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Posted: 20Apr2008 at 4:32pm

hie.... saya nak tanya sikit...

nasaan ka? ( where are you? )

ilang taon ka na? ( how old are you? )

dlm bahasa english, are you in both sentence berada di bahagian belakang, tapi dlm bahasa tagalog beza.

soalan saya... boleh tak saya tulis ayat seperti begini.

1) saan ka na?

macam ayat ilang taon ka na

ataupun

2) nailang taon ka?

macam ayat nasaan ka

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Posted: 20Apr2008 at 9:57pm

Originally posted by saberi

hie.... saya nak tanya sikit...

nasaan ka? ( where are you? )

ilang taon ka na? ( how old are you? )

dlm bahasa english, are you in both sentence berada di bahagian belakang, tapi dlm bahasa tagalog beza.

soalan saya... boleh tak saya tulis ayat seperti begini.

1) saan ka na?

macam ayat ilang taon ka na

ataupun

2) nailang taon ka?

macam ayat nasaan ka

OK seperti yg diterangkan dulu...tagalog biasanya meletakkan object dibelakang.. and dalam case ni "KA" (you)

nasaan ka? (dimana kau/awak)

saan ka na.... (dimana kau ...) ... ayat ini betul cuma biasanya ayat ini ada sambungannya...contohnya saan ka na ngayon (dimana kau sekarang) atau saan ka na kaya ngayon (dimana agaknya kau sekarang)

sentence kedua yang betul adalah ilang taon ka na...

maksud NA disini adalah "SEKARANG"

Edited by MJang2 - 21Apr2008 at 7:31am

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Posted: 22Apr2008 at 10:58pm

Kelas resume bulan depan ya... I'm away for a week...need a break

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Posted: 08May2008 at 5:50am

HOW TO USE THE PARTICLE "BA"

Please note that BA is only used for questions that must have a yes or no answer. BA should come after the subject in a regular sentence structure and after the predicate in the inverted sentence structure

eg:

1. May problema ka ba? (do you have a problem?)

you can answer "oo" / "opo" (yes)

or you can answer "wala"/ "wala po" (no/tak ada)

2. Pupunta si Lina sa KL bukas (Lina is going to KL tomorrow...statement)

Pupunta ba si Lina sa KL bukas? (Is Lina going to KL tomorrow? ...question)

Tapi ada masa-masa kita akan terdengar mereka menyebut ANO BA? (Especially bila a girl trying to get away from a bad guy)

Maksudnya .... Apa ni? ataupun What are you trying to do to me?

Ada masa juga kita akan terdengar ...ANO BA YAN? (ANO BA IYAN?)

Maksudnya...Apa tu? ataupun What's that?

Edited by MJang2 - 04Sep2008 at 9:07pm

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Posted: 04Sep2008 at 9:25pm

HOW TO USE THE PARTICLE NGA (disebut "ngak")

Particle ini digunakan dengan beberapa cara.

1. Ia digunakan untuk memberikan affirmation atau extra emphasis kepada sesuatu statement

Contohnya:

Lisa: Mabait sya (Dia baik)

Jane: Oo nga mabait sya (ya/betul dia baik)

Atau maksud paling mudah "ya tak ya juga"

2. Ada masa ia digunakan juga sebagai tanda untuk challenge the other speaker

Contohnya:

Lisa: Lalabanin kita (Aku akan lawan kau)

Jane: Sige nga (cubalah)

3. Nga juga boleh digunakan untuk membuat permintaan secara polite

Contohnya:

Sarhan mo nga ang pinto (Tolong tutup pintu)

ayat ini juga boleh ditulis begini (Paki sarhan ang pinto)... Paki maksudnya (tolong, please)

Mag-aral ka nga (belajarlah/ kau belajarlah)

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khermosa
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Posted: 13Sep2008 at 2:00pm

nako!

magiging excited talaga ako mjang!

im actually going to pinas this early dec!

hayy..

dreams really do come true..

ito yung gift ko galing sa parents ko eh..

masaya talaga ako..

diettiner's m'sia

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Posted: 13Sep2008 at 2:01pm

u better teach me more how to communicate sa kanila eh..hihee..

natatakot ako..

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Posted: 14Sep2008 at 8:45am

congrats! do you have a tour guide there?

wag kang matakot...u'll be ok there. The thing you have to remember is the food. If you're a muslim than it would be safer to tell them about your food preference)

walang baboy (no pork)

walang chicharon (..this is like 'keropok' made with pork skin)

walang longanisa (sausage)

most of the time their food contain meat or pork items.... so you can ask for

isda (fish)

hipon (shrimp)

pusit (sotong)

alimasag/talangka (crab)

kalau nak order food...I think you should try Escabeche (sweet and sour fish), Sinigang (ask for fish or shrimp...this is a type of tom yam cuma tak pedas) kalau nak anything goreng just ask for 'piniritong' (FRIED) isda or any food items.

If you're going to other parts of the philippines, it would be easier to use English since dialect dia orang berbeza-beza... lagi satu masa travel janganlah pakai jewelries and be prepared dengan traffic jams dalam Manila

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Posted: 28Sep2008 at 6:00pm

wow!thanks sa tips mo,mjang!

im going to clark.dekat ngn manila ke??

hmm..

rase2nye,nak beli dvd kat sne yg tak terdpt kat m'sia lah..hahaa..

best nye!im anxious!extremely!

and,kalao nak order.nak ckp pe eh??

gusto ko ng piniritong isda?ganyan>?

huhuu..

and kalao harge kan,nak tnye cmner??

Edited by khermosa - 28Sep2008 at 6:07pm

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Posted: 28Sep2008 at 6:03pm

and,no,we dont have tour guide.yon ang tatakot ko..

and,dgr cite org sne agak ganas ehh..

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Posted: 11Dec2008 at 6:40pm

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Before we get started with the lesson, I would like to apologize since I'm using both Bahasa Melayu and English in my explaination....just want to make the lessons as simple as I could and easy for everyone to understand... and actually this is how I learn to master the language

LESSON 1 - SIMPLE GREETINGS/EXPRESSIONS

Magandang Araw po (ma-gan-dang a-rau) = Selamat Pagi/Selamat Siang

Magandang Umaga po (ma-gan-dang u-ma-ga) = Selamat Pagi

Magandang Tanghali po (ma-gan-dang tang-ha-lik) = Selamat Tengahari

Magandang Hapon po (ma-gan-dang ha-pon) = Selamat Petang

Magandang Gabi po (ma-gan-dang gab-be) = Selamat Malam

Maligayang bati (ma-li-ga-yang ba-tik) = Happy Birthday

Mabuhay (ma-bu-hai) = long live/hidup

Note: I'm using Po (pok) at the end of the sentence to show the polite/formal way of talking to other people especially people you just met, or people who are older than you

Kumusta po kayo? (ku-mus-ta pok ka-yo) = How are you? (formal)

Kumusta? (ku-mus-ta) = How are you? (informal)

Mabuti po naman (ma-bu-te pok na-man) = I'm fine (formal)

Mabuti naman (ma-bu-te na-man) = I'm fine (informal)

Maraming salamat po (ma-ra-ming se-la-mat pok) = Thank you very much...

Salamat po (se-la-mat pok) thankyou

Walang pong anuman (walang anuman) (wa-lang anu-man) = You're welcome/don't mention it

Tuloy po kayo (tu-loi pok ka-yo) = Silakan masuk

Maupo kayo (ma-u-pok ka-yo) = Silakan duduk (formal)

Maupo ka (ma-u-pok ka) = Silakan duduk (informal)

Kumain na po ba sila (ku-ma-in na pok ba si-la) = Dah makan ke? (formal)

Kumain ka na ba? (ku-ma-in ka na ba) = Dah makan ke? (informal)

Ano po pangalan nila? (a-no pok pang-nga-lan ni-la) = What is your name? (formal)

Anong pangalan mo? (a-nong pang-nga-lan mo) = What is your name (informal)

Ako po si..... (a-ko pok si) = my name is.....

