mattwilkie

@mattwilkie (278)

Age 52

Joined myLot 19 years ago

TropicalPenpals.com your friends in the sun!

www.tropicalpenpals.com

Responses (82)

mattwilkie's Responses

Watching TV How Beneficial To all OFW

HULYO @julyteen (13252) • Davao, Philippines 7 Jun 10

I am not TV lovers when I was in the Philippines but after I arrived here in Saudi Arabia, TV is my medication to take out my homesick. TFC is known to all Filipinos who are working in different countries. Here we pay unfixed...

6 responses

mattwilkie Technically I do the same as an OFW as I live with my wife in Cebu but often go back to the UK to work. My link generally to the Philippines is Filipinos I find in the UK as most of my work is provincial its hard to find people but as soon as they know your...

8 Jun 10

•

1 comment

Best Newspaper

juggerogre @juggerogre (1653) • Philippines 7 Jun 10

Hey there fellow Filipino MyLotters What do you think is the best newspaper in our country? It could be a tabloid or a broadsheet. Your choice. For me I think the best is The Inquirer. I really don't have a...

newspaper

philippines

tabloid

6 responses

mattwilkie Not a fan of tabloids and the newspapers generally don't cover the stories well enough. I do read on the foreigners murdered sometimes do you notice the same type of article is written over and over again? Love triangle, murdered by staff or wife? I have...

8 Jun 10

Philippine Food, A Healthy Lifestyle

Nickfyoung @Nickfyoung (323) • Australia 7 Jun 10

When I lived in the Philippines with my wife and her family for 3 months, I noticed after that time that my system was very healthy. You can tell how healthy you are when you visit the CR. While I was there I lived as my wife and...

wet markets

17 responses

mattwilkie Hi Nick, I live out in the Philippines and I can give you both sides of the story positive and bad. Firstly the food is good here and can be literally as fresh as picking from the tree (as we often do for coconuts and bananas). Fish comes in daily and we...

8 Jun 10

•

2 comments

Taal Volcano, A Permanent Danger Zone

knicnax @knicnax (2232) • Philippines 7 Jun 10

I didn't notice that there were 2 threads for the Philippines, anyway, I found out that Taal is recently active. PhilVolcs delared it as a permanent danger zone. You can read the philvolcs article here:...

magma

permanent danger zone

philippines

taal volcano

volcanic activity

4 responses

mattwilkie Problem is volcano's historically have always been a permanent danger zone. They are unpredictable and with the current movement in world plates its very likely more things are likely to happen like Iceland.

8 Jun 10

Can I buy a SIM card in the States and use it in my phone?

CrimsonRain @CrimsonRain (336) • United States 8 Jun 10

I'm leaving for the States next month. If I buy a SIM card there, will it work on the phone I'm using here in the Philippines?

4 responses

mattwilkie From discussions with friends who come from the U.S. who bring old cellphones I would say yes you shouldn't have a problem. I bring phones in from the UK and have never had any problems except unlocking (as they were locked to networks in the UK).

8 Jun 10

Interratial dating

classicelfryoko @classicelfryoko (109) • United States 14 May 09

What do you guys think about it? Do you know people who are in a interratial relationship or have biratial children? I ask this because I am a biratial child myself. I am half black, and half filipina and a tiny bit of Irish...

14 responses •

1 person

mattwilkie I think the internet is changing a lot of peoples views as people can literally talk to people from all over the planet at the same time. But i do think its a lot about the person themselves. I do have an issue with the "Ghetto" types.. its doesnt matter on...

23 May 09

On a date, do guys need to finish the food on their plate first?

modstar @modstar (9605) • Philippines 22 Mar 09

Hehe, this question just came in after i had a date yesterday. So the question, On a date, do guys need to finish the food on their plate first? To the guys, does it bother you if she's done eating ahead of you? To the ladies,...

dating

63 responses •

16 people

mattwilkie The thing with a date is its enjoying it together.. big thing me and my wife April love is discussing food.. the flavours and ingredients that you can pick out of a dish. We normally order a platter and then x 2 meals. So there is always extra food that we end...

23 May 09

•

1 person

When you meet someone on the net - are you honest enough about yourself?

guia10 @guia10 (139) • Philippines 22 May 09

Every time you meet someone on the net and you start chatting, do you openly say things about yourself or do you still hold back on a few things? Are you honest enough to give them even your last name? How about the one you're...

internet

meeting people online

people

24 responses •

3 people

mattwilkie As a veteran of the net i seem to attract all sorts of people.. I met my now wife online although we were online friends for over 6 months before we even looked at a relationship. What I generally find is that most people that hide something arent worth...

23 May 09

legislative documents to be made public on the internet

oyenkai @oyenkai (4394) • Philippines 21 May 09

A lawmaker is passing a bill that mandates all legislative documents to be made public on the internet for public scrutiny. See: http://is.gd/Cb6x for a more detailed story What do you think of this? Do you think this will...

4 responses •

2 people

mattwilkie Well if it gets in its a step to stopping corruption. If youve read anything to do with the UK in the last 2 weeks there has been a document that got to the press that showed politicians expenses for the last 4 years. Its already forced some people out of...

