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Filipino ERA |OT|
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I am going to plan a trip for next June. I am very happy about all the details you've told me about on the last page. It will come in handy when I prepare next summer.
My plan then is to do as was said on the last page, to get used to the public transport and jeepneys. I plan on just walking around Metro Manila and see where the different jeepneys take me, and how their routes work. It will come in pretty handy going forward I can imagine.
Man, I miss Philippines like crazy. And my family a whole lot. I'll just visit my lolo and lola's graves next June too.
My plan then is to do as was said on the last page, to get used to the public transport and jeepneys. I plan on just walking around Metro Manila and see where the different jeepneys take me, and how their routes work. It will come in pretty handy going forward I can imagine.
Man, I miss Philippines like crazy. And my family a whole lot. I'll just visit my lolo and lola's graves next June too.
We're in the pal lounge waiting for our flight back to Canada. I wanted to thank folks who recommended restaurants earlier in the thread. In the end, there weren't many meals where we could pick restaurants, due to having a lot of family to visit who were always feeding us, but we took a bunch of people out to Manam a couple of nights ago and enjoyed it a lot. Thanks John Marston for suggesting it. The sisig and sinigang were so good!
I'm pretty sad to be leaving. Things I learned this visit: even repellent doesn't help me deter mosquitoes. Also, I am never booking any Cebu Pacific flights ever again. The two flights we booked with them were both cancelled, one when we were waiting at the gate, and the other five hours before departure. They just suck. Luckily we were able to get our connection, but if PAL didn't have room we would have had to get a 12 hour bus and adjust every other flight on our list.
It seems like they have a rep for being super unreliable. Wish I'd learned it before but now we know!
I'm pretty sad to be leaving. Things I learned this visit: even repellent doesn't help me deter mosquitoes. Also, I am never booking any Cebu Pacific flights ever again. The two flights we booked with them were both cancelled, one when we were waiting at the gate, and the other five hours before departure. They just suck. Luckily we were able to get our connection, but if PAL didn't have room we would have had to get a 12 hour bus and adjust every other flight on our list.
It seems like they have a rep for being super unreliable. Wish I'd learned it before but now we know!
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Spent nine days in Palawan couple of weeks ago, it was fantastic. And I didn't even get the time to check out El Nido.
Yeah, some bad/tragic news during the holidays. The typhoon in the south, the bus/jeepney accident in the north (very likely it's the jeep driver's fault based on what I've seen in the news - overtaking/high speed and some are saying even drunk), and the Mall fire in Davao where 30+ call center employees got trapped and died.
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That reminds me when me and my mother took a jeepney in Ilocos Norte, and the young driver decided to race through the traffic so we ended up driving two wheels (one side only). Everybody asked to leave the jeepney and get their money back. It was disrespectful putting all of us in danger like that.
Dirty politics, Showbiz news, Road accidents, and heavy traffic. So nothing new. Haha!
Filipino food still tastes the same, and I love it.
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Just saw the thread about the drug testing of video game players.
Kotaku: Valve Removes Philippines Tournament's Major Status Because It Will Require Drug Testing
Kotaku: Valve Removes Philippines Tournament's Major Status Because It Will Require Drug Testing
I thought you said in the other thread you'd rather let this topic stay dead.lol
I want to discuss actually the future of eSports and how drug testing should be incorporated like other sports, but sadly the thread devolved into one of the "F Duterte" threads.
"Rather than discussing mudslinging politics"
It's ok to discuss politics, but if it devolves in just mudslinging quotes and sarcastic remarks, then I prefer it to be dead. For now, I just want to say hi.
This forum is still technically Neogaf, the moment you mention that name some people are just incapable of looking beyond that.
Oh and the train tax law is on its way, so yeah.
Yeah I fully agree that this forum is not at all different from Neogaf. I didn't participate on that thread because I know how it would boil down.
As for the Tax law, it's 9% good, 91% bad. Excise tax for oils is the most damaging one.
One thing I wish more people would realize (particularly foreigners) when talking about the drug situation in the Philippines, is that one of the reasons why Duterte's drug war still has support from a lot of Filipinos, is the criminality caused by drug users (theft, rape, murder, abductions, etc.). Due process and upholding the law is definitely important though.
Oh ffs no wonder there are rumors of Philhealth going bankrupt and there's the quick release of "budget" for the purchase of dengvaxia vaccines.
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/95994...al-garin-cruz-mafia-corruption-dengue-vaccine
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/95994...al-garin-cruz-mafia-corruption-dengue-vaccine
Apparently Jollibee arrived in Lucban finally. It saddens me as the only big corporate garbage tainting my wife's town was Seven Eleven (eh just one, its cool) and one Duncan donuts. Oh and of course Buddy's but Buddy's is FROM Lucban :)
My poor niece is eating too much Jollibee now :(
My poor niece is eating too much Jollibee now :(
Saw this on the recent Duterte post on the EtcetEra. I know we also had a Filipino thread on the old forum, and I used to post there until my busy schedule got the better of me. Anyway, nice to meet you all!
