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Christmas in Australia

bellecaye_18bellecaye_18 MelbournePosts: 15Member
edited November 2012 in Family Matters
Hello! How do the Filipino families in Australia celebrate Christmas? :)

This will be our family's first Christmas and I just want to get some ideas coz it seems that Xmas is not a big thing here compare back home in the Philippines. Thanks! :)
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  • TasBurrfootTasBurrfoot Osaka
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    and I still could not imagine christmas in the middle of summer? ehehehe...

    usually kasi for most of us, christmas is associated with cold temperature... :)

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  • johnandjoshjohnandjosh Brisbane
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    Spending Christmas in Aus, especially here in NQ is like spending the Holy Week in the Phil.
  • YukishihYukishih Melbourne
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    Ako din first christmas namin to. Sa pinas ngayon pa lang busy na ang mga tao sa pagbili ng gifts in prep of christmas dito hindi. Mukhang malungkot dito.

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  • aldousnowaldousnow Sydney
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    Definitely, Christmas is more fun in the Philippines. :)

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  • LokiJrLokiJr Quezon City
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    Very commercial ang pasko ata diyan kaya iba ang aura hehe..saka yun nga, emotional tayong mga Pinoy kaya todo todo tayo kung maghanda ng pasko hehe...

    Although, may extra day kayo diyan sa Australia diba? Yung Boxing Day ba yun? hehe
  • eytelleneeytellene Brisbane
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    Dedma nga lng pasko d2 pero ok lng skin para d ako ma homesick kase parang nakakalungkot pg n realize ko n pasko tas ala ko sa pinas :(
  • LokiJrLokiJr Quezon City
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    Paano pong dedma? Kahit caroling di uso? hehe
  • gemini23gemini23 Win
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    From my friends stories who experienced Christmas in Oz, tahimik daw ang most places kasi ang mga tao daw nasa kanya-kanyang pamilya. So it is also a special day din sa kanila for family gathering day. Dito nga rin sa Indonesia, dedma din ang pasko since most people are Muslim so hindi rin ako gaanong naho-homesick this Christmas (hopefully!). Pang-fifth year ko na nga na walang Pinoy Christmas. Haiitzz....

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  • TotoyOZresidentTotoyOZresident Posts: 1,327Member, Moderator
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    edited November 2012
    Dedma nga lng pasko d2 pero ok lng skin para d ako ma homesick kase parang nakakalungkot pg n realize ko n pasko tas ala ko sa pinas :(
    sanayan lang yan. Mas mabuti pa kung dalhin mo family mo sa oz para di ma homesick. :D

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  • eytelleneeytellene Brisbane
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    Mg visit lng sila pero not stay here.. D p kya tska temporary lng nman ko d2:) tiis tiis n lng uwe n nman ko june nxt year
  • eytelleneeytellene Brisbane
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    Uu dedma lng parang alang pasko inlike sa pinas feel mo n pasko d2 yung decor sa mall ko lng nkikita haha
  • BryannBryann Sydney
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    Walang namamasko, hindi masyado matao unlike sa Pinas. Spend time with family and friends lang dito, bbq + konting handa. :) Wala nga kami pasok ng 24th din eh, forced leave. Haha. Yun iba 1week+ ang shutdown ng offices. Again, bawas sa annual leave din. Hehe

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  • LokiJrLokiJr Quezon City
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    Ang kulang sa Australia 'snow sa pasko' e hehe..nasanay na tayo sa imahe ng Christmas sa States hehe
  • hotshothotshot Sydney
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    hehe tama ka dyan @LokiJr. beach ang image ng christmas dito :D
    so boardshorts and bikinis ang attire ng mga tao pag pasko? hehehehe

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  • lock_code2004lock_code2004 Perth
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    hehe tama ka dyan @LokiJr. beach ang image ng christmas dito :D
    so boardshorts and bikinis ang attire ng mga tao pag pasko? hehehehe
    oo nga no.. weird siguro suot ni santa.. ayaw ko ng isipin...

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  • aldousnowaldousnow Sydney
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    hehe tama ka dyan @LokiJr. beach ang image ng christmas dito :D
    so boardshorts and bikinis ang attire ng mga tao pag pasko? hehehehe
    oo nga no.. weird siguro suot ni santa.. ayaw ko ng isipin...

    ayaw mo isipin?? si sexy lady santa?! :P

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  • lock_code2004lock_code2004 Perth
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    @aldousnow naughty ka.. wala kang gift kay lady santa...

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  • aldousnowaldousnow Sydney
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    lady santa: you naughty little boy! go to my room!
    :P
    @lock_code2004 wag ka ganyan.. wholesome tayo dito. :D

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  • lock_code2004lock_code2004 Perth
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    behave po ako.. lagi lang nasa room.. ;)

    seriously, sabi ng mga kakilala ko dun, tayo naman daw ang gagawa ng activities natin pag holidays.. its time for us to explore AU.. dami pwede puntahan or gawin..

    lalo na closed mostly ang mga offices.. so maraming time to go out, beach, camping, road trip, vacation.... kung maraming friends pwede potluck.. kung walang friends, hanap ng friends...

    lapit lang ang pinas.. un nga lang mahal pamasahe pauwi..

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  • li_i_renli_i_ren North Ryde
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    me work on all the holidays kasi double pay! hahahahaha!;) we spend christmas on the 24th dec kasi hindi sya double pay but work on the 25th and 26th kasi double pay;) and if that falls on a sunday parang naka triple na!:) hehehehe:)
  • LokiJrLokiJr Quezon City
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    Para di niyo ramdam yung 'lungkot' ng pasko, ganun na lang gawin niyong activity sa EB...exploring Australia Pinoy style hehe
  • TasBurrfootTasBurrfoot Osaka
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    Exploring Australia on the Christmas Holidays is a good idea definitely but ang problem lang is that most Australians (and immigrants) also thinks the same, so I reckon you will have (1) sky-high cost of accomodation and transportation and (2) massive traffic in the freeway...

    Ehehehe!! :)

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  • LokiJrLokiJr Quezon City
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    @li_i_ren ang tanong may 'work to do' pa ba kayo by the 25th? hehe Diba walang business activity ganung panahon? hehe...Pero ok yun a...meron din palang double pay on holiday diyan :P
  • li_i_renli_i_ren North Ryde
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    edited December 2012
    @lokiJr im a nurse.. sick kids don't cure themselves just because it's christmas. there's always a kid who still can't breathe..a heart that won't pump.. if you want to give us a holiday... fine. but you better be sure if you have a kid who is ventilated/ intubated and whose heart is only pumping because of inotropes pumped through central lines.. that there is a nurse/ doctor in the unit and not out having a holiday like the rest of the populace.

    unless you as a parent is happy for 1 day that you look after your own child while your child is in the verge of death.. while the nurses/ doctors go on a holiday..cause like you said may work to do bah on the 25th??

    if it weren't for the "double" pay and the type of pay we get.. we'd be taking a day off too you know cause we got families too.

    and if some drunkard who had too much to drink at their barbecue smash into your car on your way to a christmas party....and you've lacerated your liver against the steering wheel, smashed your skull against the window and gotten a subdural hematoma the size of a golf ball, gotten a C1 fracture ...you better wish that the type of "business" called hospitals are opened because with that type of fracture..you'd be lucky you won't be dead on the spot.

    have a happy holiday and be thankful that the medical profession work on holidays to keep people who are sick and dying alive for another christmas which may or may not be their last.
  • rbolanterbolante North Ryde
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    @li_i_ren grabe nai-imagine ko ung mga sinasabi mo detailed na detailed talaga ang morbid isipin! hahahaha!

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  • LokiJrLokiJr Quezon City
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    @li_i_ren hehe sorry po nakaligtaan kong nurse pala kayo. On duty nga naman pag ganyan ang trabaho hehe. Sa finance tulad ng pinapasukan ko kasi manipis ang work load during those weeks :)

    Saludo kami sa inyo :D
  • kenkoykenkoy Sydney
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    edited December 2012
    @li_i_ren ang tanong may 'work to do' pa ba kayo by the 25th? hehe Diba walang business activity ganung panahon? hehe...:P
    for a simple question like this...napa wow! ako kasi nagkaroon ako ng visuals. ang intense ng moving pictures, in living colour pa. :-O hopefully, nothing morbid happens during the holidays.

    let's just attract the positivity of it all. let's all be safe. [-O<

    ... is on dependent visa. main applicant code 261313; 175 e-lodged june 6, 2011; visa grant mar 13, 2012; NSW-based.

  • lock_code2004lock_code2004 Perth
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    best in IELTS writing sguro si ate @li_i_ren..
    hehe.. merry xmas!!

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    July 28, 2013 - Final move to Perth
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    Oct 28, 2013 - Moved to another company.. ;)

  • LokiJrLokiJr Quezon City
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    Paborito ko yung "smashed your skull against the window and gotten a subdural hematoma the size of a golf ball, gotten a C1 fracture" sakto kasi may kinakain akong malutong, ayun tuloy napatigil ako sa kinakain ko haha
  • hotshothotshot Sydney
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    @LokiJr : parang habang binabasa...ang sakit isipin. hahaha

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