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Yep, Fiber is definitely worth paying the extra for as a pokerplayer. Way superior reliability (which ofc is the most important thing for us). Unfortunately it's not widely available in PI yet, but I'm pretty sure PLDT is expanding pretty rapidly as I was able to get it in my current subdivision. I was shocked when they told me it was available as I assumed they only had DSL here :-). Happy surprise though for once ;-).

Living in Bayswater subdivision in Mactan (Cebu) btw. Pretty good value subdivison imo, great gym in the area, shared swimming pool, tennis, basketball court etc. It's not a great location if you're into clubbing every night though as traffic to the central clubs can be ~~1hour or so during rush hours. But only ~~20min when there's no traffic ;-).

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PLDT is the best of out of the bunch. I cannot even express the hate I have for Sky, still ongoing problems even though I disconnected 4 months ago. Their facebook page has all the evidence.

Went to the street burrito place opposite heckle and jeckles last night- awesome and defo the best Philippino attempt at street food I have tried in Makati. Finally got a car in Manila which is awesome to get out of the city but the driving still kinda freaks me out at times.

Anyone up for cockfighting in a few weeks? There is an awesome area in Pateros I am going back to (morally meh, but my friend really wants to see what is like).

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hahaha lets be honest here we all go to the cockfights initially as a moral objector but after 15 minutes when our Wala **** wins all thoughts of outrage are gone. After seeing the care that goes in to raising one of these chickens I don't think there is a problem with it.

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I've been to a few cockfights (mainly in the province) and there's a good chance you will like it. However, bring someone local and be careful, dont bring cell phones and wear simple clothes.
The events attracts criminals and some people lose all they have, in other words, the risk of getting robbed is higher than normal.

Also, cockfights is a event for guys. First time I wanted to bring my wife but her relatives who were with us did not allow it since they were afraid what the guys would do with her. At the event there was not a single girl among around 1000 of spectators.

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how does a typhoon hitting monday affect angeles? will it be raining non stop for days?

thanks for the heads up

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Yes, usually only rain during majority of the day for a 4-6 days. Both Manila and Angeles are protected from the windy conditions the typhoons brings since they are always hitting the east coast.

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Usually this time of year they head north and don't really affect the country. This one is tracking that its heading over Luzon. It looks like an absolutely dirty thing.

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so like power might go out? internet out? streets flooded? no way to get girls over?

what life adjustments ami gonna need to make here?

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Stock up some food in your room(like mami noodles) and maybe girl or two. And get generator and then you just can lock up in your room for that time.

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No one's giving me information on getting girls there... I'm not trolling I'm curious since I'm going next year. How much does it generally run? How attractive are they?

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Here's a satellite projection of the typhoon, doesn't look like much fun lol.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floa...-rgb-long.html

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getting girls in PI is the easiest thing ever and not something you need to worry about

they can come as cheap (free) or as expensive as you want them to........ if you dont want to spend a lot them dont go to the girly bars and buy ladies drinks/pay barfines

if one girl asks for more than you want to give then move on to the next

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How many free ones have you got Dante?

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4

and how much effort have i put into trying to get them?? none


im in angeles where free is much less common and if i wanted to tell girls i was looking for a gf i could get free very easily, but im not a dick so.........

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just want to add there were a few other bargirls who never asked for money that i was friends with/texted with lots that i didnt necessarily have to give anything to but did anyways so spiv wouldnt call me a rapist

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Surely even leaving the house constitutes some effort. Or did those girls knock on your door like a bunch of mormons and beg to be ****ed?

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one i said "hi" to on date in asia she asked if i wanted company..... so hard

another i had to barely talk with on DIA and the conversations were boring as can be


anothers friend gave her my number she came over and within 2 minutes was deepthroating me, we banged 20 times in 5 days

another worked in a bar on fields i saw her and asked for her number she came over i tried to give her a tip she refused then came back a few more times could have done this awhile but i wanted variety so denied her requests a couple times and she got angry me


you are right man very taxing courtships

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Was all this in angeles K2?

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If you are white there is no problem finding chicks with your supposedly fat wallet. If you are slightly tandory or black maybe its a little harder but you will never go home alone if you have heart.

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hi on date in asia and worked in bar on fields were in angeles


longer (but not long) talk on DIA was in manila


girl whose friend gave her my number was in subic but she is from manila (and i met the friend in angeles so not sure where that one should count lol)



should add there are at least 3 waitresses at restaurants i frequent that im sure if i wanted a gf they would be down


its just a complete non issue and not something to worry about, just smile be polite ask for number text happy thoughts and good things will come your way

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Yeah you are pushing the boat out here Spiv. Even if he had to leave his room and walk to her room to **** her and walk back, that's like 1% of the effort you would have to put into getting 'free' sex in the u.k

Shoulda just let him have that one or did you really wanna debate the loose term 'zero effort'? or w/e he said

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Depends on your standards I guess. I bet I could get some slag single mum in Blackpool to shag me for free without too much effort. I am a handsome, tall Australian after all.

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Well if you work in a bar like all the other Aussies and she thinks there's some free booze in it I am sure you could.

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Thank you for all the replies guys! I decided to go with PLDT per the advice here. But, seemingly like everything else I've tried to get accomplished since I've been here, I've ran into a brick wall.

So, I go to the PLDT office today. Try to sign up for the 4000php 10mbps DSL plan. Dude asks to see my ACR card so I give it to him. He comes back and says since I'm a foreigner and since the expiration date on my ACR says reference passport (He said the expiration date needs to be valid for at least 2 years?) instead of an actual date 2 years+ in the future that I am required to pay for 12 months up front. So basically I need to fork over 48000 php to get internet.

This has to be a load of bull**** right? I've never read anything like that on this thread and I think somebody would have mentioned this, if that's the case. Has anybody ran into this? Should I just try another office and see what they say? I went to the one on Makati Ave and Dela Rosa St btw.

Thx in advance for the help. The 48000 isn't that big of a deal. Basically only 1K USD and I'm planning on staying for a year and then re assessing after that anyways. But, I really don't want to fork over a G and then find out PLDT doesn't work good at my spot and then getting Sun or something else instead and being out that money.