Monday, December 31, 2007

[LinP3] Re: Hotels in Cebu

Vic, I just returned from Cebu a few days ago. I stayed at Casa
Rosario and it meets most of your criteria. 5 minute walk to
Robinson's and Fuente Osmena. Around P50 taxi ride to Ayala. Small
restaurant off the lobby but many restaurants within a 5 minute walk
also. Chow King, KFC, Mickey D's, Jolllibee and many others. Clean
rooms. In room internet, you supply your own computer. I brought my laptop. Or use the computer in the lobby for P30 per hour. Limited parking however. Standard room is P1100. I added the internet for P100 per night and a fridge for P100 a night. Total P1300 per night.
This will be my home away from home from now on. If you'd like to see
pictures I have a foto blog of my trip at
http://travelswithgoyo.wordpress.com Look for the post titled "Casa
Rosario". It was great for my asawa and I and I recommend it for your consideration.

Hotel website;

http://www.casarosario.net/

GregW

--- In LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com, "Vic" ...>
wrote:
>
> I will be visting Cebu next week and am looking for a hotel in close
> proximity to Ayala or Robinsons Circle Mall. I have stayed at Eddies
> and Kiwi Lodge but they just raised their rates to about P2,100 and I
> am sure there are better and newer hotels for this money that I don't
> know about. Actually, I would prefer the rate to be around P1,500.
> Does anyone have any suggestions for hotel that has: parking, clean
> modern rooms, possibly internet and a restaurant. Thanks
>
> Vic
>

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Re: [LinP3] Questions frequenly asked by Filipinos

Hi Velty,
I am retired USN and moved here in 2002 and have been here ever since.
My wife and I had to setup some ground rules, one of the most important ones being I will not allow relatives to intervence in my household affairs unless we ask for it. I will listen politely to their advice and do what I want to anyways. I avoid any kind of direct confrontation unless I am backed into a cormer with no other options. I also refuse to engage in gossip aka cheezemiz.

The questions that bother me the most are those relating to income. That's just plain none of their business. When pressed I say enough to be comfortable and that's the end of it. The other one is why I don't have kids. The answer should be obvious after almost 8 years together, we can't and my wife does not wish to adopt. HTH

Paul in Iloilo

----- Original Message ----
From: Veltisezar Bautista <bookhaus06@yahoo.com>
To: LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 7:44:34 AM
Subject: [LinP3] Questions frequenly asked by Filipinos

As a Filipino American retiree, I have been amazed by what my fellow
Filipinos requently ask me. They usually ask me questions such as: How
much is your pension? How much salary did you receive while living in
the United States? How much is your wife's disability payments. In
other words, I have been asked personal questions that I think I am
not supposed to answer. And some of them, including some of my in-laws
have been intervening in my household affairs. You should do this, you
should do that, they say.

I'm just curious. In your mingling with Filipinos, have many of you
been questioned about your personal affairs or whatever? What are the
questions you have been asked that you hated most?

Thanks.

Veltisezar "Velty" B. Bautista

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[LinP3] Re:Questions frequenly asked by Filipinos

Velty,
Most of pinoys esp. relatives don't see it as too intruding or personal. They're just curious
of it and what if they had the same opportunity just like you and live with that kind of pension in PI, how lucky they would be.They're just wishing themselves to be like you. Be humble.
Now, regarding your in laws telling you this and that esp. money matters, then that's another story. Be wary, since they're most likely interested to get a piece of your hard earned pension by introducing any kind of business (monkey or not). just my 2 cents.

Your kababayan,
Dave

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[LinP3] Re: Dating in the Philippines

Hello Dave,
You're welcome. I tend to be a passive reader here for the most part but when there are questions and topics that I feel I could throw in my two cents, I make my presence felt. :)

As for my livejournal/blog, I don't mind you sharing the link. I appreciate it. I am glad that you liked and "felt" what I posted just a few hours ago. That was probably the most honest and from the heart entry
that I ever wrote in my entire life.

I wish you and all the members of the group the best of the coming year. :)

Joanne

On Mon 12/31/07 3:24 PM , "Yarnspinner" sent:
> Hello Joane and thanks for this input. If you represent an average
> filipina then my January visit will be quite pleasant indeed.
> > "Hello Group, I am a Filipina and as for dating, you just have to
> set it straight. You could be dating someone but you need to specify
> if what you have is an open relationship or an exclusive one."
> Quote: "You did something amazing for me this month. It felt
> magical,
> wonderful and to some extent, surreal. While I have quite a number
> of
> challenges that I'm facing head on, I can't really remember smiling
> more and laughing this much until this period in my life. For the
> first time, everything made perfect sense"
> I 'feel' these words, but joanne wrote them at
> http://joannethursday.livejournal.com/ [1]
> I hope you don't mind that I
> reprinted this link from your Yahoo profile, joanne, but it is a
> remarkable piece of prose because it gives me, and other single
> interested males, an insight into the mind of a single, eligible,
> filipina.
> Dave
>
>
> Links:
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[LinP3] Re:Directed Financial Support

Has anyone tried this product/service?
I saw it in my research however the reviews are not good?

