Manila is a great place to find a girlfriend, mainly due to the sheer numbers. There are a ton of people here, and that certainly includes lots of nice Filipina women. All of that is easily avoidable. While that can happen, first know that you can usually spot that stuff from a mile away, and two, not all the girls here are like that. You just need to know where to look. Many girls here are over the city as a whole, and watch way too many Hollywood romance movies, while also being extremely motivated in their jobs and education β but not to the point of being annoyingly feminist.
The first step to getting a girlfriend in Manila is to go to normal places during the day. This gets you away from the club and bar girl scenes, and more towards places that will have mostly non-pro girls going about their daily lives. My advice is to start off at one of the three popular malls. Greenbelt 3 , Mall of Asia and Robinson Malate are all great places to hang out at during the day.
I recommend staying around the Starbucks at any of the three, and also Cafe Havana at Greenbelt 3. You can lead in by asking a normal question like direction to some landmark , complimenting her looks in a restrained way, or asking her to join you for a coffee.
Whatever works. Make it brief, get her number, and be on your way. A nice tip is to have your name and number on slips of paper that you can quickly give to her without making a scene as you write it down.
Trying to find potential girlfriends at night in Manila will be a little more difficult than during the day.
