I just discovered Filipinas....

[Labuyo]

I'm here because I recently met this most amazing Filipina.
I didn't even know, for sure, where the Phillipines were before....
(But yesterday Labuyo taught me serious lessons, here in UK)

I'm interested in other Brits experiences of doing 'this one'!?!
All new to me, but I got a serious interest in this area now.....

Me, in a sentence am Brit, retired, long divorced, bored, and then I 'meet' a Filapina!!!
Life changing stuff.

OK. Not the best intro, but I got hypnotised! Don't blame me.

[Ji&Ma]

:Hellooo: Hello Labuyo, welcome in here, I'm sure you will find a lot of useful info in here about Philippines and all... :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Tawi2]

Discovered filipinas?Ferdinand Magellan might just have beaten you to it methinks :rolleyes:

[IainBusby]

I'm here because I recently met this most amazing Filipina.
I didn't even know, for sure, where the Phillipines were before....
(But yesterday Labuyo taught me serious lessons, here in UK)

I'm interested in other Brits experiences of doing 'this one'!?!
All new to me, but I got a serious interest in this area now.....

Me, in a sentence am Brit, retired, long divorced, bored, and then I 'meet' a Filapina!!!
Life changing stuff.

OK. Not the best intro, but I got hypnotised! Don't blame me.

Hi Labayo,
Welcome to the forum. Where did you dicover her, in the UK or online in the Philippines?
Iain.

[Florge]

Discovered filipinas?Ferdinand Magellan might just have beaten you to it methinks :rolleyes:

LOL.. was thinking of the same thing!

[Tawi2]

When you get here Florge(congrats on the visa)dont go saying you just discovered Manchester because I think some folks already live there :icon_lol:

[Arthur Little]

I'm here because I recently met this most amazing Filipina.
I didn't even know, for sure, where the Phillipines were before....
(But yesterday Labuyo taught me serious lessons, here in UK)

I'm interested in other Brits experiences of doing 'this one'!?!
All new to me, but I got a serious interest in this area now.....

Me, in a sentence am Brit, retired, long divorced, bored, and then I 'meet' a Filapina!!!
Life changing stuff.

OK. Not the best intro, but I got hypnotised! Don't blame me.


Nobody's blaming you, mate! :NoNo: On the contrary, MOST - if not all - of us British males on this site, found ourselves "bowled-over" by or, as you say, under the "hypnotic influence" of our Filipina mahals.

It was certainly a NEW experience to me too. I'm also retired and, after 16 long years of widowhood - followed by quite a few :Erm: [shall we say?] 'casual' dalliances' - I had been perfectly content to drift gracefully into old age without feeling any real need to "settle down" for a second time ... or so I imagined ...

... until "fate" (call it what you will) decreed otherwise when, in September 2007, I began corresponding with a schoolteacher from the southern island of Mindinao. And, suddenly, my sagging spirits were rejuvenated. But that's not all! A year later, I visited her not once ... but TWICE, in as many months and, on the second occasion, we were married in the Phils. That was last December, and she's been here in the UK since March.

Just goes to show that people of our age should never consider ourselves as being too old, eh? Welcome, my friend ... I wish you well in your new-found happiness. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[tiN]

welcome welcome here labuyo :Hellooo:

[Labuyo]

OK, OK I didn't get the grammar perfect....
Can you prove it was Magellan?
Might just be that the people living there at the time 'discovered' it long before Magellan was conceived?

I only learnt to spell Phillipines, er Philippines or is it Philipinnes, recently..... does it really matter?
Ain't it the thought that counts?

Thanks Iain, I met my Filipina on the Guardians Soulmates site.
Light-hearted thing for me at the time, but I bought a 3 month subscription and cancelled it after 2 weeks. Didn't need that any more.
Never been the same since!

Like yesterday I get a text saying 'we got flooded out by the tail end of Typhoon Labuyo'. She lives in Las Piñas City, in a low lying area, and lost 99% of her hard won possessions. I speak to her today in the process of cleaning up, and she says quite calmly 'we get 3 a year on average...'

It's an education for me.
In many different ways.

[Ana_may365]

hiya!Labuyo,welcome aboard:Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo:ur name sounds very HOT:cwm23::cwm23::cwm23::D:D:D:xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3:

[belfast_dude]

Discovered filipinas?Ferdinand Magellan might just have beaten you to it methinks :rolleyes:

lol

[Labuyo]

Thank you kind sir!
Just the sort of sentiment I need right now.
Being at the beginning of what looks like a long, difficult journey.
And I know nothing.
Yet.

[vbkelly]

I'm here because I recently met this most amazing Filipina.
I didn't even know, for sure, where the Phillipines were before....
(But yesterday Labuyo taught me serious lessons, here in UK)

I'm interested in other Brits experiences of doing 'this one'!?!
All new to me, but I got a serious interest in this area now.....

Me, in a sentence am Brit, retired, long divorced, bored, and then I 'meet' a Filapina!!!
Life changing stuff.

OK. Not the best intro, but I got hypnotised! Don't blame me.

welcome Labuyo

[Sconnie]

Hi, welcome and goodluck....