I dread summer if it's already this hot this early in. :/
I dread summer if it's already this hot this early in. :/
Hello Filipino ERA
I'm heading over to Cebu City, Bohol, and Bacolod next month. Is there anything I should check out in particular? I've never been to the region. Usually, I'm in the south, I was there last year during the Mall Fire and Typhoons.
I'm heading over to Cebu City, Bohol, and Bacolod next month. Is there anything I should check out in particular? I've never been to the region. Usually, I'm in the south, I was there last year during the Mall Fire and Typhoons.
The whale sharking is a question of morality, but ... I mean... I enjoyed it. That's such an obvious one that you undoubtable already read of it though.
Kawasan Falls is also not all that far away from cebu city, went there for a weekend with my work and enjoyed it. For a cool hangout spot at night in cebu, iamik's Chicken & Beer is very chill and cool guys working there, at tres borces street in mabolo. decent cheap food, cheap alcohol and just a great atmosphere.
In Bohol there is also all the obvious, take an atv and drive around the chocolate hills and so on. Also if you visiting any of the touristy beaches, there is lots of local guys offering to take you out on boat so some pretty special small islands around bohol.
Never went to Bacolod.
Kawasan Falls is also not all that far away from cebu city, went there for a weekend with my work and enjoyed it. For a cool hangout spot at night in cebu, iamik's Chicken & Beer is very chill and cool guys working there, at tres borces street in mabolo. decent cheap food, cheap alcohol and just a great atmosphere.
In Bohol there is also all the obvious, take an atv and drive around the chocolate hills and so on. Also if you visiting any of the touristy beaches, there is lots of local guys offering to take you out on boat so some pretty special small islands around bohol.
Never went to Bacolod.
Just on my 2nd viewing. My gf's father pointed it out. No idea it was Banaue when I first saw it .
Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check them out, well maybe not the whale shark thing.
Nope, but thanks for mentioning it. I had to look it up after I saw it today.
Hello Era members in the Philippines, doing a bit of research on local delivery websites (Mcdo, Jollibee, Food Panda, etc.). Which websites do you use most often? Any standout website features or very evident problems? Thanks!
me and a friend are looking to stay in cebu for 3 weeks or so around christmas and new years eve. been almost 3 years since I have been in the Philippines at this rate, so can't wait.
I wish I had more time in Cebu during this last trip. Definitely some good food and drink over there. If you're into craft beer, Turning Wheels and Baguio Craft Breweries satellite tasting rooms were spot on, unlike my last trip through Davao. I wasn't able to hit Cebruery due to time constraints and I thought it was far away lol. Restaurant-wise, I did the trifecta of Lechon places there with Rico's, Zubuchon, and CnT. Got to say I liked Rico's the best, but CnT wasn't bad either for what it was. All of them were better than the Lechon I had in Bacolod for sure. The best restaurant though was Anzani for sure. Excellent steak and wine and if you're earning in ￥€＄ it's priced relatively cheap in that sense.
I lived there for some time (with the friend I am going with), so we have visited most of the recommended places there. Anzani is indeed great. But our favorite is still iamiks chicken and beer. The food is ordinary, but the atmosphere and cheap booze makes up for it.... and that's really what we are going there for mostly, having a good time with friends in the area we haven't seen for a while.
Terrence Romeo doesn't have a lot of brainpower going on. That's been pretty clear for a while now. I was actually watching the game but tuned out during the 2nd quarter since Gilas was already down 30 lol.
But then that brawl in the 3rd, WTF. Such a terrible look for Gilas Pilipinas. Can't support that shit. And all of the other things going on behind the scenes/before the game/during warm-ups aside and just focusing on the main incident alone, the whole thing was really instigated by RR Pogoy's shoving/elbow to one of the australian players in the 3rd, w/ that Kickert dude retaliating and all hell breaking loose. And coaching staff/other Gilas personnel, instead of pacifying the situation even joined in on the fight! Fucking morons. You can compare this to the Australian staff which really prohibited their players from going to the court.
But then that brawl in the 3rd, WTF. Such a terrible look for Gilas Pilipinas. Can't support that shit. And all of the other things going on behind the scenes/before the game/during warm-ups aside and just focusing on the main incident alone, the whole thing was really instigated by RR Pogoy's shoving/elbow to one of the australian players in the 3rd, w/ that Kickert dude retaliating and all hell breaking loose. And coaching staff/other Gilas personnel, instead of pacifying the situation even joined in on the fight! Fucking morons. You can compare this to the Australian staff which really prohibited their players from going to the court.
Lots of people are supporting them and proud for what they did. smh
Some people are using it to drag politics into basketball just look at the brawl topic, also I've read comments in FB that its China's turn next and that we shouldnt allow ourselves to be bullied. Hay naku. -_-
Y'all, any of you know some PC part sellers in 'Pinas that are not ridiculous with RAM stick pricing, I bought my 8GB RAM DDR stick at 2,500PHP back in 2016 and it still fucking 5K in my city. I just want at least 4k max for this thing. I tried everything TipidPC (can't because NCR-centric, and if I Manila I don't have time to stroll across NCR to meet up), local Facebook Groups (can't because fucking shits flood me with gluta and networking posts, and the moment somebody posts reasonable RAM for sale it is sold in a minute). Or do I have to wait?