Hi from Devon new here

[songz777]

Good luck you sound a sensible fella with a "don't run before you've learned to walk" attitude

Have a laugh reading this - another John who back in July was "hoping to find someone with a view to marrying around December time"

http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....e-introduce-me

certainly funny, I would never rush like that wayyyyy to scary

[andy222]

She lives in Cagayan de Oro City far north coast of that province, she says they have a local dialog but for now I will try to grasp Tagalog before local lingo

All I can say is your brave mate trying to learn tagolog. When my wife and stepdaughter start talking I have to admit I am lost. I pick up bits of the conversation. In the end I just leave them to it and watch the tv. .

[MissAna]

, but real life must say "you need to meet" before you can really be in love.

totally correct!!!!!!!!!!!

[songz777]

totally correct!!!!!!!!!!!

glad you agree MissAna

[songz777]

All I can say is your brave mate trying to learn tagolog. When my wife and stepdaughter start talking I have to admit I am lost. I pick up bits of the conversation. In the end I just leave them to it and watch the tv. .

Well i have a CDs and book and use youtube to learn and well my aim is to first learn lots of get me by words so when I do visit I can cope with any situation enough to get by like " can you show me on the map" or excuse me I am lost!

[Terpe]

Well i have a CDs and book and use youtube to learn and well my aim is to first learn lots of get me by words so when I do visit I can cope with any situation enough to get by like " can you show me on the map" or excuse me I am lost!

Concerning learning the language, I hope these links can also help you.

Visayans mostly refer to their languages as Bisaya.
"Gihigugma Ko, Gayod Ikaw!" ...I love you very much! In Bisaya (I think, ......also my spelling may not be correct)

For a Cebuano form of Bisaya look here:-
http://www.qasana.com

It's really a lot different to the National language Tagalog

For Tagalog language, Rosetta Stone is quite popular but also very expensive.
Another good choice for Tagalog may be BYKI (Before You Know It)
Look here:-
http://www.byki.com
It's free.
One thing is that this also have vocalisations, so you can hear how a word is pronounced.

Other very useful sites are:-
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/tagalog.php
http://www.forvo.com/languages/tl

Both of these sites have Bisay/Cebuano and Tagalog just check for the language menu

Hope it will be useful for you.
Happy learning

[grahamw48]

They also have a good list of both Tagalog and Cebuano phrases in the Lonely Planet Philippines guide, which would be a useful book to take with you on a first trip.

[songz777]

They also have a good list of both Tagalog and Cebuano phrases in the Lonely Planet Philippines guide, which would be a useful book to take with you on a first trip.

Hi Granham thanks for all your input buddy I am keen to listen and learn because I owe to her and her family to make some efforts. Take care thanks for everything,John

[grahamw48]

You sound like a thoroughly noble and decent fellow.

We seem to have a lot in common.

[songz777]

You sound like a thoroughly noble and decent fellow.

We seem to have a lot in common.

Thanks my friend well I am a level headed chap, I like to think things through, do my research and know whats inolved in all this long distance stuff.
i am taking things slowly and see how we feel after say 5-6 months then decide about a holiday there, meet her parents do some site seeing and scuba diving, and if it doesnt work out, well it was a good experience and I would have had a nice holiday and met a very sweet woman .. nothing ventured nothing gained.

[andy222]

Well i have a CDs and book and use youtube to learn and well my aim is to first learn lots of get me by words so when I do visit I can cope with any situation enough to get by like " can you show me on the map" or excuse me I am lost!

The majority speak english anyway you shouldnt have a problem mate. My misses lives 4 hours bus ride away from there. I have never had any worries in fact the people are happy to help.

[songz777]

The majority speak english anyway you shouldnt have a problem mate. My misses lives 4 hours bus ride away from there. I have never had any worries in fact the people are happy to help.

Thanks Andy thats good to know do you live in UK now?

[andy222]

Yes mate I live here for my troubles I hope to go there in April.

[songz777]

Hello my fellow friends here.
Well my dear friend Angeline and I have been friends now for 7 weeks, and our affection and delight in ecah other seems to grow. Skype dates are about 2 hours on a saturday and we have so much to share.
I am looking at the possability of 10 holiday in june, and checking out hotel prices and flihgt fares and car hire, it seems a very low cost place to stay just cost a lot to get there!
Thanks for all your support John

[Tawi2]

Hope you enjoy your trip to Mindanao Its a nice place to kick around,CDO is ok,everyone will appreciate you learning the language,even just enough to make them think Scrap the tagalog,thats my advice,concentrate on visayan,a little at a time and build up your vocab,before you know it the words turn into sentences,my grammar was shot to crap when I first started but its like a jig-saw,pieece by piece till the picture starts to form,I know people in Mindanao who dont speak more than a few words of tagalog and they were born there,get a decent visayan phrase-book and start learning,theres guys been married to pinays for years who speak no more than a dozen or so words,so your a novelty Enjoy your trip

[Stevie]

Good luck John for your future ... if only I were younger and had more patience I may try the same journey

[songz777]

Thanks chaps for your input Yes i have emotions of ups and downs to come and patience and oh sooo much, but slow and stready wins the race ... If she is worth persuing I will have strength to keep persuing lets see what things are like by 6 months, then I will I will be ready to enbark on a 25 hour flight and two days travelling .

