I had two additional punts from EDSA bars so, for completeness, I'm adding my experiences here, as well as a general scouting report on EDSA.

I visited a total of five times while I was in Manila, and visited the below bars.  Please note that it was close to Christmas, so this may not really be indicative of how it is normally.  All the mommies said that all the girls were already gone but I'm not sure I believe it, because a couple of the bars had a lot of girls for whatever reason -

Firehouse - This bar used to be my go-to bar along with Cotton Club.  However, every time I visited, they literally had 5 or less girls in the place, and none of them were very good.  Either this place has gone way down, or they really got hit bad with girls going home for Christmas
Cotton Club - The first night I was there (Dec 14th) the lineup was maybe 20 girls.  As I got closer to Christmas, the numbers started dwindling until the last time I was there, they only had 7 girls in total.
Casino - The lineup was ok and there were plenty of girls here (20+ every time).  General quality was average
Pitstop - Place was pretty empty and none were lookers
Bullets and Arrows - Decent number of girls (20+) and had a few good lookers.  The lineup here was perhaps the best out of all the bars
Spacegirls - Maybe 10-15 girls that were average looks, but they were the friendliest girls out of all the bars.

There was not much drink pressure in any of the places, as I was the only customer pretty much every time, except for one time at Bullets and Arrows where there were two korean guys that showed up after me.  I guess I had gotten spoiled because there were two girls I liked, but since it was like my 3rd night there and I never had to deal with any competition, I didn't bother grabbing them right away.  When these two korean guys came in, they picked both of the girls I liked within 30 seconds of entering the bar.  I learned a lesson there.

I wound up getting another girl from there, and it wasn't good, so I never went back.

Date & Time of Session:  18/12/2018
Location:  Bullets and Arrows, Manila, Philippines, EDSA complex
Name:  Janice (that's her real name... think she had a stripper name but I forgot it)
Nationality & Language: Pinay, good English
Age: 24
Face:  8/10
Body:  5/10
Skill: 5/10
Service: 4/10
GFE: 1/10
PSE: 1/10
Price & Session Length:  2000 PHP barfine, 3000 PHP for short time.
Repeat: Nope

After those two korean guys took my top two, I figured I should just pick before more koreans came in.  I think I was rattled because I made some school boy errors.  The first error was that I picked a girl who had her stomach covered (she had a lot of baby damage).  Her face was quite pretty and her figure looked ok but I should know better.  The 2nd mistake I made was that I forgot to interview her about what exactly I was getting.  I only told her that I wasn't sure about short or long time (I never commit in case they are bad), but I didn't specify what short time was.

When we got back to my room, that's when it started going back.  Again, I was spoiled I think from my previous experiences that week so I didn't do my homework.  Problem number 1 was that she was super mechanical and professional, and wanted to upsell everything (BBBJ, etc).  Second, she only allowed one shot.  Every other girl I took short time allowed two shots minimum for short time.  What was ridiculous was that she actually gave me her contact and asked me to call her and meet before work, as if I actually enjoyed myself.  After she said only one shot, I'm pretty sure I looked really annoyed, and I know she saw it.  I guess it's my bad for not specifying, but she's not dumb.  She knows what is standard and she shorted me.  Thinking I would ever contact her again is insane.

Any of you guys that go to that bar, make sure you avoid any girls that are covering their stomach, and you should be ok.

The next night, I decided to try to redeem myself, so I wound up taking a girl from Space girl.  The space girl lineup wasn't that great, but it was late (2am) and I just wanted to try someone from a different bar.

Date & Time of Session:  19/12/2018
Location:  Space Girl, Manila, Philippines, EDSA complex
Name:  Joanna
Nationality & Language: Pinay, good English
Age: 28
Face:  6/10
Body:  6/10
Skill: 10/10
Service: 10/10
GFE: 5/10
PSE: 8/10
Price & Session Length:  2000 PHP barfine, 4000 PHP for short time (negotiated 2500, gave her 1500 extra).
Repeat: Definitely

So, because I was stupid and didn't clarify anything the night before, I made sure I asked how many shots.  It was late and there were still quite a few girls in the place, so I think the girls were pretty aware that if they didn't agree to what I wanted, i could easily switch girls.  The girl I picked, Joanna, was actually a very nice girl even though I picked her because she looked slutty (tats, nose ring, etc).  I was pretty drunk so I was like "can I get 3 shots in 2 hours" and she was like "if you are able to" with a smile.  So, I was sold.

I took her back and she was good to her word.  She did not have the greatest body (jollibees) but it was good enough, but the service was great.  Again, BB was on offer but I didn't partake, as I was still full of remorse from the other night where I messed up.  The first shot was in the shower.  She was washing me, and then basically let me go to town on her.  She was true to her word and let me have three shots.  The second and third shots took forever because I was drunk but I managed it.  Long BBBJs, DFK, and all positions on offer.  She was also pretty vocal which helped a lot.  Even so, the third shot required a HJ finish because neither of us could move, we were so tired.  Afterwards, I was basically dead.

So, I learned from this one that if you go late and there's a lot of girls in a bar still, you have massive leverage and can likely get a girl to agree to let you go to town just so you will take them.  That being said, if a girl does follow through, you need to be generous, or else you're just a douche.  I had negotiated 2500 PHP (usual is 3000 but it was late), but I wound up giving her 4000 PHP because she took care of me so well.

so the  standard  ST  is 2 shots in 2 hrs?

I'm not expert here.  I have a very small sample size.  I've been to Manila only a handful times, and most times I will make sure when I interview that I want 2 shots for short time.  That being said, I know I've forgotten to ask at least 4-5 times, and the only time I only got limited to one shot was the chick I described.