[Arthur Little]

Discovered filipinas?Ferdinand Magellan might just have beaten you to it methinks :rolleyes:

:Erm: Not forgetting [among other illustrious personages] Tawi2, Nationalist/ Anti-EU & exiled Brits, the renowned Italian Refor(u)mer, Aromulus and [meKNOWS] Arthur Little ...

[Labuyo]

hiya!Labuyo,welcome aboard:Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo:ur name sounds very HOT:cwm23::cwm23::cwm23::D:D:D:xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3:

Thank you:) I didn't know what Labuyo meant until I asked a certain person this morning, still suffering in the wake of the Typhoon of that name.
She will laugh when she finds out what I'm doing though:)

[kimmi]

welcome to the forum Labuyo, I love having some labuyo with my food..:)

[Arthur Little]

hiya!Labuyo,welcome aboard:Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo:ur name sounds very HOT:cwm23::cwm23::cwm23::D:D:D:xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3:

Ah ... if I'm not mistaken, that'll be because he's already got "the hots" :cwm23: [burning desire] for his mahal!

[Labuyo]

Nobody's blaming you, mate! :NoNo: On the contrary, MOST - if not all - of us British males on this site, found ourselves "bowled-over" by or, as you say, under the "hypnotic influence" of our Filipina mahals.

It was certainly a NEW experience to me too. I'm also retired and, after 16 long years of widowhood - followed by quite a few :Erm: [shall we say?] 'casual' dalliances' - I had been perfectly content to drift gracefully into old age without feeling any real need to "settle down" for a second time ... or so I imagined ...

... until "fate" (call it what you will) decreed otherwise when, in September 2007, I began corresponding with a schoolteacher from the southern island of Mindinao. And, suddenly, my sagging spirits were rejuvenated. But that's not all! A year later, I visited her not once ... but TWICE, in as many months and, on the second occasion, we were married in the Phils. That was last December, and she's been here in the UK since March.

Just goes to show that people of our age should never consider ourselves as being too old, eh? Welcome, my friend ... I wish you well in your new-found happiness. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Thanks for your kind words sir.
(I replied above without realising how to properly navigate or edit. Unlike Magellan...)
I'm very interested in other peoples similar experiences because it is all new territory for me and I don't want to waste valuable time:)
Hearing your story is a bit of a confidence booster:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Age differences are also significant and I wonder what potential snags lie there.
Meanwhile I concentrate on the positive.
Plenty of that.

[jkianne]

hello labuyo...welcome to the site:)

[aromulus]

Like yesterday I get a text saying 'we got flooded out by the tail end of Typhoon Labuyo'. She lives in Las Piñas City, in a low lying area, and lost 99% of her hard won possessions. I speak to her today in the process of cleaning up, and she says quite calmly 'we get 3 a year on average...'

It's an education for me.
In many different ways.



First of all, let me welcome you in the forum.:Hellooo:

You will find lots of friendly advice from people of all walks of life, that have gone on the expensive, painful and heartbreaking LDR path, and come out at the other end, far stronger and happier for having undertaken that journey.

I strongly advise you to read everything on Peter's website http://www.british-filipino.com/ .

Mull over, and digest what you have read, and if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to post.
But before you do that, try to use the search function with some keywords.
Usually, someone, some other time, will have asked exactly the same, and the answer/s will be found there within the various replies.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

As you may have noticed, I did highlight a part of your post.......:Erm:

It is for every newbie on the forum, do not part with any money, no matter what the emergency is....

That is unless you have personally met the lady in question and you are 100% satisfied that she is genuine.

Just to be on the safe side.
Lots of members will agree with me, that unfortunately some ladies do trawl the net for scamming the innocent and unwary.
And the "few" seem to give the good ones a bad name.

Again, a warm welcome.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Dedworth]

First of all, let me welcome you in the forum.:Hellooo:

You will find lots of friendly advice from people of all walks of life, that have gone on the expensive, painful and heartbreaking LDR path, and come out at the other end, far stronger and happier for having undertaken that journey.

I strongly advise you to read everything on Peter's website http://www.british-filipino.com/ .

Mull over, and digest what you have read, and if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to post.
But before you do that, try to use the search function with some keywords.
Usually, someone, some other time, will have asked exactly the same, and the answer/s will be found there within the various replies.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

As you may have noticed, I did highlight a part of your post.......:Erm:

It is for every newbie on the forum, do not part with any money, no matter what the emergency is....

That is unless you have personally met the lady in question and you are 100% satisfied that she is genuine.

Just to be on the safe side.
Lots of members will agree with me, that unfortunately some ladies do trawl the net for scamming the innocent and unwary.
And the "few" seem to give the good ones a bad name.

Again, a warm welcome.:xxgrinning--00xx3:


Seconded - sound advice but good luck Labuyo if all is above board

[IainBusby]

First of all, let me welcome you in the forum.:Hellooo:

You will find lots of friendly advice from people of all walks of life, that have gone on the expensive, painful and heartbreaking LDR path, and come out at the other end, far stronger and happier for having undertaken that journey.

I strongly advise you to read everything on Peter's website http://www.british-filipino.com/ .

Mull over, and digest what you have read, and if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to post.
But before you do that, try to use the search function with some keywords.
Usually, someone, some other time, will have asked exactly the same, and the answer/s will be found there within the various replies.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

As you may have noticed, I did highlight a part of your post.......:Erm:

It is for every newbie on the forum, do not part with any money, no matter what the emergency is....

