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RE: Philippines Journal-Diary of a Noob (Metro Manila)
(01-05-2016 10:46 AM)CleanSlate Wrote:  When I was in PI last April, girls were telling me that I was only the "second" guy they've been with.

Now they are claiming to be virgins and on BC?

They must be trading girl game notes on how to snag a foreigner.

All that's left is single mothers claiming their babies were due to miraculous virgin birth
01-05-2016 12:35 PM
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"I am not a crook"
-Richard Nixon

"There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!"
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"I haven't had sex in a year"
-The Filipinas of Date in Asia
01-06-2016 01:17 AM
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No girl said to me that she is on birth control. (Where did i write that?)
One girl said i should put my sperm in there and give her a baby, she will raise it and i will be just gone.

G25
From daygame. Funnily she seemed hotter first time i saw her, but still very nice. She is hungry, i go eat with her and pay. Later in room she says i can do anything, but not sperm inside. Sex is great. She likes to be single, it’s less complicated and she can just do stuff like that here with me. She wants family some day, but not now. She asks how many girls, i tell her, she thinks it’s cool.


Tiny thing: Second time i had date end with ‚Can i go now?‘ in condo, instead of eg ‚Hey, i go now‘. ‚Can i go now‘ just seems very weird to me Smile. First i thought it was just a bad date for her, but second time it was pretty good i thought.
And 2 girls just using ‚0‘ instead of ‚o‘ totally consistently when texting.

Right now i want to stop pipelining and just be able to think for a moment Smile
Also i have to do a bit of work.

Ok. I guess have some pre-final thoughts now:
Met a lot of girls. Different types.
Compared to my home country i was about 18 times as succesfull here. Which is unfair comparision, because here in phil i concentrated 95% on game, at home i do only like 5%. (This calculated in would make me about to be the same successful, which is surely not true Smile). Here i get much slimmer, smaller, sexier, younger girls than at home. Well, at home about 10% of girls i slept with i would consider very very sexy, here it is like above 90% for me.
The quality of sex.. i guess it’s a bit better here because i regard sexpartners here more sexy. (but my fb’s at home are pretty skilled). Also i had the worst sex of my life here in the phil Smile.
Also on the other side of things i seem to get not so hot girls that are more successful career wise than me interested in me. I am called handsome, they like my nose, they like my white skin.

What does this bring me? What is the purpose?
I wanted to make vacation, i wanted to experience stuff, experience stuff with women, experience more abundance, more hotter tiny women. It happened. It was one of the ‚i want to do this at least once before i die‘ things.

What do i still want here in phil?
Swim in the pool for once Smile
Hang out with my favorite girls
Not sure about: going out in the evening

What does this all mean? Smile
Girls in philippines are totally my body type, small and slim. Tiny muscular asses. Small cute pussies. My penis fits well in them. There are the virgin types, they are not so much fun for me. There are more confident partygirls, they are more fun. There are richer upper class girls (just my humble estimation) that are more fun to talk to.

Do i want to live here? What now?
I can’t live here, i am not location independent. If i was, i don’t know. Being white is great here. Girls are great. But in summer i guess it’s super super hot. And i am into theatre, and don’t think there is a market for that here.

What do i take from this?
Don’t know.. I guess memories. I had once tiny thought of making pics while sex, but decided not to do it.
It was supposed to be also self-development. Don’t know about if that happened Smile.
Got just a tiny bit insight about philippine girls. Having a pretty senseless job standing 9 hours 6 times a week or more and long commute to work.

What to do when home:
I guess bury myself into work.. it’s necessary anyway after long pause from that. And no hope for me to have girls experience like this at home. I have some fb’s, i will appreciate that. Guess i’ll set some job-goals.

At home i will enjoy great internet. Unfortunately i also associate phil with being sick.
01-06-2016 04:24 AM
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(12-16-2015 09:25 PM)Roccker Wrote:  girl there loads with 300 pesos next to supersurf for 999 (supersurf was the standard which she offered first when i asked i want 30day unlimited internet). I send like 5 texts, suddenly it says ‚load is only 20 pesos‘. I go to the girl. 5 texts and load from 300 pesos down to 20? She cannot explain what happend, just showed me the confirmation texts on my phone. I look up the rest of my load with sms command and it said ‚2 pesos left + 195 free texts‘. I told the girl. My theory is that i somehow bought 200 free text with the 300 peso load?

