Forum Support Old55 Posted April 7, 2021 Forum Support Posted April 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, f5m9v6 said: How to PM someone? I don't see this option available! Look for the little mail envelope icon top right labeled MESSAGES. Clicking that activates a dropdown and select the member you wish to message. PM=personal message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f5m9v6 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Old55 said: Look for the little mail envelope icon top right labeled MESSAGES. Clicking that activates a dropdown and select the member you wish to message. PM=personal message. I don't have the icon. Edited April 7, 2021 by f5m9v6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted April 7, 2021 Forum Support Posted April 7, 2021 No, you don't. It looks like you are still on moderation. Will forward to forum manager and see what's up. Doubt it's about you this has happened before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support scott h Posted April 7, 2021 Forum Support Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, f5m9v6 said: Might be better to stick to islands where no extreme violence has been recorded! Hi and welcome to the forum. A lot of the answers might seem unhelpful so far, but they are reactions from Yanks, Brits, Aussie's and even from the EU based on years of living here. consider that the Philippines has 120 million people and habitable land is fairly scares. So unless you spend lots of money to move to a exlusive residential area you will have a hard time finding privacy with amenities. Remote areas have their own unique problems, not only insurgents and bandits in some areas but this story just appeared in the paper today Maguindanao town under state of calamity over clan war | Philstar.com COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The Sangguniang Bayan of Talitay in Maguindanao has placed the town under a state of calamity in connection with a clan war that displaced hundreds of families. Members of the municipal disaster risk reduction and management council said 3,493 villagers from Barangays Gadungan and Pageda evacuated their homes for fear of being caught in the crossfire. Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, 6th Infantry Division commander, urged Moro Islamic Liberation Front and local leaders to help settle the rift between followers of former Talitay mayor Montasir Sabal and the Watamama and Ameril clans on the other side. The animosity between the two groups erupted when followers of Sabal allegedly shot dead a 16-year-old member of the Watamama family on March 26. Edited April 8, 2021 by Jollygoodfellow Please paste as plain text so I dont have to remove all the HTML crap. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 2 hours ago, f5m9v6 said: There were two bomb explosions last year by an extreme group here. Extremists might reside there, which makes it an unsafe safe place; specially for foreigners. Have you been there? When? Might be better to stick to islands where no extreme violence has been recorded! See the little smiley thing in my reply, it was a joke 2 hours ago, f5m9v6 said: Sure. I would be happy with 30mbps. That should be enough for me! You will usually only get that in big cities. Your looking at remote so lucky to get internet at all. Even in the city its a high mbps. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, f5m9v6 said: How to PM someone? I don't see this option available! I have fixed your issue. Something triggered your PM disabled, possibly your username. We like to share info for all to have an input rather than everyone just chatting amongst themselves in a PM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy F. Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Jollygoodfellow said: You will usually only get that in big cities. Your looking at remote so lucky to get internet at all. Even in the city its a high mbps. Truer words were never spoken. Your concept of remote may not bear resemblance to mine. Panglao is extremely touristy when there's no pandemic. Siquijor is getting that way. Just reading about it might be enough for you. Get this book-> https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Water-Solitude-Philippine-Twentieth-ebook/dp/B009LLAWRK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3SZS6WJ85L3H5&dchild=1&keywords=playing+with+water&qid=1617840502&s=books&sprefix=playing+with+water%2Cstripbooks%2C206&sr=1-1 Edited April 8, 2021 by Guy F. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBM Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 2 hours ago, f5m9v6 said: I'm sure i'll be able to find a safe remote island without a big crowd. I think i read mindanao jungle as being dangerous because of possible encounters with extreme groups. You found it to be safe? Think you better take your rose coloured glasses off...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jollygoodfellow Posted April 8, 2021 Popular Post Posted April 8, 2021 2 hours ago, f5m9v6 said: It will be the 1st time i will be in the Philippines! Do you have an idea of what to expect? It will be a big culture shock. If you intend to stay some quiet island are you prepared for no internet? electric maybe 2 hours a day. Food will only be local so can you eat it? What visa will you arrive on and how easy will it be to renew if living somewhere off the beaten track. What sort of accommodation are you used to living in? Many things to consider. Probably best to stay awhile somewhere in a mid size city to get a feel of things. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy79 Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 I'll second what Jollygoodfellow says. Being remote has it's advantages and disadvantages. Starting with your internet you can almost forget the speed you are after if living in a remote place. The internet providers chase the money and in many areas the locals are still using the old keypad phones. Constant electricity is another issue. Some remote areas still aren't on 24hr power supply and some that are meant to be have regular brown outs. Next will be access to drinking water, food, medical facilities and immigration for your visa run. You'll be looking at a town of at least 5k people spread out to get even the basics. Filipinos love to be together and love videoke and cockerels even more. If you try to get somewhere rural to live it will be a shack surrounded by noise. Also unless you look Filipino within 24hrs of you arriving in an area everyone will know where you are and your every move. You'll blend in more and have more peace if you pick a tourist area believe it or not. There's plenty of long term rentals inside resorts with private security, no videoke, cockerels and semi decent wifi with cable tv. I live on what would normally be the busiest island in the Philippines and can go days without talking to anyone. I close my front door and open my balcony to look out over jungle and open fields. A choice of about ten beaches, three of which are always deserted, access to Western groceries, fast wifi and an immigration office 15 mins away. If I go out no one stares at me as being foreign is common here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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