Life abroad is not paradise.

[vienzel]

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this is enlightening... I have an h1b petition and is set to leave before this year ends. A lot of my friends told me that it really is not a paradise working overseas. One said that the first month was really HELL for her that she even thought of taking the next plane out. What pushed her to hang tough and persevere was her desire to help her family out.

Well, I'm hoping my transition won't be as tough since I'm gonna start out in a small state... Kinda country state actually...hehehe. And my colleagues are filipinos, so Im really praying that all will be well.

somhow it will help u though, they'll be ur emotional support system but just be careful...

[moz_k2]

Kapoi jud.
Nya mangayo dayog laptop, ipod, psp etc.
May mn tawn ug mapunit na nato sa kilid2.
Wla mn gani ko magpalit ug akoa.

[Dorothea]

People in Pinas forget that although their relatives abroad are earning in dollars, they have bills to pay. And those bills are in dollars also.

[vienzel]

People in Pinas forget that although their relatives abroad are earning in dollars, they have bills to pay. And those bills are in dollars also.

g nila kaha ni? so, u r learning the system here huh? go ko ani...

[davies107]

Kapoi jud.
Nya mangayo dayog laptop, ipod, psp etc.
May mn tawn ug mapunit na nato sa kilid2.
Wla mn gani ko magpalit ug akoa.

Hala kalooy... hehehehe.. bitaw bro, u shud also give rewards to urself, i know ur family will understand it.

[kittymint]

hay we can only hope for the best but still keep your head straight. its not going to be easy, but hey job seeking never were easy

[writerchick]

i wanted to leave cebu last year cz i was bored out of my eyeballs. i can live anywhere anyway cz i'm a writer. i moved to thailand. been living here for over a year now, and can't wait to go home for good. living abroad is not all it's cracked up to be.

[nItO/pIrEnA]

to make life abroad less boring, i dont intend to drop anchor in a certain place for too long...plano nako, when i start feeling that i've had enough from a certain place, i'd move out, live incognito somewhere else and start from scratch...

but dont get me wrong, i have no plans of being a wanderer till i die, coz while i'm playing the role of globe-trotter, i'll be sending a steady trickle of some of my earnings home (PI of course) not only to ensure a happy retirement but also for investments

[brad]

living abroad is only good in the begginning.

to me friends is the most important factor.

without friends. ill throw everything in the garbage and come back home.

[Dorothea]

Although life abroad is not paradise, it's not paradise in the Philippines either. Wala man gyud paradise nga kinabuhi aning kalibutana ba. Each place or country we live in will have its own set of problems. But personally, I like my life abroad. I was lucky enough to live in SF for sometime where you get to meet loads of Filipinos, where you can basically get any item that you miss back home. There are pinoy restos everywhere, pinoy stores, pinoy bakeshoppes, pinoy banks, churches nga mga pinoy ang mga pari etc etc. I got invited to pinoy parties, so I was always eating pinoy comfort food. My lifestyle really didn't change that much, so I never really got homesick.
I now live in a mostly white community where there are very few minorities, but I like it. It's peaceful and quiet. I work, I go home, I relax on the weekends. Wala'y drama. Wala'y tsismis. Life is super simple and uncomplicated.