You get 85 free texts with every 500php load card, 2x makes 190... Plus you get free txts for the 300 card also don't know how much but more than 5. She didn't load anything for that 300php just went into her own pocket somehow I guess.

The 20php load wasn't 20php you misread it for 2php I guess, as you loaded a total of 1001 (U get 1php with ur sim) - 999 = 2php

Anyway best of luck on your trip and hope you enjoy it, don't worry too much, you will be fine...
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Hey Roccker, loving your diary.
Your stories are very real, and a great reference for any other guys thinking about a first visit to Manila.

A prediction from me:
After you return home, your first thoughts will be "whew, that was a big job, but I got through it ok".
But after a while you will forget about the time you were sick and the tedious logistics, and think about returning.
Then you will start to think "how can I do it better next time?".
And you may think "I wish that I had visited some more places, so I have a better idea where I might like to stay next time".

So again I suggest that at the very least you follow my suggestion in post 46, and look around a bit more in your last few days there.
01-06-2016 03:27 PM
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My favorites were 11 14 15 17 22. I plan to meet all of them again and perhaps doing a bit more than just going to condo.

G17 going outside the house/mall
Hang out with her whole day. I love her joyous sprinkly eyes, her being cute small, her energy, her happy spirit.
Want to get a biit out oft the mall, so i take her invitation to go to her house for adobo.
We drive with the airconditioned bus (12 pesos), then with jeepney(was also a todo) – it was actually very cool because this specific jeepney was playing rap music i liked and it’s totally colourful outside and inside, it was like a rapmobil.

I guess we drive about 1-1,5hours in total i would guess. Outside there it has a more rural feel, there is a street and it’s not city anymore. One kid says ‚so white!!‘ in tagalog. It goes a bit upward and when we reach the houses my association was more like a jungle feeling, this is obviously a bad way to describe it. I mean the ground was just earth/stone, most houses had no door (just a whole where the door would be).

She lives / sleeps there with her cousin and her brother that is over 20. They have one bed together that is smaller than my bed and the whole living space is half the size of my small one-person-condo. They have a toilet (but without toilet seat) and running water and a tv.

There is her cousin 42 year old (who’s internet-‚boyfriend‘ is a 28 year old canadian who will come to phil in 1 year?) and there is a grandmother in 40ties of small 8 year old girl and some older female relative in 50ties. 50ties and 40ties women drink brandy and then red horse 1 litre beer having fun getting a bit drunk. 50ties asks me if my girl ist he only one i text with. I waver my hand with gesture of not being totally sure. I get adobo, it’s nice. Then my girl wants to go with me to Lominati (probably totally wrong name) where there is nice nature. Her cousin and small girl come too, for a treat of ice cream (from me).

When we leave and go through the area adult women say ‚stay here!‘ (she translates for me), when we go by a couple of youngsters/teenagers one says ‚bitch‘ to my girl, we were like 5 metres away already.

In jeepney we go again. She tells me when you go to a home you basically anounce that you are serious. She tells me she is in love. I tell her i like her but i am not in love. She asks me when i decide. I say love is a feeling that comes up. She asks me if i am ready to settle down, i say i am not ready.

Original plan somehow doesn’t work so we go someplace else. We go to tropical hat and i buy burger for me and her and cousin (special promo burger + drink for 80 pesos). Later we go to jollybea near my place and i get icecream (60 pesos for all). My girl goes with me to condo, have sex, her cousin waits with small girl at jollybeas for her.
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Roccker, you've undergone such a transformation from your first post where you raised many of your fears about foreign travel. When you first arrived, you were using online dating exclusively and McDonald's was your main fare.

Look at you now! You've navigated QC well, you're tearing it up at the malls with day game, and you're venturing out into the province on Jeepneys to have Adobo. You've flown around the world alone to experience a totally alien environment.

