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Originally Posted by nutsflopper
So in a whole week you haven't learned ANYTHING about the females there?
The girls on a whole look pretty good here. Lots of exotic looking bitches. Also one big difference is how often I get hit on here (once or twice a day, which is once or twice more often than in America).
Some hookers are crazy. Literally. Mentally instable. I need to learn to stay away from them.
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Originally Posted by LuckyDevil
I wish you would elaborate on this more. Where has it been a problem. I assume in social situations it makes things hard, but what about business oriented things, shopping, taxis, restaurants, etc. Tell me what your guess would be on what percentage of the time the average Filipino understands you and what percentage of the time you understand the average Filipino. Thanks.
I don't know what you mean by "average" Filipino. If you walk up to a poor looking person or an older person on the street, chances are he/she does not speak English at all, only Tagalog. People in service industries (hotel receptionists, travel agents, waiters, cashiers, hookers, etc.) can speak decent English, at least good enough to do their job. Most taxi drivers will know how to ask you where you're going but most likely won't be able to understand anything beyond that. Like today, I asked a driver, "So what are you doing for Holy Week?" - he goes, "Yes."
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Paul B: what do you mean by lots of poors?? There are lots of poors here in big U.S cities as well. Are you running into lots of squatters??
It's a third world country, nothing like the US. Where I was staying (Ermita area), there are insane amounts of homeless people who live in shacks and walk around without shoes and/or clothes because they can't afford any. It's like those "Please help feed this child" infomercials on TV.
Even the middle class are relatively poor. A 40 peso ($1) tip to a doorman/bellhop/waiter will make his day. When I met up with mnlgrind, he told me that his college graduate friend would make ~$300 USD per month working for some finance firm. I couldn't believe it.