That is unless you have personally met the lady in question and you are 100% satisfied that she is genuine.

Just to be on the safe side.
Lots of members will agree with me, that unfortunately some ladies do trawl the net for scamming the innocent and unwary.
And the "few" seem to give the good ones a bad name.

Again, a warm welcome.:xxgrinning--00xx3:




Seconded - sound advice but good luck Labuyo if all is above board

Please take this advice to heart, the scammers are quite clever, many are chatting to lots of guys at once and they will spend many hours online allowing the "relationships" and the "trust" to mature somewhat before they will ever even think of asking for money. The really clever ones will never even ask, they will just tell you their sob stories and wait for you to offer.

A real genuine Filipina would probably be to ashamed to ask someone she has never met for money. So if she does start to ask, tell sob stories or drop hints, the best thing to say is "I would never dream of sending money to someone I have never actually met". You'll soon know what the score is if you say that, a professional scammer will drop you like a hot potato and move on to the next guy.

Iain.

[KeithD]

When you get here Florge(congrats on the visa)dont go saying you just discovered Manchester because I think some folks already live there :icon_lol:
I'd disagree with the word 'folks' as that insinuates Mancs may be human :D

[acs]

hello and welcome to the forum labuyo:Hellooo::BouncyHappy:

[Sim11UK]

Hi Labuyo

Some sound advice been offered so far.
Get ready for the ride of your life......Hold tight!
SCRRRRREAM!!! if you want to go FASTER!!! :omg::omg::omg:

Be prepared for lots of highs :BouncyHappy: & lows :bigcry:, but don't jump off the ride. :Hellooo::Hellooo:

[bystander09]

I'm here because I recently met this most amazing Filipina.
I didn't even know, for sure, where the Phillipines were before....
(But yesterday Labuyo taught me serious lessons, here in UK)

I'm interested in other Brits experiences of doing 'this one'!?!
All new to me, but I got a serious interest in this area now.....

Me, in a sentence am Brit, retired, long divorced, bored, and then I 'meet' a Filapina!!!
Life changing stuff.

OK. Not the best intro, but I got hypnotised! Don't blame me.

Hello,

Filipinas are maintenance intensive.. be very sure that your finances can support your infatuation... :ARsurrender:

If you have staying power, and find the right women, then you will be happy for life.. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

bystander

[pumpkins]

hi labuyo:icon_lol: ... i just wonder why you choose labuyo as your username..:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol: so hot:devil-smiley-029: the typhoon here named labuyo..:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:
by the way, where is your girl in las piñas? she maybe near in my place...

welcome here.. labuyo:Wave::Wave::Wave:

:cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12::cwm12:

[trader dave]

First of all, let me welcome you in the forum.:Hellooo:

You will find lots of friendly advice from people of all walks of life, that have gone on the expensive, painful and heartbreaking LDR path, and come out at the other end, far stronger and happier for having undertaken that journey.

I strongly advise you to read everything on Peter's website http://www.british-filipino.com/ .

Mull over, and digest what you have read, and if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to post.
But before you do that, try to use the search function with some keywords.
Usually, someone, some other time, will have asked exactly the same, and the answer/s will be found there within the various replies.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

As you may have noticed, I did highlight a part of your post.......:Erm:

It is for every newbie on the forum, do not part with any money, no matter what the emergency is....

That is unless you have personally met the lady in question and you are 100% satisfied that she is genuine.

Just to be on the safe side.
Lots of members will agree with me, that unfortunately some ladies do trawl the net for scamming the innocent and unwary.
And the "few" seem to give the good ones a bad name.

Again, a warm welcome.:xxgrinning--00xx3:



just saved me warning you :icon_lol: a disaster so early :Erm: ok the age is no problem :Sex::Sex: it keeps you fit ok you might have heart attack at least you die happy:icon_lol::icon_lol: 29 years between and my wife is that a record .....i dont think so :omg:

i warn you now you want a fair bit of money saved up dont get scammed :xxgrinning--00xx3: read the links that have been posted before and read them again

best of luck its a long hard expensive road ahead

[MarBell379]

Good luck!

I met my fiancee in Israel when I was there on a weeks training with work. I'd only just separated from my ex wife, and neither of us were looking for a relationship. (actually, I'm pretty sure that filipinas are ALWAYS looking for the right guy so that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but I certainly wasn't).
I was just completely bowled over and can honestly say that Ive never felt so much in love, or loved, in my entire life.

DO be careful though. As has been pointed out, scammers are very good and hard to spot.
Having said that, life in Phils can be hard and sometimes there are legit expenses. Just make sure you're VERY sure before sending money.

[Labuyo]

Appreciate all the replies/advice folks. (BTW I have friends in M/C + Wales!)
That's what I came here for.
I'm not a novice and if Lexie is by any chance a scammer she deserves some returns in any case. I speak to her every night + sometimes in between + I see/hear no 'warning bells'. Just a human being who I admire for her stoicism in the face of continual natural, sometimes calamitous events, (Typhoons, corrupt governments et al) and a certain strength as well as beauty, and a natural good nature.

