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In Tanzania, I saw someone say "Iiiiii anayohaa anayohaa" to an East Asian person, and I'm not sure what it means in a group context... It doesn't seem like a good thing given the atmosphere... Even ChatGPT's answer wasn't helpful... They say it's a greeting, but watching the video, the atmosphere suggests it's definitely not a greeting. It feels like mockery...

Offering 10 coins as a reward to anyone who can tell me.

I wanted to post this in the Q&A section, but there's no option to upload videos there...

Finally, gas prices dropped from 100 to 80, and now it's 75!

I heard from others that only some Petron stations are offering discounts; elsewhere, it's still over 80.

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Daily quest: Log in today

Seriously, it's already midday, and I can't check in?

Admin, please check.

A must-have for your trip to Africa: a police badge from Daiso, bought for 3,000 won.

Due to the underdeveloped regions, there are landmines and traps everywhere.

Beginner travelers will definitely find themselves in a bind during unexpected situations. This is where my reliable item, the Daiso police badge, protects me. It makes me invincible, like eating a star in Super Mario.

If you search on YouTube for "how to use Daiso police badge," you'll find a few videos.

Whoever invented this is a genius.

Saw this sign while buying drinks at Clark's Gym Mart.

It's either going to be a huge success or a total flop...

15 years ago, I remember it was 560 pesos, and now it's under 1000 pesos.

While opinions vary depending on the meat's condition that day, I really like this place.

About 70% of the customers are elderly Westerners, like they're at a Korean soup restaurant.

The recommended menu is the Peppered Steak + Home Fries + Fried Garlic combo shown in the photo below. Add the 200-peso "one-time twenty" greens for your vegetable intake.

If you're with a group, you can add the fondue and shrimp spaghetti for a hearty meal.

The mayonnaise in the tuna mayo is different because it uses Filipino mayo.

Bulgogi kimbap can sometimes be a bit tough to chew, but it's a great meal in the Philippines.

I recommend using Grab.

Driving along the road by the Abacan River in Angeles, I saw the slums and then came to a fork in the road, so I turned off the Abacan River road. My friend asked if I wanted to walk around here or go somewhere else. I chose to walk and got out of the car, following the fork. For the first 50 meters, it was an overwhelming slum...

I was scared to go any further...

But I gathered my courage and walked further, and like magic, the slum disappeared, and a village of standardized two-story houses appeared.

It didn't look like a slum at all. What was going on??

As I kept walking, I found a basketball court and a sari-sari store that surprisingly had a freezer. I asked how much the ice cream was, and they said 5 pesos (125 won) and 10 pesos (250 won). The 5-peso ones looked too cheap, so I decided to buy 10-peso ice cream for the kids.

I roughly counted the kids gathered at the basketball court, and there were about fifteen. I told the lady, "Everybody come here, ice cream, give," and she understood, called the kids over, and gave them one each.

There weren't clearly more than twenty of them, but somehow the ice cream count went over 30 lol. Pinoys are so fast... In an instant, not just the kids at the basketball court, but all the kids in the neighborhood started gathering. Some of them came back for a second one, but I pretended not to notice, thinking about how much they must have wanted it. Location and video attached.

Sorry for the repeated quest questions.

My posts and others' posts meet the site's requirements, and I've even commented on them more than 20 characters each, so why isn't the comment count increasing??

The island restaurant (now the site of Yangpyeong Haejangguk) that once ruled Angeles has moved to the Sun Valley Golf Course clubhouse restaurant. It then maintained its presence at the site of the Kang Kang Sullae restaurant in Clark, and now the wife of the owner of that now-defunct restaurant runs a snack bar. Their ridiculously large kimbap is incomparable to other places. I believe this snack bar will thrive alongside Giwon Bunsik.

The First Night in Angeles: A Tale of My First Trip

In early November 2017, I went to Angeles with two friends. It was a 3-night, 4-day trip.

It was everyone's first time traveling abroad, and it was only my second. My first international trip was also to the Philippines, to Boracay, coincidentally.

Finally, the day of departure arrived. We met at Yatap Station, arrived at Incheon Airport, and boarded the plane.

Since it was everyone's first time abroad, and only my second, we all tried to sit by the window to look outside.

