Welcome! Thanks for the application, it'll be reviewed by our guild leaders soon - glad our guild post evoked good memories, we're very community-oriented and always try to stay in touch with friends made online

I unfortunately can't comment on the server differences, though I know we're all on the Odin server (channel 5) so hopefully there won't be any issues.
Someone in my family went over to the Philippines last year on business and loved it! Heard great things and I'm hoping I can visit someday as well, which part of the country are you in?