Me legend ? no lah, if I detail my failures and dramas, you will be super-shocked to know that I am still alive
no kidding ..
well, then again, sometimes I go into "why should I teach too much to others, when i can see them stumble and make me laugh.. " and then again, just because somethings worked for me doesnt' mean they will work for you and vice versa ..
Robinson Malate is my favourite mall, including the fact that Banana Leaf is there ..
and the point it is walking distance to my Favorite hotel, Rivera and MBC works in my favour ...
If you loiter there alone, you will find 3 things happeneing:
1) Girls approaching you and trying to strike some deal, some are good some are being remote control by some scammer
2) baklas approaching you for a good time .. leave me out of this ..
and
3) some guy will say he is your hotel security / hotel manager / hotel x,y or z and will ask you to help celebrate his daughter's / son's birthday or this oir that ..
Blink and you are finished ....
For Craigslist, note that there are a lot of scammers there .. and .. 9 out of 10 will promise the sky and nothing happens.
I am always a bit reluctant to let a stranger know my name/room no etc. especially in Manila .. best case, meet them in a common place, look for any tails and ensure the girl offs her phone and then take her to your room or any ST room ..
that's my 2 cents advice ..