Life abroad is not paradise.

[mitch_anne]

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nice article.

[EZRA]

I guess you mingled with the wrong group of pinoys bai. Mga na barkada nako sa Florida ug diri sa New York di man gyud ingon ana. Mura ra gihapon mig naa sa Pilipinas. We spend our weekends together.. BBQ, Inom, tagay, Storbot.. same as how things are back home. Diri sab sa New York, kami nilang OMAD - mao man lang gihapon. Mag abot ug weekend ug way plano ang mga taw - relax relax.. simple lang gyud. Way daghang libog.

[LytSlpr]

Maka lingaw man sab ang snow bai.. again, you have to adapt. Look for things to do during the winter season. I'm a big-time snowboard enthusiast and I actually look forward for the cold season. I suggest nga mangita kag kalingawan kay makatambok nang winter bai ug pirme ra kas balay.

I've been to Chicago a few times.. I actually went snowboarding around there although their ski resorts aren't that great (nearby WISCONSIN). Naa koy amigo diha bai sige'g duwa ug airsoft even sa winter. Dunno ug hilig ka ana - if you are, hatagan tikag number niya.
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It's really up to the person on how they see things here and how they adapt to it. Of course, in the real world - we all try to take our piece of a huge pie... we work our butt off, pay taxes, and enjoy the fruits of our labor during the weekends. Pero to most people sa Pilipinas, kuwang ra na. They work - pay taxes (only to find it's way to the pocket of a crooked politician) and then they hardly have enough money left to at least enjoy a 12 pack of beer on one Saturday night.

Don't get me wrong, maayo man ako barkada diri as well as my workmates and alumni frat brods mura ra sad gyud mi ug naa sa Pilipinas. I was speaking generally about the common pinoy to pinoy encounter. That's the reason mamili gyud ko ug kuyog diri. Daghan sad ko ug relatives all over U.S. kanang first-degree relatives gyud.

You are right that we enjoy the fruits of our labor during weekends and mingle with friends pero lahi ra gyud and after shopping and suroy-suroy nothing more na gyud, diha na lang gyud kutob at the end of the day somehow there is still that empty spot even how well we adjusted and sometimes we even talk among our friends about that "empty spot" ang kuwang ba. hahaha!!!

You mean si MaiMai?

[EZRA]

Yeah si MAI MAI -

I know what you're talking about bai. Everytime mga barkada magtapok, reminisce dayon sa kagahapon. And you're definitely right - naa gyuy kuwang. But that doesn't mean that we can't have what we had back then, diba? Among grupo sa Florida, mura ra gyug naa mi sa Cebu - and hopefully kaning akong bag-ong grupo diri sa New York mapareha ra sab.. so far payts man sab mi diri.

[bycane]

Great exchange of discussion @EZRA and Lytslpr. Nalingaw ko, nahimuot ug nakahilak kay tanan ninyong gisulti tinuod.
I've been here in the U.S. for more than 2 years now.
Ako ra isa diri, no family nor friends from back home.
Naa na pud koy mga nakaila nga pinoy, ok ra pud, pero how i wish naa koy kaila nga mga bisaya.
Kay maski tuod ug pinoy, kasagaran kay tagalog man hehe, mas maayo ta ng makapatuyang kag binisaya.
Sahay pud ang prob kay most of them mga kaila nako mga pamilyado na, so lahi nag mga priorities.
Naa pud koy mga kaila nga mga pinoy, but they grew up or if not was born here, so lahi ra jud ug kinaiya.
Up to now i guess im still trying to fit in and adjust sa way of life.
Pero happy ra man pud ko, i have my routine going.
Mostly its the gym after work, and by the time i get home, bed time na.
Come weekend, usually i just sleep in all morning, hapon gym nasad and sa gabii motambay nalang ug Borders mag basa2x and tanaw2x ug mga chicks hehe.
Then mag movie marathon sa balay.
Sundays i usually would just do house chores, simba, nya mag internet.
Lahi ra jud baya, i really miss cebu, and my barkada.
Sakto pud ka Ezra, i'm a bit of an introvert, and i guess that kinda plays a role and how im adapting to life here.
Overall tho, its all good. I really can't complain.
I'm blessed with a good job w/ a good pay, and good location, and great coworkers.

Kinsa tong mga bisaya nga naa sa bay area, or better yet, in sacramento, ca.. HOLLER!

[EZRA]

Bycane: Naa koy mga kaila diah sa Sacramento. Mga bisaya.. kababata gyud nako sa Cebu. If you want bai, tagaan tikag number.

Pait sab na imong routine bai, di gyud ko pwede ana.. PM lang nako if you want one of my friend's number.

[dhongskee]

i wish i cud spend time sa pinas during winter...i really hate winter, sige lng ko pala sa snow....and it is basically hard sa amo place kay naay puddies nga agian nako before sa highway...during winter when fully covered by snow ang puddies shot ako wheels sa kanal permi.....

[chad_tukes]

i wish i cud spend time sa pinas during winter...i really hate winter, sige lng ko pala sa snow....and it is basically hard sa amo place kay naay puddies nga agian nako before sa highway...during winter when fully covered by snow ang puddies shot ako wheels sa kanal permi.....

asa diay ka dapit sa US? hehehe murag mamalhin kaha ta ani sa USA thread... anyway i live in the DC area and i used to live waaayyy up north and the snow sucks big time.

pala snow sa driveway. wa pa gyud mi blower ato nga time. manual lagi.

and the highway drive sucks, too. gotta change tires once in a while. hehehe...

[dhongskee]

i lived near the foot of Mount Rainier, Washington.....morag silingan ra ta....grabe mag snow aning dapita...taga tuhod...wagtang amo kalsada during winter...

[chad_tukes]

sus Washington state diay ka, mao diay. layo ra ta. i used to live north of Boston. grabe pud mu snow didto dapita maka lipong. lol