastic for the hobby, moving into uncharted territory, pressure on oil is expected to last years. With any luck we maybe moving into a golden era of girls not being able to count on the local online hook up / walker market and gcash transfers and move back to sitting around in bars. These girls are literally starving they don't have food to eat at home, jobless and are "just another mouth to feed". I met with a local girl in the province and in her pictures she was normal looking and supposedly was going to be going to college but she was skin and bone not due to anorexia or illness but starvation.

I spend about 25-40 k per weekend (including travel expenses) and my grocery bill is about 50-70 k a month fueled by my need to eat real food. This doesn't include eating out, Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill for some, Ruby Jack's Steakhouse & Elbert's Steak Room where I spend a minimum of 10 k. This place really isn't cheap if you have one standard of living let alone "standards".

I don't live here to save money or to live cheaply or to live a local lifestyle I'm here for one reason. Even if I were to exhaust all my savings I could sustain this style of living for 30 years+ most likely indefinitely at least the rest of my life time. I'm here to enjoy as much pussy as possible before I kick the bucket that was never going to happen in America. I don't really see the need to come here and suddenly drop every single one of my western standards. BUT this place still has women that are amazingly naive the unwoke kind here that is worth being here for 100% and paying whatever price that is. American women of any race even filam's the thought of them turns my stomach their very nature is revolting, they send chills down my spine their screeching and Karen logic is unbearable.

[PhilJoy]

A question for any here who've learned Cebuano: was there any particular app you used and would recommend, or any online courses, videos etc?

I'm interested in learning some of the language to 'please my squeeze', although her own English is excellent, so would appreciate any tips!

Thanks in advance.

Hi Fly,

Congrats on looking to learn the local language.

Having a knowledge of tagalog has helped me so much.

It's a great way to get personal with the locals and they'll appreciate your effort. From the airport and customs staff, to the hotel staff, to the freelancers on the street. It even opens some 'doors' with the 7-11 girls.

It's also an advantage that the girls think that you know, what they're saying about you.

I've always got by with tagalog and english in Cebu.

As for Cebuano, you could pay about $8 per month to use www.learnbisaya.net or similar, or you'll find the basics on YouTube just to please the squeeze.

I started out buying a Pimsleur CD pack and just had them on repeat on my drive home from work every night to learn the basics.

_Phil.

[Dg8787]

Never ate dog here.

And nope, Chinese aren't interested in this part of PH.

Unlike Koreans interested in Clark area.

Did you grab yamashita's gold? Marcos wants it back.

FYI, Marcos has already converted the gold to billions of USD in case you haven't heard.