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    Traveling As A Passion

    in Hotels and Destinations

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    wow... i enjoyed reading your last post, tomward. i'd really love to know more about ur experiences in rome. it's a dream for me to be able to visit that city at least once in my lifetime. please tell us more about ur experiences there.

     

    anyway, i will answer another question:

     

    8. What is the most eye opening experience you had?

     

    It didn’t take me a lot of thinking to dig-up the answer to this question. The most eye opening experience I had during my travels was actually the trip which I thought was going to be one of the most exciting adventure of my life: My trip to the Philippines, the eye-opener happened in 2001.

     

    As a young network engineer, I took a job for one of my friends who happened to have a friend working for the Office of the President. The mission of the National Crime Information System project of then president Joseph Estrada was to create a national central database of criminal records and unite all agencies of the department of justice under a single umbrella to provide instant access to this database. Anyway, to make a long story short, after billions and billions of pesos was spent on this project, JE was unfortunately ousted and the new president, GMA somehow stopped all the funding for the project, without any consideration to the amount already spent by the outgoing administration. Hundreds of computers that were supposed to be rolled out nationally perhaps ended up in someone’s personal ‘warehouse’ and billions worth of manpower and services inadvertently turned into just a wasted effort. Never heard anything after that, not from the media, not from anywhere! It’s an EYE-OPENER for me. It made me realize that I’m probably never going to see in my lifetime a fully developed Philippines, run by a good government that is completely accountable to the people. After a little over a year, I left the country with a lot of mixed emotions, wondering if i would ever decide to come back to spend more than just a couple of months in my own country!!!

    Traveling As A Passion

    in Hotels and Destinations

    Posted

    For everyone's benefit I created a questionnaire, answer as candidly as you can. Let's share our stories... Let's get this thread moving.

     

    1. what would you consider your favorite city? why?

    2. Where did you have the best shopping experience?

    3. Which place was the most culturally fulfilling for you?

    4. Which place reminded you of your hometown?

    5. Where are the most beautiful girls?

    6. Where are the wildest parties? (details pls)

    7. What is the cleanest?

    8. What is the most eye opening experience you had?

    9. What Lessons did you learn in your travels?

    10. WHo has the nicest people?

    11. What is your worst travel experience?

    12. What was your worst cultural mistake?

    13. Which item did you bring was the most helpful

    14. Which city was the most dangerous?

    15. Of the places you've visited, if given a chance and money isn't a concern, where would you want to live and why?

     

    Interesting questions.. thanks to u tomward… u really made me think and dig deep into my head on these questions…..let’s see……

     

    what would you consider your favorite city? why?

    I can only talk about myself and the places I’ve visited so far (and I do have a long way more to go), My most favorite city of all is the precious jewel city of San Francisco, CA – for personal and for sentimental reasons. People say that the best city in the world is perhaps New York. I’ve never been to New York. But I couldn’t imagine a place that can be better than the city that gives you the sight and beauty of the Golden Gate bridge from afar. The sight of the skyline of this city from the right side of your car as you get into the longest bridge you have ever seen, the Bay Bridge, gives you a unique feeling of magnificence and grandeur. And when you get to the city, you can easily lose yourself for weeks trying to visit all the nice & beautiful places this city has to offer.

     

    Where did you have the best shopping experience?

    Well, it was long time ago on my first trip to Hongkong. This is the place that has it all, my friends! No question about it. The other cities would have been comparable to Hongkong, if they weren’t all too expensive!!! The choices of everything in this place and the low prices makes this place paradise for the shopaholics (like my gf)!

     

    Which place was the most culturally fulfilling for you?

    Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico – no doubt. This city is one of the most visited cities in the world – and the main reason for this is the cultural experience, which is immediately obvious as soon as u cross the border – you enter a completely different world full beautiful Mexican cultural dancers, unique dresses, romantic music of mariachi bands serenading you as you eat your lunch, and the sound of manianitas music when u wake up in the morning. This city knows how to treat their tourists….. makes u wanna come back again & again.

     

    Which place reminded you of your hometown?

