For Those Losing Hope in Getting Their Visa

StickyNote

^ sa Victoria, bale family kami. Mag stay muna kami sa relative hanggang makahanap ng work at maka-settle eventually. Tatlo kami na makikitira.

Kayo po, single ba or family kayo na nag-migrate?

StickyNote

@bananapeel mahirap na po ba buhay ngayon diyan? Nakaka-worry tuloy. Kahit nandito pa kami sa Pinas eh sinusandan ko na din political scenes diyan. Sana manalo ang karapatdapat.

filipinacpa

Goosebumps! I always listen to this song but never understood its meaning until I watched your video. :p Thanks for posting this. I'll keep climbing too. 🙂

bananapeel

<blockquote rel="StickyNote">@bananapeel mahirap na po ba buhay ngayon diyan? Nakaka-worry tuloy. Kahit nandito pa kami sa Pinas eh sinusandan ko na din political scenes diyan. Sana manalo ang karapatdapat. </blockquote>

hello. i don't want to dampen your spirits. maganda pa din dito compared with the life in the philippines. pero madami ng changes and it keeps on changing. sa benefits na lang madami na nagbago kumpara years back. like yung mga baby bonus lumiit na ng lumiit. yung first home grant, dati kahit anong property ang bilin mo basta first time home buyer eligible ka. now, for new construction na lang. yung mga ganun. sa employment naman, madami ng jobs ang inooffshore going to India and Manila. Madami na ding nagsasara like Ford, Holden. I work with one of the biggest insurance companies here as a perm employee, we're in 47 countries, dati 14000 employees. since 2011, inoffshore na unti unti. the most recent one, ang Finance where I belong, pero before the announcement, nakakuha ako ng secondment role in one of the subsidiaries. Kaya nung magannounce ng redundancy, inoferan agad ako ng perm role so di ako naredundant. majority ang operations ng Finance, dinala na sa Manila. Pano 1:7 ang ratio. salary ng 1 tao dito, para sa 7 tao sa manila. based on reports nasa AUD250M ang savings. Pati ang IT namin, halos Manila na rin lahat. Di pa tapos ang transformation, till 2015 daw global. one former colleague sa Finance, walang makuhang job sa Sydney kaya nagmove sa QLD. kahit sa retail affected. tama ang nabasa ko last year, baka in 5 years, extinct na ang accounting dito 🙁 ang magandang work yung di pede iofshore like nursing aides, teachers, home carer etc. tumawag ka sa phone companies ang sasagot sa yo Pinoy kase call center nasa pinas na din. Even banks. Here in Sydney, masyadong mataas ang cost of living. median price ng properties going to 700k na. kaya sabi sa news, marami ang forever renters na lang kase di afford to buy. sorry but this is what is happening. pero sabi ko nga, mas maganda pa din dito. i had my triple heart bypass last year, wala akong binayaran. me private insurance ako kaya naka private hospital ako pero kahit wala sagot pa din ng medicare public hospital nga lang. tama ka sana manalo ang karapatdapat para gumanda ang buhay dito. sorry kung di masyadong good news ha... pag nagsearch naman kayo, malalaman nio din ang reality....

kaya kung anong meron ako now, ok na ako. kahit di masyadong mataas ang pay, ok lang. my office is 8 mins away from home. dati sa city ako. enjoy ko na lang while it lasts. anyway, i'm single, my 2 kids are both grown ups. at least walang pressure 🙂

Obi

Additional dun sa topic... Wag magpapadala sa negatives. Take it as a challenge. Maging masaya pa rin. Focus sa positives para maabot ang pangarap.

bananapeel

tama si @Obi, take it as a challenge. sabi ko nga, mas maganda pa din dito. karamihan naman sa new migrants struggle ang pagsettle with all the adjustments. pinoys adapt to change parang bamboo tree kayang sumayaw sa ihip ng hangin. resilient kase tayo by nature and we will sacrifice whatever it takes especially for our families. 🙂

bananapeel

pahabol lang. sa old forum while waiting for our visa madami nagsasabi na madali ang buhay, walang ginagawa sa trabaho, nagaantay lang ng uwian... methinks dapat reality ang nababasa ang mga prospective migrants para di sila nadidispappoint pag nakakaexperience ng hirap pag land dito. kahit naman siguro sa ibang lugar magsettle dadaan ka sa period of adjustment.

