The cycle we called life

Pinoy community in Singapore is growing, mainly because almost everyday there is a lots of job seekers coming here in Singapore looking for a greener pasture. You can see pinoy in almost every places here in Singapore.  You might even think that you are just only somewhere in one of the city of the Philippines, dahil sa dami na nga ng mga kababayan natin. Halo-halong kalamay na ang makikitang pinoy professionals dito sa Singapore kadalasan mga Archi, (Architects, Draftsman) Engineers, mga IT professionals, may mga F&B rin (Food &Beverage) may mga sa Retail din, meron ding mga Nurses at may mga sa Call centers na rin at meron ding mangilan-ngilang mga teachers na naghahanap ng trabaho.

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Did I made the right decision?. This thoughts has been running inside my head for sometime now. It is started around december of 2006 when I chose to come here in Singapore instead of going to where I originally intend to go.

A few months back before december of 2006 I received a call from my boss who is assigned in Dubai. He invited me be a part of the design team of his project. Of course being already a part of his previous project I readily accepted his offer without any hesitation. Not until a week after when the offer for me to be assigned in Singapore came. To make the story short, I chose Singapore over Dubai.

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Noong naka-assign pa ako sa project naming malapit sa changi airport, ang makakita ka ng eroplanong papa-landing o papa-himpapawid pa lamang ay isang ordinaryong sightings lamang. Iba’t ibang klaseng eroplano at iba’t ibang laki. May mga eroplanong pang cargo? at pampasahero. Pero mas madalas ang pampasahero.

Sa tuwing ako’y nakakakita ng pampasaherong eroplanong papahimpapawid hindi ko maiwasang pangarapin na sana’y isa ako sa mga pasaherong nakasakay doon at nananabik na muling makita at makatuntong muli sa lupang aking sinilangan ang bayang Pilipinas. Ang Pilipinas, na kahit na naghihirap dulot ng kapabayaan ng iilan at agawan sa kapangyarihan ng mga namumuno at nais mamuno ay ninanais ko pa rin tirhan at pinapangarap ko pa ring na doon mag-retiro sa pagdating ng panahon.

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As I’ve checked the sitemeter on my blog i just saw a hit referral coming from a google search using the keyword “Valentines ng OFW”.  obviously I think the one searching is also an OFW because he/she is located on UAE. Anyway, whoever he/she is I just hope he/she is not looking for a date on the internet. lol
Well judging by the way he/she picks the keywords I think Probably he/she is looking for an article or something  to read on how an OFW spend their valentines without their partners or without having a date.

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sa araw-araw na ginawa ng diyos laging laman ngayon ng isipan ko ang aking mag-iina. Lalo na ngayong buwan na ng mga puso, oo nga pala valentines na naman sa isang linggo, pang ilang valentines ko na ba itong nagdaan na hindi ko man lang nakakasama ang aking valentina?, pangatlo na pala since 2005 pa.

Para sa akin memorable talaga ang buwan ng pebrero hindi lang dahil sa araw ito ng mga nagmamahalan, kundi buwan din ito ng pag-iisang dibdib namin ng noo’y akin pa lamang nobya (wow! ang lalim ng tagalog ko ah? tsk! tsk! pag-homesick ka nga naman tumitindi ang pagiging korni). Pang-apat na taon na rin namin bilang mag-asawa itong darating na disi-otso ng pebrero pero mas mahaba pa ang kami’y magkalayo kaysa sa magkasama.

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Eleven years na akong nagta-trabaho sa foreign company na hindi english ang first language. Syempre dahil sa iba ang kanilang lenguwahe natural na may accent kung magsasalita ng english, tulad din naman ng mga Pinoy na may certain pinoy accent din na tinatawag. Sa labing isang taon na yon kadalasan na nakaka-usap ko ay mga hapon kaya masasabi kong medyo nagagamay o nakakabisado ko na ang kanilang accent.

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Finding a room in Singapore is not quite easy specially if you’re on a tight budget. Some kababayan I know here live in a shared whole HDB apartment or condo, in most cases they only look for a room to rent because renting a whole flat is not advisable because of its relatively high price. In searching for room rent, there is also some particulars that a would-be-tenant might want to consider. Here I just made my own list, because I am also on a hunting for a room to rent :).

• Proximity to main transportation (eg. MRT, Bus)
• Rental price plus if PUB is included or excluded

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