How long was your flight over K2D? From the timings of your posts something doesnt seem to add up?

lol i love it haters coming out of the woodwork still

can we get a mod to do an IP check to put this to rest once and for all?

fwiw nothing i posted in here up until a couple weeks ago was false, i only started throwing some misinformation out both ways to mess with all the peeps who think im f'ing with everyone

i had my passport for quite awhile, the only reason i said i didnt was because paul said he would raise the stakes on the bet if i didnt, i wouldnt angle someone like pooter, vv, or ITT in that way, but pauls kind of a deusch so.......

if we cant do a mod to do an ip check i can post some things that only a person here would know to convince if i must

left LAX at 1 am friday night/sat morning i guess, was supposed to be one stop in guam on philippine airlines but it was delayed 2 hours so we skipped the stop, landed around 6 am on sunday morning here, flight was i believe only 13 hours since non stop, lol at only, btw that airline was pretty good, they had a great selection of movies with your own tv, and some games and stuff, anyone flying out i would recommend getting one of there one stops to guam, no plane change and shorter by a few hours than any other flight i saw (maybe could get a non stop for like 2g's though if your a balla)

probably could email philippine airlines if you really wanted to see if this story is true

hehe btw thats why i posted right before my flight, just more head spinning

as just stated ive started throwing out misinformation over the past couple weeks to mess with people like you, kaizen, and paul

as vv said, she knew what was coming, and with a hot girl in my room im not just gonna sit there.............

o and if i am ******ed its only mildly so, you seem to take this whole message board thing a tad to seriously imo

k2d I honestly pity you.

well after day 1 ive pretty much already made up my mind that im gonna head to check out charlies, if i had enough money i could really enjoy this place but had such a rough summer that $150 a month is to tempting to pass up on, at this point giving 6 months + deposit would just crush the roll

only thing is im not 100% sure i can get stars back up and running in cambodia because i guess they dont have a postal system or something..... hopefully they can just do an IP check or something but who knows


now that said, i met 4 extremely hot girls outside of the bars last night, they were the ones inviting guys in (waaay hotter than any girls inside fwiw, ok one of the 4 was only an 8 but still)

they all had to work really late and i needed sleep so couldnt wait till 4 am, so without having a cell phone i set a meet up with 2 of them for today at 6pm (both same time and place hehe) and the other 2 i wrote down their numbers, hopefully this phone in my hotel actually can call out

quick side note when dialing a PHP number while in PH do i have to dial the 0 in front of the area code? and the area code? or can i just dial the 7 digit number?

anyways, if i can actually ship any of these extreme hotties today there is no way in hell im gonna leave, if neither of the 2 show up and the numbers were fake or they are flaky then ill just book a flight out (great way to base a huge life decision like what 3rd world country to live in i know)

if this were the US i would assume i had no chance with these girls, but over here who knows

cool dude glad to hear it, my life has sucked from day 1 so its nice to know someone else feels it to, even if its you

Answer this: how much is a half packet of Marlboro Lights at a 7/11?

I have never been to Cebu, but imagining rotting vegetation, that would be like a hint of alcohol and sugar.

I know what you are talking about, these spots are scattered mostly on densely pack parts of the metro.

Haha Welcome to the Philippines! You should really start to open your mind. Re-evaluate all your expectations. I think this experience will make you appreciate some stuff you take for granted.

if im by one later i will find out


i went in one yesterday, made me sad they had no slurpees, also kinda shocking with how hot it is out here

i did notice they had pineapple juice and pineapple/orange juice set up next to the sodas though

Do you not have a camera or camera on phone?

I believe you but take some pics and show them.

If you are struggling shipping the girls on fields lol but you are new so lets give you a chance, also i consider 98% of the girls in AC rough dogs.