After a four-hour flight, we arrived. My heart was pounding.

But wait??

The friend who was supposed to pick us up wasn't there...

Uh oh..

All of us, including myself, had only graduated from middle school or high school. At the time, we were doing odd jobs like delivery, supermarket stocking, and pyramid schemes. Suddenly, we were over 3000km away from Korea, alone at night. What were we supposed to do?

The only person I knew in the Philippines was the friend who was supposed to pick us up. We came here solely because of him. None of us knew more than "hello" and "hi" in English. We had never been here before, knew nothing, and understood nothing. Three of us were stranded in a foreign country late at night, and we started to panic seriously.

Gate 3... This seems to be the meeting spot, but why can't I see him?

What do we do now?

He said he'd be here to pick us up, so why isn't he here?

Let's send him a text.

There's no internet or Wi-Fi here.

Let's wait and have a cigarette. He'll come.

Ten minutes passed, and he still wasn't there.

Now we were truly panicked. We looked like passengers on the Titanic just before it sank.

Why hasn't he come after ten minutes? Are we screwed?

Seriously, are we going to die here?

We shouldn't have come here. Why did we agree to come?

Think of a way! We can't die here!

Let's borrow a phone from an airport guard. I have his Philippine number on KakaoTalk.

But none of us know English. How do we talk to him?

We'll have to say "You smartphone, smartphone, please" and show him KakaoTalk, using body language. What else can we do?

Will he lend it to us?

We'll have to pay. But I only have $100 in my wallet...

Are we going to give him $100 to borrow his phone?

Dude, our lives are on the line right now. We have to give it to him. What choice do we have? If we can't contact him and can't meet him, we'll all become international orphans and die here! We'll die!

Death... death... die... At that absolute word that determined our fate, we all became solemn for a moment.

I took out $100 from my wallet and approached the guard with a gun, saying:

Sorry, you smartphone, please.

What!??!

You smartphone, smartphone!! Please, please!!

My smartphone?!!

Yes, yes!!

And I showed him my smartphone with KakaoTalk.

The guard took out his phone.

Oh no. The guard's phone is a feature phone!!

What the....

As I was fumbling with the $100, extremely flustered...

I heard a familiar Korean voice.

I'm a little late. You waited, right????

A familiar face. No, more than a familiar face. A face of salvation. Was this what it felt like to meet God? I can't think of a good analogy. It felt like being captured by terrorists and meeting special forces who came to rescue me at the moment of execution.

Damn it, damn it, damn it! Ugh, I'm saved now. We're saved!! Why are you so late? Ugh, we thought we were all going to die here because we couldn't see you!! Ugh!!

Everyone, relieved as if they had met God, grumbled, "Why are you so late? We almost got into a fight."

I don't want to stay here for another second. Let's get out of here first.

Quickly, we loaded our luggage into my friend's old Toyota Corolla and drove around, looking at scenery we couldn't see in Korea. We went to a bar with a bull's head logo on the sign. When I told my friend that we thought we were all going to die because he wasn't there, he just laughed and apologized.

Before we knew it, my friends and I became arrogant again. We leisurely ate beer and snacks, talking about the earlier incident as if it were nothing, and spent the night.

The End..

A restaurant specializing in Iberico pork.

Initially, it was very popular and the food was delicious, but the meat was too greasy, so I don't go there anymore. If it's your first time, I'd recommend it once!

It's located about halfway between Walking Street and Friend…

It's located about halfway between Walking Street and Friendship.

It's near the old daytime bar area. All the daytime bars have been wiped out by COVID, but about five or six American-style bars in this area have survived and are still operating.

There's no bar fine, and a beer costs around 90 pesos (2,200 KRW) for what you drink. An LD (lady drink) is about 250 pesos (6,500 KRW).

The advantage of American-style bars is that there are many white people and few Koreans. The disadvantage is that the beauty standards of white people and Koreans differ, so the appearance might not be to Korean taste. However, if you put in the effort, you might find someone. Bar fines are generally about 20% cheaper than on Walking Street.

I went to Garfield Bar and ordered a beer. About ten bar girls were gathered in one spot. I called one over and asked.

Do you guys sell food here?

We don't sell food, only drinks.

How much is an LD?

It's 250.