On Dec 30, 2007 2:00 PM, <nilesjsiegel@aol.com> wrote:

> Mark
> Take a look at _www.ikobo.com_ (http://www.ikobo.com) I think that will
> solve several of your problems. It has worked well for me.
> Niles
> .
>
>
>

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[LinP3] Re:Why giving charity to Filipinas is misguided

ron: well put...well put indeed. scotty/lovin' life in naval,
biliran.

--- In LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com, "Ronald McCarthy"
wrote:
>
> Andre,
>
> Sorry, but 1st world standards and thinking don't apply to 3rd world
> countries. Spend a few years in this society with the poor and then tell us
> about hunger and starvation. There's an enormous distance between a British
> pan handler in a soup line and a starving Filipino family with no resources
> but their own extended family, guile and a natural will to live.
> With all due respect, is charity a panacea for all the world problems? Of
> course not. But there are effective ways to make a difference. This
> argument is nothing more than an alibi for soothing our own
consciences.
>
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andre_westbrook" ...>
> To: <LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:04 AM
> Subject: [LinP3] Why giving charity to Filipinas is misguided
>
>
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > I am writing to question once again the assumption that charity is a
> > panacea for the problems of the Philippines.
> >
> > It is often supposed by liberals and do gooders that giving money to
> > people without asking anything in return can only be a good thing.
> > And yet, in London recently soup kitchens that were once open during
> > the cold winter months of December and January have been closed - not
> > by a penny pinching government but because charities themselves
> > recognised that having access to food and drink was exacerbating the
> > problem of homelessness not curing it. If you think about it they
> > were right to do so. After all, once the qualms of living as a
> > vagrant have been overcome it is not too bad a life if one receives
> > food, clothing and overnight accommodation with, of course, the
> > chance to beg and hustle on the streets of a rich city.
> >
> > One of the complaints most often levelled at Filipinos and Filipinas
> > on this forum by so called kanos is that they are perceived as
> > walking ATM's. Who is to blame for this mindset? The Filipinos or the
> > kanos - it may surprise you to know that I happen to think the kano
> > is more to blame than the Filipino. To give anyone money without
> > expecting something in return is not in the highest good of all
> > concerned. If you think about it long enough - and few on this site
> > will - charity undermines notions of self-respect and thrift. It
> > creates a something for nothing culture which means that kanos have
> > become pressurised into parting with money they can ill afford to
> > lose simply because weak minded men from the Western world have given
> > in when the guilt buttons have been pushed in the past.
> >
> > This does not mean that one should not donate money to deserving
> > individuals who for reasons of bad luck or ill health require
> > tenporary assistance. But can we really have any sympathy for those
> > who just shrug their shoulders and reach inside their pockets
> > whenever a Filipino requests financial assistance. I think the answer
> > is we should not and we should have the courgae to deny the moral
> > high ground to those who would allow this miliking to continue.
> >
> > By all means employ and reward the Filipino for his hard work but do
> > not give him money for nothing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Philippine Dreams: This book has it all. It's a must have for those
> > considering living in the Philippines. And present residents and travelers
> > will learn from it too. Just click on http://tinyurl.com/arncg . This
> > link has rave reviews of this book and the *Free* 7 day e-course, Filipina 101.
> >
> >
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> > Board, Tita Domingo, a Realtor (R) with national associates. She
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> >
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company
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> >
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[LinP3] Re: Dating in the Philippines

Hello Joane and thanks for this input. If you represent an average
filipina then my January visit will be quite pleasant indeed.

"Hello Group, I am a Filipina and as for dating, you just have to
set it straight. You could be dating someone but you need to specify
if what you have is an open relationship or an exclusive one."

Quote: "You did something amazing for me this month. It felt magical,
wonderful and to some extent, surreal. While I have quite a number of
challenges that I'm facing head on, I can't really remember smiling
more and laughing this much until this period in my life. For the
first time, everything made perfect sense"

I 'feel' these words, but joanne wrote them at
http://joannethursday.livejournal.com/
I hope you don't mind that I
reprinted this link from your Yahoo profile, joanne, but it is a
remarkable piece of prose because it gives me, and other single
interested males, an insight into the mind of a single, eligible,
filipina.

Dave

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[LinP3] Re: Girl problem - Is sending money always the right thing to do?

