Hi linonat,
Like most people on here, my experience is the other way round, i.e. British man, Filipina lady and when it comes to that kind of relationship, communication is usually on a daily basis with texts, phone calls and yahoo messenger chats with webcams.
The last option (Online Chat) is really the best one, because you can both see and here each other and you can save the chat logs as evidence to support any future visa application. There's no reason why he couldn't do that for you if he really cares for you, it only costs abou 20 pesos for an hour online in the Philippines.
Surely you must be worth at least that much to him!
Iain.