All I know is she is a refreshing change from previous encounters with various nationalities. (I was married to a lovely Swede for a loooooong time previously:)

Our current problems relate to visa applications, travel, finance and so on.
Not a new phenomena on here I think!
I'm in this one for the whole 'roller coaster ride' and it'll be reported here for posterity if anybody is interested to read.
If I'm wrong you will know.
If I'm right, and successful, you will know too.
My instinct says we are right!
And I go with my instinct.

[Labuyo]

just saved me warning you :icon_lol: a disaster so early :Erm: ok the age is no problem :Sex::Sex: it keeps you fit ok you might have heart attack at least you die happy:icon_lol::icon_lol: 29 years between and my wife is that a record .....i dont think so :omg:

i warn you now you want a fair bit of money saved up dont get scammed :xxgrinning--00xx3: read the links that have been posted before and read them again

best of luck its a long hard expensive road ahead

I know this is a long and sometimes difficult road but... I take this route anyway.
Our age gap at 35 is more than yours!! But I had plenty of previous practice.... Don't expect to die from exertion, but not quite sure right now!
Expenses/visas rather than exertion might be our particular ongoing problem.
But I intend to find out:)
At least I die happy!

[Labuyo]

Discovered filipinas?Ferdinand Magellan might just have beaten you to it methinks :rolleyes:

Yes, Mr Clever Dick, (dick being the operative word here) Mr 'Magellan' might have discovered numerous things, if you believe what is written.
I think other people already discovered Filipinas way before him. Like the people already living there.....

I obviously discover certain things before you. Like common sense and civility.
Sorry to be blunt, but you were uncivil and facetious. So I reply in kind.

Is this the way certain people 'welcome' newcomers on this site??
I'm sure it's not the norm after all the kind thoughts and advice since.

Thanks, all you positive people!!!
I love this sweet Filipina and I will go the the last mile for her.

[Tawi2]

Yes, Mr Clever Dick, (dick being the operative word here) Mr 'Magellan' might have discovered numerous things, if you believe what is written.
I think other people already discovered Filipinas way before him. Like the people already living there.....

I obviously discover certain things before you. Like common sense and civility.
Sorry to be blunt, but you were uncivil and facetious. So I reply in kind.

Is this the way certain people 'welcome' newcomers on this site??
I'm sure it's not the norm after all the kind thoughts and advice since.

Thanks, all you positive people!!!
I love this sweet Filipina and I will go the the last mile for her.
I would have assumed at your age you would have learnt a few manners,I guess not,took you a whole day to think of it though :Erm:if your going to be rude I guess its what I would expect of someone who likes kids 30+ years his junior :icon_lol:

[Tawi2]

Your comments say a lot more about your character than they do about mine :icon_lol:

[Labuyo]

I would have assumed at your age you would have learnt a few manners,I guess not,took you a whole day to think of it though :Erm:if your going to be rude I guess its what I would expect of someone who likes kids 30+ years his junior :icon_lol:

Don't lecture me about manners.
I'm rude to point out your deficiencies and wrong facts?
I get on with younger women? You jealous. Or sick?
You now add deliberate insults???
I accept your previous comments were unthought, unconsidered ramblings.
But deliberate insults I don't accept.
From you or anybody.

If that's what this site is about I'm sorry I found it.
Your manners are as lacking as is your original 'information' about Magellan.

[lizaphil]

I'm here because I recently met this most amazing Filipina.
I didn't even know, for sure, where the Phillipines were before....
(But yesterday Labuyo taught me serious lessons, here in UK)

I'm interested in other Brits experiences of doing 'this one'!?!
All new to me, but I got a serious interest in this area now.....

Me, in a sentence am Brit, retired, long divorced, bored, and then I 'meet' a Filapina!!!
Life changing stuff.

OK. Not the best intro, but I got hypnotised! Don't blame me.

hello and welcome,,labuyo lol.:cwm23::cwm23:hot

[Northerner]

Welcome to the forum :Hellooo::Hellooo:


First of all, let me welcome you in the forum.:Hellooo:

You will find lots of friendly advice from people of all walks of life, that have gone on the expensive, painful and heartbreaking LDR path, and come out at the other end, far stronger and happier for having undertaken that journey.

I strongly advise you to read everything on Peter's website http://www.british-filipino.com/ .

Mull over, and digest what you have read, and if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to post.
But before you do that, try to use the search function with some keywords.
Usually, someone, some other time, will have asked exactly the same, and the answer/s will be found there within the various replies.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

As you may have noticed, I did highlight a part of your post.......:Erm:

It is for every newbie on the forum, do not part with any money, no matter what the emergency is....

That is unless you have personally met the lady in question and you are 100% satisfied that she is genuine.

Just to be on the safe side.
Lots of members will agree with me, that unfortunately some ladies do trawl the net for scamming the innocent and unwary.
And the "few" seem to give the good ones a bad name.

Again, a warm welcome.:xxgrinning--00xx3:


Getting back to the excellent advice for any newbie given by aromulas, I advise you to read the threads by myself and other victims of scammers. And also note that the scammers are a small minority of Filipinas, the vast majority of them are sincere and honest! But being a little wiser helps no matter the situation.

Good Luck :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Northerner]

Having read the rest of the thread...

