Anyone to ask about living in the Philippines?
01-24-2012
, 03:32 PM
01-24-2012
, 06:21 PM
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Hey guys, I'm here at last - thanks very much for all your help and advice.
I'm staying at the Bellevue in Alabang and working just around the corner.
I'm not getting the attention you guys talked about (promised?) - perhaps because its just normal girls, who are just off-shift at one of the local call centres.
Try going in malls and interacting with them. You'll see fairly quickly, some girls are more apt to flirt than others. Small sample size and truthfully, call center workers on their smoke break won't give much attention
I've never been to Alabang, is it foreigner infested? The more (young) foreigners in an area, the less attention
That said, I've mainly been working, and when I'm no its just the local fast-food complex - normally around 2 am in the morning. Should I just try talking to them? - shocking idea I know...
Sure, talk to them, make some lame joke or comment. Just try kumusta and you'll get responses, salamat when they give you change etc
One other question - I'm working my way through my intro to tagalog book and definitely getting there, but I'm hoping to find a local tagalog tutor, any ideas as to how to go about this?
Well GF/fling will happily teach you, yet they're mostly not great at teaching unless their English is very strong. http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/cl.../tagalog+tutor - you can use this site for anything from finding a nurse to replacing LCD screens
I'm staying at the Bellevue in Alabang and working just around the corner.
I'm not getting the attention you guys talked about (promised?) - perhaps because its just normal girls, who are just off-shift at one of the local call centres.
Try going in malls and interacting with them. You'll see fairly quickly, some girls are more apt to flirt than others. Small sample size and truthfully, call center workers on their smoke break won't give much attention
I've never been to Alabang, is it foreigner infested? The more (young) foreigners in an area, the less attentionThat said, I've mainly been working, and when I'm no its just the local fast-food complex - normally around 2 am in the morning. Should I just try talking to them? - shocking idea I know...
Sure, talk to them, make some lame joke or comment. Just try kumusta and you'll get responses, salamat when they give you change etc
One other question - I'm working my way through my intro to tagalog book and definitely getting there, but I'm hoping to find a local tagalog tutor, any ideas as to how to go about this?
Well GF/fling will happily teach you, yet they're mostly not great at teaching unless their English is very strong. http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/cl.../tagalog+tutor - you can use this site for anything from finding a nurse to replacing LCD screens
01-25-2012
, 01:12 AM
01-25-2012
, 04:03 AM
01-26-2012
, 12:20 AM
^Same experience with salamat, I'd even say for me that the salamat po/thank you sir ratio in stores was like 25/75. Paalam though is a word I almost never heard and people were like "wat" when I used it
Text messages are the most lol. I miss deciphering those weird abbreviations and asking randoms on the street
Pooter; no experience with them. I took a glance and some seem somewhat overpriced (5-10%), other than that it's strange they for the most part only mention district, but don't mention which building the apartment is in (which is VERY relevant). Seems legit tho
Text messages are the most lol. I miss deciphering those weird abbreviations and asking randoms on the street
Pooter; no experience with them. I took a glance and some seem somewhat overpriced (5-10%), other than that it's strange they for the most part only mention district, but don't mention which building the apartment is in (which is VERY relevant). Seems legit tho
01-26-2012
, 12:52 AM
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Looks like a lot of n00bs gonna be in Manila soon, including myself of course, even tho I been phils a few times and spent a total of 10 days in Manila, I am still a manila n00b for sure. Anyway perhaps we should all hook up and bumble around the city with tour guide maps
01-27-2012
, 07:56 AM
so was just at the rhino and told cj miles............
http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/i...a7a4cbef/l.jpg
who is a really nice girl and has possibly the greatest ass ive ever felt that i was probably going to move to manilla, i asked her where she was from and she said quezon city so i might as well just move there
told her i was moving there to find her cousins but she wouldnt tell me their last names
would recommend a cj miles youtube search at some point in your life
http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/i...a7a4cbef/l.jpg
who is a really nice girl and has possibly the greatest ass ive ever felt that i was probably going to move to manilla, i asked her where she was from and she said quezon city so i might as well just move there
told her i was moving there to find her cousins but she wouldnt tell me their last names
would recommend a cj miles youtube search at some point in your life
01-27-2012
, 10:42 PM
01-28-2012
, 02:13 AM