How is Manila, Philippines?
 

I am being moved because of my job, how is it there? I don't have much of a choice :helpme

rainy this period

Lots of hookers

strikes, political scandals by the female president

rest should be fine :)

Safe for whites?

safer than in london lol






couldn't resist :)

bad timing, CNN said riots are starting there in connection to the President's rigging of the last elections

There's a political war here in Philippines between the administration and the anti-government... Rallies are huge in Manila!

ask bluff

make sure to lay low as Porn is illigal over there as far as I know

i think their government suck, they have an idiot president like bush.

ahahaha.. once u get here u wont care about that anymore

i have a friend from manila, he said political issues are in HEAT right now...

Another exagerrated report from CNN. Since PH is a democratic country, people
can go to streets and voice out their freedom of speech. Everyday, you get to
see lots of protesters but in general, mostly peoply rallies.

:smokin

Hit me up, I have been here for 9 months. I feel safe here. They are rallies, not riots.

Lots of hookers.
Lots of horny "real" girls, too!


What company are you coming out with?

Oh yea... beer is 40 cents a bottle in the 7-11, smokes 75 cents, a 1 hour taxi ride.. $3!

i would say the system sucks, now the president is pushing for a Federal Parliamentary form of government.

:smokin

There are lots of people from the biz here.

The rallies are not so bad. But it is hot, humid and extremely D I R T Y. One of the worst cities in regards of pollution. An hour outside and your white collar turn black. Smoking is more healthy then breathing fresh air in Manila.

Oh, forgot to mention: the food sucks!

its very much fun fun fun.. :)

you must have done something to really piss off the boss

very safe for anglos.

but dirty and hot.

very cheap taxis.

i wouldnt want to go there for a living really...although i've never been there, and i'd like to go see it sometime, it doesnt attract me to go live there at all

How is driving there? What about traffic police? Is it easy to pay your way out of everything?

i think she likes bush. LOL

yes of course. that sucks.

for once, we agree on something.. I dunno what good will a federal system do to our country.. but right now things here are tough with the politics and inflation. but nevertheless i still love my country and wouldn't exchange it for anything in the world..

how about japan? uk? us? :P

I was more of like wondering.. what good will it do.. even if they change the system of government if the government will be run by the same corrupt officials.. i think it is pointless.. what needs to be done is to really flush out the corrupt officials of the government.. which i think is near to impossible.. hehehe..

well I heard there's too much political unrest there. I think its not on the kind of leader or the type of system, but on the citizens themselves

if none of these foreign countries had cheap hookers, would it be even worth it to live in some of these places

The last time I was there the traffic cops carried machine guns - never did try to pay them anything :) But then the taxis were the way to go

what is it with manilla, its like a porn magnet :1orglaugh

Philippines is really fucked up country, sad. Its the new headquarters for "YuMama Bin Laden" and has a large muslum population in the remote areas that will kidnap you and cut off your head.

Everything is corrupt and fucked up, especially for westerners. A friend of mine put up a bar in Manilla. He was there for 12 months before he found out the bill he was paying for electric each month was actually illegal current ripped off from a nearby business and sold to him by the local mobsters. :1orglaugh When eventually the real electric company found out he had to pay off a bunch of new people.

On a bright note, the women are awesome. Not the man hating hookers in the bars, but your average real filipino girl that works in a factory or a hospital, its like the matrix, no one can be told about Filipino girls you have to experience it for yourself. :2 cents:

So sad.. that your friend was duped.. things are really shitty right here that people are turning into scammers..nweiz, about the filipino girls..you're right about that... of course i am also referring those who are not hookers.. and as for the muslim area of our country..right now there has been a ceasefire between governments and muslim groups.. so it is no longer as violent as it was years before..but the armed forces are doing their best to weed out the extremist groups who do all the kidnapping.. heheh or so i think... lol..

The Philippines has suffered political instability for decades now. So those rallies and protests have been adapted as normal situations already. Not much of a problem here.

Where do you plan to stay?

our present govt. system has been adapted to that of the US. Sad to say, Filipinos aren't matured enough to handle this. :(

I am half muslim anyways, if it ever comes down to it, i will tell them my muslim name and they will let me go, lol

Polluted and the worst traffic in the world. The public transportation ( Jeepney Drivers ) are on strike to make it even worse.

It is good for a week ..... but after that there is nothing else to do than go to the mall !

The nearest beach is 2 hour drive and a 1 hour boat ride or flying which is a 3 hour chore in itself !

Do what ever you can to get moved somewhere else .... Manila is not a good quality of life. Not as cheap as every says unless you are living like the general population. Very easy to find yourself in a very very poor neighborhood.


But the food is great and it is true the beer is cheap if you do not mind drinking with the locals.

good to know

ok

well..some pieces of advice.. just don't stay out too late at night unless you have with you a trusty companion... beware of pickpockets... if you are gonna stay in manila..then you'll probably be safe from the muslim extremists..probably.. and treat the locals with respect the same way you would like to be treated.. coz the locals are really good and hospitable so long as you don't get into fights with them.. usually we are harmless that is if you live in a typical middle class area.. one thing we hate most are arrogant and pompous foreigners who come barging into our country treating our locals like some piece of shit.. but if you are nice then you would be treated nicely.. good luck and be careful on your stay here in the philippines..

So basically you're all saying it sucks and don't go there, you might die.

Socrates: Quit your job

lots of action in here.. but its pretty safe..

:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

political here sucks, most of them are fighting for personal interest not for the sake of the country..

heard there is too much issues going on in the philippines regarding the woman president. but they say there are lots of cute chicks there..

Let's wait till "Napolean" sees this poser back again.
Learn your lesson newbie.

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CNN has just featured the filing of impeachment case to the president yesterday.