2012 - New Year in POM

My first post for the year.

During the festive season of Christmas and New year, all the "Orphans" celebrated as one. This is my first time to spend it minus my family, and ex-Philippines. Its a struggle knowing that everyone at home is quite enjoying the holidays. But we had survived it, and looking forward to coming home this year and celebrate it like we usually do.

First thing to do, is fill up my calendar with all the things to do.

Just a thought…

Work here? Not that so different in Phils. Filipinos are still the workaholic employees in the company, and can do multi tasking, well except for the other expats that were hired. Compare to the locals, we still are the best. Lol

The turnover has started and I have to grasped everything about the company process et al. right now still reviewing some processes that we have to change /add since looking the financials that is so bad.

Ok nmn ktrabaho mga locals, mayron din silang ibubuga. Just that some of them are really lazy except the guys that were in our department. All in all we still have to orient them with our multi tasking feature.

All in all, work here is not bad. Compensation and benefit wise, its incomparable with other countries, well except for the security issue, this is a good country. Hopefully if their government can do something about it, PNG as a whole will prosper way ahead Phils in the coming years. With the LNG project coming a long way, well see how this country will develop in the coming years

after Touchdown and beyond..

Sunny is up and I am up! I still feel sore on some parts of my body, but I have to get my butt out of bed and get ready to go to work. Hot shower, yippee!! Nice. Quarter before 8,  here comes my ‘school bus’. Hehe. people here move around by cars. No safe PMV / taxi for expats.

First rule: don’t go out by yourselves alone, nor try to walk. Its either you get mobbed or robbed at the same time. Expats are therefore cautioned to be more carefully. Lucky me I learned how to drive early on, as driving is the only option to go around the city. Hoping to get my hands of that steering wheel soon. Keeping my fingers crossed on this *wink*

Second Rule: KEEP YOUR CAR DOORS LOCKED AT ALL TIMES!! In the phils, you can still be safe since there are no incidents where there are “bukas gang” while you are driving. In mosby, some raskols will approached your moving car and try to open it. 2 of my fellow pinoy here had already experienced it and its scary. Especially now were going to transfer on our new office near a local marketplace.

Third Rule: don’t expect big on mosby. There are no supermalls, cinemas, starbucks, fast foods here. Uh-oh. Not even a decent place to go hanging out with friends after work other than the club inside the hotels. On a positive note, a simple life indeed. I experienced going to supermarket exciting! Yep, exciting indeed, coz there is nowhere else to go and to do other than that.

Fourth Rule: know your surroundings, and be careful in trusting the locals. Mosby is not that big to not be easily memorized, but im getting confused with all these roundabouts. Kaloka! I can only memorize the one going to our house and the hotel. Lol! Bad for me eh. They say, its not the same trusting the locals here, coz you don’t know what is going on in their head. Keep a simple profile and be alert

Fifth Rule: Follow all the rules, stay alert, entertain yourself, be happy, find trusting expats or fellow pinoys and save! That’s what im here for anyway. Lol. *wink*

Touchdown to PNG – 03 October 2011

Fasten your seatbelt….. , ayan na nga, nakarating din ng matiwasay sa bansang banyaga. Buti ok nmn iyong katabi ko, tulog kain tulog lang ginwa nming 2. Hahaha! Ayan na pababa na kami ng plane, whew! First thing I notice, prang nsa pilipinas ka lang. domestic destination lang. hahaha! As usual mahabang pila sa immigration, dahil iyong 4 na nasa counter prang antok pa. Tiningnan ko iyong relo 530AM, ah ok.

Natapos din sa immigration, sa checkout kelangan nila inspect mga bagahe lalo na iyong mejo kakaiba ang dala. Buti na lang smile lang sa national eh ok na, kaya off I go to exit. Sa exit, naalala ko lang, ano na ngang hitsura ni kuya Frederick?? Hahaha! So I peek out of the arrival lounge and saw him peeking in as well. Wow, warm agad ang naramdaman ko. Like were long time friends. Hehehe. At may ksama pang isang pinoy si godfrey (turns out same as me, accountant din sa LDL).

Anyway, they asked me if I want to moved in sa house, iyon lang mag-isa ako or mag-stay sa hotel. Wala ng 2 isip, sa hotel muna ako magstay and wait for Georgette to come. Hehehe.  And there I stayed for a week. Check in time! The room was ok, comfortable nmn for a week-stay. Hindi na ako mamimili noh, kesa wala nmn ako ksama.

After checking in, wait for kuya rick to come back for breakfast. Ayun, sinabi niya na hindi nmn daw ako papasok agad, kasi baka di din kayanin ng katwan ko sa pagod. After breakfast, met one of the pinoy working there as well, si Ate Neza, which is the PA of the owner of the company I am working. Bigtime ang daddy namin. Hahaha!

