I just heard on the news about the earthquake!! How bad is it??

i barely felt it in the fort atleast.

didn't feel it at all, in qc

Where in Manila are they selling 23-24" computer monitors at good prices?

I have two from SM appliance store that I want to sell because I'm leaving. I could sell them to you used. If not, you could go to SM appliance store.

I already posted that I was selling PHP for Stars chips,

But I'm also selling PHP for USD in manila.

45 PHP/USD.

I will be in Manila tomorrow night(Wednesday) at Midnight. Going right to Resorts World to play some poker before a 6 am flight to Boracay. Anyone want to meet at the tables for some drinks and poker? PM ME

Hello Phili poker players I need some help and advice from you guys who have "been there, done that". Instead of starting a new thread, I'll post here, as advised by one of the contributors here that I PM'ed.

I've been hooked on this thought of moving abroad and playing poker for quite some months now. I'm serious about going through with it as I have no ties at all and I'm free as a bird!

The thing is, I'll most likely be doing this on my own which is pretty tough. I therefore want to get in touch with acquaintances who are leading similar lives.

I have not read this whole thread or done a huge amount of research, but I've been reading here and there in Asia-forums and talked to people who have traveled a lot. Philippines seems like the right kind of place, next to Thailand.
I'm 25 years old from Northern Europe with fluent English.
My intentions are simple ... adventure, experience, fun, doing something completely different. The average-joe life; settling down with wife, kids, steady wage and stability...is not for me, at least not at the moment. I have tried a lot of things, studying at universities, working average jobs, working weird jobs..I've recently been in the army and been on an "exotic" international mission that I'm finished with now. What I gather from my experiences is that I am unable to find something I want to commit to long-term. I'll do something new and different whenever I get the chance, which I think is fine and gives me a lot.

My country is really expensive, grinding poker for a living is certainly doable but probably not desirable. I have approximately $35K in savings and another couple grand on my poker accounts so hopefully that's enough backup.

I'm looking for this:
A place with good weather and friendly people with a good attitude. A place that isn't too limited with opportunities for various activities.
Manila sounded cool but I hear bad things about the place.
I want to either rent a house/an apartment, on my own or with somebody. If others have extra room and already established, I'd be keen on joining in on that as well
Casino would also be nice to play some live poker.
Suggestions are welcome!

I'm a chill laid-back open minded dude who likes people and rarely judge.
I'd like to travel or live in Asia for atleast 1 year, probably more.

I figure it's probably a good idea to visit the country on a vacation before I eventually move

Please send me a private message or reply here. This excites me. Thanks

You excite me too, PM SENT

are you a pervert dude? Am to htink you like it her e in philipines.
[x] warm wther
[x] people chill laid back
[x] open minded (aobut some things)
[ ] open minded (about other things, contraception, athiesm, race , maywaether)

then the resaons people donl't like is much different things, but are like poverty and pollution nad this type of thing, i think is very different than your home country Sweeden, you maybe like more or less depend on reason and way. are you tall/? big shoulders? like wokring out taking walk? manly shoulders and hands? how big are you? can you lift heavy objects very easily (i am to hoep )

WTF I didn't write the last message a friend just started posting under my name. Anyhow I don't understand half of what he said but I think it's Mayweather who was a pussy not Pacquiao.

Philippines is a great choice of country, there is nothing wrong with Manila, and there are lots of other cool places in the Philippines too. I'm heading back in a few weeks, living in the Philippines is so much more fun than living in Norway.

wow, seem to be a lot of Norwegian poker players in Manila..

Are there more Norwegian poker players there? I met a few during the APT event, but none of those were staying there. I haven't played much poker in Manila lately though.

You are the third Norwegian lately that has posted about Manila here.. And I'm Norwegian too, and I know one that is not posting here. Maybe not a lot, but more than I would expect from our small country

Really, well I've posted here every now and then before, been coming to the Philippines for about 3 years now after all, for 3-5 months at a time, but never knew there were other poker players from Norway living there. Really looking forward to getting back there now.

Overall I haven't met that many Norwegians in the Philippines, especially compared to say Thailand were you hear people talking Norwegian all the time. How long have you been living here? Been down to Cebu and met the Norwegian colony there?

Alex your post is like WAT

And there might be a new colonization coming! There'll be more Norwegians in Manila than in downtown Oslo soon
Time to move. We're supposed to have one of the best countries to live in, on paper, but hands down the most boring I've been in, maybe next to Latvia. Norway is mainly robots moving from A to B in-between all the Hotel Cæsar watching

I'll probably be departing within a couple months. Cya there!

The INternet is UNPLAYABLE. ****ING GOTTA LOVE IT.

Pretty much how my sessions go these days. Lose a few hundred dollars, internet dies. Head spinning staring at the screen, blood pressure rising. 10 minutes later, starts working. Lose a few hundred dollars, it dies again. Repeat.

****ING GADDAME MOTHERFUKCING *********** MOTHER****ERS.

I'M CALLING SKYCABLE TODAY. BUT WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? I'D BET MY ROLE THAT THEY SAY "OHHH SIR. OHHHH. THE INTERNET IS WORKING JUST FINE." "IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ME." "TRY UNPLUGGING SIR." "OK, DOESN'T WORK" "OHHH SIR, IT IS WORK FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER CUSTORMERS, OHHH SIR. SIR, FOR AWHILE. TRY TOMORROW SIR".

CALL SKY CALBE METRO MANIAL OFFICE. CLOSED OBVIOUSLY "THIS IS TEH AZN DEVELOPEMENT BANK , PLZ ENTER YOUR MAILBOX NUMBER FOLLWOED BY THE POUND SIGN".... LOL BIGGEST ****ING ISP IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE INTERNAL VOICEMAIL... SO ****ING STANDARD. I'M BUYING A DUAL-WAN ROUTER TODAY AND I'M GETTING PLDT SUBSCRIPTION TODAY. THIS CANNOT CONTINUE IM GONNA KILL SOMEONE IF THIS GOES ON MUCH LONGER, I'LL LET THE 2 GUYS ON THIS THREAD WHO ACTUALLY PLAY POKER ON THE INTERNET KNOW HOW THE DUAL ROUTER WORKS WHEN I GET IT

I live here. Come and try it, that's the only way you can know if it suits you. Some people will tell you about bad experiences, but what country has none of those?

Haven't got much of a budget, but I'd be interested in sharing a place with some people or just hanging out.

I'm selling an authentic ferragamo leather belt. Retail 14,000PHP. I'm selling it for 9,000PHP. It looks like this except it's black.

Called PLDT, said I actually have to go to a local office to pay in person. I'm going tomorrow. Their fastest standard plan is only 3mbs. It's 3k / month. Going tomorrow to sign up for that ****.

PLDT Smart Bus. Center
PLDT Ramon Coduandez
7895 Makati Ave cor de la Rosa

WTF? This dude is one sick freak.

I have been here 18 months over a 2 year period now. Never been to Cebu, I guess the Norwegians living in Cebu is mostly 50++ and on welfare, so not a crowd for me to socialize with

I thought you were implying that you were going to hang yourself due to internet tilt when I saw the picture, lol