22 May 09

•

1 comment

•

2 people

Were you insulted?

oyenkai @oyenkai (4394) • Philippines 22 May 09

Heard about Alec Baldwin's joke about getting a Filipino mail-order bride and Senator Ramon Revilla reacting to that joke? I think it was an over reaction on the Senator's side. It was joke... It was actually a FUNNY joke and I...

23 responses •

5 people

mattwilkie The problem with politicians they are only interested in votes. We currently have a major problem in the UK where the local population feel alienated because they are the original whites from the UK. Who are the worst offenders? Normally politicians fighting...

22 May 09

•

1 person

what's good in staying in the Philippines

jackieroz_02 @jackieroz_02 (139) • Philippines 22 May 09

well it's like almost everybody is inspiring to get out of the country. , so what about us who are still here, what's our staying power? For me business is my staying power, being the boss instead of the other way around...

philippines

5 responses

mattwilkie The Philippines is my home.. I work in the UK for half the year but will always head back to Cebu. The UK is so wrapped in red tape its virtually impossible to operate a business aswell as the fact tax is out of control. Could you imagine giving up 70% of what...

22 May 09

•

2 comments

househelps who go online...

sandymay16 @sandymay16 (1617) • Philippines 19 May 09

who has or who knows of their househelps who go online or use the internet and become members of social networking sites like friendster? This is okay I guess because they are also given chances to expand their social circles but...

online

3 responses •

3 people

mattwilkie I think its not an issue as long as they have permission and carry out theyre duties first. I have friends who had food disappearing (not for personal but stealing for family) and now the househelps are no longer allowed to live in the compound. So i think it...

21 May 09

Philippines Online shops: Multiply vs Ebay

kryzell @kryzell (921) • Philippines 21 May 09

Since I am a certified online shopaholic, I would like to ask my fellow Filipinos on where they usually shope...and what products do they mostly shop? You see I am thinking of starting an online shop. For the past months, I have...

9 responses

mattwilkie Personally I would look to setup your own website and then use ebay and multiply to draw customers to it. The reason being that you will get customers reuse your site and you wont lose commission to things like Ebay. Also setting up Paypal payments isnt...

21 May 09

•

1 comment

What is the best place in the Philippines have you gone so far?

cecillecarmela @cecillecarmela (3818) • Philippines 21 May 09

I haven't been to Visayas and Mindanao but surely there are many wonderful places in Luzon. My choices are Bicol, Subic, Baguio, Nueva Ecija and Tagaytay.. How about you?

8 responses •

1 person

mattwilkie I think the Philippines has something unique in the fact that you can travel out each day and find somewhere new. Im still adventuring around Cebu island and I find new places everytime we travel round. There is so many beautiful locations I couldnt really...

21 May 09

•

1 person

suicide?

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 21 May 09

Hi all! If you are a Filipino then you probably know about Ted Failon and the suicide of his wife. Yes...Ted Failon's wife is already dead. The truth is being questioned by the police. Is it because Ted has been hardly...

3 responses

mattwilkie Problem with this type of case is that if it isnt suicide the murder is going is virtually always carried out with someone close, a neighbour, husband, staff etc. I cant really comment on this but if the Police do theyre job well all the facts should come...

21 May 09

whats' great about philippines and its people?

missrocee @missrocee (32) • Philippines 13 May 09

I'm a Filipino, then I'm just o curious why a lot of people specifically foreigners love to come here and visit and a lot would appreciate the types of people and their characteristics ..you?what can u say about Philippines?

countries

people

social

8 responses •

1 person

mattwilkie There are mixed reasons to your question and its got a lot of different answers depending on the foreigner. For retirees they go to the Philippines because its cheaper, warmer and lots of beautiful women are interested in them. For Koreans for example its...

18 May 09

What can you say about the issue regarding Candy Pangilinan?

cecillecarmela @cecillecarmela (3818) • Philippines 14 May 09

I think this should serve as a lesson among Filipino celebrities. Sometimes out of their stardom they easily forget that their main purpose is to serve people that's why they should really watch out their words

candy pangilinan

celebrities

filipino celebrities

13 responses •

2 people

mattwilkie for anyone wondering what this discussion is about this is the wiki :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igorot and the offence was the fact Candy said on a show "i am not Igorot i am human". Which is very offensive and I cannot see how anyone can justify...

18 May 09

•

1 comment

•

1 person

Do you play Lotto? If so have you won any money from playing it?

kingpong @kingpong (166) • Philippines 17 May 09

Hi guys, 6/49 jackpot has hit the 100 million pesos jackpot. I play the 6/42, 6/45 and 6/49 games and so far the highest price i had is 100 pesos (balik taya). Im curious if anyone here won more than that and what game do you guys...

7 responses •

2 people

mattwilkie I have family that have won twice within 3 months for around P9,000 each time. Winning the lotto is always near impossible if you google your lotto and search for chance of winning you will see how small the chance of winning really is.

18 May 09

•

3 comments