Here in The Philippines there are such things as cigarette girls. There are Winston Girls and there are Marlboro Girls. There may be others. The Winston Girls get paid PHP 1000 (about $20 USD) per night to go to bars and restaurants and sell promotional cigarettes to customers. The Winston Girls make a share of [...]
I bought a Rottweiler puppy on May 9, 2007, last Wednesday, from a buddy of mine, Guus Ellenkamp, an ex-pat Dutchman, who is living here in Cagayan de Oro, and running a business very similar to my own, in concept, though much smaller (so far). Guus lives at The Malasag House, Which is on the [...]
It’s a long story and I won’t go into it all here. Criminal and Civil lawuits abound, both in USA Federal Court, and in Philippine Court. If you want to read more about the underlying circumstances check our the Marisyl “Sly” Castillon page on my site. The below photo was taken on November 22, 2006, [...]
Strip joints in The Philippines are commonly called “KTV Clubs”. The KTV stands for Karaoke Television, otherwise known as Videoke. I know that karaoke has only been around a dozen years or so, so I wonder what they called these clubs before karaoke came around. Not all KTV clubs have strippers. Not all KTV clubs [...]