[Ann1984]

I am new here on these furom, it seems i can get here many info and details and gain more knowledge, but its to late though! i submit my application to the VFS on december 20,2011 and i only get a txt message from the VFS 2 times, saying my application is being processed by the british embassy and may take a longer times to process coz its peak season.

I keep praying we obtain a visa with my partner. hence, my partner submit a Invitation letter, history of our relationship, bank statement, financial statement, accommodation letter and his land registry paper, and itenirary plans, and hes full details of passport. and me the applicant i submit my WU receipts for 10 moths, photographs of our meetings with family's and my daughter, and i include of my daughter's birthday photos, our communication (emails,Ecard greetings birthdays, yahoo messenger conversation), booking confirmation of our meetings,hotel voucher and recipts.

I have a possibilty i grant visa?

[Stevie]

I am new here on these furom, it seems i can get here many info and details and gain more knowledge, but its to late though! i submit my application to the VFS on december 20,2011 and i only get a txt message from the VFS 2 times, saying my application is being processed by the british embassy and may take a longer times to process coz its peak season.

I keep praying we obtain a visa with my partner. hence, my partner submit a Invitation letter, history of our relationship, bank statement, financial statement, accommodation letter and his land registry paper, and itenirary plans, and hes full details of passport. and me the applicant i submit my WU receipts for 10 moths, photographs of our meetings with family's and my daughter, and i include of my daughter's birthday photos, our communication (emails,Ecard greetings birthdays, yahoo messenger conversation), booking confirmation of our meetings,hotel voucher and recipts.

I have a possibilty i grant visa?

Good luck Ann with your application

[Stephen550]

Hi John, don't give up, my gf just received her general visa for six month stay in UK, she received this after only 7days from date of submitting documents, with no interveiw, it is possibe, we have been together for about 9 months and I spent 21 days with her in the Phils. If I can help let me know.
Stephen.

[Stephen550]

Hi Andrew,,, What do you think ,, Anna's general visa granted in 7 days for six month stay,, who is the lucky one,, Best of Luck with your application.

[Ann1984]

Good luck Ann with your application

Hello Stevie! thank you

i grant my general visit visa for 7 days. UKBA email me yesterday my visa is dispatched shortly. i was surprised coz i am expecting i get interview. ohhh... is this miracle for us with my partner, coz we tought its very tricky and very hard to obtain. hehe

[Stevie]

Hello Stevie! thank you

i grant my general visit visa for 7 days. UKBA email me yesterday my visa is dispatched shortly. i was surprised coz i am expecting i get interview. ohhh... is this miracle for us with my partner, coz we tought its very tricky and very hard to obtain. hehe

Wow congratulations to you and hope this is the start of a wonderfu future for you both

[Terpe]

Hello Stevie! thank you

i grant my general visit visa for 7 days. UKBA email me yesterday my visa is dispatched shortly. i was surprised coz i am expecting i get interview. ohhh..

It's extremely rare for anyone to need interview these days.

[Terpe]

... is this miracle for us with my partner, coz we tought its very tricky and very hard to obtain. hehe

Glad you receive your visa, but as I've said before the keys are having sufficient reason, sufficient finances and sufficient reasons to return home before expiry of visa.

Insufficient reasons to return are on balance the most common cause of refusal.
The visit visa is not as easy to secure as you may think or suggest.

The very low cost of the visa is a solid, low risk approach.

[andy222]

Hi Andrew,,, What do you think ,, Anna's general visa granted in 7 days for six month stay,, who is the lucky one,, Best of Luck with your application.

Superb Stephen really happy for you both.

[songz777]

Hi John, don't give up, my gf just received her general visa for six month stay in UK, she received this after only 7days from date of submitting documents, with no interveiw, it is possibe, we have been together for about 9 months and I spent 21 days with her in the Phils. If I can help let me know.
Stephen.

Thanks Stepehn I really would value your help and advise pleasde add me as a friend or mail me. I hoped I may meet someone who lived in Devon, I need lots of help. I have just begun a serious now friendship with my Angeline now 3 months, but its plain to see me are in love as much as you can be on line, I am planning to fly out in June for holiday and meet her and her family, which amazingly have their approval on me. Many hills to climb yet but worth it. Your new friend John

[grahamw48]

34 days before I meet my girlfriend for the first time.

[songz777]

34 days before I meet my girlfriend for the first time.

wow graham, thats cool, how long have your been corresponding? when did you begin to feel, ok I am starting to fall in love with this woman?

[grahamw48]

I think we started corresponding early November last year.

Probably took me about hmm...10 minutes ?