I agree with Antipodean, after a few months back home you may begin to miss Phils. Sure, it is safe and clean back home, but it's just not the same. When you go back home and are faced with a culture where seduction is best described as psychological warfare rather than forming an emotional bond, you will remember all those warm, hot, happy Pinays. Call me crazy but, I've even come to prefer the raw, wild west feel of the Phils these days.

And this may only be the beginning. It's a massive country with thousands of islands and many wonders to see. It couldn't hurt to keep in touch with your favorite girls if you're considering a getaway for your next trip. You've got tons of options: El Nido, Bohol, Camiguin, Tagaytay, Whale shark diving, Banaue rice terraces, Baguio, Vigan, Enchanted river. Check out CleanSlate's trip report to get an idea of some of the possibilities. /thread-51920...hilippines

The important thing is, you now know what you're capable of, and that there's other possibilities out there. Really happy for you man.
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Thanks !!

And i ate Balut Smile (chicken egg where the chick began to form already, it's baby-chicken in an egg)

Regarding the load on the phone that is gone missing.. the sales lady showed me all the confirmation texts of the company that the pesos were uploaded, so this part was right..


G27
She comes with car, is chubby (classical good picture), is cool to talk to. Right from the start she suggested getting take out to condo. Later in bed she says she likes to be spanked, it goes a bit into dom-sub, nice. She also can deepthroat. After it she asks for 10 minute cuddling, then she is on the way out, i go with her to car. She said she likes beards and later she asked if i was sure the condoms were ok cause you gotta be careful always.
01-08-2016 12:49 AM
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Man you're killing it!!!
Very happy to hear you're having a blast there!
For fun do this: re-read your first posts on this tgread and talk us what has changed as far as your views on travelling along and being in the Philippines. Would be very interesting to hear them!

Cheers!
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Got a massage in my condo, home massage service, swedish massage 1 hour for 250 pesos (5 euro). Was kinda painful, she had strong hands. (Did not try to flirt cause she was distant and trying to flirt i guess is what many older guys do to her).

G15
Repeat because she was one of my favorites. She was bitchy but kinky. Also i somehow liked her bitchiness a bit. But this time it was enough Smile.

G11
Another repeat, another favorite. She was great. Great hanging out with her. We swam and ordered food, and lot of sex, some good 6 hours.

G25
Second date. She says she wants to chill and watch movies, we do that, finally there is no-lights-sex. Her pussy is somehow very tight, not in a good way, somehow cramped. It hurts her a bit. She says she had no sex for 1 year, last time was with father of her child.

G14
Repeat because one of favorites. She had period last time, i was thinking this will be a sex meet. For first time i go to a girl instead of her coming to my mall. She says we meet at mall of asia before, nice. Then she comes late, then she asks if she can invite gay friend. I am ok. I also like to hang out with this girl. Then we go for pizza, she pays, then we all go to ‚manila beach‘, then one drink at bar, then karaoke bar, then red light district Burgus street. At karaoke bar (it’s in red light district) we sing, it’s cool. I sing soo good, haha. There are 2 girls going to toilet, very sexy, i look at them, my girl sees me looking, tells me to get their number (i told her about like all the former girls). I get number of one (turns out later she is a hooker). Then we take a look into strip bars, it’s a low night, when we go in there is like 15 women and no costumers looking at us, we get scared. This goes a few times. We also went to gay massage, as said the friend was gay. We basically just look. Some prostitutes give me their cards. Later it’s time to go home, it’s 2am now. I was expecting to go with her but she was not having it. Turns out taking number of girl in front of her and taking prostitute cards disturbed mood for her. She insisted i take grabcar first, there was also gay friend there, i tried escalating a bit, but well. Later at home i chat with her and get her horny again, well.


Heard from one girl that divorce is not legal, or only under cracy circumstances, like you have to prove that the other person is insane. And that when you get cheated on and you get your partner caught in the act that you can shoot them both without consequences. And that as a married person sleeping with someone else is 12 years for female in prison and 7 years for male.
Then i heard other girl saying it’s not so hardcore, people get cheated on all the time. And this is not a reason for divorce. No divorce means you have to take care of other person financially.

Daygame was getting blownout, but i was also doing it beta – waiting long and leaning in. She was annoyed a bit and i did not feel cool, well. Another girl didn’t want.

