Popular Post bastonjock Posted April 2, 2018 Popular Post Posted April 2, 2018 Hi Guys well I'm back home in not so sunny England ,its quite surreal to leave a hot and humid Manila and return to what must be one of the coldest springs on record. The vacation was very enjoyable and i had the experience of phillipino family life from two different families ,one in compostella mindano and the other at porac pampamanga .the first being very much a farming community that relies heavily on the vast surrounding banana plantations and the latter in porac being a family who have mostly worked overseas to earn money to buy their Jeepneys , we also stayed at Davao , Samal island and subic bay ,my favourite place was Samal island ,it was paradise. Ive experienced the hussle and bussle of the night market ,ate at road side eaterys ,up market restaurants, jollibees and mcdonalds. i will return at some point for a longer visit ,next time i wont set myself up with a woman ,id like to explore other areas , ive never seen people who are so happy in such impoverished living conditions , the lady that i met was a nice girl ,,however her father started questioning me on how much i earned and pensions etc , it was quite blunt that they wanted me to marry their daughter and support a family of around 20 people , during the trip the lady never spent a single peso despite me giving her 8k ,my buddles lady on the other hand bought the odd bottle of water for us etc , it was went i was asked if id pay for her son to come along that i decided to end the relationship after the two weeks . We spent 6 nights at the hof gori resort in samal ,owned by a lady boy ,we founf out that she pays her staff a pittance 250p a day to wait hand and foot on us ,she also pockets the service charge herself and takes back any tips that you give the staff ,so we slipped the staff a quiet tip ,the place itself was paradise the food was excellent we left there and after a stop over at Davao we flew to clark and were picked up in a jeepney and driven to porac ,I'm 6ft 1inch and the jeepney was the most uncomfortable ride that i can remember ,we had a day in porac before heading to Angeles ,i screwed up there ,i had booked us into a knocking shop type hotel , we stayed the night and had breakfast before our van picked us up and off to Subic we went ,i had booked us into the Treasure island resort ,it was a decent enough place and from ther we explored a little , a day trip to poondakit was enjoyed as so was the trips to the mall and the yacht club , i did not do the boat trip around the bay . overall a great experience and adventure 12 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, bastonjock said: overall a great experience and adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 13 minutes ago, bastonjock said: we had a day in porac before heading to Angeles ,i screwed up there I bet 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonjack2847 Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 Well at least you had a good time and the 3rd degree from the Father didn`t put you off.Keep looking I`m sure the right one is out there for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBM Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 47 minutes ago, sonjack2847 said: Well at least you had a good time and the 3rd degree from the Father didn`t put you off.Keep looking I`m sure the right one is out there for you. Heaps out there, just a matter of finding a compatable one that cares without to many family commitments. Seem family are perhaps one of greatest challenges so many of face. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clermont Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 2 hours ago, bastonjock said: , it was quite blunt that they wanted me to marry their daughter and support a family of around 20 people Get used to it if you are heading back, or to another Asian country, that is their lifestyle. The daughter hooks up with a rich, ( we're all rich to them ) foreigner and he is suppose to support the family. I'm pleased it didn't dampen your enthusiasm for the country or it's people, and I think you will keep enjoying yourself over there, enjoy, but don't to temptation. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bastonjock Posted April 2, 2018 Author Popular Post Posted April 2, 2018 My buddies found a good one ,he offered her some money and she refused it ,then he persuaded her to accept it ,she quit her job to spend two weeks with him ,so he eventually managed to get her to accept enough to cover her salary losses for a couple of months , mine just kept holding her hand out , would not have minded too much but the sex was awfull 1 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary D Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 We flew into Manila Thursday from Dumaguete to a real tumbleweed moment. The trip from NAIA to Makati we saw probably a dozen cars and everywhere was closed. We went to the Mall of Asia on the friday, again closed but had a coffee at an italian restaurant over looking the Bay. There was a shottish guy sitting at the next table, not you bastonjock by any chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDDavao II Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 8 hours ago, bastonjock said: we founf out that she pays her staff a pittance 250p a day to wait hand and foot on us ,she also pockets the service charge herself and takes back any tips that you give the staff ,so we slipped the staff a quiet tip 46 P250 an hour was the going rate for the laborers who worked on our house. 8 hours in the sun... That's pretty much par for jobs that are easily filled and are thought to not require much skill. Quiet tips are the way to do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Glatt Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 6 hours ago, JDDavao said: P250 an hour was the going rate for the laborers who worked on our house. 8 hours in the sun... That's pretty much par for jobs that are easily filled and are thought to not require much skill. Quiet tips are the way to do it. Wow $40 a day. nephew got $14 as a welder at the fils bigest shipyard. You are no doubt much loved and want for no labor in your local 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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