Ilang taon na po kayo? (i-lang ta-on na pok ka-yo) = How old are you? (formal)

Ilang taon ka na? (i-lang ta-on ka na) = How old are you? (informal)

Taga saan po kayo? (ta-ga sa-an pok ka-yo) = Where are you from? (formal)

Taga saan ka? (ta-ga sa-an ka) = Where are you from (informal)

Saan po kayo nakatira? (sa-an pok ka-yo na-ka-ti-rah) = where do you live (formal)

Saan ka nakatira? (sa-an ka na-ka-ti-rah) = where do you live (informal)

Opo / Oho (o-pok / o-hok) = yes (formal)

Oo (o-o) = yes (informal)

Hindi po = (hin-dik pok) no (formal)

Hindi ko po alam (hin-dik ko pok a-lam) = I don't know (formal)

Hindi ko alam (hin-dik ko a-lam) = I don't know (informal)

Ewan ko (e-wan ko) = I don't know (informal)

It's very common to use English terms in greetings....like Hi, Hello, Bye, Congratulations, NIce to meet you...Ini yang biasa digunakan

Paalam muna ako (pa-a-lam mu-na ako) or Alis muna ako (a-lis mu-na a-ko) = Saya minta diri dulu (informal)

Congrats sa kasal nyo (congrats sa ka-sal nyo) = Congratulations on your wedding

Congrats ha! = congratulaions

Sometimes you will come across few words ...very informal ones yang digunakan oleh forumners to express how they feel

Grabe! (gra-beh) = dahsyatnya!

Hanep! (ha-nep) = lagi dahsyat (hahaha)

Kilig (ki-lig) = so happy to see (giddy)

to be continued...

I'm Filipino and I just came across this one and I just want to say that the pronunciation of po is not pok. you can pronounce it as poh but you have to say it quick.

And kilig by the way, is being happy because of being in love or idea of being in love (such as when someone you like gives you flowers or you see two people that are in love and you feel you can relate or imagine youself in their situation).

Edited by eclairss - 11Dec2008 at 6:46pm

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Posted: 11Dec2008 at 7:00pm

Originally posted by khermosa

u better teach me more how to communicate sa kanila eh..hihee..

natatakot ako..

you don't really need to learn tagalog to be able to communicate with Filipinos. you can speak in english, almost all Filipinos understand English. but we do love to hear foreigners speak our language. LOL

nonetheless, Filipinos are hospitable people so you need not worry. if you want to go to Manila, just don't go to places where there are haven of robbers and criminals such as Quiapo or Divisoria. Just be careful of cons (con artists). we have lots of them (oh well, they are present everywhere, not only in the Philippines). If you are lost or need anything, talk to policemen, security guards, hotel receptionists, salesmen, store owners, etc. Don't talk to bystanders, they are most likely just waiting for somebody to con. When you ride the taxi, make sure you have a local to go with you, taxi drivers are likely to cheat you by going in circles before arriving in your destination and you'll end up paying a huge fare on the meter reading. there are lots of good hearted Filipinos however, we are loving and hospitable people in general. Wink

but you have to know to spot a good one. just be vigilant and have a good presence of mind when you go around. Smile

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Posted: 21Dec2008 at 4:52pm

thanks a lot for the tips..eclairss

hmm..

unfortunately,my plan to philipines have to be cancelled.its too expensive.especially now,at peak times..people go back to the philipines for celebrating christmas..anyway,MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!!

diettiner's m'sia

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Cool, I'm a filipino living in Brooklyn.

