BongBongLand (Philippine) Discussion Thread

[Free Santa Rosa]

wait, piston has a proposal for a jeepney replacement out and about?

Yeah, they proposed it in 2017.

See, the problem isn't modernization at all. We want our jeeps to modernize. The question is, modernization at what cost? Look at the modern jeeps: they're air conditioned, with free wifi, they have these new Euro 4 engines, etc. Sure. But they cost 2.4 million pesos. Nobody can afford 2.4 million pesos. Look at the guidelines surrounding them. Individual drivers can no longer get a franchise (the permit which allows them to ply a route) unless they join a cooperative or join a corporation. Co-ops don't have money to buy franchises. Corporations do. In either case, you join a co-op or a company, you surrender your franchise and your jeep, and you get a loan for a modern one which you have to pay 800 pesos every day for 7 years. But if you're in a corporate entity, you get paid minimum wage for 8 hours, compared to the 1-2k drivers earn (net) currently.

If you're a driver, "modernization" shafts you and pushes you out. If you're a commuter, you're not so lucky either. The new franchising guidelines make it so drivers can't get multiple franchises. That means no more inter-city jeepney routes. That means, a commuter has to ride multiple jeeps just to get where they were going. Add to the increase in minimum fare (from today's 9 pesos to 11), and a ride that currently costs 25 pesos could increase to as much as 36.

Modernization only benefits corporate entities who have the resources to privatize public transport, and the manufacturers who get to import parts and assemble jeeps here. It kills small players and doesn't allow local industry to thrive. What we need is a mass-oriented modernization that allows people to make an honest living.

[Duhon]

i'd like to see the specifics on that piston proposal before i say anything, especially as googlefu isn't doing the trick for me thus far

[Azenyanistan]

What I actually want to see change is to see jeepneys get better brakes. I hope the government gives the drivers money to get their jeeps fixed up. We don't need to modernize too much. Just maintain them!

[Duhon]

What I actually want to see change is to see jeepneys get better brakes. I hope the government gives the drivers money to get their jeeps fixed up. We don't need to modernize too much. Just maintain them!

there is only do much you can do to rehab decades-old jeepneys
i am all for modernization, but not for something that really is a cover for exploitative practices

[Victoriala II]

PUTANGINA PAG BAWAL NA SUMABIT SA JEEP MAMUMUNDOK AKO

[Neko-koku]

Kumusta.

I recently ate some Filipino food because I want to know what real native Austronesian food is like. I do have some comments:

1. You guys really like vinegar. I assume that's for food preservation.

2. Why is buko pandan so SWEET?!!!!!

3. You have some sweet ladies..

[Rojava Free State]

Kumusta.

I recently ate some Filipino food because I want to know what real native Austronesian food is like. I do have some comments:

1. You guys really like vinegar. I assume that's for food preservation.

2. Why is buko pandan so SWEET?!!!!!

3. You have some sweet ladies..

Also everybody eats even if they live in a project (or something with all the symptoms of a project). My ex girkfriend's family lived in a slum and they had chicken, rice, lentils and fish.

[Neko-koku]

Kumusta.

I recently ate some Filipino food because I want to know what real native Austronesian food is like. I do have some comments:

1. You guys really like vinegar. I assume that's for food preservation.

2. Why is buko pandan so SWEET?!!!!!

3. You have some sweet ladies..

Also everybody eats even if they live in a project (or something with all the symptoms of a project). My ex girkfriend's family lived in a slum and they had chicken, rice, lentils and fish.

Uh..I'm talking about the Philippines and its native cuisine, not America..

[Rojava Free State]

Also everybody eats even if they live in a project (or something with all the symptoms of a project). My ex girkfriend's family lived in a slum and they had chicken, rice, lentils and fish.

Uh..I'm talking about the Philippines and its native cuisine, not America..

I'm talking about the Philippines too. My ex's family lived in Pasig, and moved there from pateros four years ago. They lived in the neighborhood of San Joaquin on the city's South side, just across the river from pateros

[Neko-koku]

Uh..I'm talking about the Philippines and its native cuisine, not America..

I'm talking about the Philippines too. My ex's family lived in Pasig, and moved there from pateros four years ago. They lived in the neighborhood of San Joaquin on the city's South side, just across the river from pateros

Yeah, Austronesians don't know what Zhang Xianzhong and mass depopulation are like.

[Duhon]

Kumusta.

I recently ate some Filipino food because I want to know what real native Austronesian food is like. I do have some comments:

1. You guys really like vinegar. I assume that's for food preservation.

2. Why is buko pandan so SWEET?!!!!!

3. You have some sweet ladies..

generalizing from our end of the palate is bound to lead you through some odd corners
austronesian legacies may still survive in our exploded patrimony
but i very much doubt cuisine molded to island climes is gonna be one such manifestation

[Azenyanistan]

Our pork and chicken recipes are very excellent too, you know? We also love soy sauce~

[Neko-koku]

Our pork and chicken recipes are very excellent too, you know? We also love soy sauce~

Yep. I would say the adobo is interesting .

However soy sauce is Chinese and I'm not exactly interested in pancit and other Chinese or Western imports. If I want to eat Chinese food I can cook Chinese food. If I want to eat European food I can either cook or eat it in a European place.

[Neko-koku]

Are most Pinays that friendly? They definitely treat people a lot better than Chinese and Korean women.

[Duhon]

Are most Pinays that friendly? They definitely treat people a lot better than Chinese and Korean women.

meh
who knows
at a certain point it's all subjective anyway
if you're this impressed by pinays in general eh
good for you i guess

[Castelia]

However soy sauce is Chinese and I'm not exactly interested in pancit and other Chinese or Western imports. If I want to eat Chinese food I can cook Chinese food. If I want to eat European food I can either cook or eat it in a European place.

