Birth control in the Phils :-))

[Piamed]

Hola, buenos dias Felipe. Que pasa? Hi, good day friend. Waaaas up?

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "very well educated" but it's worth noting two things: da Phils is a Catholic country primarily and the cost of brith/infection control items is relatively high for the majority of the population. I suspect that for those that believe in it, alternative 'cheaper' and 'cost-free' methods are practiced.

I don't believe there is a country on the planet with that sort of ratio. I think da Phils is about 1:1 but Egypt is about 0.5:1. Sweden is about 2.6:1.

Spanish was the the country's original national language. There are over 4,000 Spanish words in Tagalog, and around 6,000 Spanish words in Visayan.

Chavacano, also called Zamboangueño, is a Spanish-based creole language spoken mainly in the southern province of Zamboanga and, to a much lesser extent, in the province of Cavite in the northern region of Luzon.

Adiós y cuida de usted mismo. Bye, and take care of yourself!

[Fitzy]

Hola, buenos dias Felipe. Que pasa? Hi, good day friend. Waaaas up?

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "very well educated" but it's worth noting two things: da Phils is a Catholic country primarily and the cost of brith/infection control items is relatively expensive for the majority of the population. I suspect that for those that believe in it, alternative 'cheaper' and 'cost-free' methods are practiced.

I don't believe there is a country on the planet with that sort of ratio. I think da Phils is about 1:1 but Egypt is about 0.5:1. Sweden is about 2.6:1.

Spanish was the the country's original national language. There are over 4,000 Spanish words in Tagalog, and around 6,000 Spanish words in Visayan.

Chavacano, also called Zamboangueño, is a Spanish-based creole language spoken mainly in the southern province of Zamboanga and, to a much lesser extent, in the province of Cavite in the northern region of Luzon.

Adiós y cuida de usted mismo. Bye, and take care of yourself!

Hola amigo.

Me alegre de conocerte.

Hmmm, tus palabras estan muy interesantes, y gracias por la informacion Sr

Ok, back to English, as wd upset the mods, and unfair to non Spanish readers, lol

I assumed that the ratio thing was incorrect.
just as well I take things with a pinch of salt, and have an open mind, lol
So, where are you from my friend?
BTW you write very well in Spanish.
I love to practice it, as I am still learning, after 5 years of it
Ok, we will be in Bohol this coming jan, and the Coco Grove Hotel, is built on an old Colonial Church, with a Cathedral attached.
At least she will not need to go far for Sunday Mass
As, for myself, I am an Agnostic, but that doesn't appear to bother her.
She is a nice kind girl of few words, but posseses all of the traits of a decent person, and not always hasseling me for money, but I still love to treat her, lol
Imagine her surprise, when she received flowers from Interflora at her workplace
Yes. I know I'm an incurable romantic, heheheh


I am so thrilled at meeting Hanzell for the first time, but a little apprehensive too.
I suppose being nervous is to be expected, lol

Nice to meet you again my friend, y cuidate tambien amigo mio

Speak again soon, hablemos otro ves muy pronto


Felipe, desde Londres Oeste

[Piamed]

Nice to meet you too mate. I like Spanish but am not fluent. Self-taught. I have an interest in languages and with the benefit of much travel can get myself into trouble in quite a few.

Bohol is one of the 2 places in the Phils that I have not been to but very much would love to visit. I want to see the chocolate hills and particularly a tarsier. They are so cute! I think you will have a great time there. Please take pics of the old colonial churches and share with us. I imagine they are quite something. I recently took pics of some great flying buttresses in Dijon. Wonderful.

Never lose that romance. I'm a sucker for it myself. My wife, Pia, is a queen and I will always treat her as one. I really hope that you have a great time with Hanzell. It's great to be nervous; I imagine that will disappear really quickly. When Pia and I met, i was so surprised at how comfortable I felt. We had though been chatting and talking virtually daily for 1 year prior to our first meeting.

Take care of yourself mate!

Toks

[Fitzy]

Nice to meet you too mate. I like Spanish but am not fluent. Self-taught. I have an interest in languages and with the benefit of much travel can get myself into trouble in quite a few.

Bohol is one of the 2 places in the Philis that I have not been to but very much would love to visit. I want to see the chocolate hills and particularly a tarsier. They are so cute! I think you will have a great time there. Please take pics of the old colonial churches and share with us. I imagine they are quite something. I recently took pics of some great flying buttresses in Dijon. Wonderful.

Never lose that romance. I'm a sucker for it myself. My wife, Pia, is a queen and I will always treat her as one. I really hope that you have a great time with Hanzell. It's great to be nervous; I imagine that will disappear really quickly. When Pia and I met, i was so surprised at how comfortable I felt. We had though been chatting and talking virtually daily for 1 year prior to our first meeting.

