Filipinas and money

[NateD]

Hey Guys...

One question I'm dying to ask, especially now that my career path is, for the most part, set in stone: I'm probably going to be a public librarian, and if I'm lucky, I'll start off making around $35,000 a year.  Granted I can move up the ranks and make more than that in time (hey, everyone has to pay the dues).  But my question is this: is a good Filipina (I've read the horror stories same as everyone else) a good choice for a wife who's going to care more about the man I am than the paycheck I bring home?  

Thanks guys,
NateD

[bryan]

... in response to Filipinas and money, posted by NateD on Nov 16, 2003

I worry about you nate. I think you have the cart way before the horse. Sounds like you need to hit a frat party, get sloppy drunk and go find a ho to dis. You need a degree then a job and then too start thinkin about contacting women in a country half way around the world, somethings wrong here man.

How about put school on hold and find a job that pays what ya need to I864 your girl here and get goin now. Or stay in school and find a pretty co ed.

[Jeff S]

... in response to Filipinas and money, posted by NateD on Nov 16, 2003

If you're living in downtown Manhattan, Chicago, San Francisco, or West LA, where fixer uppers run a million and a half dollars, and making $35K you'd be better off searching for a wife who had the skills and resume to work, just so you both could live, and should forget the expense of heading overseas IMO, at least not til you've saved up for a while. But if you live in a less popular place, like a friend of mine who retired and bought a 40 acre farm with a house, barn and tractor, outside Minot North Dakota for $17K - well that's very different.

As for whether a "good" woman from the PI will love you more than a big paycheck, I agree with the others, a good women from anywhere will do that. Picking one from the PI, where nearly all people have to live frugally would be a far wiser choice than say, a spoiled brat from the 90210 zip code.

Just my 2 cents.

- Jeff

[shadow]

... in response to Filipinas and money, posted by NateD on Nov 16, 2003

After seven years of searching for the right 'good' one, I adopted the proceedure of telling prospectives that;

1;  I have absolutely no money.

2; I have absolutely NO intention of bringing a Filipina to the USA.

3;  My dream is to live a simple life in a nipa hut on the beach, raising pigs and chickens.

95% of them were instantly history upon hearing this. Then bam, I found one whose intentions were true.

Larry.

Living quite happily in Dumaguete, but not yet in a nipa hut!! Maybe next year!!!  

[Dave H]

... in response to Re: Filipinas and money, posted by shadow on Nov 18, 2003

Hi Larry,

I am very happy to hear that things are going great with you! Good luck to you and your wife! I hope you move into your nipa hut soon...I'm right behind you and Hum...I think Jimbo will be building one soon himself. )

Dave H.

[Jimbo]

... in response to Nipa Huts, posted by Dave H on Nov 18, 2003

Hi Dave,

Here's a business idea: a Roller Kingdom!  Wait - stop laughing and hear me out:

What do Filipinos enjoy?  Social gatherings, music, snack food, AC, low cost activity, right?  With a big old building all you need is a sound system, a bunch of skates and a snack bar.  The snack bar would be a big revenue producer because the admission fee would have to be cheap, like P15 or something.

You could be the DJ, "Hollywood Ham the Tune King Man."  Dance tunes and rock will get them going.  I'll be the skate guard, skating around backwards and blowing my whistle on kids who are going too fast, "YOU! Slow down or you're going to sit out for three songs!"

Jim

[Dave H]

... in response to Business idea, posted by Jimbo on Nov 19, 2003

Hi Jim,

My wife wants us to open it at the new Gaisano Mall in Butuan City. ) We need to make the DJ booth bullet-proof...especially if I start singing karaoke! :oD

Dave H.

[Peter Lee]

... in response to Business idea, posted by Jimbo on Nov 19, 2003

Ok idea,
You will have to watch out for sleeping dogs on the skate floor.   Beans and corn will be drying on the floor when it is raining outside.   You know I didn't see anyone skating in the PI in my travels.  No one seemed to like exchanging their flip flops and putting there feet into skate shoes.  
If it fails you can always use the building and floor for cock fights and gambling LOL.  Suri, suri stores could be rented out inside the building and you could raise a few pigs where the benches are for people to sit.   May as well sell some fish while you are at it.  
Otherwise a great idea

[NOX1967]

... in response to Re: Business idea, posted by Peter Lee on Nov 19, 2003

I think a KTV machine has to come into this picture at some point. A skating Jollibee may inspire the desire to try roller skating.

Also given the Filipino talent for putting as many people as possible into and onto any form of wheeled transportation, I wonder how many can ride on one pair of skates?

Ron

[Ray]

... in response to Re: Business idea, posted by Peter Lee on Nov 19, 2003

Great point there Peter!

How about "Flop Skates", or flip-flops with wheels? Let's get a professional opinion from Jeff S.... :-)

Ray

[Jeff S]

... in response to New Invention?, posted by Ray on Nov 19, 2003

My professional opinion is that you should call them flip-skates, not flop-skates. (pun intended)

- Jeff

[Jeff S]

... in response to Business idea, posted by Jimbo on Nov 19, 2003

Graet idea.

- Jeff

[Humabdos]

... in response to Re: Filipinas and money, posted by shadow on Nov 18, 2003

Glad to hear all is well Larry. Let us know when you get that Nipa hut built Sallie and I will come for a visit.

Hum&Sallie

[shadow]

... in response to Re: Re: Filipinas and money, posted by Humabdos on Nov 18, 2003

Already have a Nipa hut you can stay in, Hum. Gorgeous place, on the beach, very secluded. Unfortunately, we are only able to spend a few nights per month there at present.

Come on over!!

Larry

P.S. When was Robin and Rhie coming over? Or did I miss them already?

[Jeff S]

... in response to Re: Filipinas and money, posted by shadow on Nov 18, 2003

"For you" should be the operative phrase in that post. Because a woman doesn't want to live in a dirt floored hut and slop the pigs, doesn't necessarily mean she's not a "good one." Naturally, each of us have different wants and expectations.

Haven't heard from you in a while. How's life in the PI doing these days?

- Jeff