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saberi Newbie Joined: 19Feb2008 Location: Singapore Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Posted: 20Apr2008 at 4:32pm
	hie.... saya nak tanya sikit... nasaan ka? ( where are you? ) ilang taon ka na? ( how old are you? ) dlm bahasa english, are you in both sentence berada di bahagian belakang, tapi dlm bahasa tagalog beza. soalan saya... boleh tak saya tulis ayat seperti begini. 1) saan ka na? macam ayat ilang taon ka na ataupun 2) nailang taon ka? macam ayat nasaan ka
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MJang2 Moderator Group Jaga Joined: 25Sep2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 214	Posted: 20Apr2008 at 9:57pm
	*Originally posted by saberi* hie.... saya nak tanya sikit... nasaan ka? ( where are you? ) ilang taon ka na? ( how old are you? ) dlm bahasa english, are you in both sentence berada di bahagian belakang, tapi dlm bahasa tagalog beza. soalan saya... boleh tak saya tulis ayat seperti begini. 1) saan ka na? macam ayat ilang taon ka na ataupun 2) nailang taon ka? macam ayat nasaan ka OK seperti yg diterangkan dulu...tagalog biasanya meletakkan object dibelakang.. and dalam case ni "KA" (you) nasaan ka? (dimana kau/awak) saan ka na.... (dimana kau ...) ... ayat ini betul cuma biasanya ayat ini ada sambungannya...contohnya saan ka na ngayon (dimana kau sekarang) atau saan ka na kaya ngayon (dimana agaknya kau sekarang) sentence kedua yang betul adalah ilang taon ka na... maksud NA disini adalah "SEKARANG" Edited by MJang2 - 21Apr2008 at 7:31am
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MJang2 Moderator Group Jaga Joined: 25Sep2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 214	Posted: 22Apr2008 at 10:58pm
	Kelas resume bulan depan ya... I'm away for a week...need a break
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MJang2 Moderator Group Jaga Joined: 25Sep2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 214	Posted: 08May2008 at 5:50am
	HOW TO USE THE PARTICLE "BA" Please note that BA is only used for questions that must have a yes or no answer. BA should come after the subject in a regular sentence structure and after the predicate in the inverted sentence structure eg: 1. May problema ka ba? (do you have a problem?) you can answer "oo" / "opo" (yes) or you can answer "wala"/ "wala po" (no/tak ada) 2. Pupunta si Lina sa KL bukas (Lina is going to KL tomorrow...statement) Pupunta ba si Lina sa KL bukas? (Is Lina going to KL tomorrow? ...question) Tapi ada masa-masa kita akan terdengar mereka menyebut ANO BA? (Especially bila a girl trying to get away from a bad guy) Maksudnya .... Apa ni? ataupun What are you trying to do to me? Ada masa juga kita akan terdengar ...ANO BA YAN? (ANO BA IYAN?) Maksudnya...Apa tu? ataupun What's that? Edited by MJang2 - 04Sep2008 at 9:07pm
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	HOW TO USE THE PARTICLE NGA (disebut "ngak") Particle ini digunakan dengan beberapa cara. 1. Ia digunakan untuk memberikan affirmation atau extra emphasis kepada sesuatu statement Contohnya: Lisa: Mabait sya (Dia baik) Jane: Oo nga mabait sya (ya/betul dia baik) Atau maksud paling mudah "ya tak ya juga" 2. Ada masa ia digunakan juga sebagai tanda untuk challenge the other speaker Contohnya: Lisa: Lalabanin kita (Aku akan lawan kau) Jane: Sige nga (cubalah) 3. Nga juga boleh digunakan untuk membuat permintaan secara polite Contohnya: Sarhan mo nga ang pinto (Tolong tutup pintu) ayat ini juga boleh ditulis begini (Paki sarhan ang pinto)... Paki maksudnya (tolong, please) Mag-aral ka nga (belajarlah/ kau belajarlah)
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khermosa Junior Member Joined: 21May2007 Location: Malaysia Online Status: Offline Posts: 84	Posted: 13Sep2008 at 2:00pm
	nako! magiging excited talaga ako mjang! im actually going to pinas this early dec! hayy.. dreams really do come true.. ito yung gift ko galing sa parents ko eh.. masaya talaga ako..
	diettiner's m'sia