Labuyo. Chill out dude! There is no need to start a slanging match on the forum:NoNo:

[aromulus]

I would have assumed at your age you would have learnt a few manners,I guess not,took you a whole day to think of it though :Erm:if your going to be rude I guess its what I would expect of someone who likes kids 30+ years his junior :icon_lol:


That was totally uncalled for......:cwm23:

I would expect some kind of public apology being proffered for the diabolic slur...


.
If that's what this site is about I'm sorry I found it.
.



No need to be sorry to have found this site, because as many people would vouch, it is the right place to be.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Unfortunately, we cannot help some members having some personal disagreements, and as long it is kept out of the forums, we normally do not intervene.

[Labuyo]

Welcome to the forum :Hellooo::Hellooo:



Getting back to the excellent advice for any newbie given by aromulas, I advise you to read the threads by myself and other victims of scammers. And also note that the scammers are a small minority of Filipinas, the vast majority of them are sincere and honest! But being a little wiser helps no matter the situation.

Good Luck :xxgrinning--00xx3:

To get back to the real point...
I appreciate and understand aromulas good advice.
I'm well aware of scammers and I've passed that point a while back.

I think I might throw this open here.
Any questions about scammers address them directly to the lady in question?
She better in Tagalog than English, but don't underestimate her:)

When she gets back online she has the answers. I'm sure of that one!!!
So lets hear the questions from the sceptics!!???

Situation report tonight is that she has cleaned up her home after Sundays floods (3 feet of filthy water + lost plenty) and is now faced with another 3/4 days of very heavy rain that may well result in further flooding... She sleeps on the wet floor tonight.
I need to say more??

The colder hearted amongst us might like to think about that a while.
The rest will understand exactly.
That's where I am right now.
Feeling helpless and concerned here safe in Gloucester.

[Labuyo]

That was totally uncalled for......:cwm23:

I would expect some kind of public apology being proffered for the diabolic slur...





No need to be sorry to have found this site, because as many people would vouch, it is the right place to be.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Unfortunately, we cannot help some members having some personal disagreements, and as long it is kept out of the forums, we normally do not intervene.

No problem, I know the vast majority on here are respectful, interested and polite. So many welcoming people on here it gives me encouragement to pursue my quest.
In this world though there are dissenters.
Do you turn the other cheek or respond?
Not an easy choice sometimes.

Many thanks for the positive responses all:)
She and I are committed to each other already and we are going to try to work it out.

[aromulus]

Situation report tonight is that she has cleaned up her home after Sundays floods (3 feet of filthy water + lost plenty) and is now faced with another 3/4 days of very heavy rain that may well result in further flooding... She sleeps on the wet floor tonight.
I need to say more??

The colder hearted amongst us might like to think about that a while.
The rest will understand exactly.
That's where I am right now.
Feeling helpless and concerned here safe in Gloucester.

If you feel so much for the lady, why don't you get a flight out and check it out yourself.

Lots of us have done just that, and are happier for it, for different reasons, some of us have found a real life partner and some others have found out that the lady they were pursuing wasn't their cup of tea and went back on the drawing board.

The worse it may happen is that you will have had a different holiday from the normal Tenerife/Ibiza thing.

My suggestion still stands valid, and may be vouched by others, do not send money.
She managed without your help for many years, and she can manage a while longer I reckon.

[Pepe n Pilar]

Welcome to the forum labuyo...:Hellooo::Hellooo: what a nice username:xxgrinning--00xx3:. Did you know that labuyo refers to the small chili pepper in the Philippines?.. My Dad bites a bit of it everytime during a meal. Where in Las Pinas is your gf staying? My family lives near L.P.

Best of luck on your quest..

Cheers!:)

[Labuyo]

Welcome to the forum labuyo...:Hellooo::Hellooo: what a nice username:xxgrinning--00xx3:. Did you know that labuyo refers to the small chili pepper in the Philippines?.. My Dad bites a bit of it everytime during a meal. Where in Las Pinas is your gf staying? My family lives near L.P.

Best of luck on your quest..

Cheers!:)

Hello, Hello both!
I know Labuyo is hot:)
Labuyo is also the name of the Typhoon that hit RP last weekend so my user name has a certain 'bite' right now:)
Lexie lives in Pulang lupa?
In a poor, low lying part of town!
She works at the Paranaque National High School. When it's not flooded.
Every day I speak to her and she doesn't have it easy.
She's an education for me.
In lots of different ways.

[LEAHnew]

Hi Labuyo welcome to the forum:xxgrinning--00xx3: and Goodluck:):Hellooo::Hellooo:

[pumpkins]

Hello, Hello both!
I know Labuyo is hot:)
Labuyo is also the name of the Typhoon that hit RP last weekend so my user name has a certain 'bite' right now:)
Lexie lives in Pulang lupa?
In a poor, low lying part of town!
She works at the Paranaque National High School. When it's not flooded.
Every day I speak to her and she doesn't have it easy.
She's an education for me.
In lots of different ways.

hi labuyo , i am living walking distance to pulanlupa..where in pulanlupa,if you dont mind me to ask? i have a friend living there..and in our place is really flooding until knees especially this non stop raining here.. and gosh! my friend is working also in Parañaque National High School.
how long you have been chatting?