"Under no circumstances should you send any money.
Even if you think you have come to know your Intended very well."

This is the advice that appeared at the head of each profile page on a Free Dating in the Philippines Web Site I used up to about eight months ago. I believe it proved not only to be soundly based on a known practice but to be the wisest piece of advice you could ever receive in the early stages of a relationship. Several young hopefuls found themselves abruptly and
permanently cut-off, forever, on account of it.

The request for you to support some cause or other comes up, as a rule, about two weeks into Chatting. They range from the need for hospitalization (usually of the father) to being unable to pay the rent. To the Western senses they appeared to be saying: "try him and see if he's the soft touch". The amounts are always clearly stated, as are the reasons for it, even if they have the familiar ring of: "I have heard that one before".

Six months of frequent Chatting and exchanging lifestyle and family information by Post led me to believe this final Contact really was the right one. Sincere, with steady academic employment and a self-sufficient attitude to back it up. Her family appearing to be a well respected identity in the Town in which they lived, and from what I could judge would be what are known in the West as Middle Class. At no stage did they appear to ask her to press me for money, and indeed the young lady herself (actually middle aged and never married) always seemed very capable of managing her own financial affairs. In all, the sort of person to easily consider advancing your relationship to the very serious if that was your intent (and I had already made mine known).

So it came as a tremendous shock (almost eight months down the line) to be asked outright, during a Chat Session, for 5000 pesos to make the trip to a family reunion. The Cam was on at the time, and when I had recovered I had the presence of mind to study her facial expressions. Usually smiling and cheerful looking she had taken on a very serious countenance but there was
no sign of apprehension or fear? It was a "business as usual expression" and as I played for time by pleading ignorance on what method might get it to her by the scheduled date, she seemed to have all the information right at her fingertips without ever glancing down to look at the script!

The outcome at this point is "No outcome". At the close of Chat I put a block on the Messenger Service leaving only an Email link, with an email waiting for a "Please convince me as to why I shouldn't shut down this relationship completely?" I have not of course sent any money and have no intention of doing so. In fact the only reason I have left the Mail link open is on account of how far our relationship had travelled, though I doubt it will be travelling much further.

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[LinP3] Re: Girl problem - Is sending money always the right thing to do?

"You can give without loving but you can not love without
giving"

I appreciate the sentiment but the reverse seems also true: You can
receive (money) without thinking the man at the other end of the
Internet is a fool but you can not think him a fool if you never
receive money from him.

I, like many other North American men, have sent money to a girl I met
on the Internet. I don't do that anymore. But as you mention, when I
feel the love, I shall feel in a giving mood. I am on my way to your
country to see what I shall see.

Dave

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[LinP3] Re: medical questions

On Dec 19 I visited my local public health office, (in Canada), to
discuss vaccinations for my upcoming (Jan 9) trip to Cebu. I was
fortunate enough to have an expat Filipina nurse give me my shots and
all the info I could possibly need regarding my health while in the
Philippines. (I cannot believe everything she said because she told
me there are no crocodiles in the Philippines and I later saw a
picture of one on the internet :-)

So I received Hep A and B vaccinations. A TD/Adacel for tetanus and
diphtheria. Dukoral, Oral Vaccine To Stop Travelers' Diarrhea. Oral
Typhoid vaccine. Also recommended were vaccines for Rabies and
Japanese Encephalitis but I did not have enough time for these to be
effective. I also received a recommendation to bring a Malaria
regimen but only if I planned to travel away from Cebu.

I was warned to bring effective mosquito repellent (minimum 30% Deet)
because of the Dengue fever.

So . . for those of you living in the Philippines . . what do you
think of all this?

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Moving here, for relocation services and other representation or services Contact the website and List owner don.herrington@livinginthephilippines.com for assistance, advice and guidance. Some of these services may be fee based.

If you want roses for your Filipina friend click on http://tinyurl.com/7y57y , will take you to a quality Philippine company that gives members excellent service. They have a track record with us. I recommend them without reservation.

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[LinP3] Re: Customs?

I always use a TSA approved lock to keep my luggag secure. Never had
a problem even when traveling to the Phils.

Now for the shocker. I saw a internet video last week that
demonstrated how to open a zippered suitcase with a ballpoint pen. I
wish now I hadn' deleted it. The person inserted the pointed end of
the pen into the zipper and pushed it from one side to the other.
When he was done he was able to close the zipper. No damage was done
and no way of telling it was ever opened.

When you got to your destination and opened your luggage you realized
that you were ripped off. Of course since the suitcase is still
"locked" you assume TSA did it.