Anyone who listens and or believes a word you says is equally so.

no camera poots, no phone yet either, i mean i guess i could walk around with my laptop since it has one but.......... ya not doing that

only reasons for last nights early struggles were because A) i wanted the super hotties outside but didnt wanna pay their 1800 barfine or wait till 4am (i would wait tonight but hadnt slept since wednesday) and because i pretty much hate sitting in girly bars/strip clubs, particularly when you are one of 3 guys in the place and you are constantly getting pressured to by stuff

lots of talk in this thread has been about how people hate the annoying trike drivers and street vendors, i dont really mind them all u gotta do is keep walking and say no thank you

what i dont like is that no matter where you go the instant you show any interest over what someone is selling, even just looking or walking to close, they jump all over you and are so glad to finally have a customer, theres food options all over the place i wanna just walk by and see some stuff without them constantly pressuring me

one lady tried to get me to pay 90php for a mango..... lol nice try ya almost got me, no not really u just lost a customer and its right by my hotel so i might have spent as much as $4 in her place over the next few days

also there was discussion on food and some people were saying they spent like $20 a day on food and only ITT was saying u could easily live with under $10 a day

im pretty sure you could do $5 and be fine if you really wanted to, here is my food spendings so far

jollibee spaghetti = 1.50ish, could have been 1.20ish but i felt like splurging on pineapple juice instead of soda

chicken from street guy on the grill = 1.50, think i overpaid i snap called his initial offer of 60 pesos, i hate bartering, if im here for good i will have to start

o ya side note it scares the crap out of me (sick pun) that they dont refrigerate any chicken, beef, pork, eggs, fish, even orange juice, not sure if we are just paranoid in the US or what but this stuff sits out in the heat all day, some of it looks good once cooked but who knows how long it sat out before or how long its been sitting since

banana bread = 24ish cents

banana cooked on grill = 24ish cents

chicken empanada = 50 cents

those 3 were my breakfast, so 1 meal down under a dollar


so now onto proving im here, at the 7-11 i just went by a half pack of marlboros was 25 pesos

i saw some packs of jumbo hot dogs that were called boom booms (lol) at the grocery store

checkout girls at sm clark hypermart where green uniforms that look like flight attendants

they have gatorade in glass bottles

got some water called natures spring, says its from cebu

saw at mcdonalds you can get a chicken mcdo, rice and drink for 75 pesos, same price for cheeseburger fries and drink

bought a bag of oishi chips for 12 pesos

got an apple juice made by OMJ! (oh my juice!!!!!) for either 8 or 12 pesos, highly recommended fwiw

when u first go outside the manila airport the money changer is on the left, bathrooms are on the right but u have to walk around some stairs

pasay bus station is all outdoors


pretty sure that should be enough

o ya and obviously bored as hell right now during the day, only 1 thing to do in this city and i cant afford to do it twice a day, time to start looking for flights to bangkok to take train to PP to take bus to shinouk, sweet more travel sounds fun

o ya went into wild aces poker room last night just to take a look, like has been said on here before walk in and 4 people sitting around, the second they see a new person they almost jump out of their chairs

Welcome to the third world K2

What part of the city are you staying in right now? If around Pasay City, I used to live there myself. Walk around the streets there in the early AM (say 1-3 am or so,) you'll see a whole new level of poverty and homelessness unlike anything you've ever seen in the U.S.

In Bangkok walk around the streets there at night, sometimes you'll walk down a street where you're the only person at that time of the morning, but you won't be the only living thing, they'll be a ton of rats and stray diseased looking wild dogs all around to keep you company

Personally I grew to love these things about 3rd world living, you may not, but you will get used to them eventually, that's for sure.



Oh yeah, you can easily do fine on $5 a day for food costs, I used to do about $3 a day for food costs in Manila, in Cebu I did about $2.50 and my first time living in Philippines when I was living outside of the city, in a province of Cebu named Talisay, I ate for under $2 a day many days.


This is that small room that only has 2-3 tables (usually only 1-2 running,) that is in the downstairs of the building, and upstairs is mostly slots, right?

If it is the correct room, yeah there is only one or two games running, and yes there is only a very small pool of regs playing there, but when I say regs I mean they always play there, not that they are good winning poker players. I found the game here to be VERY soft, as long as you go when some of the action players are there, if you just get the old nits (there is one in particular that is always there, very old, super nitty,) then it's not so good. But I definitely think this is a soft game over all.

