Hi,

Just hope you can help with some advice.

I am in Chiang Mai Thailand but doing visa run to Burma tomorrow and I have a feeling that they are gonna give me grief about coming back in to Thailand. So I may have to move on quickly, my choices are Cambodia, Laos or Philippines (Cebu I guess?).

My main concern I internet quality, I don't want to go all the way to the philippines to find out that I cant play online.

Any comments about internet quality and monthly cost of a cheap room would be really really helpful.

Thanks in advance

If your main concern is internet reliability, then no, you will not arrive here and get settled connection wise in a day or 2 (and particularly not in Cebu ; am there right now and while my smartbro and tattoo stick work fine, hotels in the 25-40$ range have dubious connection...). Cambodia (and Vietnam, from 2 years of online grind of personal experience) is reliable and just get a USB backup stick when you get there.

That said, if you are coming for an extended amount of time, then yes, you can get 3-4 different sources of internet, and find a land connection that is solid in the Philippines. But that does not seem to be your case.

Many thanks, you saved me a wasted trip to the Philippines, I will concentrate on laos/Cambodia.

The fastest way to get reliable internet in PI is to move into a Fibr Village. The 3g in vietnam is not reliable and I've had better a experience with PLDT in Cebu and Manila than I ever had with vietnam ISPs.

rich Filipinas are very insulated and wouldn't be at the places where most of you frequent. You would have to go at them with the same attitude you would with women in Western society, these aren't the same desperate, poor, misguided women you all have discussed in this forum.

nice backhanded slap to the forum

@bigt just get a new fresh passport if Thailand gives you grief

why do they need so many employees at the malls? while im happy that people have jobs because they are so needed here it really sucks when u see a cute girl working (standing around doing nothing) but she is talking to 3 other coworkers with 3 others within 10 feet of her



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I think it's an Asian thing. They have this in Korea. At Emart, Walmart, you can see lady every 10 feet even on Monday mornings. It's awesome if you need something or have questions but when it's busy just more bodies to get around.

Maybe its just because there aren't any, kind of like an endangered species or a myth. Women mostly get rich because they are with a rich guy or born into it I would guess its mostly from rich guys which would make them "insulated"

Fairly sure they all working commission so they should be happy to talk if you look like your buying not stalking.

pretty sure the girls working in the SM department stores arent on commission, and they are still happy to talk but its awkward as fook walking up to 8 girls trying to get a number

Ah OK I will tell them to stop signing my recipts.

could be wrong, it would make since why they always try so hard to get me to buy a wallet or belt, but i have a friend who works there and said no commission when i asked her

I noticed this is in Thailand. It's like every business from starbucks to department stores. Do you really need more employees then customers. Like you would think one of the managers would think "lets lose 50% of the crap employees, raise the remaining employees wages 25% and make business and employees more money.

Had my first(and was supposed to be also the last) visit at Clark immigration after these new policies... Lot of 'customers' where surprised that they now wanted one photo(I quess it was already mentioned), well I was 'prepared' as I also tried to get exit clearance... I had one set of copies with me but they need I need another set for exit clearance... SO I had to go to the expensive ones near there(as they like to over charge foreigns going to immigration)... Then had to fill couple of extra forms... Then I get to the line and when it is my turn I finaly got told that the clearance in valid for only one month and I need to come back for it again... GG
Offcourse they couldn't tell me this right away(even though I made it clear that I'm requesting two months and that my flight is in june)... but instead made me took those extra copies first. Also I have allways found it bit funny that they require that reference person details... Now they want two

25-50-100 has apparently been running every night at the Waterfront Casino. I have been twice over the weekend (and will go again tonight) and it is a very soft game with min buy-in of 10k, rake 10% capped at 300, free food and beverages (don't know about booze, but believe it is free as well...). Really enjoyed the buffet as well in their restaurant ; priced at about 350 pesos, the selection is ample, delightful, with various selections of oysters, fish, pastas, salads, deserts and is one of my better meals in the Philippines in 4 months.

some might remember how last year when i was in manila i went to burgos street and a m3thie jr freelancer said she wanted to go home with me for free then we got there and she started saying she wanted money (shocker) and......... hmm well ya it ended interestingly

saw her last week, a year of m3thied freelancing didnt do her well looked like she had aged 10 years........ she did instantly remember me though which i was a bit surprised about

It's a mix of employment laws (hiring/firing and if owned by foreigners, minimums), quality of low-skilled labor, and cost of labor.

If you go to any place that requires skilled labor, you won't see this. But that "additional" pretty girl in a designer purse store just needs to sell 4 purses per month for the employer to break-even on her salary and with this "extra" staff they don't need to worry about staffing issues if two people don't show up one day.

How is the situation in Philippines with insects like mosquitos, Anopheles (Malaria) etc. and deseases like breakbone fever or influenza? I guess these circumstances appear more in the rain season. Maybe someone can report on this.

amazing to me that twice in the last few weeks ive asked different "accountants" if they can do something like 7 times 6 in their head and they say not without calculator

Maybe they don't like to brag

They don't teach them multiplication and division tables tables in school. Same as in Thailand.

I am thinking of moving to the Philippines in the near distance future.

I am currently playing on Bovada in the USA. I use to play on Pokerstars and Fulltilt.

Which sites are available to play on in the Philippines? The best ones? The process of getting money in and out.

Thanks.

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