G28
From tinder. She was supersmall. She says she has internet contact with some internationals, but noone is here, i am first she meets. First she says she does not want to meet in unit but at pool like i said first. Then when she is here she says ‚where is your unit‘. It takes 1-2 hours of talking and escalating, but then we are in bed.

G23
Second date, she had period first time. She asks if she can overnight and makes fun me meeting so many girls probably. Supersmall girl, very small pussy. Also said she didn’t have sex in long time. But interesting with this 'dream' of short tight pussies – they are not what i dreamed of. It doesn’t feel so great to me when i bottom out (it's like poking her instead of smashing into her which is more sexy).

Another favorite of mine, one that came so much doesn't wanna see me again, i asked her that she doesn't like me so much and that it's ok, but she said she just has so much work at the moment.
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Met with J and Z from roosh in starbucks at tomas morata at 10pm (was there at 9, others were in traffic and came 1h late.. i am lucky, i was not in bad traffic the whole stay). Tomas morata is the ‚going out‘ place closest to my place (I did not read up more because i thought it’s the only information i need and i will just see). We have a nice talk. Later J walks up to a seated group doing an approach, on the goodbye him and Z get number from same girl. Tomas morata is dead, so we decide where to go. Choices are Malate (J got a tad dubious invite) and the Fort (Girl tells me ‚go Fort bonaficio global city or go home‘). J also wants to eat. We decide to drive to the fort, right to a restaurant.

We drive right to a restaurant but it was just closing. Look at more restaurants, all closing. It’s a thing i didn’t think about - in my country in every club or right in front of every club there is always something to eat. After a lot of walking (we stay calm and composed Smile) we decide to go to club without eating. We ask for one: Club Impirial Ice Bar. Next to that we find food stuff that is still open (..i guess like in my country – ‚the Fort strip‘).

Then Impirial Ice Bar, it’s like 1am now. It’s a small upper class club, it’s full, nice, we go a round. I say ‚how are you doing‘ to dancing girl and dance a bit. She shoves me to her friend ‚she likes you!‘ – i say how are you doing to her friend but her bodylanguage was closed off and she just said ‚i am ok‘. J says lets get drinks first, tells me to ask how much vodka lemon is. By the time we are at bar i forget asking and order a vodka gintonic. 540 pesos. Omg. Ouch. That’s like 10 euros. I think i never paid so much for a mixed bar drink in my whole life. J did a set. Instead of J and Z getting broke buying a drink we decide to bounce.

Looking at this i am thinking ‚Wtf, why would i want to go to such a place Smile‘. There is like girls who are dressed up. Not really *especially* hot, eg most girls there were much taller than average i think -> i am small and like the small ones. Then there are stylish white guys, cool tall black guys. And you pay a shitload of money.

So i pay a lot of money so that i have 100 times more competition than in the mall, nice Smile. I even felt my nerves going up like in my home country when i attempt approaches. Like my body recognized i have not much value here. Meanwhile in the mall my body stays super-relaxed while i do directs.. it’s easy if she smiles at you. I guess it’s 90 percent white guy foreigner value, 10 percent because my behavioural cues are also much much better because my unconcious recognizes the value i get given by girls.

Next stop Makati Club ‚Time‘. It’s a Tuesday, there is basically just one big set here. There is 2 girls dancing, when we go in i go right up and dance with the hot one. She is haaappy. And hoot. We dance, i tell her she is cute, she is with 1 girl and 5 guys –> they are all her relatives. There are like younger guys and older guys. I think about next step and ask her if she wants a drink. J tells me to introduce myself to the whole set and then introduce my girl to J and Z. I do that. At the bar it’s like only non-alcoholics and beers are single – everything else is full bottle for like 2500 pesos. That is 50 euros. She wants bottle, i of course say no (i guess she also said we could split, but i was kinda short on money from all the driving and the superpricey gin tonic fiasco). She is eager to give me number. J is talking to her fatter friend (like only other female here) while this is going on.