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[britishdetained]

Welcome here Labuyo:Hellooo::Hellooo: a very hot welcome for you:devil-smiley-029:

Its nice to know that you are interested with a Filipina...but remember also that cautions is needed too:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Again, enjoy and have the best luck:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Florge]

When you get here Florge(congrats on the visa)dont go saying you just discovered Manchester because I think some folks already live there :icon_lol:

LOL.. very funny Tawi... and thanks. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Florge]

Hello,

Filipinas are maintenance intensive.. be very sure that your finances can support your infatuation... :ARsurrender:

If you have staying power, and find the right women, then you will be happy for life.. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

bystander

I'm sorry... pardon my stupidity, but can you kindly explain what you mean by "maintenance intensive"? I'm so sure it doesn't mean bad... but getting a different meaning as I ponder on these words... thanks :D

[bystander09]

I'm sorry... pardon my stupidity, but can you kindly explain what you mean by "maintenance intensive"? I'm so sure it doesn't mean bad... but getting a different meaning as I ponder on these words... thanks :D

You are forgiven... However it may be prudent to continue with this on another thread.. See my thread in the courtship and relations heading..

In the meantime just crack on with the housework.. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

bystander

[pumpkins]

My instinct says we are right!
And I go with my instinct.

Trust your own instinct.
Your mistakes might as well be your own,
instead of someone else

:prosper::prosper::prosper::prosper::prosper::prosper::prosper::prosper:

[KeithD]

In the meantime just crack on with the housework.. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

I keep forgetting, we still need to treat women like trash, and use them for male domination to make up for feeling inadequate! :doh

[Northerner]

You are forgiven... However it may be prudent to continue with this on another thread.. See my thread in the courtship and relations heading..

In the meantime just crack on with the housework.. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

bystander

Hmmm.. Bystander never did get back to me when I ripped his opinion apart:Erm: Ah, well. And I see he has now got himself banned!

Off to the allwomenareevilandshouldbelockedup.com forum for him then! :icon_lol:

[KeithD]

Off to the allwomenareevilandshouldbelockedup.com forum for him then! :icon_lol:
I've just registered that so I can ban him again :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[IainBusby]

To get back to the real point...
I appreciate and understand aromulas good advice.
I'm well aware of scammers and I've passed that point a while back.

I think I might throw this open here.
Any questions about scammers address them directly to the lady in question?
She better in Tagalog than English, but don't underestimate her:)

When she gets back online she has the answers. I'm sure of that one!!!
So lets hear the questions from the sceptics!!???

Situation report tonight is that she has cleaned up her home after Sundays floods (3 feet of filthy water + lost plenty) and is now faced with another 3/4 days of very heavy rain that may well result in further flooding... She sleeps on the wet floor tonight.
I need to say more??

The colder hearted amongst us might like to think about that a while.
The rest will understand exactly.
That's where I am right now.
Feeling helpless and concerned here safe in Gloucester.

There are no questions you can ask outright that will catch out a scammer. The really good ones will just tell you sob stories or even stories about life and death (someone needs an operation and they'll die soon if they don't have it) matters and hope you will offer to help, these are very deliberate tactics and they quite often work with people who are unwary of how these online scammers get them hooked and reel them in.

I don't want to appear skeptical about your girl or her intentions, but so far she has laid it on a bit thick about her hardships to you already. Until you actually meet her you must always take everything you are told with a large pinch of salt no matter how genuine you may think she appears on the surface.

Iain.

[KeithD]

There are no questions you can ask outright that will catch out a scammer. .
DUH!!! :doh

You ask the girl "Are you a scammer?".

If she says YES, move on, and if she says NO, she's lying! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Labuyo]

There are no questions you can ask outright that will catch out a scammer. The really good ones will just tell you sob stories or even stories about life and death (someone needs an operation and they'll die soon if they don't have it) matters and hope you will offer to help, these are very deliberate tactics and they quite often work with people who are unwary of how these online scammers get them hooked and reel them in.

I don't want to appear skeptical about your girl or her intentions, but so far she has laid it on a bit thick about her hardships to you already. Until you actually meet her you must always take everything you are told with a large pinch of salt no matter how genuine you may think she appears on the surface.

Iain.
Thanks Iain.
I just posed the question for the sceptics but didn't really expect any that I had not previously considered and already asked.
I'm not surprised by hardships in a 3rd world country and to hear that being posited as something to beware of doesn't quite 'gel' with me.

I live in Gloucester and my first summer here was invaded by floods.
If I tell my friends about that it doesn't mean I'm fishing for 'support', does it?
Natural disasters affect all of us at some time.

I haven't even yet told the whole story here.
How could I, in a sprinkle of posts?
(Forget the thread hijackers and well intentioned sceptics for now)
The scammer issue is well past its sell by date with her and myself.
I'm simply looking for advice, and hopefully, hearing others experiences about correctly applying for visas in the current climate.

My problem is not that she might be a scammer, but rather how to negotiate the minefield of visa applications, etc.
I can use one of the agencies that facilitate these things, but don't see why I should go down that road before checking other peoples real experiences first.
That's what forums are for, I thought?

I may be on the wrong forum here, in which case I retire and pursue other avenues, but I sense a certain amount of goodwill here and I will persevere for a while.
Thanks again.
John.