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khermosa Junior Member Joined: 21May2007 Location: Malaysia Online Status: Offline Posts: 84	Posted: 13Sep2008 at 2:01pm
	u better teach me more how to communicate sa kanila eh..hihee.. natatakot ako..
	diettiner's m'sia
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MJang2 Moderator Group Jaga Joined: 25Sep2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 214	Posted: 14Sep2008 at 8:45am
	congrats! do you have a tour guide there? wag kang matakot...u'll be ok there. The thing you have to remember is the food. If you're a muslim than it would be safer to tell them about your food preference) walang baboy (no pork) walang chicharon (..this is like 'keropok' made with pork skin) walang longanisa (sausage) most of the time their food contain meat or pork items.... so you can ask for isda (fish) hipon (shrimp) pusit (sotong) alimasag/talangka (crab) kalau nak order food...I think you should try Escabeche (sweet and sour fish), Sinigang (ask for fish or shrimp...this is a type of tom yam cuma tak pedas) kalau nak anything goreng just ask for 'piniritong' (FRIED) isda or any food items. If you're going to other parts of the philippines, it would be easier to use English since dialect dia orang berbeza-beza... lagi satu masa travel janganlah pakai jewelries and be prepared dengan traffic jams dalam Manila
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khermosa Junior Member Joined: 21May2007 Location: Malaysia Online Status: Offline Posts: 84	Posted: 28Sep2008 at 6:00pm
	wow!thanks sa tips mo,mjang! im going to clark.dekat ngn manila ke?? hmm.. rase2nye,nak beli dvd kat sne yg tak terdpt kat m'sia lah..hahaa.. best nye!im anxious!extremely! and,kalao nak order.nak ckp pe eh?? gusto ko ng piniritong isda?ganyan>? huhuu.. and kalao harge kan,nak tnye cmner?? Edited by khermosa - 28Sep2008 at 6:07pm
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khermosa Junior Member Joined: 21May2007 Location: Malaysia Online Status: Offline Posts: 84	Posted: 28Sep2008 at 6:03pm
	and,no,we dont have tour guide.yon ang tatakot ko.. and,dgr cite org sne agak ganas ehh..
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eclairss Newbie Joined: 02Oct2008 Location: Philippines Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 11Dec2008 at 6:40pm
	*Originally posted by* Before we get started with the lesson, I would like to apologize since I'm using both Bahasa Melayu and English in my explaination....just want to make the lessons as simple as I could and easy for everyone to understand... and actually this is how I learn to master the language LESSON 1 - SIMPLE GREETINGS/EXPRESSIONS Magandang Araw po (ma-gan-dang a-rau) = Selamat Pagi/Selamat Siang Magandang Umaga po (ma-gan-dang u-ma-ga) = Selamat Pagi Magandang Tanghali po (ma-gan-dang tang-ha-lik) = Selamat Tengahari Magandang Hapon po (ma-gan-dang ha-pon) = Selamat Petang Magandang Gabi po (ma-gan-dang gab-be) = Selamat Malam Maligayang bati (ma-li-ga-yang ba-tik) = Happy Birthday Mabuhay (ma-bu-hai) = long live/hidup Note: I'm using Po (pok) at the end of the sentence to show the polite/formal way of talking to other people especially people you just met, or people who are older than you Kumusta po kayo? (ku-mus-ta pok ka-yo) = How are you? (formal) Kumusta? (ku-mus-ta) = How are you? (informal) Mabuti po naman (ma-bu-te pok na-man) = I'm fine (formal) Mabuti naman (ma-bu-te na-man) = I'm fine (informal) Maraming salamat po (ma-ra-ming se-la-mat pok) = Thank you very much... Salamat po (se-la-mat pok) thankyou Walang pong anuman (walang anuman) (wa-lang anu-man) = You're welcome/don't mention it Tuloy po kayo (tu-loi pok ka-yo) = Silakan masuk Maupo kayo (ma-u-pok ka-yo) = Silakan duduk (formal) Maupo ka (ma-u-pok ka) = Silakan duduk (informal) Kumain na po ba sila (ku-ma-in na pok ba si-la) = Dah makan ke? (formal) Kumain ka na ba? (ku-ma-in ka na ba) = Dah makan ke? (informal) Ano po pangalan nila? (a-no pok pang-nga-lan ni-la) = What is your name? (formal) Anong pangalan mo? (a-nong