Mga Pinoy sa Australia (Filipinos in Australia)

Bryann · February 2012

Blacktown

jackyjames_09 · February 2012

@katie0499 ah talaga po? nice naman..;) sana sa Brissy din..
i'm so happy na nagtutulungan mga Pinoy sa OZ..
God bless you all!!

LokiJr · February 2012

^ Di naman yan malapit sa King's Cross diba? (hehehe I know the place for the wrong reasons)

Bryann · February 2012

Hehe King's Cross sa Sydney, lilipat ka pa ng train from Blacktown.

jackyjames_09 · February 2012

Hi there!;) Im here na po sa Brisbane.. 2days pa lang ako

sana may taga-Brissy diyan.. para may maging friends naman po ako here, wala din kasi kami halos kapitbahay

nag-gala kami kahapon sa Gold coast, wala ako nakitang Filipino/Filipina pa hehe

LokiJr · February 2012

Gold Coast po walang pinoy?? Taga doon yung kaklase ko marami rami rin naman Pinoy daw hehe

jackyjames_09 · February 2012

ahhh di lang nagpakita sakin.. nyahahah

chiffonscarf · March 2012

dipende sa state, dito sa ACT kaunti lang ang pinoy pero makakakita ka pa rin na pinoy lalo na sa mall. Minsan mararamdaman mo na pinoy kahit maraming mga asian dito. Mas mababait ang mga pinoy dito. umattend ka sa mga christian church baka matyempuhan mo may pinoy.

Speaking of christian church, meron po bang fellowship church jan sa ACT? Yesterday as I searched online, I come across Canberra Christian Fellowship.Thanking you in advance.

ocean_pacific · March 2012

I'm looking for a 3 bedroom house/flat/apt.. in sydney mortdale area. anybody can help?

021607 · October 2012

Hi there!;) Im here na po sa Brisbane.. 2days pa lang ako sana may taga-Brissy diyan.. para may maging friends naman po ako here, wala din kasi kami halos kapitbahay
nag-gala kami kahapon sa Gold coast, wala ako nakitang Filipino/Filipina pa hehe

hi there! i am Brisbane-based too.

Been here since March with my husband and son

li_i_ren · October 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sef_Gonzales -murderer! na google ko famous filipinos in australia! eto lumabas..hahahaha!!

nasa google..sa blacktown city here in nsw talaga pinaka maraming pilipino! number 3 pa la tayo biggest asian migrant in australia.. china and vietnam 1 and 2 respectively.

there are also 60+% pinays here compared to only 35% male pinoys..it didn't say if married or not but with those stats it is highly likely that if you get married here it would of other nationality na.

to comment po with regards to one of the earlier comment.. kahit saan ka mapunta there would be filipinos who are nice and there are also those that should be best avoided. i don't know why but there are filipinos whose first question to you instead of asking how are you is how much do you earn...and from that answer they would base their attitude towards you. i've also met filipinos who use to tell me while living in new zealand while my husband was in the philippines that meron na ung mistress and that i was a bad parent for leaving my daughter behind.. very very disheartening po to listen to those things specially from filipinos who should understand sana what it is to be an OFW. i've had more support from my white colleagues..surprising as it may sound kasi hindi talaga normal for them na mag migrate without the family.

we met a filipino guy that when 1 friend bought a car..he bought an old 90s bmw..even though he really couldn't afford it. another friend bought a samsung s2..he bought an iphone 4s.. and still on credit.. di ko maintindihan kung bakit..but he really want to compete kahit di naman nya ma afford na and he loved to brag about it and put you down like ung naka S2..he would say bad things about it and his iphone 4s was better..and other instances.

i've met filipinos who use to tell my bakit naka daycare ung anak ko ..why don't i get my mom to look after her.. without even knowing my mom is a doctor-businesswoman and has a life of her own. di p responsibility ng magulang natin to look after our own kids.. di naman bad mag daycare..i just don't know bakit may mga taong makitid ang utak.

for awhile talaga that turned me off to filipino communities kahit sa church ..i actually went out of my way to find a church WITHOUT any filipinos kasi kahit sa simbahan puro chismis..nakaka turn off po.

bumalik lang ako to filipino gatherings when i met people na di chismis ung pinag-uusapan and that took awhile.. it takes awhile to find real people who are non-judgemental. trial and error kung baga.. i've learned na if someone gossips about other people to you it probably means those people are not very trustworthy din..kasi what is the assurance that they will not gossip about you when you are not there.

so may pros and cons about seeking filipino groups din. not all filipinos have the best intention at heart and that comes from where they come from in life din. my friend who was a lawyer back home and comes from a prominent family use to say.. kasi low profile po sila when they migrated kasi back to school po sila (full tuition pa nga eh) .. and people didn't know how prominent they were back home. na some people like to brag alot specially when they get to another country specially if na una sila compared to you even though socially and financially and even emotionally they will never be your equal.. just let them be kasi ngayon lang ung moment nila to "shine".

and it's up to us to decide if we want those people in our life or not.

