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	<title>Comments on: Embarrassing BI Visit 16 Jan 2008</title>
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		<title>By: Philly</title>
		<link>http://philfaqs.com/get-there/visas/phils-visas/embarrassing-boi-visit-16-jan-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5817</link>
		<dc:creator>Philly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Ellen: It&#039;s a pretty sad commentary on people, manly a lot of my fellow Westerners, in general.  You know I used to be pretty active in the Philippine sweethearts/find a bride online &quot;space&quot;.  

Had to drop a out of a lot of groups and many so-called friends because I just found that there are huge percentage of the men looking for partners they felt they could dominate, literally someone thye thought they were &quot;better than.&quot;  I would guess a psychologist would find these sort of guys had &#039;self-esteem&quot; issues, but I have no time for it, myself.

Indeed there are a lot of people who ought to just stay home, where everything, including the people are &quot;perfect&quot;.  I&#039;m ready to move to that place myself if I ever find out where it is ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Ellen: It&#8217;s a pretty sad commentary on people, manly a lot of my fellow Westerners, in general.  You know I used to be pretty active in the Philippine sweethearts/find a bride online &#8220;space&#8221;.  </p>
<p>Had to drop a out of a lot of groups and many so-called friends because I just found that there are huge percentage of the men looking for partners they felt they could dominate, literally someone thye thought they were &#8220;better than.&#8221;  I would guess a psychologist would find these sort of guys had &#8217;self-esteem&#8221; issues, but I have no time for it, myself.</p>
<p>Indeed there are a lot of people who ought to just stay home, where everything, including the people are &#8220;perfect&#8221;.  I&#8217;m ready to move to that place myself if I ever find out where it is <img src='http://philfaqs.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Ellen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ellen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Dave, I see this happen in other countries we&#039;ve been to - especially the Pacific islands. I won&#039;t name any nationalities here, but this is a typcial attitude of some - &quot;WE come here and give lots of money to your country - you better treat US with respect and give US everything we want.&quot; 

Some even tie up a VHF radio channel station with their own chatting nets and get upset that the locals are using it too. 

It makes me wonder why people travel or even leave their own home country just to get upset and even angy, in another country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Dave, I see this happen in other countries we&#8217;ve been to &#8211; especially the Pacific islands. I won&#8217;t name any nationalities here, but this is a typcial attitude of some &#8211; &#8220;WE come here and give lots of money to your country &#8211; you better treat US with respect and give US everything we want.&#8221; </p>
<p>Some even tie up a VHF radio channel station with their own chatting nets and get upset that the locals are using it too. </p>
<p>It makes me wonder why people travel or even leave their own home country just to get upset and even angy, in another country.</p>
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		<title>By: Honestly, do you really want to live here? : Live In The Philippines</title>
		<link>http://philfaqs.com/get-there/visas/phils-visas/embarrassing-boi-visit-16-jan-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5798</link>
		<dc:creator>Honestly, do you really want to live here? : Live In The Philippines</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] wrote about at the Bureau of Immigration wouldn&#8217;t happen. A friend of mine, Dave Starr had a similar incident recently. What about the things that AmericanLola wrote about Losing Face? These things are just [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] wrote about at the Bureau of Immigration wouldn&#8217;t happen. A friend of mine, Dave Starr had a similar incident recently. What about the things that AmericanLola wrote about Losing Face? These things are just [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Philly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Philly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Sid,
Thanks for stopping by and for commenting.  yes, it certainly appeared heading toward train wreck status the way it started.

You&#039;re right in that I know nothing about what had happened to this guy before he walked in that door ... he may had been filled to overflowing by some other frustrations/mistreatment I knew nothing about ... but,of course, neither me nor the other people with their jaws hanging open could have known.

Things surely do operate differently, and I don&#039;t want to sugar-coat, you _will_ fall victim to the run around or surly people from time to time ... but I guess my tip for the day would be ... even if the same people were &#039;a-holes&#039; in the past?  At least give them a minute or two opportunity to so better before unloading ... and from ancient days of using a double-barrel 12 guage ... never let fly with both barrels at once ... if you blast both rounds at the first target it takes along time to get reloaded for the next, perhaps better shot ....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Sid,<br />
Thanks for stopping by and for commenting.  yes, it certainly appeared heading toward train wreck status the way it started.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re right in that I know nothing about what had happened to this guy before he walked in that door &#8230; he may had been filled to overflowing by some other frustrations/mistreatment I knew nothing about &#8230; but,of course, neither me nor the other people with their jaws hanging open could have known.</p>
<p>Things surely do operate differently, and I don&#8217;t want to sugar-coat, you _will_ fall victim to the run around or surly people from time to time &#8230; but I guess my tip for the day would be &#8230; even if the same people were &#8216;a-holes&#8217; in the past?  At least give them a minute or two opportunity to so better before unloading &#8230; and from ancient days of using a double-barrel 12 guage &#8230; never let fly with both barrels at once &#8230; if you blast both rounds at the first target it takes along time to get reloaded for the next, perhaps better shot &#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Sid</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Dave,
Wow that had to of been the perfect recipe for a train wreck. You did a nice thing by telling the Guard thanks for his help. I kind of look at both sides of the coin on a situation like this.  I don&#039;t know if the visitor just had a run of bad experieces and was just frustrated or what.  My short times there i found myself expecting American ways of doing things and seeing a totally different way getting it done and some times the run around.  But I had to stop and remember &quot;I am not in the States&quot; and I better change or i will be in a bad situation.  But when I am there I do my best to treat everyone with the most respect.  I hope and wish Expats like that dont give the rest a bad reputation.  And as Danny said &quot;They can welcome us or kick us out&quot;.  Any way keep up the good work!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Dave,<br />
Wow that had to of been the perfect recipe for a train wreck. You did a nice thing by telling the Guard thanks for his help. I kind of look at both sides of the coin on a situation like this.  I don&#8217;t know if the visitor just had a run of bad experieces and was just frustrated or what.  My short times there i found myself expecting American ways of doing things and seeing a totally different way getting it done and some times the run around.  But I had to stop and remember &#8220;I am not in the States&#8221; and I better change or i will be in a bad situation.  But when I am there I do my best to treat everyone with the most respect.  I hope and wish Expats like that dont give the rest a bad reputation.  And as Danny said &#8220;They can welcome us or kick us out&#8221;.  Any way keep up the good work!!</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Martin &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Honestly, do you really want to live here?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob Martin &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Honestly, do you really want to live here?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] wrote about at the Bureau of Immigration wouldn&#8217;t happen. A friend of mine, Dave Starr had a similar incident recently. What about the things that AmericanLola wrote about Losing Face? These things are just [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Danny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some people just go through life being a curmudgeon.
If I had been in your situation I wouldn&#039;t have said anything, but I think I would have been very embarrassed.
The country belongs to the Philippine people and they can welcome us or kick us out.
Dan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some people just go through life being a curmudgeon.<br />
If I had been in your situation I wouldn&#8217;t have said anything, but I think I would have been very embarrassed.<br />
The country belongs to the Philippine people and they can welcome us or kick us out.<br />
Dan</p>
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