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Not So Happy Ending Philippines Massages

Massages in the Philippines are easy to find for $5 give or take a few bucks.  Even with a 100 peso tip you are still paying 10% of what you might pay in the Western world. Of course Asian massages are also known for their happy endings, but...

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Luxury Condos in Manila for Poker Players

Most of the poker players I know end up in luxury condos in Manila. Western standard, modern high-rise condominium blocks, in trendy, safer areas like Makati (centrally located). Top 2 Luxury Condos in Manila Below are a couple of common options they go for, and many expats and richer...

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My Bankroll for Poker in Asia

I moved to Asia with $5800 3 years ago.  It took a couple weeks to get set up again for online poker in Asia (PokerStars was banned in the US on ‘Black Friday’), and with initial moving costs I was down to around $3500 pretty quick. Your first few weeks in...

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Prices of Barfines in the Philippines

Barfines in the Philippines can be bit confusing and vary in price (see below for Angeles, Cebu and Manila). Interestingly the first Google hit for barfine / bar fine pertains to the Philippines. From Urban dictionary, it’s the money paid to a bar to take a girl out or home with...

‘Gray Area’ Girls in the Philippines

One of the toughest things about trying to hook up with girls in the Philippines is figuring out if they want money or not. When it’s not immediately clear either way I call these ‘gray area girls’. There are some expats in the Philippines that just assume that every girl wants money...

Sexy Filipinas!

So I was playing around with Google keyword planner and apparently ‘sexy Filipinas‘ gets searched in Google thousands of times a month. ‘Filipinas‘ over a hundred thousand. What is it that makes Filipinas so sexy?  Why are they known around the world as such great lovers?  They really aren’t...

Filipina Dating Site Scams

It’s pretty common sense not to send money to Pinays on the internet. Since getting money out me is like blood from a stone, I haven’t really fell victim to any Filipina dating site scams. Some have tried but I just move on to the next girl. As a guy in this reader’s...

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Live in Cambodia for $600 a Month

Sihanoukville was the cheapest place I’ve lived. Going by what I spent there, I’d say a westerner could live in Cambodia (Sihanoukville or elsewhere) comfortably on $600/month. Entry to Angkor Wat in Siem Reap is around $30 My expenses were around $850 a month when I lived there for 7...

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Filipina Ladyboys (#nohomo)

If you are a fan of ladyboys (transgender women) then anywhere in Asia will be great for you and the Philippines is no different. If I wanted to I could easily have free sex with Filipina ladyboys nonstop every day. Any guy could and it would not be...

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4 Thailand Ebooks To Read

If you visit or move to Thailand – or anywhere in South East Asia really – you’re going to be tempted with so many girls and will need to know how to handle it.  They’re easily available. You may say to yourself that you aren’t the type of...

Your Filipina Girlfriend is Cheating

If you’re reading this you’re probably wondering if your Filipina girlfriend is cheating on you. Is she the sweet angel you thought she was? Now, I really think that Filipina women would make great wives overall.  They are very loving and caring women that would be great to live with and...

Scams in the Philippines?

Before moving to Angeles I had read about many different types of scams in the Philippines so I was expecting a few to be attempted on me. Lots of them involve girls lying to the police and trying to extort money from foreigners but luckily none of those have...

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Relocating for Poker in the Philippines

After the US shut down PokerStars and the main online poker sites on Black Friday I found myself playing live everyday in casinos and it was awful.  No chicks looked like this. Via the Asian Poker Tour, which visits Cebu and Manila every year I didn’t have the...

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‘Filipino Time’

Filipino time is something you just have to put up with living in the Philippines. Examples of Filipino Time If you aren’t aware of what Filipino time is it basically means expect everyone to be late for everything.  A Filipina explains it here. It doesn’t always work out that...