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Honeycomb on the boulevard. It sits on the corner of Locsin and the boulevard. If you go around the side on Locsin you'll see a small Japanese restaurant and then there's another section of Honeycomb. Go past the Japanese restaurant and you'll see a small parking area and a door. I think the game starts around 6pm. Before it starts, the parking area is empty. While it's going, the area will be full of motorcycles. Go in that door and you'll see a couple of tables going.

There's also a walkway which goes further into the building where there's a bar. Don't go in there. There's no poker there.

There's also home games around the city. If you see foreigners in there, you can ask them about other games. Games and locations change all the time because the legality is questionable. Occasionally a game gets shut down because the organizers start feeling heat. Right now the poker scene is quite small. There used to be a lot more options.

The game at Honeycomb is Texas Holdem. Sometimes you get Koreans or tourists who drop a lot of money and you can do quite well. A lot of the locals play loose and aggressive, so you have to be careful. Avoid small tables where you see all locals with small stacks. They just go all-in and buy back in at the minimum. You end up with relatively small wins and their all-ins hit often enough to wear down your stack.

 

Take a look through the forum using the search. There are a lot of threads. There are a lot of different sorts of schools here.

Here's a list from Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Dumaguete

If I had a kid here, I would probably just take the kid into each school (of those which are on your list of acceptable options) and have the kid pick the place.

You might also see if you can talk to instructors. From my elementary through (some) college, I only ever remembered my best instructors. The biggest name professors don't do much for your education if they can't teach well. There are diamonds in the rough.

Maybe look in Facebook for groups formed around schools or education in Dumaguete in general.

Don't totally write off the religious schools. I helped put a group of kids through St Paul, Silliman and Foundation and the kids didn't turn out brainwashed.

Schools like Foundation and Silliman have classes for kids all the way up through college. Silliman is also considered one of the best schools here.

 

Oh Boy, don't get me started ... getting my well drilled was a nightmare. The first driller said they would finish in 8 weeks. Over a year later, after nearly two million pesos lost, the fourth driller I used finally managed to finish the well. Be very careful about creating a good contract before starting, pay as little as possible up front, and then make progress payments as specified depths are reached (make sure you are present to confirm the depths), and make as much of the payment as possible be contingent on completing the well. Specify in the contract every little thing like the casement to be used, the pump, the motor, the wire gauge, the above ground electronics, the support and warranty, and that all materials must be new.

 

Grumpy's is being developed by Ralph and Aurora, who used to have la Fiesta in San Miguel. Expected to open in December.

 

Such great pics, thanks for sharing.

 

OMEGA is a place that can help you out. They are on the National Highway just north of the intersection past Robinson. They are on the mountain side of the highway (across from the AVON office more or less).

 

Tranny fluid discolored is not a sign of failure... change it and the filter...If the transmission seems to be slipping between gear changes ... then you have a problem... If it shifts down very hard .... you have a problem...if when you put in gear it clunks loud and hits hard .... you have a problem ..but if all seems ok and it goes thru the changes good... just do the oil change..keep the money in your pocket and whatever you do if it is working properly do not ask a mechanic if something is wrong because of the fluid color....... just change it or they might tell you it needs some repairs and believe me it does not.. just read what i have written you and go from there

 

You can take a roro to Cebu, then drive up the east caost. abut 10 km north of argao is taloot wharf. you can take a lite ferry from there to loon bohol. sorry i cant help you with a recent scedule.

 

Can it be enough? Yes
Do people manage on that much long term? Yes
Is it enough for you??? No way we can answer that for you. You need to come here a few months trial basis and see for yourself.

Example to think about:
$800 is about p40,000 right now and the exchange rate can change for better or worse.
Figure about...
p10,000 rent for studio apartment
p5,000 utilities (phone, internet, electric, water)
p2,000 average for Tourist Visa

40,000 - 17,000 = 23,000 for food, entertainment, emergency savings, medical, travel (around town, around the Philippines, and you have to leave once every 3 years as a tourist).....