    Well, I came from a small town which is only minutes away from Olongapo City. In Olongapo, there was a street full of bars and clubs – hundreds of them, when I was a child. When I went to Thailand, I went to this city called Pattaya. There is this one street by the beach, I cant remember the name, but this street and the people around and the shores nearby and even the dirty neighborhood all around it and all the women in the clubs, reminded me so much of my hometown. The fact that Thais look so much like Filipinos kindda helped make u feel like you’re just back home.

     

    Where are the most beautiful girls?

    This is a really hard one – simply because to me “they are all beautiful”! But if I have to choose one among all these places? It would have to be the streets of PERTH, Australia – the friendly women in the clubs and discos there are just amazing. I think it’s because I only went to the clubs there. And all of them seem to be having so much fun and their friendly faces made them look so much prettier than they really were. And of course, the next one on my list is definitely “THE WOMEN IN MEXICO”!

     

    Where are the wildest parties? (details pls)

    Etoh, para sakin ang pinakamahirap sagutin pareng tomward!!! Ang hirap ng ginagawa mo sakin dito bro.. you really made look back to my dirty past… hehehehe. Okay… try to imagine na lang ha. Imagine u r in a place… and this place is packed with women of various nationalities like Mexicans, Americans, Venezuelans, Peruvians & Guatemalans – all dancin and laughin and havin fun…. Right???? They are all over u and ur friends… and the only reason that they’re there is to make sure that you n ur friends have the time of ur life. All around u, u see a buffet of everything… all kinds of food, all kinds of drinks, tequila, presidente brandy, jack daniels… all kinds of women and all kinds of drugs to fuel you all night and the girls to serve them to u and the best sounds playin all night long! The nights are never long enough…. bcoz come 6 or 7 o’clock in the morning and u’ve only screwed 2 or 3 of the women in the house… and loud music and dancing hasn’t stopped… people passed out all around u and naked women sleeping on the couch… some r still smoking weed and others are snorting ‘coke’ up their nose with 100dollar bills rolled-up like straws…. This kind of thing goes on until 4pm and u retire to a room to get 3 hrs of sleep and the whole thing starts all over again. And this goes on for days and days on end without rest… This place is a “city within a city”.. and it’s right there in Mexico – the home of spudz mckenzie and all the other party animals after him! And I bet u a million dollars that u will never ever guess where this place is!!!

     

    What is the cleanest?

    The cleanest is definitely Vienna – especially the city center. I guess its because the two times that I had the opportunity to go there, both dates fell during their winter season.. and the whole city is covered with snow. If there was dirt… I certainly didn’t see it underneath all the snow!

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    Well… etoh na lang muna my friends… gotta do something… next time na lang yung iba…..I hope we get a lot of answers on these questions coz I think that if u love to travel, u gotta answer these questions sooner or later in ur life!!! Let’s get this thread moving… ikaw tomward…. Di mo pa binibigay yung mga sagot mo ha….. dapat pala nauna ka na muna anoh???? Cheeeeeerrrsss……..

    Filipino Habit That You Hate

    in Culture and Living

    Posted

    wala eh... pagdating sa ugali, okay sakin ang ugaling pinoy. generally humble tayo, konti lang ang mayabang! yung mga ayaw ko kasi - nakita ko rin naman yun sa mga dayuhan - at mas malala pa sila. so hindi talaga ugaling pinoy yun. I think we are a bunch of good people - our good sides certainly outweigh the bad. And like the other guy said: LET US ALL JUST DO OUR JOBS AND TURN OUR COUNTRY AROUND. We gotta think collectively.

    Traveling As A Passion

    in Hotels and Destinations

    Posted

    thanks tomward... that website is interesting... hmmmmm, more than 18,000 members in Brazil huh???? looks like i'm going to the 2016 olympics in rrriiiiiiioooooooo de janeeeeeeiiiiirrroooo!!!! i'm not so sure about ur age comment though.... u definitely look older than me.... peace!

    What Has Love Taught You Lately?

    in Matters of the heart

    Posted

    I've learned that you can never ever Love a person too much... nor too little. Too much love for a person can practically destroy your relationship with that person - and it might bring out the worst in you. And showing too little emotion to a person that you love can also be dangerous to the relationship. It's a balancing act, I think. JUST LOVE HER ENOUGH... not too much... and not too little.