Take care of yourself mate!

Toks

Hi Toks.

I am functional in Spanish too, and it seems that we both have the same interests my friend.
I never thought that I wd read such kind honest words, and I thank you so much for that.
Of course I will take many photo's and share them with, you, and all who are interested.
To be honest Toks, I thought I had toughened up coz of my impending divorce from the Peruvian one, but Hanzell showed my otherwise, lol
Yes, I am nervous, actually petrified sometimes. I thought I was alone in that, lol.
You look so happy in your photo, and I have new hope to live again.
Having a great job, as a radio engineer at Heathrow, and all my tecchie toys just isn't enough
How I look so forward to Jan, and wish it was now


Take care.

Philip...

[Sim11UK]

I really hope that you have a great time with Hanzell. It's great to be nervous; I imagine that will disappear really quickly. When Pia and I met, i was so surprised at how comfortable I felt. We had though been chatting and talking virtually daily for 1 year prior to our first meeting.

Take care of yourself mate!

Toks[/QUOTE]

I met my girlfriend recently, for the first time in person, after chatting to her for 8 months.
I have to say, I wasn't that nervous, as I normally would have been. I think the reason being, I was running on adrenalin... I'd just been on 3 planes & had very little sleep, if any at all...Plus we knew lots of things about each other.
We met in the hotel lobby & looked each other up & down a bit, smiled a lot & had a few words.
She said are you hungry...I was starving, by this time. So I said "yes". Then out onto the street we went & jumped straight into a jeepney, heading for Robinsons Mall.
On the way there, I was thinking OMG! she dosen't like me. I've come all this way & she does not like me!...Somewhere along the line, I paid the 14 pesos fare, for the two of us & before I knew it, we were at the mall.
Into the mall we went & straight to Chow King for something to eat.
We ordered food & drinks & sat down...How wrong, my assumption had been...
From that moment on, things went great. ...I've never felt, as comfortable with anyone, as I did with her...It continues to be the same. Everything, just felt & feels right.
Many of us have been in this situation & many more will follow, flying halfway around the world... Just go with the flow & you will have a fantastic time.

Cheers! Sim

[Fitzy]

I really hope that you have a great time with Hanzell. It's great to be nervous; I imagine that will disappear really quickly. When Pia and I met, i was so surprised at how comfortable I felt. We had though been chatting and talking virtually daily for 1 year prior to our first meeting.

Take care of yourself mate!

Toks

I met my girlfriend recently, for the first time in person, after chatting to her for 8 months.
I have to say, I wasn't that nervous, as I normally would have been. I think the reason being, I was running on adrenalin... I'd just been on 3 planes & had very little sleep, if any at all...Plus we knew lots of things about each other.
We met in the hotel lobby & looked each other up & down a bit, smiled a lot & had a few words.
She said are you hungry...I was starving, by this time. So I said "yes". Then out onto the street we went & jumped straight into a jeepney, heading for Robinsons Mall.
On the way there, I was thinking OMG! she dosen't like me. I've come all this way & she does not like me!...Somewhere along the line, I paid the 14 pesos fare, for the two of us & before I knew it, we were at the mall.
Into the mall we went & straight to Chow King for something to eat.
We ordered food & drinks & sat down...How wrong, my assumption had been...
From that moment on, things went great. ...I've never felt, as comfortable with anyone, as I did with her...It continues to be the same. Everything, just felt & feels right.
Many of us have been in this situation & many more will follow, flying halfway around the world... Just go with the flow & you will have a fantastic time.

Cheers! Sim[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the reassurance Sim, all you guys here have been so very kind to me in this time
Well, I will have 2 plane rides, and don't sleep too well while flying either.
I hope my next avatar here will be of the two of us

Take care my friend...

[jencha8569]

wish you luck Fitzy, enjoy ur time with ur princess.
dont forget to bring some pasalubongs to her and
fam most especially..hehe

buzz us anytime..

have a safe trip

[Fitzy]

wish you luck Fitzy, enjoy ur time with ur princess.
dont forget to bring some pasalubongs to her and
fam most especially..hehe

buzz us anytime..

have a safe trip

Thank you so much my friend.

All this kindness is so overwhelming, lol



Thank u all for being so wonderful


Philip...

[Fitzy]

wish you luck Fitzy, enjoy ur time with ur princess.
dont forget to bring some pasalubongs to her and
fam most especially..hehe

buzz us anytime..

have a safe trip

Hiya.

Just added you to my yahoo.

Take care.

Philip..

[andypaul]

I really hope that you have a great time with Hanzell. It's great to be nervous; I imagine that will disappear really quickly. When Pia and I met, i was so surprised at how comfortable I felt. We had though been chatting and talking virtually daily for 1 year prior to our first meeting.

Take care of yourself mate!