Obi

Wag mawalan ng pag-asa. Ika nga dun sa narinig ko from somewhere, "just keep swimming... just keep swimming..."

corleone

I'm an optimistic kind of guy, i tend to block off negative vibes, even when im doing really bad. regardless, i think what bananapeel is saying is to prepare for the worst case scenario., that way, when we've all finally migrated and situation gets bad we are prepared for it.

when my family and I did our initial entry, ofcourse it was more of a holiday yet in the back of my head, if talagang totoo na., i have to consider 1stly is funds....what if its hard to find a job? and we are racking up expenses...and savings start to go low, whats next? eh walang mga kamag-anak doon na auntie or mommy or daddy, pahiram naman dihyan short ako., wala din 5-6 bombay hehehe.

also to add: the new prime minister i hear has different views on running a country., so, things like baby bonus, overtime pays, first homebuyer grants etc., might be affected.

my two centavos yo!

JCsantos

<blockquote rel="Obi">Additional dun sa topic... Wag magpapadala sa negatives. Take it as a challenge. Maging masaya pa rin. Focus sa positives para maabot ang pangarap. </blockquote>

Agree with this ..

bananapeel

<blockquote rel="corleone">I'm an optimistic kind of guy, i tend to block off negative vibes, even when im doing really bad. regardless, i think what bananapeel is saying is to prepare for the worst case scenario., that way, when we've all finally migrated and situation gets bad we are prepared for it.

also to add: the new prime minister i hear has different views on running a country., so, things like baby bonus, overtime pays, first homebuyer grants etc., might be affected.

my two centavos yo!

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It's important to remember that, like anything else, negativity is relative and what may seem negative to some, may be something totally different to others. Just like viewing a white paper with a speck on it. See the speck or see the whole paper. That simple. It's a choice to be idealistic or realistic. Whatever works for you will see you through in tough times. If you sense negativity around, so be it. Negativity isn’t a bad thing. Negativity can be a motivation. It’s how you choose to respond to it that makes it what it is.

Cheers mate

🙂

rusejc31

perstym to post here 🙂

im a newbie here and almost read all the discussion on other threads. When i read this one, it touches me. Im on the verge of losing hope coz i don't know where to start. The funding, people to look for help, the waiting keeps me insane ( hahaa ye, insane) but I just reallize "dreams will remain a dream, if not acted upon." Thanks for inspiring everyJUAN! ( danda naba ng english ko? ,preparing to converse for OZ dream. 😃

danyan2001us

@rusejc31 that's cool bro....act and act then you will be rewarded.......

rusejc31

@danyan2001us big THANKS bro 😉 btw, am'a girl =))

danyan2001us

<blockquote rel="rusejc31">@danyan2001us big THANKS bro 😉 btw, am'a girl =)) </blockquote>

sorry for the assumption (that you were a boy hehe)......anyway like your thoughts......if we keep on saying we'll make our move the next day then nothing will happen....HOWEVER as you shared we need to act on our dreams.....and that's a move that needs to be NOW, ...we can't just keep on saying, "We'll make our move tomorrow"....personally i believe that we can reach our dreams if we are optimistic, determined and have faith in HIM above.....

packerx

Ganito kasi analogy nyan. Pag nakakuha ka ng malaking job offer, hindi ba nakakalimutan mo iyun mga countless OT without pay at mga bad experiences mo in the past because it led to your good life now? O pag malaki na anak mo, nakakalimutan mo iyun time na hirap na hirap ka nun 1st 2-3 years of growing up ng anak mo? We tend to remember our successes more than our failures unless iyun failure ay sobrang sakit.

Atsaka masyadong detailed and based on diskarte on how your survive in a new country. What works for me may not work for you and magmumukhang dictating na kami on what you should do and what you should not do. Mas ok po na maging mas detailed muna po tanong mo then magiging detailed rin po mga sagot. Ok talaga maging realist pero realist in what area?

Australia is not heaven. Pointing out the good things does not mean it does not have any bad things. You just need more effort in discovering about it because baka nga it does not apply to you. Sabihin ko racist si ganito pero pag kausap mo naman ok naman at dahil kasi baka nagbago na siya.

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