     

    I think I've made a lot of selfish decisions before, But what I have learned lately about love is that.... THE LOVE THAT YOU FEEL FOR AN UNBORN CHILD IS THE MOST UNSELFISH AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF ALL.

    What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?

    in Music

    Posted

    Forever aint enough... J. holiday

     

    mmmmMMMmmmmMMM ohohohoh yeah yeah,,, yeah yeah yeaheh yeah

     

    thinkin back, to the feelin that I had when I first saw your face, I knew that it was youuu,, some time has passed, and the feelings that I had before still are the sameee, caaaause youuu never changed, nooo

     

    eeveeen though I dont show it girl, I juuust want youuu to knoowww, that even if we fight a million times over little things, we can still make it better I meant what I said when I gave you that promise ring, that imma love youu forever, I fall for you deeper everyday, feel it now girl more than ever, but with our type of love, forever aint enough

     

    I've been searchin my whole life, I'm lucky I found youu, no better girl too, you aint leavin cause forever aint enough you see me for who I am and not for who I'm not no, I'm tellin you that I'm sooorry if I tend to treat you the wrong way but I care you know my heart is there

     

    eeeveeen though I dont show it girl, I juuust waaant youu to knoow, that even if we fightt that even if we fight a million times over little things, we can still make it better I meant what I said when I gave you that promise ring that Imma love youu forever, I fall for youu deeper everyday, feel it now girl more than ever, but with our type of love, forever aint enough,,,

     

    I've been searchin my whole life, I'm lucky I found youu, no better girl too, you aint leavin forever aint enough (forever aint enough) forever aint enough (forever aint enough) forever aint enough (forever aint enough) forever aint enough oo woah yea ,,it aint enough

     

    even if we fight a million times over little things, we can still make it better, I meant what I said when i gave you that promise ring, that Imma love youu forever, I fall for you deeper everyday, feel it now girl more than ever, but with our type of love, forever aint enough,,,

     

    ayee I've been searchin my whole life, I'm lucky that I found youu ooo ooo oo oh baby yeah yeah yeah forever aint enooughoughowowowowough aint enoughhh ohh babyy oooooo oooo girl aint enough,,,

    Manual Or Automatic?

    in Motoring | Vehicle Clubs

    Posted

    from past experience... i will never buy a car with automatic trans... minalas ako when i did it. i regret doing it. laging may problema sa transmission noon yung kotse ko. from then on, laging manual na lang. u really feel like u r in control kapag manual kasi eh.

    What Do You Look For In A Bar?

    in Clubs & Bars Topics

    Posted

    icy cold beers... yung konting lamig na lang magyeyelo na...

    good menu ng mga pulutan...

    good sound system playing rnb...

    clean and classic look all around, and clean restrooms of course...

    excellent service with smile from waiters/waitresses...

    ballet parking...

    decent crowd (good women to men ratio)... yun lang...

    Dvd Collectors

    in Hobbies

    Posted

    It's so hard to collect when the technology keeps on changing :wacko:

     

    yeah its true.. i couldnt agree more. I used to collect movies in VHS format. i managed to get over 300 titles. that was the time when i was in college. now, they're all rotting in my sister's garage. and those were really good and classic movies that are timeless. Then, i started collecting VCDs - which then became obsolete again. But i still have my VCD collection. I just put them all together in a separate library - away from my DVD collection, which is also becoming more and more obsolete. Now there's blue-ray!!! AND THIS IS THE PART WHERE I STOP COLLECTING!!!!

    Traveling As A Passion

    in Hotels and Destinations

    Posted

    Excellent suggestions, boss tomward. but i must tell u. I spend more money in the philippines than i did when i went to europe. its more expensive to stay in the philippines. just about the only cheap thing in the philippines is food. Even the hookers in europe are cheaper. hotel rooms can also be cheaper in europe if u know where to go and find them. I've never taken the trains though. i was alone on business trips when i went to vienna and germany. i got friends in the Czech Republic. I think i will follow ur advice when i take my gf to go backpacking.

     

    Please tell us about "couch surfing". i only couch surfed in the states - but only with my relatives... hehehehe....

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