It’s 2am now. Z is ready to bounce, me too. We share the same way. I check if the girl is very easy to pull, offer to take her home and we go swimming tomorrow, she wants to party and drink more. It’s a bit strange, her so obviously flirting right next to relatives there. The brother doesn’t look happy, that’s understandable. It’s an hour drive to home, and i normally go to bed at 2am. I am not in the mood for like 1-2 hours more drinking and dancing and then trying to take her home, on a one hour ride, beside her brother, who looked kinda unhappy, and then trying to get it up, fucking her good, and having my sleep cycle fucked up. So i decide to bounce. J lives right next by, he stays, gotta ask him if he got her.

Thanks for the night guys! Enjoyed your company! Cool easygoing normal Dudes, great to be around.
I wanted to experience some nighttime, i kinda got that..
It was a Tuesday – looking on the bad side i would say it was an overpriced club where we decided to bounce and then a club with only one set Smile. Well, i left early, i could have stayed (in this one set).

What to do better next time? What do i even want? I would like nightgame place just a tiny bit better than the shitty bar that is right next to my place (where everyone is seated in groups). Next one is Tomas Morata, at least on a Tuesday there does not seem to be much going on there, best thing walking for 10 minutes there was ‚the billiard bar‘. Next furthest thing is Eastwood, could try that one. And go out earlier. Ok, staying longer too. And i guess i would not like to go out alone, but with some roosh guy or filipino / filipina (for security / feeling secure).

[[We talk about experiences of fucking girls all ride long while grabcar driver gets us home. Later i talk to him what he thinks about foreigners and somehow he still thinks we only fuck prostitutes. ]]
I give driver my phone number, he wants to set me up with some girl, i’ll take a look at her pictures in viber.

My mobile phone is shitty and superslow, was thinking about buying a new mobile phone here. Gotta compare some prices if they are any cheaper here. I guess i will buy at home, for the good guarantee (i can just send in when something is broken for something like 2 years, when i buy in phil i have no guarantee, i will probably not communicate well with philippine shop and send mobile there).
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I have noticed there are many girls from Quezon City on the chats. Many guys told me to stay at Makati (near Greenbelt) for 20 days but I'm noticing there are many foreigners in Makati and I will be one of many foreigners. Do you think Quezon City is a good place like Makati to stay and to find girls? Above all I'd like to know which of both is cheaper because I can think to stay in Quezon City for 20 days. If you know both, give me some suggestions please.Thanks
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Quezon city is a massive area, getting around is a nightmare with all the traffic. It's heavily decentralized compared to makati where the roads flow into the area and everyone knows about it.
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Well don't go overboard jack. The traffic in makati is crazy. It's so crazy that I let all my tinder dates come to the coffee shop in my condo building as not to have the pain of having to get from point a to b.
01-13-2016 08:38 AM
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(01-13-2016 12:51 AM)Roccker Wrote:  Then Impirial Ice Bar, it’s like 1am now. It’s a small upper class club, it’s full, nice, we go a round. I say ‚how are you doing‘ to dancing girl and dance a bit. She shoves me to her friend ‚she likes you!‘ – i say how are you doing to her friend but her bodylanguage was closed off and she just said ‚i am ok‘. J says lets get drinks first, tells me to ask how much vodka lemon is. By the time we are at bar i forget asking and order a vodka gintonic. 540 pesos. Omg. Ouch. That’s like 10 euros. I think i never paid so much for a mixed bar drink in my whole life. J did a set. Instead of J and Z getting broke buying a drink we decide to bounce.

They probably scammed you on the price. This is common in the 3rd world. If you had questioned them they'd have probably shown you a very expensive bottle when in reality they gave you the cheapest one they had. Best practice is to ask for a specific alcohol brand that way you can have an idea of how much it will cost and / or request a menu. Every place has a menu. Many won't want to give it to you but they all have one.