Alright. I'll buy you one, come over here.

She happily brought a beer and came to my side.

How much is a bar fine?

We don't have that here.

How much would you charge for a quickie?

10,000 pesos.

Hahahaha, get lost.

Then I quickly left and never went back there again.

You can also check out the surrounding bars.

If you're interested, by all means.

It's okay, pretty tasty. Especially the Japchae Rice Set. The sweet and sour pork, salad, and the price are all reasonable and good. It's located near the Friendship entrance. Joseon Chicken is also nearby.

The live music here is solid compared to other places.

Of course, I don't get what the Bacala people are joking about, but they sing well!

Question about quests.

How do I leave a review for a company???

This is where I'm stuck...

If you're tired, get some rest and feel free to reply later when you have some free time!!

Here are recommendations for one manga and one movie related to the Philippines.

Manga: Yongo

This is a Japanese manga.

The protagonist, Yongo, works as a negotiator, handling various negotiations and collecting fees as part of his job.

One day, an old man asks Yongo to find a person and bring them to Japan.

This person is an officer who was stationed in the Philippines during World War II. Although the war ended a long time ago, the man has not returned home.

Around the same time, Japan and the Philippines are in negotiations to purchase a large tract of land in a certain region of the Philippines, and the indigenous people are being displaced, leading to anti-Japanese protests. Yongo secretly investigates the area at night and discovers Self-Defense Force personnel in a new type of protective suit, not yet officially released, searching for something. What they are looking for is actually biochemical weapons. Japan had buried and abandoned these weapons in the ground when they hastily retreated after being defeated by the US in the Philippines, in exchange for massive loans and land compensation. If this were revealed, Japan's diplomatic influence and prestige, built up over years of substantial aid to Southeast Asia, would be irreversibly damaged, so they intended to retrieve them secretly. The man they want to bring to Japan was staying behind to protect the land because he knew about this. The story is excellent.

This manga is a fun and natural way to learn about international affairs. There's also a Korean arc about North Korean drugs.

Movie: Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (Source: Namu Wiki)

World War II has ended, and all Japanese soldiers in the Philippines have surrendered, but newly appointed Second Lieutenant Hiro Onoda, who had just arrived in the Philippines at the time, refuses to believe in the Imperial Army's defeat. He believes it's a US deception and that the war is not over, so he continues to fight in the Philippine jungle with his two subordinates.

In the process, he kills many Filipino civilians to obtain food, and the government sends search parties, but his subordinates are killed, and only Onoda survives, continuing his solitary struggle. The following is a quote from Namu Wiki.

If things had continued as they were, Onoda would not have become widely known and would have died fighting like other defeated soldiers. However, in 1974, the situation changed dramatically with the appearance of a young man named Norio Suzuki ([8]). Suzuki was intrigued by rumors that "surviving remnants of the former Japanese army were still alive in the southern islands and fighting alone," and he ventured into the Philippine jungle. According to one account, the strategy Suzuki used to find Onoda, who had evaded capture for decades, was to shout "His Majesty the Emperor is worried about you" into the jungle. And it worked! [9] Suzuki succeeded in meeting Onoda in just four days. With calm demeanor and speech, he explained the situation and, after much effort, managed to persuade Onoda. However, even as Onoda finally accepted the reality of Japan's defeat and ceased hostilities, he refused to leave his post, stating, "I cannot leave my post until my direct superior comes and personally orders me to surrender." The Japanese government, realizing this would become a major problem if left unaddressed, painstakingly tracked down one of Onoda's direct superiors from the war, Yoshimi Taniguchi, and through him, delivered a surrender order. [10] This finally brought his solitary war to an end.

As described above, Onoda lived in hiding in the mountains, committing looting and murder. While his killings of the Philippine army can be understood as him believing he was still at war, he was a heinous criminal who killed many civilians and caused harm. Therefore, the then-President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, considered punishment. However, considering the relationship with Japan, to which the Philippines owed a large amount of loans, all his crimes were pardoned by presidential decree and he was repatriated to Japan. Of course, this was not a blanket pardon for killing people indiscriminately; he made the excuse that he believed he was in a state of war.

The film, made by a French director who depicted his life, was recognized for its artistic merit, winning an award for its screenplay and being screened as the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival.