Bad things about Adelaide

chitoneri

need input from fellow pinoys residing in adelaide. marami na akong nabasa sa pomsinoz pero iba yung preferences ng mga british sa mga pinoy. importante sa akin ito. gulong gulo na ako kung saan bagsak ko kung sydney o adelaide. please be real and post all the bad/negative things in adelaide you've come to lived with. salamat.

TasBurrfoot

<blockquote rel="chitoneri">need input from fellow pinoys residing in adelaide. marami na akong nabasa sa pomsinoz pero iba yung preferences ng mga british sa mga pinoy. importante sa akin ito. gulong gulo na ako kung saan bagsak ko kung sydney o adelaide. please be real and post all the bad/negative things in adelaide you've come to lived with. salamat.</blockquote>

Er, why do you want adelaide in the first place?

Kung job lang ang pag-uusapan, Sydney is a clear winner here...

hanzyboy

i don't know why you would just want to know about the negative things, dapat positive things din about adelaide and then weight it. I guess ang makakatulong sayo e mga kapwa pinoy natin sa Adelaide: http://pinoyau.info/discussion/401/filipinos-in-adelaide-pasok#Item_327

Khaosan_Road

agree with @TasBurrfoot... laidback ang Adelaide tapos cosmo naman ang Sydney...

donking

Well, not to be bias just because i'm residing in Adelaide. It is a quiet, laid back and welcoming city. In terms of jobs, mas maraming oppurtunity sa Sydney because it is more populated and cosmopolitan than Adelaide. In terms of cost of living, housing and population mas mababa sa adelaide. Just weigh your options and then decide. Cheers

icebreaker1928

adelaide vs sydney is like comparing apples and orange.

emjdee

sabi ng officemate ko na lumipat from SYD to ADL recently... these 2 cities are very different. mahirap magcompare. at the end of the day.. it would all depend on ur preference. kung job opportunities lang ang pag-uusapan, no doubt mas marami talaga sa SYD but that doesn't mean that you'll easily land a job.

i live in ADL (for almost a year now) and i've been to SYD last December.. maganda sa SYD, marami talagang mapapasyalan. It doesn't even feel like I'm in oz with all the foreigners.. very multicultural city 🙂 when i went back home, dun ko na-appreciate yung adelaide. we may not have the opera house, etc -- pero I love the fact that cost of living is way affordable and i like how easy it is to get around from one place to another. it only takes 30-40 minutes to go the beach/wineries, etc! i love the fact that i can bring the car to work everyday because parking is affordable in CBD also. i love sydney but adelaide is home (well, for now at least) 😛 actually, marami naman din mapupuntahan dito sa SA - kelangan mo lang tlg ng car. Haha!

Anyhoo..

Going back to ur question, I would say less job opportunities compared to SYD.

qgnd

Agree ako sa lower cost of living dito sa Adelaide. Konti rin job prospects pero konti maliit din ang competition.

Rent plng namin for a 3-bedroom spacious house is only $270 per week. Friend ko sa Sydney rents a 2-bedroom apartment for $370 a week, another rents a 2-bedroom house for $410 a week.

So far, ang mga nakilala namin na mga kababayan natin dito nakakabili ng sariling bahay in 2 to 4 years after mgka work. Compared sa friends namin sa Sydney, 6 to 8 years na silang rent.

nfronda

@qgnd..Wow sobrang mura pla ng rent jan.. dito samin 3 bedroom houses rental rate nya is $500-$700.. Den ang 2 bedroom house na nirerentahan namin ngaun is $320 per week yan na ang pnakamura dito.. Makalipat nga jan sa Adelaide, jan namn main office namin ehh..hehehehe

(tagalog lg ko ky budly mag ilonggo kita lg duwa ma intsndihanay..) 🙂

qgnd

Meron kami kilala dito na 4 years na sila $190 rent a week lng na 2-bedroom apartment.

Nagkalat din mga Asian at pinoy stores dito. Kung super tipid may $2 per kilo na chicken wings hahaha!

OK naman dito sa Adelaide, parang probinsya sa Pinas. Kung gusto mo ng mas maraming opportunities, punta ka ng Maynila or Cebu (Sydney in this thread's context).

@nfronda nose bleed ko ba 🙂

nfronda

@qgnd.. Yes maganda ang Adelaide, hndi masyadong busy d katulad sa Perth na sobrang dami din ng tao..

So on the question bad things about Adelaide, on my opinion lg ha kahit saang lugar ka namn pumunta lahat yun my bad things namn ehh.. Ika nga wlang perpektong tao so wlang perpektong lugar din.. So depende na lg yun kng panu m e adapt ang place or environment. Subukan nyong pumunta sa lugar namin dito, on the first look masasabi m kaagad lahat bad ehh.. 😉

doubleDuzi

~ bibigyan lang kita ng top 10;

no jobs; kahit odd jobs wala. merong odd jobs ung sobrang "odd" at below minimum na sahod sau at pinatratrabaho ka ng 10 oras - uso dito! ung odd jobs, say, tradie gaya ng inyong yours truly o cleaner sa ospital, uni, museum, etc, hirap pumasok unless may kilala ka sa loob. otherwise magtyaga ka sa central market.
volunteering; gusto mo bang magsayang ng oras at magtrabaho para unyari may "aussie experience" ka? di ko naiintidihan bat may mga taong gumagawa nito pero welcome to adelaide!
palakasan; see #1
white power; matagal na rin yun, pero may grupo mga yan dito. naglaho pero andyan lang yan sa tabi tabi. kahit ngaun, ang dami pa ring racist sa adelaide. kung balat sibuyas ka, baka maapektuhan ka. di pa handa maging "multicultural" ang adelaide. lahat ng tindera dito puro puti (pero mas ok yun di ba hehe..)

4a. andaming intsik; sama pa ng ugali! mas gostohin ko na lng racist na puti kesa mga singkit na balasubas!!

no entertainment/no lifestyle/no concert; walang sinehan, meron, ang pangit! concert: kelly clarkson di pumunta dito, sydney lang! cocnert dito mga laos gaya cyndi lauper, kenny rogers, michael bolton, bon jovi. anak ng teteng, sino ba may gusto sa mga yan?? lalo na ang bon joving yan. pabalik balik dito sa australia! soundwave lng ang pag asa mo dito.
little to non-existing filipino community; meron kung sa meron; pero kailangan mo pang "pumunta dun" sa community na yun. pero may makikita ka bang pinoy on a daily basis?? WALA! kaya nga ako napadpad dito, nakatuwaan mag google "filipinos in adelaide", ito lumabas. kahit papano may nakaka usap akong ibang pinoy dito at di ko na kelangang mag byahe para lang may maka usap na pilipino, tsk!
kung party animal ka sa pinas, ang adelaide ay isang party pooper! go figure...
malamig pag winter, sobrang init pag summer. maganda weather sa sydney.
weekend warriors; kelangan mong mag picnic para malilbang. gusto mo bang mag babad sa ilalim ng araw at mamingwit ng isda??? o pumunta sa malayo para mamitas ng prutas?? di ko alam kaw baka trip mo kasi ako sukang suka na sa mga yan!!! maraming natetepok sa south australia pag long weekend, fact!
kung pwede ka lang naman sa sydney, dumiretso ka na dun. kaya lng naman hanggang ngaun may mga pinoy pa rin pumupunta ng adelaide dahil wala sa listahan ng sydney trabaho nila. state sponsor daw tawag dyan. babalik pa rin ng sydney mga yan. iilan lang ang gusto talaga ang adelaide.

(source: 1991 to present)

sohc

It's been a while since the last time I post but the Title of this thread urges me to post my own comparison!

Adelaide

mas mura and mas malaki ang bahay
5 to 30 minutes drive from home to work (pwede ka pa umuwi ng house kapag lunch time)
walang traffic, if meron very tolerable
weather here is better dahil walang baha dito unlike in Sydney or NSW
less jobs because of less population. Sydney has 7.3M compared to 1.6M in Adelaide
wala masyadong tourist attraction.
nakakauwi ako ng Pinas for free because I normally request to have my training in the Philippines instead of other state! In fact, I'll be flying again this Friday! Yehey.

