Almost all Filipinos can agree with me, we have all been trained and brainwashed from birth that employment is the key to our success. All my growing years I have been conditioned to think that this is the way to go. Both of my parents were gainfully employed by the government. Having my parents as [...]

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After all the job hunt I’ve done the past weeks, there is one thing I am pretty sure about: majority of the jobs for my field are on night shift schedule.  This is quite a sad reality for me.  I have no doubts about the lucrative opportunities and career development, or the salaries and perks [...]

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Let’s say you want to go back to the Philippines, for whatever reason.  You’ve worked and lived abroad for several years.  You think the labor market here is the same as when you left it? Wrong!  The way things work here change really faster than you think. The last few weeks, I have been exploring [...]

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I just arrived yesterday here in Jersey.  I called it Mission Impossible because I am trying to do something which I have really no clear idea how to accomplish.  So basically, this visit is a mixture of a sojourn or a visit to my old friends and seeing old places where I used to live.  [...]

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Warning: Explicit Nagging and Ranting may be found in this posting. I would be a hypocrite to admit that I am all happy happy joy joy during these days.  But the truth is, I may be experiencing some sort of reverse culture shock.  In a way, I am quite shocked to realize that I have [...]

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