im in AC so i highly doubt we are talking about the same room, u just walk in and its 1 room with a card table, maybe there were 2 tables not sure

blinds were 50-100 forgot to mention that

Thats double aces mate deffo don't play there, wild aces is a different room just around the corner. Wild aces isn't too bad if you find a table with enough tourists. The play in the afternoon tourney is pretty fishy but its a bit of a crapshoot shovefest. They have free food and drinks there too

ok thanks for the heads up vv

so i called girl number 1 after giving the guy at the front desk 20 pesos to use his cell, she doesnt pick up so i try girl #2 she doesnt pick up, so i try girl #1 again and someone picks up, im like is michelle there and the guys like what, i speak very slowly and say is michelle there and then a female is on the phone, didnt really sound like her but whatevs, im like is michelle there she says yes im like hey you gave me your number yesterday and said you were off today wanna hang, she says no tomorrow is my day off (this after a few whats and me repeating myself) so then im like ayt well lets do something tomorrow then and the call ends

interestingly enough all 4 girls had "tomorrow" as their day off, and the one i talked to today said no today wasnt her day off its "tomorrow" again

nice to see girls are weird over here to

off to go stand in front of some building waiting on 2 chicks that i am 99.9% sure arent going to show up, thats actually giving them to much credit

odds are ill see one of them in the same place as i saw them last night and just pay the damn barfine, all 3 would be totally worth it


im not sure what the odds of 2 .1% chances both happening, but if both girls happen to actually show up at the meeting spot......... fun times, may just shoot myself afterwards so that i know i went out on top

K2D,

Why not just buy a cheap prepaid cell? You could be set-up on that for 50 - 60 bucks...

K2, you are going to have some money left over for a poker bankroll right? You know that thing that actually allows you to keep on having money, for food and accommodation and more girls and such. Might be a good idea.

It is shame to be in the PI in AC no less and be too tight/broke to not be paying bf's and having mad fun. I mean i guess its better than rotting in vegas dreaming of PI but your first few months in any new place should be spending fodollaza's imo imo

Just saw this on some chicks web profile.

YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN THE PHILIPPINES TOO LONG WHEN...

1. You have to eat white rice with every meal, including breakfast.

2. You have a shower before you go out ANYWHERE, every time .

3. You comment that it's cold outside when the temp drops to about 85 degrees F.

4. You start referring to certain people as the "fat" one or the "ugly" one.

5. You think that a meal that costs 200 pesos ($5), is expensive.

6. Every now and then, the water coming out of the shower faucet feels warm to you, then you snap out of it.

7. You can text message without looking.

8. You save text messages that are sentimental to you.

9. You show up 1/2 hour late to everything, OR two hours early.

10. You're 5 foot 2 inches and you start to feel tall.

11. You text message someone, and then whine if they don't text you back in 5 minutes or less.

12. Your whole life stops from the 12 noon till 1 o'clock hour, because it's lunch break.

13. You start to think that Filipino soap operas are interesting.

14. You use a bucket and scooper to take your bath, when there's a perfectly good shower faucet to use.

15. Roaches are no longer pests, but rather permanent residents of your household.

16. The great competition in your house becomes who can trap the most mice, and who's brave enough to drown it in the toilet as it squeaks and squeals.

17. It's perfectly normal to scoop food into your mouth using both a fork AND a spoon...at the same time.

18. When your lip swells up, the first thing that comes to your mind is that its a roach bite.

19. Food, socializing, and celebrating ANYTHING, comes before life and death

20. No matter how many people are in one vehicle, there's always room for one more.

21. When someone shouts 'Hey Joe' you don't answer, and your name is Joe.

22. Your speech is marked by such expressions as "I’ll fack my things" and "my dog has pleas".

23. You can't remember what a bath tub looks like.

24. You can understand the locals’ English.

25. You think the phrase "rapid transit" refers to a Victory Liner.

26. You’d rather eat dried fish than steak.

27. You tie a gecko to your bed to control mosquitoes.

28. You make the sign of the cross every time you pass by a church.

29. You think a super highway is a two-laner.

30. There are no traffic rules, only suggestions.

31. You save your good shower shoes for special occasions.

32. Stateside beer tastes funny, and you drink beer with ice.

33. You find its more comfortable to squat than to sit.

34. You know you've been in the Philippines too long when you can step on a cockroach with a bare foot.

These ones in particular IMO and IME.

as to the thing k2 and dlove seem to be touching on in the other thread.

I am sure the saying is;

'See how you are'

or is it who

Deffo how, I had to get an explanation of that one, she was basically telling me to stop taking the piss out of her I think

this... got to go out there and enjoy yourself. more u open your wallet the more fun you will have