new from manila

[ackeeman]

hi all I'm new here. i live in Manila, Philippines and work as an admin assistant ina construction firm. I'm a single mom hoping to make new friends and share stories!

[Steve.r]

Welcome to the forum :)

[alanmf1]

:)Hi ackeeman......welcome to the Forum :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[ackeeman]

Thanks!

[ackeeman]

thanks steve....

[sophiamarie]

:Hellooo:, welcom:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

hi all I'm new here. i live in Manila, Philippines and work as an admin assistant ina construction firm. I'm a single mom hoping to make new friends and share stories!

Hello ... and :welcomex: to the filipino/uk forum - where you'll have every opportunity to make plenty of new [online] friends with whom to share your experiences.

[stevewool]

hi there and welcome lots of storys ,advice and friends here :)

[Terpe]

:Hellooo: Hi ackeeman, welcome to the forum :Wave:

[shrek48]

its seems your welcome so long as your not fat on this site.
:olddude:

[stevewool]

slow down there ash, we are not all the same , and no one is perfect too

[Tawi2]

Hi Ack,hows life treating you?:)

[Englishman2010]

Welcome to the forum:xxgrinning--00xx3: Watch out for Graham, he's always sniffing around the single Filipinas :hubbahubba::icon_lol:

[mikey73]

:Hellooo:welcome :Hellooo:

[joebloggs]

its seems your welcome so long as your not fat on this site.
:olddude:

:yikes: shrek your more than welcome no matter slim or fat, tall or small, we take them all :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[ackeeman]

hi shrek.....well im not pencil slim but im not what you would call fat , Im 5' 5" and 126 lbs.....dont think that makes me fat...ha ha ha

[ackeeman]

I dont think i would worry about graham as im here in manila and hes in england....

[ackeeman]

Hi tawi....thanks for asking....life has its ups and downs i suppose.....am not in the greatest spirits right now.....been a single mom for awhile so you know when things go haywire they REALLY can go haywire ha ha ha but keeping sane......my ex was an expat..but not Brit...

[Manila_Paul]

Welcome Ackeeman. :Hellooo:

[Tawi2]

so you know when things go haywire they REALLY can go haywire
I know the feeling,it gets better,hang on in there ;)
Mandaluyong huh?Inside or out ;):icon_lol:

[ackeeman]

thanks paul....check out chef and brewer in Ortigas Center....you might catch an EPL game there.....

[ackeeman]

tawi i hope so ....yep mandaluyong........where are all the expat guys around mandaluyong?..........the ones who are not chasing around every every skirt that is.....ha ha ha....

[jimeve]

Welcome ackeeman, how much is a bag of cement these days.

[sars_notd_virus]

welcome to the forum ackeeman!!

[marikistin]

hello welcome to the forum :)

[ackeeman]

hi jimeve...a bag of cement is 230 pesos or about 5 USD...........construction is booming again......both residential and commercial........housing loans are at around 8% interest....the banks have money to lend.......and are looking for people to lend it to.....ha ha ha.....minimum wage is now 404 pesos per day, up from 382 pesos a few months back.......a few years back government removed taxation from minimum wage earners.....this would have increased consumption as taxes saved by minimum wage earners would definitely be spent.....beneficiaries of this would probably be the food sector.....oh well you just asked me about the bag of cement and here i go on and on...

[Terpe]

.....oh well you just asked me about the bag of cement and here i go on and on...

Well done. Please continue to go on and on. Very informative.

[Manila_Paul]

thanks paul....check out chef and brewer in Ortigas Center....you might catch an EPL game there.....

Hi Ackeeman, only just seen your post in my intro thread. Yeah, would be good to meet up at some point. My e-mail is: paulmn@blueyonder.co.uk

Thanks for the tip on that place in the Ortigas Center. Will check it out.