pang-nga-lan mo) = What is your name (informal) Ako po si..... (a-ko pok si) = my name is..... Ilang taon na po kayo? (i-lang ta-on na pok ka-yo) = How old are you? (formal) Ilang taon ka na? (i-lang ta-on ka na) = How old are you? (informal) Taga saan po kayo? (ta-ga sa-an pok ka-yo) = Where are you from? (formal) Taga saan ka? (ta-ga sa-an ka) = Where are you from (informal) Saan po kayo nakatira? (sa-an pok ka-yo na-ka-ti-rah) = where do you live (formal) Saan ka nakatira? (sa-an ka na-ka-ti-rah) = where do you live (informal) Opo / Oho (o-pok / o-hok) = yes (formal) Oo (o-o) = yes (informal) Hindi po = (hin-dik pok) no (formal) Hindi ko po alam (hin-dik ko pok a-lam) = I don't know (formal) Hindi ko alam (hin-dik ko a-lam) = I don't know (informal) Ewan ko (e-wan ko) = I don't know (informal) It's very common to use English terms in greetings....like Hi, Hello, Bye, Congratulations, NIce to meet you...Ini yang biasa digunakan Paalam muna ako (pa-a-lam mu-na ako) or Alis muna ako (a-lis mu-na a-ko) = Saya minta diri dulu (informal) Congrats sa kasal nyo (congrats sa ka-sal nyo) = Congratulations on your wedding Congrats ha! = congratulaions Sometimes you will come across few words ...very informal ones yang digunakan oleh forumners to express how they feel Grabe! (gra-beh) = dahsyatnya! Hanep! (ha-nep) = lagi dahsyat (hahaha) Kilig (ki-lig) = so happy to see (giddy) to be continued... I'm Filipino and I just came across this one and I just want to say that the pronunciation of po is not pok. you can pronounce it as poh but you have to say it quick. And kilig by the way, is being happy because of being in love or idea of being in love (such as when someone you like gives you flowers or you see two people that are in love and you feel you can relate or imagine youself in their situation). Edited by eclairss - 11Dec2008 at 6:46pm
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eclairss Newbie Joined: 02Oct2008 Location: Philippines Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 11Dec2008 at 7:00pm
	*Originally posted by khermosa* u better teach me more how to communicate sa kanila eh..hihee.. natatakot ako.. you don't really need to learn tagalog to be able to communicate with Filipinos. you can speak in english, almost all Filipinos understand English. but we do love to hear foreigners speak our language. nonetheless, Filipinos are hospitable people so you need not worry. if you want to go to Manila, just don't go to places where there are haven of robbers and criminals such as Quiapo or Divisoria. Just be careful of cons (con artists). we have lots of them (oh well, they are present everywhere, not only in the Philippines). If you are lost or need anything, talk to policemen, security guards, hotel receptionists, salesmen, store owners, etc. Don't talk to bystanders, they are most likely just waiting for somebody to con. When you ride the taxi, make sure you have a local to go with you, taxi drivers are likely to cheat you by going in circles before arriving in your destination and you'll end up paying a huge fare on the meter reading. there are lots of good hearted Filipinos however, we are loving and hospitable people in general. but you have to know to spot a good one. just be vigilant and have a good presence of mind when you go around.
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khermosa Junior Member Joined: 21May2007 Location: Malaysia Online Status: Offline Posts: 84	Posted: 21Dec2008 at 4:52pm
	thanks a lot for the tips..eclairss hmm.. unfortunately,my plan to philipines have to be cancelled.its too expensive.especially now,at peak times..people go back to the philipines for celebrating christmas..anyway,MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!!
	diettiner's m'sia
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bjsjoel Newbie Joined: 06Sep2010 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 06Sep2010 at 11:44am
	Cool, I'm a filipino living in Brooklyn.
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