You should try it, actually. Filipino cuisine puts so many new things and twists on imported food that the original dish becomes almost a different dish. I mean, judging from the many comments I see about Filipino-style spaghetti alone...

[Rojava Free State]

Are most Pinays that friendly? They definitely treat people a lot better than Chinese and Korean women.

They might like you because you're far East asian. Believe me there's a self hate complex among too many filipinos that drives them to want kids with whites and east Asians cause "light skin good, dark skin bad!" Their concept of white is super broad too, including Arabs and latinos. My ex girlfriend said her dad hoped we got married specifically cause " I'm white" (first time being called a white person but I guess I'm white compared to a filipino). This isn't to say no nice women exist in manila, but some of them simply have a thing for lighter skinned people that overrides their senses. They also think Americans and Chinese folks are rich even though many aren't

[Europa Undivided]

Are most Pinays that friendly? They definitely treat people a lot better than Chinese and Korean women.

They might like you because you're far East asian. Believe me there's a self hate complex among too many filipinos that drives them to want kids with whites and east Asians cause "light skin good, dark skin bad!" Their concept of white is super broad too, including Arabs and latinos. My ex girlfriend said her dad hoped we got married specifically cause " I'm white" (first time being called a white person but I guess I'm white compared to a filipino). This isn't to say no nice women exist in manila, but some of them simply have a thing for lighter skinned people that overrides their senses. They also think Americans and Chinese folks are rich even though many aren't

That’s just colonial mentality at work.

[Neko-koku]

Are most Pinays that friendly? They definitely treat people a lot better than Chinese and Korean women.

They might like you because you're far East asian. Believe me there's a self hate complex among too many filipinos that drives them to want kids with whites and east Asians cause "light skin good, dark skin bad!" Their concept of white is super broad too, including Arabs and latinos. My ex girlfriend said her dad hoped we got married specifically cause " I'm white" (first time being called a white person but I guess I'm white compared to a filipino). This isn't to say no nice women exist in manila, but some of them simply have a thing for lighter skinned people that overrides their senses. They also think Americans and Chinese folks are rich even though many aren't

SEA is where the poorest East Kekistanis get wifeys.

I clearly look unambiguously NE Asian (e.g. facial features, light skin color). In fact if I go to PH I may not even look like Tsinoys because the climate of PH makes everyone darker & Tsinoys are overwhelmingly from far southern China. Pinays on average aren't physically attractive to me. However they have a certain warmness and happiness absent in northern people.

[Duhon]

They might like you because you're far East asian. Believe me there's a self hate complex among too many filipinos that drives them to want kids with whites and east Asians cause "light skin good, dark skin bad!" Their concept of white is super broad too, including Arabs and latinos. My ex girlfriend said her dad hoped we got married specifically cause " I'm white" (first time being called a white person but I guess I'm white compared to a filipino). This isn't to say no nice women exist in manila, but some of them simply have a thing for lighter skinned people that overrides their senses. They also think Americans and Chinese folks are rich even though many aren't

SEA is where the poorest East Kekistanis get wifeys.

I clearly look unambiguously NE Asian (e.g. facial features, light skin color). In fact if I go to PH I may not even look like Tsinoys because the climate of PH makes everyone darker & Tsinoys are overwhelmingly from far southern China. Pinays on average aren't physically attractive to me. However they have a certain warmness and happiness absent in northern people.

you do you dude

[Neko-koku]

SEA is where the poorest East Kekistanis get wifeys.

I clearly look unambiguously NE Asian (e.g. facial features, light skin color). In fact if I go to PH I may not even look like Tsinoys because the climate of PH makes everyone darker & Tsinoys are overwhelmingly from far southern China. Pinays on average aren't physically attractive to me. However they have a certain warmness and happiness absent in northern people.

you do you dude

I do what?

Yes, I do love your women..especially the lighter skinned ones. They are more fun than our own women.

[Militant Costco]

you do you dude

I do what?

Yes, I do love your women..especially the lighter skinned ones. They are more fun than our own women.

What do you have against light-skinned mutant cats?

[Duhon]

you do you dude

I do what?

Yes, I do love your women..especially the lighter skinned ones. They are more fun than our own women.

eh as long as you don't act too much like a perv or a goon eh
just
you do you dude
find yourself a mate
mix your genes into our pot
so to speak

[Neko-koku]

I do what?

Yes, I do love your women..especially the lighter skinned ones. They are more fun than our own women.

eh as long as you don't act too much like a perv or a goon eh
just
you do you dude
find yourself a mate
mix your genes into our pot
so to speak

I'm a gentleman. If anything I'm probably way too shy by Austronesian norms.

As long as she stays faithful, does not abuse drugs, does not have STD and does not transfer my money to the account of her family, why not?

Hell the only lady in the world who ever hugged and kissed me, broadly speaking (because it is an e-kiss), is a Pinay.

The only main issue I have other than the ones above is about education of kids. Sorry but I can't accept typical Austronesian attitude towards money and education. There is a reason why foreigners can economically pwn you guys..and I definitely do not want my future in-laws and offspring if they will exist to be pwned.

[New Visayan Islands]

PUTANGINA PAG BAWAL NA SUMABIT SA JEEP MAMUMUNDOK AKO

Yosi lang ang dahilan kung bakit sumasabit ako sa jeep! Yosi lang!

But seriously, that really is the only reason I do it voluntarily.