Of course you can. But why are you asking a bunch of guys who live in condos in Manila?

$950 USD? You get what you pay for.

You can work this out easily. A local carinderia is around 200–350 pesos a meal. Making your own breakfast can be as cheap as 99 pesos. A beer is about 100 pesos x 3 = 300 pesos. A scooter is usually around 400 pesos, but long term you might find a small one for 300. So that's 1,000 a day x 30 = 30,000 a month. Is the remaining 32,000 enough for the place you want? A third meal? Gas? Surf lessons?

Some of the best advice I've gotten on this: “Whatever you've saved, cut it in half, and double whatever you think your expenses will be.”

Yeah — stay out of General Luna and your money will go a lot further, and you won't need a shared room.

I mean, after like four lessons you can write that cost off