[aromulus]

My problem is not that she might be a scammer, but rather how to negotiate the minefield of visa applications, etc.
I can use one of the agencies that facilitate these things, but don't see why I should go down that road before checking other peoples real experiences first.
That's what forums are for, I thought?

I may be on the wrong forum here, in which case I retire and pursue other avenues, but I sense a certain amount of goodwill here and I will persevere for a while.
Thanks again.
John.

Ask to your heart's content..................:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Agencies do not facilitate anything, they only get your money for work which you have to do yourself anyway....:NoNo:

[Labuyo]

hi labuyo , i am living walking distance to pulanlupa..where in pulanlupa,if you dont mind me to ask? i have a friend living there..and in our place is really flooding until knees especially this non stop raining here.. and gosh! my friend is working also in Parañaque National High School.
how long you have been chatting?

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Well, pumpkins I don't intend to give out her precise address on here for obvious reasons, but Bagwis Ville mean anything? I got photos of Intrams last week at the school! She been working there a long time and got lots of friends there.
We been in contact for several months, and I speak to her every day and I know she's cool:)
I check the weather forecasts there also and I know you have heavy, heavy rain in the last few days:(
How nice to 'meet' you though!
If you know some of her friends also, that would be really nice.
I can tell you their names no problem!
Thanks pumpkins:)
John.

[Labuyo]

Ask to your heart's content..................:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Agencies do not facilitate anything, they only get your money for work which you have to do yourself anyway....:NoNo:

I understand what you say about the agencies totally, but I already have the benefit of a previous users (good friend) experiences and know that the advice/instruction he got was much better than applying for visas without it! IE first time 'blind'. Seriously.

I think I might best ask particular questions as you advise.
Rather than continue this 'introduce yourself' thread.
Which seems to go no further than 'beware scammers'.
Good advice I have to say, but not what I need.
I'm long past that one.
But I don't denigrate good advice. It's very welcome and needed at times.
Many thanks for your understanding and kind thoughts.
John.

[KeithD]

..... Bagwis Ville mean anything? .....
It's a little village about 17 miles off-road and has a population of 13, 12 of them elderly, and one house and a hut.

Good idea not to give the address out, you wouldn't want to make it easy to find her! :xxgrinning--00xx3: :Erm:

[Labuyo]

It's a little village about 17 miles off-road and has a population of 13, 12 of them elderly, and one house and a hut.

Good idea not to give the address out, you wouldn't want to make it easy to find her! :xxgrinning--00xx3: :Erm:
You obviously already been there.... if you into grannys
So I say no more.
Except check your sat-nav:)

[Labuyo]

You obviously already been there.... if you into grannys
So I say no more.
Except check your sat-nav:)
And no sheep there boyo.

[KeithD]

And no sheep there boyo.
Rob.....I think you have a new friend :D

[Labuyo]

Rob.....I think you have a new friend :D

Hey Boyo. :censored: is Rob..... Glad there is somebody else on here with a sense of humour too:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[KeithD]

Hey Boyo.
If you're referring to me mate, I'm a scouser :Erm: You know the place, the guys who get the goals for the 2010 World Cup come from there :D

[steadyfornow]

Discovered filipinas?Ferdinand Magellan might just have beaten you to it methinks :rolleyes:

tawi2 just wondering if youre filipino?cause you know lots of stuffs bout us..you even know bout our history and all that..its amazing if youre not..:Erm:

[ca143]

tawi2 just wondering if youre filipino?cause you know lots of stuffs bout us..you even know bout our history and all that..its amazing if youre not..:Erm:

he is a BRITS very unusual...right?????????:icon_lol:

[Labuyo]

if you're referring to me mate, i'm a scouser :erm: You know the place, the guys who get the goals for the 2010 world cup come from there :d

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:Tf2Y25b0NKN2cM::4.bp.blogspot.com/_BsNAUboeko4/R3rlJ7Cge_I/AAAAAAAAAHM/K-_lEKNLCZ0/s400/censored.jpg&h=78&w=115&usg=__ah51c6VOvz_If7f6TU4b2hHrJD0=

censored family forum

[joebloggs]

:NoNo:

scouser Keith is the webmaster :doh :icon_lol:

and were all his guests on here (seeing your not paying :D), if you dont like it, then you can go....

we don't want or need abuse on here like that, i get that at home :rolleyes:

goodbye :Hellooo:

sorry scouser keith and dom, i know you would have liked to ban him.

i've done what you asked for, and don't come back .. :NoNo:

[bornatbirth]

what a funny thread :icon_lol:

can you image bystander and labuyo sharing a beer together :Erm:

oh i never expected tawi to trade insults :icon_lol:

[Tawi2]

:icon_lol: That wasnt an insult mate,I could have been really insulting but I wasnt,what an egotistical guy trying to re-write the Philippine history :icon_lol:By his own admission a few weeks ago he didnt even know where the place was :icon_lol: Oh well,I feel sorry for the girl,trust me on that,I really do :rolleyes:

[Queenbee]

good luck LABUYO!:yikes::cwm23:hot chili!

hope yah did found yah soulmate in her....Im also a flipina and definitely furious about those scammers and fakers,,,That's why i never trust the internet..Those filipinas and ladyboys who asks money are not really scammers but beggars!!!

Before u send her something,i would really advise for you to meet her first and try to know her first,background,family,friends and stuff like that...you can tell if she's not genuine the first time u meet her at the airport...

I met my fiance from 5 years ago and a half in a social community site like Facebook but never really paid attention to it but after chatting for a year we became real good friends then we fell in love but i never have the guts to go to the next level as im not into long distance relationship myself,never had a thing for internet love affair,thought its unreal..Then I went abroad for work. we lost contact n i found someone,he got married,,,,After almost 6 years,he came online on MSN,out of the blue...He had an accident n injured his ankle.I that time broke up with a german ex ive been with for almost 3 years, who i met when i was travellin abroad... He's separated for a year now,his divorce with his ex life is still on going...we chatted again n after that both our lives were changed,,,Im so happy e crossed our paths again:cwm38:ITs like serendepity,,,FATE

Then he visited me this year and met finally my family,,,,now its my turn to visit him in London..hope i get the tourist visa!huhu

Take time to knw her a bit,,,If she's really genuine,you would knw deep down...

[Queenbee]

hat happen to LABUYO tawi tawi,,,oh im soo late,,lol

[Tawi2]

Serendipity the faculty of fortuitous chance discovery,used to be my favourite word :icon_lol:Labuyo?Oh,he was as hot as his namesake and like the bag of hot air he was he just spontaneously combusted :icon_lol:

[Tawi2]

And he really was strange,proof positive that with great age doesnt neccessarily come great wisdom,quite the reverse in his case.

[jaishann]

Please take this advice to heart, the scammers are quite clever, many are chatting to lots of guys at once and they will spend many hours online allowing the "relationships" and the "trust" to mature somewhat before they will ever even think of asking for money. The really clever ones will never even ask, they will just tell you their sob stories and wait for you to offer.

A real genuine Filipina would probably be to ashamed to ask someone she has never met for money. So if she does start to ask, tell sob stories or drop hints, the best thing to say is "I would never dream of sending money to someone I have never actually met". You'll soon know what the score is if you say that, a professional scammer will drop you like a hot potato and move on to the next guy.

Iain.

I agree.

[jaishann]

I'm here because I recently met this most amazing Filipina.
I didn't even know, for sure, where the Phillipines were before....
(But yesterday Labuyo taught me serious lessons, here in UK)

I'm interested in other Brits experiences of doing 'this one'!?!
All new to me, but I got a serious interest in this area now.....

Me, in a sentence am Brit, retired, long divorced, bored, and then I 'meet' a Filapina!!!
Life changing stuff.

OK. Not the best intro, but I got hypnotised! Don't blame me.

welcome and goodluck

[gWaPito]

tawi2 just wondering if youre filipino?cause you know lots of stuffs bout us..you even know bout our history and all that..its amazing if youre not..:Erm:

you just 'bang' what you want to know in the search engine...instant genius :)

[gWaPito]

Labuyo said he had discovered Filipinas........not the Philippines.
I think he was meaning that he had discovered filipina's for himself ...just like when we discovered things when we were boys....It is life changing...this is what I believe he was implying.
Another Pinoy/English misunderstanding. heyho smile

[Tawi2]

you just 'bang' what you want to know in the search engine...instant genius :)

Not an instant genius,it took me 50-60 visits over 20 years,I know a little having covered quite a bit of the country,I was never a "Nescafe" expert :rolleyes: As for Labuyo,well,methinks he tried to re-register earlier as dr_John :icon_lol:

[gWaPito]

Not an instant genius,it took me 50-60 visits over 20 years,I know a little having covered quite a bit of the country,I was never a "Nescafe" expert :rolleyes: As for Labuyo,well,methinks he tried to re-register earlier as dr_John :icon_lol:

I was close then..the 'genius' bit came later...I'm enjoying your posts :)

[bornatbirth]

I was close then..the 'genius' bit came later...I'm enjoying your posts :)

hey,less of the genuis bit :Erm:

we dont need anymore egos in here :D

[Tawi2]

Genius are born,my mum never spawned one sadly :icon_lol:I know the basics about Pinas,scratched the surface over the years thats it,I always said Pakistan is the one country I know more than any other though Pushto and Urdu baffled me :Erm:

[gWaPito]

hey,less of the genuis bit :Erm:

we dont need anymore egos in here :D

I was actually being sarcastic, a major ingredient of western humour.
Unfortunately, my wife doesn't get it.

In fact she is offended by it..I don't tell her many jokes now :D

[fred]

Wow..Just read this thread and Im frankly amazed !!
I truly hope the girl this **** is talking to is living in a nice condo in Makati and scamming him for as much money as she can squeeze with stories of woe and floods and sleeping on wet floors!!
If only!

[Northerner]

Wow..Just read this thread and Im frankly amazed !!
I truly hope the girl this **** is talking to is living in a nice condo in Makati and scamming him for as much money as she can squeeze with stories of woe and floods and sleeping on wet floors!!
If only!

:laugher:

[somebody]

If you're referring to me mate, I'm a scouser :Erm: You know the place, the guys who get the goals for the 2010 World Cup come from there :D

Defoe and Crouch are scousers:Erm: