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		<title>Valentines Day in the Philippines</title>
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  So another February has rolled around and with it comes another special Valentines day. Having lived in the Philippines for the last 18 years I have become all too familiar with their somewhat unique brand of Valentines celebrations, however, this was not always the case. On my first visit to the Philippines in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asianescapades.com/news/columns/general-columns/valentines-day-in-the-philippines/477/</link>
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		<title>Filipino Street Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the Philippines, from the biggest cities to the smallest most remote provincial areas, there are street vendors and stall operators plying their trade. These vendors and the produce they sell invariably reflect ready availability of commodities from the local environment - specifically, anything that has a low initial purchasing price and the opportunity for a significantly marked-up end sale price. These vendors and their produce will to some extent reflect as well as create certain cultural aspects of Philippine society.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asianescapades.com/news/columns/general-columns/flipino-street-food/470/</link>
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		<title>Angeles City Showgirls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of the changing face of the Angeles bar scene is the prominence of more and more show girls. In this article I will examine the concept of show girls, both the good and bad aspects, citing specific examples along the way.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asianescapades.com/news/columns/general-columns/angeles-city-showgirls/464/</link>
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		<title>The OTH Question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently there has been a lot of talk about OTH. For the uninitiated OTH or on the house drinks are basically drinks paid for by the bar and given to customers on behalf of the management for absolutely free, hence the term on the house. 
Within the Philippine bar scene at the current moment there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asianescapades.com/news/columns/eezee-writer/the-oth-question/460/</link>
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		<title>A Trip to the Street Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning on a quick ride out to get some breakfast Shagger and I noticed a small market that seems to have just popped up overnight.

After breakfast we picked up the girls and decided to check out this new market.
Once we arrived we got a closer look at what was for sale. 
As expected there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asianescapades.com/news/trip-reports/a-trip-to-the-street-market/457/</link>
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		<title>Bar Managers, are they a dying breed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over my 18 years of running bars in the Philippines I have heard on numerous occasions how bar managers are a “dying breed” and I have come to learn this statement is true both in the literal and metaphorical sense. In physical terms the lifestyle of a bar manager is hardly conducive to longevity since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asianescapades.com/news/columns/eezee-writer/bar-managers-are-they-a-dying-breed/453/</link>
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		<title>Supporting Filipinas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was September 21, 1991 and I had been in the Philippines for about three months. This was my very first trip and I was still very much on a steep learning curve. I can remember asking a Philippine veteran what sort of Filipina is perfect for you and then with a smile he replied [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asianescapades.com/news/columns/eezee-writer/supporting-filipinas/450/</link>
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		<title>Angeles City Bar Waitresses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I paid a visit to Dr Guzman complaining of a sore throat and rapid hair loss. He took one look at me and said “young man it looks like you have waitressitis”. “Waitressitis” I said in a questioning tone, what the heck is that. Being a good doctor and not wanting to make a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asianescapades.com/news/columns/eezee-writer/angeles-city-bar-waitresses/442/</link>
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		<title>El Kabayo</title>
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El Kabayo
Gil Puyat Ave corner Panday Pira
Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga
Tel +(63) 916 519-9146
Fax +(632) 852-3117
Email: clarkridingstables@gmail.com
www.clarkridingstables.com
Roll em out round em up Rawhide.
That’s right folks it was the Blues brothers, not literally but the sound track from the movie playing through the music system at El Kabayo.  Ok so what is El Kabayo I hear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asianescapades.com/news/columns/eezee-writer/el-kabayo/434/</link>
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		<title>My Bangka Boat Trip</title>
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My Bangka Boat Trip By Ronalie
One of the things I have never done is ride on a boat so when I found out we were going to Subic for the Miss Blue Rock Beauty Competition I asked Shagger if we could take time and go for boat ride while we were there.
I had no idea [...]]]></description>
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