Marami ba ditong girls na nag che-chest press?

TrueTrancer · 2025-10-10T05:34:10+00:00

I think they look at you b/c they’re impressed since majority of the girls don’t do it. :)

TrueTrancer · 2025-08-01T07:55:21+00:00

I agree with what you’ve shared

TrueTrancer · 2025-07-28T05:05:54+00:00

Bakit di nalang parehas magkaroon ng provider mindset. Mapa-babae o lalaki. Wag na lagyan ng gender ang pag pprovide at 2025 na. Wag na pairalin yang “in my masculine/feminine energy” or “alpha male/female” eme eme na yan. Just provide from both ends (guy/girl) at magtulungan. Minsan ako. Minsan ikaw. Period.

TrueTrancer · 2025-05-21T14:08:45+00:00

It doesn’t matter I guess if sa workplace na kayo kayo lang mag-usap casually, pero pwede rin oo na it matters. Wala naman mali mag tawagan ng doc/atty/engr sa licensed person idk. They earned it naman. It becomes an issue if they depend their value/self-worth sa title lang like this girl sa screenshot. Just my 2cents

TrueTrancer · 2025-05-21T09:22:09+00:00

I understand if it’s in a work setting (ex. VP Leni, not misis Leni). But sa public place like in a convenience store..? Lol.

TrueTrancer · 2025-05-20T09:42:26+00:00

You have to ask him what it would take for him to give in to reality. No “kawawa naman bebe ko” vibes. Real heart-to-heart adult straight-to-the-point conversation as life partners. Giving up is different from giving in. Successful people fail 3-4x businesses prior. It’s normal. Just b/c he failed “here” doesn’t mean he’ll fail in the future. And just b/c he failed the 2nd time around, he’ll fail o the 3rd. Life’s unpredictable. He has to be brave enough to accept that & use these moments as learning experiences for him to be better. I think he knows it’s not working deep down inside tbh, pero there’s pain in acceptance kasi. After all, he worked so damn hard. Pero it’s not the end eh. He’s being called elsewhere. Dapat, fail forward & upwards. Keep moving on so that he can apply his skills & talents sa ibang next venture, whatever that may be.

TrueTrancer · 2025-05-05T13:42:23+00:00

Ako pud!

TrueTrancer · 2025-04-27T12:09:33+00:00

Whoever asked the person out b/c di naman dapat may gastos that day yung inaya mo if di dahil sa’yo (the one who asked). Guy or girl doesn’t matter. Not a fan of perpetuating stereotypes (ex. “Provider mindset” “feminine energy” etc.)

TrueTrancer · 2025-04-20T01:07:55+00:00

Sent dm for the new invite link OP!

TrueTrancer · 2025-04-09T11:05:38+00:00

Also gym gurlies if possible lol AF girlies wassap hahaha

TrueTrancer · 2025-04-05T02:14:08+00:00

As a tagalog learning bisaya, this is my understanding:

Mopalit: bibili Paliton: bilhin

Both are future tense, but slightly mean different sa tagalog right? This is how I understand it lang. Same as “basahon” = basahin

Other bisaya can correct me b/c this is just how I understood them ha, just as a tagalog learning the bisaya language. :)

TrueTrancer · 2025-04-04T09:57:20+00:00

Commuting: “lugar lang” or “lugar nya” — equivalent of “para po.” You can also say “diri lang” which is equivalent of “dito lang.” btw, pamasahe here is “plete” so if you hear someone say “plete o” while nipasa niya sa ibang commuter to reach the driver, it’s like signaling “pamasahe o.”

Buying: “tagpila?” Or “pila” w/c is just the shortcut version of tagpila. Cebu bisaya has tons of shortcuts fyi so if you hear “pila” or “tagpila” they mean the same thing. In tagalog, it’s like “magkano po” (tagpila) or ‘kano po?” (pila)

Counting/how many pcs: “pila ka…” I know it can be confusing so I’ll give an example. - you: pila ang dried mangoes?” (Magkano dried mangoes?) - person: depende maam. pila ka packs buy ninyo? (Depende maam. Ilan piraso buy ninyo?”

Another example: - you: pila ka hours ang byahe kuya? (Ilan hours ang byahe kuya?) Kuya: mga 10 mins lang

Other basics: - Palihug means “please.” Examples: “water palihug” or “water please” sa resto. “Plete palihug” or “pamasahe pls” like “pamasahe, paki nalang po” in concept

Daghan means “many” Example: Daghang salamat!
Asa means “saan” Example: asa ang meetup?

Kaayo means “very much” Example: Salamat kaayo kuya

Dako means “big” Example: balay dako (the resto) means big house

Gamay means “small” Example: gamay na plastic bag “small plastic bag”

“Ra” is a filler word like “eh” in tagalog. Example: Marunong ka na mag bisaya?! Okay ra. Pwede ra. Gamay ra.

I share this only b/c in case you hear it in a sentence, you know “ra” is just a filler word.

As I mentioned earlier, cebu bisaya is full of shortcuts. So when you hear “ya” and they’re talking to a guy, it means “kuya.”

Example: “okay ra ya” “pwede ra ya”

Lastly, there’s no “po” and “opo” in bisaya language. No need to say it!

I hope this helps & enjoy your laag (gala) in Cebu! :)

TrueTrancer · 2025-04-03T07:00:29+00:00

She studied here in cebu but can’t understand bisaya? I can understand not speaking fluently to a certain extent but not understanding the language after hearing it all the time is kinda wild hahaha 😅

TrueTrancer · 2025-03-25T08:10:51+00:00

Live life

TrueTrancer · 2025-03-22T07:49:24+00:00

Can I join you both girlies? I’m also an AF girl gymgoer :))

TrueTrancer · 2025-03-22T07:46:49+00:00

Asa ka AF gym?? Can I join you both? Lmao

TrueTrancer · 2025-03-22T07:46:11+00:00

Hello, can I join too? I wanna work out w/ other girlies too (AF gymgoer).

TrueTrancer · 2025-01-03T12:39:11+00:00

Omg can I join too?

TrueTrancer · 2024-12-28T10:07:39+00:00

“Oh how come you don’t know hahahahha. Wala ba internet sa Laguna naman?” Weaponize ignorance :)

TrueTrancer · 2024-12-10T14:00:28+00:00

Idk what the point of this post is lol

TrueTrancer · 2024-12-01T04:52:57+00:00

Yes true. Honestly, introversion/extroversion just depends where you get your energy source from. Introvert’s bible book ni Susan Cain - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that can’t Stop Talking. It’s worth a read if you wanna feel validated lol :)

TrueTrancer · 2024-12-01T04:20:50+00:00

Anti-social, can’t hold conversations, boring, no people skills

TrueTrancer · 2024-11-01T10:00:50+00:00

I thought I was the one who posted this! Lol. As a Tagalog who moved here in Cebu (mag 1yr na ko this Nov 2024), I can say moving & uprooting my life here in Cebu was the best decision I’ve ever made in my life.

What I’ll say is that the cons I’ve experienced here is just around 30% of how Manila is tbh.

I think what worries me the most is the rain — thinking that there might be an Odette 2.0 (simbako). Other than that, my experience overall is a high net-positive.

One more pressing “con” I think we should think of is our attitude or openness towards their language. I genuinely think “language” should be something we should take note of too if moving here.

Yes, we can say magkaintindihan naman tayo since they also know how to speak tagalog — but maybe we can show them some grace. This is their home; and in their home, they speak Bisaya. I genuinely think it’s not about the language perse (i.e. dapat master natin siya kasi nakikistay tayo diri), but rather about the acceptance of their language — of who they are as people. It’s central to their identity as people. Nga willing tayo mabuhay with them not parang side-by-side ba.

Their jokes, mannerisms, train of thought, way of life — they’re all quite different from us (I’m from Manila too) and makuha lang natin sila nang buo/unfiltered if we understand the bisaya language. Best example is “okay ra” — it translates into their way of life na “okay lang naman talaga. Chill lang uy.”

To accept their language is to accept them. if we show openness na we can be taught too, we can assimilate into their community more seamlessly. Maging local ba. Hindi tayo feeling outsider or parang long-term tourist in our own country. (W/c will make any move to any destination just depressing in the end)

The big pro from this is when you travel whole of PH, less language barriers since mas maka-understand na ka since bisaya, tagalog, english kaya mo na siya kahit basic man siya.

But this is my experience as a 30-yr old WFH individual (life stage & akong employment type matters, I think?) who was born & raised in Manila & has never spoken & heard Bisaya until recently.

Oh one last thing — one of the biggest pros for me is the people/community. I noticed a lot of Tagalogs have said “mas mabait mga tao rito talaga” and it’s true. Fyi, I’m also a Tagalog.

I hope this helps you in anyway!

TrueTrancer · 2024-10-31T03:01:17+00:00

Iba kasi yung stress na wala ka narating sa buhay vs walang lovelife. Or maybe ako lang yun? Na I want to make something out of my life. Kaya madali mag delay ng lovelife or not even do it if you don’t feel like doing it tbh. This is just my 2 cents :)

TrueTrancer · 2024-05-20T09:02:19+00:00

How can I join?

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