Johnny1975 wrote:I get it. There are whores and sluts everywhere. And I understand that in the Philippines there are lots of them, for whatever reason (poverty, etc). But I've not been able to read or find any videos or anything that shows normal nightlife. It seems that in the Philippines nightlife = whores.
All I see is old codgers getting with young women who if money wasn't a factor probably would rather go with guys a bit closer to their own age or maybe even a decade older or whatever, or someone that they actually had some real rapport with or something in common. It gets boring after a while. Where's the scene where people go to have a real, sincere good time?
Yes sex is nice but it seems that over there it's way too cheap and to be honest it saddens me to see such attractive, nice seeming girls doing what they're doing. Actually I find it disgusting. People complain about western women being sluts but this is pretty much the same thing, and I think filipinas are better than that. I read recently that there are about 500,000 prostitutes there and I think that's f***ing disgusting.
Is there such a thing as normal nightlife, normal bars or nightclubs where girls go out just to have a couple of drinks and a chat and a laugh and dance and maybe flirt or whatever, but without the whoring? Or are all nightclubs just whore joints? Where do people go to just have a good time and meet other people and just do normal stuff? Where are the normal venues? Do they even exist? Where do the normal women go to have a normal good time? If there wasn't such a demand for sex would all women just stay at home and knit?
If I ever go there, I like the idea of being able to go out for a drink at night and get chatting with some nice girls who aren't whores or sluts.
There are lots of places which supposedly have 'normal' women, however those places the girls are not really looking to meet the new love of their life like in a Western country might. They all hang out in groups and they are all friends and not looking for a new boyfriend to date but just having a good time. Many are with other guys or gays so unless they introduce themselves to you to be friendly or something like that you're probably not going to be getting any numbers unless you are really aggressive and get some nasty stares from Filipinos who think you might be rude. You have to kinda figure out how to walk the tight rope with these kinds of people. If you live here you can figure it out but it's kinda a big hassle and pain in the ass so I don't bother anymore. That's why most foreign guys would rather just go to pick up joints, it's easier and less drama shit to deal with.
* Quezon City's Timog street is where most normal bars and dance clubs are, there are also girly and gay bars but they are for Filipinos or Asians and pretty obvious from regular bars in the area.
* Eastwood City mall in the evenings and weekend have a large nightlife area, no pick up girls there and mostly 20 somethings Filipinos. Not too many foreigners, if any go there.
*Ft Bonafacio area had nightlife that aren't really pickup joints but those mostly high end clubs and bars where the rich or wannabe's hang out. Not really my kind of place but if you want to see how Filipinos try to recreate a Filipino style LA type nightlife scene go there.
*Malate area of Manila has a mix of normal and pick up bars, they are located in different areas so as not to get confused.
*Ortigas area has a booming nightlife area as well since there are a lot of offices and call centers there.
Actually, there are lots of places that aren't pick up joints but regular nightlife, if you know where to go. But in comparison to other large cities in Asia the Philippines has the lamest nightlife, even Jakarta has better nightlife and they are a Muslim country.
Here's a few examples of popular normal nightlife joints in PI I found on Youtube:
Most Filipinos prefer live music venues as nightlife places, the music quality of course varies.
I pretty much know where to go around Manila for tame or naughty nightlife. Been there, done that.
This is RJ's Bistro in Makati, it's a famous live music place:
Here's some Cowboy Grill clips (there are multiple locations across the metro not just in Malate):
Eastwood city samples:
Ortigas house party (you gotta know people for these):
I think this club is in Ft Bonafacio somewhere, that's where they usually have high profile nightlife shit like this:
IF you start surfing on youtube and just type in city nightlife or something like that you can get a feel for what's available in whatever city in the Philippnes.
For example here is a sample of nightlife in Iloilo City: