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[Macman]

Thanks, Ant, and you're welcome.

That's not a bad idea, Viking. I have an account at Western Union too. Well, before I read your post, I went to the Bank of Commerce (Philippines). I had opened a dollar account there about 4 weeks ago. I opened a peso account today, and I also deposited a $10,000 check into the dollar account, which will transfer to the other account when it clears. It'll take up to 21 banking days, but at least I'll have it there for the next time. I contacted the owner of the vehicle, and he said that I'll be given priority if the AUV is still unsold when my check clears. I'll just leave it up to the gods now.

I want to make a couple of corrections. First, I overestimated the fire power of the security guards here. What I thought were sub-machine guns are actually 12-gauge shotguns (strange-looking ones). The other correction is the spelling of the town that I think sounds so Celtic. It's Tagbilaran.

Macman

[thailover57]

Mac, Western Union is expensive. Check out Xoom.com. In my horny state for a month, I was chatting with a lovely online and sent her some money through xoom. Much cheaper than WU. Thank goodness it was only a small amount. Alcohol can do so many bad things to the mind!

Love your rant and this thread.

[Surin Nix]

Mac, Western Union is expensive. Check out Xoom.com. In my horny state for a month, I was chatting with a lovely online and sent her some money through xoom. Much cheaper than WU. Thank goodness it was only a small amount. Alcohol can do so many bad things to the mind!

Love your rant and this thread.

No worries TL. We've all been there!

[Macman]

Thanks, TL. I'm just going to work it out with the Bank of Commerce. They allowed me to open the account last month without an ACR card. I now have a dollar account and a peso account with them, and I'll just do most of my banking through them.

Macman

[Surin Nix]

Great post Mac. That was about the most ambitious day-trip i've heard of in awhile. Do you ever see the "Phillipine Rabbits" - old red school-busses which serve as public bus service? They used to be prolific on Luzon, and I enjoyed the next-to-nothing fares as I traveled to some out of the way places. I thought those were pretty ramshackle, but compared to your conveyance, the Rabbits were almost Mercedes-like in their ride!

Nice new Avatar. Interestingly, I've always imagined you looking like an American Bald Eagle.

....and i am here to report, that, having met him, Kliome looks exactly like his avatar! (actual photo).

Now, Sev7en.....I'm having a hard time imagining....

Nix

[Macman]

I've never seen the red ones, Nix, but we have what they call "jitneys" here, which remind me of the small New York school buses (we have a few different sizes back home). They are painted in all kinds of crazy multi-colored designs. The big difference between the jitneys and the school buses home is that we seldom have people piled on top and hanging off the sides and back of the ones in NY. They also have some larger ones, pretty similar to a regular school bus, that travel between cities, also packed.

Nah, not bald yet, but sure getting there. What used to be a part in my hair has turned into a chasm.

Macman

[thailover57]

It's a great read Mac. I'm not very good with TR's and such. You have a way of bringing the experience to reality for us. Keep up the good work and continued enjoyment of your choice.

[Macman]

Thanks again for the kind words, TL57.

My social life is taking a bit of an upswing. This morning, during our round of golf, one of my playing partners told me that his son, whom I never met, would be waiting for us at the clubhouse. (He's also a member.) He said that he (his son) was going to invite me to his home for dinner. He added, "You can bring Angel." I'm glad he said that because I was going to face a big moral dilemma if he didn't. It would be one thing if we were going out to dinner "with the guys", but an invite to the home of a married man should most definitely include my partner. I realize that it is a different situation because of the fact that she's transgendered, and that it might offend some people, but I think that I would have had to decline the invitation if she were not included. Actually, I hope that I would have had the guts to do that. I say that because it probably would have been the end of my golfing life and new-found connections had I turned them down. As I think about it now, I'm quite sure that I would have done the right thing. Angel is too important to me to do otherwise. I know I could have told her I was just going out with my golfing buddies, but I can't start going down that road. In our discussions about the move I made, we made a big thing about what we consider the most important part of our relationship as far as making it work; honesty and communication.

My friend's son and his wife drove me home from the club so that we could become acquainted prior to the dinner. Remember the mansion that is next door to me, the one I showed earlier in the Google Earth screen shot? Well, the woman who lives there is the niece of my friend's daughter-in-law, whose home I'm going to tonight. Maybe my next step will be dining at the mansion. Oh, yeah, we're movin' on up. I plan on asking Angel to wear a dress. She always looks so nice when she dresses up. I'll let you know how it goes.

Macman

[Surin Nix]

As I think about it now, I'm quite sure that I would have done the right thing. Angel is too important to me to do otherwise. I know I could have told her I was just going out with my golfing buddies, but I can't start going down that road. In our discussions about the move I made, we made a big thing about what we consider the most important part of our relationship as far as making it work; honesty and communication.

I really admire your integrity Mac.

There was a good bit of deception (on my part) in my previous life, back when I had a missus.

I made the difficult choice recently to break-up with a really nice gg....but I found myself once again leaning toward my old tricks, fabricating excuses (wanting to date other gg's here in my home-country, and wanting to see {want2c} ladyboys in LOS.

...You capture precisely in the italicized words in your quote how I felt, and I just couldn't do it. So that's that......but it was pretty hard.

You're quite a guy, living truly a remarkable adventure.

Nix

[Macman]

Once again, thanks for your kind words, Nix. Of course, if I still had a missus, I too would have had to practice deception. I don't think I had a whole lot of integrity while I was married, but I'm trying not to make the same mistakes with Angel that I made in my marriage. It's not always easy, but I'm giving it my best shot, with her help.

By the way, I told you guys about the invitation tonight before I told her because she was still sleeping when I got home from golf. She's a little nervous about it, but I know everything will be fine. She's a very likeable young lady.



Macman

[Surin Nix]

What an excellent opportunity for your golf-mates to broaden their horizons by getting acquainted with Angel. From the sounds of it, she will be as delightful as usual (maybe a bit shy).

I tend to feel like I'm walking around with red-painted ears when I'm with a LB. That's my residual hangups....nothing to do with the LB. Once, I was with Mai, my favorite ladyboy in Kata, when we sat at a bar with a group of very large Swedish guys. They were on a gg-prowl, but noticed the two of us sitting together.

Before long we we all having drinks, and it was a very nice (and unique) exerience to me to have an LB under my arm, and a table- full of very good lads enjoying the evening with us. Lots of laughing and drinking.

So there are open minded folks, and being made to feel welcome with your LB takes on a heightened significance. I hope it works out well for you both.


Nix

[pacman]

We all hope the night goes well for the both of you. It is off to a promising start by virtue of the fact that your golfing buddies invited the two of you. They are hardly going to give Angel grief when she is your partner & their guest.

But I can't help but wonder if Angel's nervousness about attending doesn't come from a life time of discrimination, no matter how subtle it has been. Until she knows your friends, she would be entitled to have her guard up.

She would be thinking about how the other wives & lady partners accept her, will they smile in her face but comment behind her back? And remember, she knows what they are saying in Tagalog or whatever else they may speak.

I am sure I am jumping to conclusions but as soon as I saw you wrote about her anxiety, this is what went through my head.

I wait to hear that it all went well. Signed Mr Glass-half-empty... ;-)