Sydney

mas madaming tourist attraction
more job opportunities because it's x5 of the population of SA
most jobs has higher salary because of the cost of living
most people travels 45mins to 90 mins just to go to work. Sawa na ko sa ganitong travel time sa Pinas.
traffic, expensive tollfee, and most people can't bring their car to work (if you work in the CBD). Karamihan iniiwan ang car malapit sa train station.
I have two sisters and one brother in Sydney yet I prefer to stay in Adelaide.

If you will earn the same income in both state, then comparing Adelaide and Sydney is a no-brainer.

Mabuhay ang Adelaide, lols.

corleone

maka singit., brisbane kanalang!!!

chitoneri

maraming salamat sa mga sumagot. heto medyo busy na. I think it'll be Sydney bound. issue sa akin ang racism. medyo maliit ako at pinoy na pinoy lol. ma out of place lang ako dyan sa adelaide. I've read enough at diyos ko pagod na ko magbasa lol, I'll go sydney.

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emjdee

@chitoneri kahit saan po may racism. kahit na multicultural ang bigger cities, di tlg yan mawawala. anyway ang importante eh wag nalang pa-apekto. goodluck!

reysistkant

@doubleDuzi kilala kita kumag ka hahahahaha. ngayon ko lang nalaman na odd jobs din pala ang maging tubero ng adelaide ano?

reysistkant

9. weekend warriors; kelangan mong mag picnic para malilbang. gusto mo bang mag babad sa ilalim ng araw at mamingwit ng isda??? o pumunta sa malayo para mamitas ng prutas??

hahahaha punta na lang tayo crazyhorse si KUYA @doubleDuzi ang leader. nanglilibre ng babae yan hahaha!

- weather here is better dahil walang baha dito unlike in Sydney or NSW

walang baha kasi driest state. pati kulangot mo titigas dito at balat mo titigang hahahaha

medyo maliit ako at pinoy na pinoy lol. ma out of place lang ako dyan sa adelaide.

maraming sri lankan dito sa adelaide. ang itim, pandak, at mukhang bulbul, pero ok lang naman sila. naka aussie accent pa nga at nagpa fcking fcking pa magsalita. guts lang yan tol hahahaha

Ren

@chitoneri

Hi out of interest what is your nominated skill? I suggest have a look first at seek.com.au and see if there are lots of vacancy on which state. The good thing is you are Skilled independent subclass 189 so you can live or work wherever.

About racism, I never had any experience with that since, very multicultural both laboratories that I worked (Red Cross & SA Pathology). And they love us asians kasi masipag at hinde tumatangi sa trabaho.

Same as @sohc, my only relatives here in Australia lives in Sydney, so I guess we have a good comparison of both state. So if finding a job here in SA is not an issue for you and same income in NSW then you will enjoy the cost of living expenses. My 2 bedroom unit is fully furnished at $285 per week (less pa since my friend is renting the other room), by the way I walk to work 😉

As for the Pinoy community, You can always make one with the same interest, and if you happened to be in SA everyone is welcome to join our group. See you again @emjdee & @sohc next weekend, saan tayo kakain next? 😉

vhoythoy

<blockquote rel="reysistkant">9. weekend warriors; kelangan mong mag picnic para malilbang. gusto mo bang mag babad sa ilalim ng araw at mamingwit ng isda??? o pumunta sa malayo para mamitas ng prutas??

hahahaha punta na lang tayo crazyhorse si KUYA @doubleDuzi ang leader. nanglilibre ng babae yan hahaha!

- weather here is better dahil walang baha dito unlike in Sydney or NSW

walang baha kasi driest state. pati kulangot mo titigas dito at balat mo titigang hahahaha

medyo maliit ako at pinoy na pinoy lol. ma out of place lang ako dyan sa adelaide.

maraming sri lankan dito sa adelaide. ang itim, pandak, at mukhang bulbul, pero ok lang naman sila. naka aussie accent pa nga at nagpa fcking fcking pa magsalita. guts lang yan tol hahahaha</blockquote>

lol. natawa lang ako hehe