I'd be shocked if any single drink costs 10+ Euros anywhere in the Phillipines outside of perhaps a 5* hotel.
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Friends, what difference about price for living is Makati compared to other places in Manila? How much is it more expensive?
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Rocker I love your posts.Im thinking of going to Manilla in Febuary.Not sure where to stay QC ,Makiti etc and any specific hotels?
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(01-13-2016 09:28 AM)lavidaloca Wrote:  
(01-13-2016 12:51 AM)Roccker Wrote:  Then Impirial Ice Bar, it’s like 1am now. It’s a small upper class club, it’s full, nice, we go a round. I say ‚how are you doing‘ to dancing girl and dance a bit. She shoves me to her friend ‚she likes you!‘ – i say how are you doing to her friend but her bodylanguage was closed off and she just said ‚i am ok‘. J says lets get drinks first, tells me to ask how much vodka lemon is. By the time we are at bar i forget asking and order a vodka gintonic. 540 pesos. Omg. Ouch. That’s like 10 euros. I think i never paid so much for a mixed bar drink in my whole life. J did a set. Instead of J and Z getting broke buying a drink we decide to bounce.

They probably scammed you on the price. This is common in the 3rd world. If you had questioned them they'd have probably shown you a very expensive bottle when in reality they gave you the cheapest one they had. Best practice is to ask for a specific alcohol brand that way you can have an idea of how much it will cost and / or request a menu. Every place has a menu. Many won't want to give it to you but they all have one.

I'd be shocked if any single drink costs 10+ Euros anywhere in the Phillipines outside of perhaps a 5* hotel.

Keep in mind that some places in Makati/The Fort are playgrounds for the upper class in Phil. Wouldn't surprise me if they'd be willing to pay higher prices in order to keep 'a certain crowd' out of their watering hole.

Same may apply for parts of Boracay and Palawan. A few years ago, I was in Boracay walking along the south side of white beach near Osom bar and my girl at the time claimed to have seen Anne Curtis.
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RE: Philippines Journal-Diary of a Noob (Metro Manila)
(01-13-2016 10:12 AM)GoodKindMan Wrote:  Friends, what difference about price for living is Makati compared to other places in Manila? How much is it more expensive?

Go to Airbnb and search the different areas to make a direct comparison. Splitting a unit with someone else can halve the price sometimes. Staying longer term can drop the price too. The following are ballparks for condo units.

My place in QC is $440/mo, though $500-$650 is more typical
Makati near Greenbelt and BGC is $800-$1100/mo
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BGC rents are $800+ ?! For a one bedroom, furnished? Utilities incuded or not included?
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(01-13-2016 11:05 AM)thoughtgypsy Wrote:  My place in QC is $440/mo, though $500-$650 is more typical
Makati near Greenbelt and BGC is $800-$1100/mo

But is Makati more expensive also for other things? For example to eat and to have fun are more expensive?
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RE: Philippines Journal-Diary of a Noob (Metro Manila)
(01-13-2016 11:44 AM)GoodKindMan Wrote:  
(01-13-2016 11:05 AM)thoughtgypsy Wrote:  My place in QC is $440/mo, though $500-$650 is more typical
Makati near Greenbelt and BGC is $800-$1100/mo

But is Makati more expensive also for other things? For example to eat and to have fun are more expensive?

Makati/Greenbelt and the Fort will tend to have more expensive food and drinks available if you want that, but they also have cafes, bars, restaurants, supermarkets with the same prices as everywhere else.
Remember, many of these places are national chains with standard pricing.

Transport costs are the same.
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The only places I remembered seeing raised food prices across the board were secluded areas, especially islands. I was at Arecife island off Puerto Princessa and prices were at least 30% marked up. Considering they have to import everything, I thought that was pretty reasonable.
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Has anyone rented a normal furnished apartment anywhere in Manila or Cebu? Like something you would rent off Airbnb in Europe or North America. If so, how did you find it?

I did the condo thing in the Phils. It was ok but really expensive relative to the local poverty and it was really annoying having everything I did monitored by security.
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QC far far cheaper to live than both Makati and the Fort

As far as comparing Makati to the Fort, I would say that better value is to be had in Makati. Tons more bars offering Happy Hour deals in Makati, more options for Supermarkets, i.e Rustans, Landmark, Cash n Carry.

I personally think the Fort is sterile and lacks atmosphere, no sense of community...not for me, give me the hustle and bustle of Makati Ave, Ayala Ave, Jupiter Street, Paseo de Roxas anytime

And if you want to pay upwards of P500 a drink hit places like Prive....complete rip off....I can avail of an open bar for 3 hours in a 5 star hotel in Makati for P695......
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