When I get back to my room, diretso agad sa kama at natulog. Woke up mga 2pm na to meet the Admin Manageress of LDL. After the meet and greet, kain lang ng late lunch then tulog ulit. Hehehe. Woke up when te neza rang me up. Punta sa office niya and kwentuhan. 

We had dinner sa Palazzo restaurant of the Lamana Hotel, sobrang konti ng choices. Well ok na din, libre eh. Hahaha! Basta may makain go na lang.

After dinner, we go to her room and 9pm, sa room ko namn. 

Then goodnyt na. whew! A day passes by na prang di ko man lang namamalayan.

Next time, kwento ko what are my Filipino friends experience during their stay here.

Flying out of Phils – October 02 2011

Haist! This is it! Eto na nga. Never imagined that days flew so fast and that this day would arrive like that. After MHC employment, eto na nmn. Walang pahinga at bakasyon, kuracha na nmn sa ibang employer. 

It’s a bugging question as well kung ano ba madadatnan ko dun. Nasa 10% ata iyong decision to back out na lang, kasi there are some things that will keep on holding you back. Una, of course you don’t know the place like hongkong, Singapore or dubai na madaming pinoy. Second,  may mga nakasanayan ka lang dito sa Phils., na baka wala dun. And of course, yung familiarity of the place and people. Away sa family and friends.

But then again, mas nanaig iyong 90% to pursue my dreams. Although, its not a country that is really a choice, just maybe this side of the world is where that opportunity to fulfill that dream will come.

My parents are very supportive of every endeavor that we do. Its that faith in God that I will be ok in the country that I will go to, is the factor that really keeps them strong in supporting us. 

Just like any other parents would do, siyempre sila naghatid sa akin sa airport, ksama ang lola ko, bestfriend, and my two siblings. It’s a rainy day, prang nakikisama ba. Hahaha! Upon arriving sa terminal 1, check-in na din ako sa OFW lounge to get my credentials checked-in with POEA and OWWA. After that, mejo mahaba habang pagaantay pa ang ginwa namin, we got there mga 5pm, I got in sa check in counter mga 7pm na, then mahaba pa din ang pila. May nagpupunta pla tlga sa bansa na iyon?!?! Hahaha! Talked to one Filipino and he frequents pla PNG, monthly kung umuwi and ganun nga daw kahaba ang pila. Oh well, ano man haba iyan aabot at aabot ako. After an hour, pila na nmn ulit sa immigration na iisa lang ang open na counter. What the??!!?? Pinoy nga tlga oo. After 30 mins, diretso na din sa gate 15 lounge ready to board the plane.

At this time, katext ko pa mga kapatid ko. I did not cry in front of them, coz I don’t want to see them crying. Lalo na si bunso. I left the country with a positive note that I’ll be coming back for vacation.

Till we see again! 

narealize ko lang

masarap maging taong-bahay:
        ngayon ko lang naranasan na maging taong-bahay na walang inaalalang trabaho kinabukasan. msarap sa pakiramdam pero nakakapagod din pla. pagiisip pa lang ng ipapakain sa mga ksambahay problema na eh, pano na lang kung may asawa't anak nako. hmmm..


madami akong time mag-internet at magstalk ng profile:
       couch potato ang tawag sa akin. lalo na pag tamd na tamad akong maggalaw, at ang tanging umaaliw sa akin ay ang fb, twitter at net. iba ibang klaseng update ang nagagawa ko sa mga online accounts ko (gaya na lang dito) hahaha!


dapat handa ako sa mga nalalaman ko sa pag-stalk ng profile ng ex:
        naiisip ko minsan kung tlgang naglokohan lang kami sa buong panahon na magksma kami. hahaha! pero siguro nga masaya siya ngayon. kung ginago mo man ako, bahala na si Lord sau. (Lord, hindi po ako bitter, mejo nabibigla lang kasi ako sa pangyayari)



mahirap mag-emapake:
        Hindi mo malaman kung ano ang dapat mong iiwan or dadalhin. and importante sa hindi, kasi prang lahat ng nakikita mong gamit mo, mahalaga sau. gusto mo dalhin lahat pra wala kang malimutan. hahaha! kaya lang di pde, may nakalaan lang na bigat pra sa kanila.


ready na ako sa tatahakin kong landas:
       nakausap ko din sa wakas ang magging kapwa ko empleyado sa lugar na pupunthan ko. mixed emotions daw siya. ako kaya? hmmm, mas matgal ko atang nai-ready ang sarili ko sa ganito kesa sa kanya. dahil magmula ng malaman ko na ako ay natanggap, simula na din ng paghahanda.


ilan lang nmn ito sa naiisip ko na narealize ko sa pagging ex-worker for the meantime. hahaha! sa susunod uli. :P

my parting gifts (from MHC friends and from ME)

left gifts, from MHC friends, XPERIA ray (gift for myself) haha!

Im a bit surprised that they still have time to think of giving me something for leaving them. Hehe
i love you guys, please don't change. Till we meet again! :)