Toks

I met my girlfriend recently, for the first time in person, after chatting to her for 8 months.
I have to say, I wasn't that nervous, as I normally would have been. I think the reason being, I was running on adrenalin... I'd just been on 3 planes & had very little sleep, if any at all...Plus we knew lots of things about each other.
We met in the hotel lobby & looked each other up & down a bit, smiled a lot & had a few words.
She said are you hungry...I was starving, by this time. So I said "yes". Then out onto the street we went & jumped straight into a jeepney, heading for Robinsons Mall.
On the way there, I was thinking OMG! she dosen't like me. I've come all this way & she does not like me!...Somewhere along the line, I paid the 14 pesos fare, for the two of us & before I knew it, we were at the mall.
Into the mall we went & straight to Chow King for something to eat.
We ordered food & drinks & sat down...How wrong, my assumption had been...
From that moment on, things went great. ...I've never felt, as comfortable with anyone, as I did with her...It continues to be the same. Everything, just felt & feels right.
Many of us have been in this situation & many more will follow, flying halfway around the world... Just go with the flow & you will have a fantastic time.

Cheers! Sim[/quote]


Chow King what a great place to eat What a welcome to phill

[Sim11UK]

I met my girlfriend recently, for the first time in person, after chatting to her for 8 months.
I have to say, I wasn't that nervous, as I normally would have been. I think the reason being, I was running on adrenalin... I'd just been on 3 planes & had very little sleep, if any at all...Plus we knew lots of things about each other.
We met in the hotel lobby & looked each other up & down a bit, smiled a lot & had a few words.
She said are you hungry...I was starving, by this time. So I said "yes". Then out onto the street we went & jumped straight into a jeepney, heading for Robinsons Mall.
On the way there, I was thinking OMG! she dosen't like me. I've come all this way & she does not like me!...Somewhere along the line, I paid the 14 pesos fare, for the two of us & before I knew it, we were at the mall.
Into the mall we went & straight to Chow King for something to eat.
We ordered food & drinks & sat down...How wrong, my assumption had been...
From that moment on, things went great. ...I've never felt, as comfortable with anyone, as I did with her...It continues to be the same. Everything, just felt & feels right.
Many of us have been in this situation & many more will follow, flying halfway around the world... Just go with the flow & you will have a fantastic time.

Cheers! Sim

Chow King what a great place to eat What a welcome to phill[/QUOTE]

She loves Chow king, couldn't keep her away. The chop suey, is alright & the iced tea.

[andypaul]

Chow King what a great place to eat What a welcome to phill

She loves Chow king, couldn't keep her away. The chop suey, is alright & the iced tea. [/quote]

The biggest insight to the two countries is going into a KFC.

jugs of gravey for top up, spag, little balls of rice and salads if one opened up in the UK with the same menu the chavs which our one would be in shock

[aromulus]

Hola amigo.
Ok, back to English, as wd upset the mods, and unfair to non Spanish readers, lol
Imagine her surprise, when she received flowers from Interflora at her workplace
Yes. I know I'm an incurable romantic, heheheh
Felipe, desde Londres Oeste

I ain't upset....

As flowers go I would recommend..

http://www.islandrose.net/

Used several times in the past, and apart from one little cock-up which was essentially my fault (right person but wrong delivery address given), they have been great.
And also very reasonably priced.

Hasta luego....

[Fitzy]

I ain't upset....

As flowers go I would recommend..

http://www.islandrose.net/

Used several times in the past, and apart from one little cock-up which was essentially my fault (right person but wrong delivery address given), they have been great.
And also very reasonably priced.

Hasta luego....

Heheheh..

A usted tambien amigo

Yes, she loved them, and she is off work now with a bad tooth, so I will send some more today



Philip

[andypaul]

Heheheh..

A usted tambien amigo

Yes, she loved them, and she is off work now with a bad tooth, so I will send some more today



Philip

You know as well as Flowers you can always send Choclates and other gifts which can be shared with Family.

As you know many Fillpinas are very family orientated and of course we all like treats to oursleves I know my Wife did when in Phill it was also nice to send say chocs and sweets or voucher to a resturant which she could share with the family.
Which in turn will cheer her up.

But having written that she has a bad tooth (hope she is better soon) so maybe foods of any kind are the last thing on her mind

[Fitzy]

Hi mate.

What a great idea, and thank you.
What is the best way to send a voucher please?


Philip

[andypaul]

Hi mate.

What a great idea, and thank you.
What is the best way to send a voucher please?


Philip

Im a bit out of date there were very good websites i used at the time my wife was in phill 04/05 but they may have changed.

Maybe worth asking in a seperate post, for those who are up to date

They are never the best value for money as the comapnies take there cut as the flower companies do but the pleasant surprise is worth it