DJ
Hawaii

--- In LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com, "rjsmith1952"
...> wrote:
>
> They allow you now to lock your luggage with a DHS approved lock so
> if they do have to open it they have access to the right key. If they
> open it, they will leave you notification that they did and the
> reason why.They have taken steps to cut the risk of someone
> unauthorized going through your luggage-- but as with anything the
> crimal minds will find a way around it.
>
>
>
>
> --- In LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com, "joeonthego100"
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Randy,
> >
> > Ron's right, I insure our dive equipment with with a rider
> policy
> > on homeowners, took pictures and kept receipts for my records and
> > there's. The stuffs not cheap with 5 k worth of scuba gear we carry
> on
> > our cobra dive computers. Now I have arrived at the airport early
> > enough to go to customs, have them inspect, then they put there seal
> > on it. I was told u can lock afterwards, but that's why we have
> > insurance. I don't travel with anything that is really important to
> > me, but loved ones. Have done this for years with no problems.
> >
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > --- In LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com, "Ronald McCarthy"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Randy,
> > >
> > > It pays to insure your luggage and it doesn't cost very much.
> There
> > have
> > > been more problems since all International luggage is now
> inspected
> > by DHS
> > > before you depart any US port and they don't allow you to lock
> your
> > luggage.
> > >
> > > Ron
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Randy Beck"
> > > To: <LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 4:43 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [LinP3] Customs?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Last September I learned a very hard lesson, I hand carried my
> laptop
> > > > with no problems but had a camera and accessories in my checked
> in
> > > > baggage that cost over $1000 new, they stole it, some t shirts,
> > > > baseball hats, a watch and even a little sewing kit. They left
> the
> > > > camera bag probably because they couldn't conceal it. Never
> > > > again........
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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Philippine Dreams: This book has it all. It's a must have for those considering living in the Philippines. And present residents and travelers will learn from it too. Just click on http://tinyurl.com/arncg . This link has rave reviews of this book and the *Free* 7 day e-course, Filipina 101.


***The List Real Estate Consultant is President of the Cebu Realtors Board, Tita Domingo, a Realtor (R) with national associates. She is TitaDomingoRE@hotmail.com .***
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Moving here, for relocation services and other representation or services Contact the website and List owner don.herrington@livinginthephilippines.com for assistance, advice and guidance. Some of these services may be fee based.

If you want roses for your Filipina friend click on http://tinyurl.com/7y57y , will take you to a quality Philippine company that gives members excellent service. They have a track record with us. I recommend them without reservation.

Other affiliates are at http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/affiliates.html .

List problems: Contact List Guides at LinP1Mods@yahoogroups.com . Read the rules yet? They are at http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/rules.html .

[LinP3] Re: Chaperoned Dating ...

Hi Greg,
Chaperoned dating is not as popular as it used to be but still is practiced in some families. Mostly it's with the younger kids.
I seriously doubt it would be expected unless you were dating someone half your age. I met my wife through mutual friends.
She was 32 and I was 40 at the time. We were not chaperoned.

I would suggest you take your next vacation over here and experience the culture and beauty of the Philippines. If you happen to head down to Iloilo, I have a real sweetheart of a cousin that is about your age and would be happy to make introductions. Good luck.

Paul in Iloilo

----- Original Message ----
From: Greg <gadinaz@hotmail.com>
To: LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 6:45:40 AM
Subject: [LinP3] Chaperoned Dating ...

I've been a lurker in the group for a short time now, so with this
topic, I'd like to introduce myself.

Hello everyone! I'm Greg, fifty one, live in the States and am single.
Over here I've interacted with a handful of Filipino's (I work with
two) and have been wowed by their pleasant & charming dispositions, so
I joined the group to learn more about your culture.

As I am single, I would dearly love to find a partner for the second
half of my life. From what I've experienced (now please understand,
this is simply based upon their beauty and their lovely and gracious
disposition) I think I'd be very foolish indeed to not at least open
the door to the possibility of a Filipina Bride.

So my question to the group: If I should happen to meet a Filipina,
around my age, whom I found totally captivating, and of course, she
would seem to be interested in me also, would a chaperoned date be
expected?

Thanks a lot!

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***The List Real Estate Consultant is President of the Cebu Realtors Board, Tita Domingo, a Realtor (R) with national associates. She is TitaDomingoRE@hotmail.com .***
Listings:http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/real_estate/realtor.html

Moving here, for relocation services and other representation or services Contact the website and List owner don.herrington@livinginthephilippines.com for assistance, advice and guidance. Some of these services may be fee based.

If you want roses for your Filipina friend click on http://tinyurl.com/7y57y , will take you to a quality Philippine company that gives members excellent service. They have a track record with us. I recommend them without reservation.

Other affiliates are at http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/affiliates.html .

List problems: Contact List Guides at LinP1Mods@yahoogroups.com . Read the rules yet? They are at http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/rules.html .
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