..just a thought po;)

kenkoy · October 2012

@li_i_ren, just maybe i am missing something from ur cuento. all those attitudes u happened to experience in NZ?

sorry & sad to say, pls excuse me, bec u might think i'm kinda arrogant. of course not. but it will be kinda scary for me to deal w/ such lowly ones who have nothing else to do but to talk negatively about people behind their backs. fine w/ me people who brag around their possessions. huwag lang nila ako uutangan. hehehe! foul sa akin yan. i know a lot of people who are nouveau riche who can handle their wealth & on a low profile, but sorry to say more are trying to live beyond their means just to reach a certain niche in the society. pretty good, whoever u are or whatever u have attained, stay humble. insecurities are just for a few who are still searching for their identities. that's also fine but to put someone else's name in jeopardy, :P

li_i_ren · October 2012

@kenkoy yup in nz po yan.. there are heaps of filipinos in nz too in response po to someone who posted about filipinos in singapore din also na masama ung ugali (check sa earlier comments po) . pero meron na din akong na meet na ganyan dito sa oz, first meeting pa lang ask agad, mag kano sweldo mu/ anong work ng hubby mu/ etc..

true pud ung advice mu na stay humble kahit what you achieve in life but sometimes i don't know why.. alot of nouveau rich CAN'T handle their new found financial standing and are also the ones who are more prone to crab mentality specially to those new arrival/ new migrants.

like they have forgotten how it was when they first started also.. how hard it was..and what they had to sacrifice.. and i feel that they should be more understanding kasi they have been there before but unfortunately they don't do that.

anyway, just sharing po something i experience as a new migrant to a foreign country with regards to the filipino community i met.. pero in fairness po din, i've met some really genuine filipino people din.

like i said, trial and error mag hanap ng friends sa labas:)

kenkoy · October 2012

like i said, trial and error mag hanap ng friends sa labas:)

i agree! ang hirap din noh. u tend to be judgemental & be on toes lagi. whatever. siguro as people walk-in & walk-out of our lives, it's still our own virtues that matter whoever we are with. but in my own way, i guess i can fairly manage my own network. this. law of attraction.

spykes78 · October 2012

@li_i_ren ako din can relate to what you are saying and it is true trial and error to find a trustworthy person. I agree with u also kenkoy, it is our virtues that matter at the end of the day. May kasabihan nga, be like a bamboo, the taller it grows the lower it bends, unfortunately some are the opposite.

TasBurrfoot · October 2012

@li_i_ren: natawa ako dito:

first meeting pa lang ask agad, mag kano sweldo mu/ anong work ng hubby mu/ etc..

turn off itong mga to... to be honest, you don't have any business to ask these types of questions. more so if you have just met the person!

Metaform · October 2012

We were inside a church in Sydney when a Pinay approached us asking if we too were kabayans. We could see the enthusiasm in her face. Kami naman ni misis, since daming pinoy dito sa dubai, keber lang and usual na kamustahan at kwentuhan lang ang ginawa namin. Nasasabik nga raw si ate na makakita ng kababayan.

aldousnow · October 2012

antivirus, pandora

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sef_Gonzales -murderer! na google ko famous filipinos in australia! eto lumabas..hahahaha!!

nasa google..sa blacktown city here in nsw talaga pinaka maraming pilipino! number 3 pa la tayo biggest asian migrant in australia.. china and vietnam 1 and 2 respectively.

there are also 60+% pinays here compared to only 35% male pinoys..it didn't say if married or not but with those stats it is highly likely that if you get married here it would of other nationality na.

to comment po with regards to one of the earlier comment.. kahit saan ka mapunta there would be filipinos who are nice and there are also those that should be best avoided. i don't know why but there are filipinos whose first question to you instead of asking how are you is how much do you earn...and from that answer they would base their attitude towards you. i've also met filipinos who use to tell me while living in new zealand while my husband was in the philippines that meron na ung mistress and that i was a bad parent for leaving my daughter behind.. very very disheartening po to listen to those things specially from filipinos who should understand sana what it is to be an OFW. i've had more support from my white colleagues..surprising as it may sound kasi hindi talaga normal for them na mag migrate without the family.

we met a filipino guy that when 1 friend bought a car..he bought an old 90s bmw..even though he really couldn't afford it. another friend bought a samsung s2..he bought an iphone 4s.. and still on credit.. di ko maintindihan kung bakit..but he really want to compete kahit di naman nya ma afford na and he loved to brag about it and put you down like ung naka S2..he would say bad things about it and his iphone 4s was better..and other instances.

i've met filipinos who use to tell my bakit naka daycare ung anak ko ..why don't i get my mom to look after her.. without even knowing my mom is a doctor-businesswoman and has a life of her own. di p responsibility ng magulang natin to look after our own kids.. di naman bad mag daycare..i just don't know bakit may mga taong makitid ang utak.

for awhile talaga that turned me off to filipino communities kahit sa church ..i actually went out of my way to find a church WITHOUT any filipinos kasi kahit sa simbahan puro chismis..nakaka turn off po.

bumalik lang ako to filipino gatherings when i met people na di chismis ung pinag-uusapan and that took awhile.. it takes awhile to find real people who are non-judgemental. trial and error kung baga.. i've learned na if someone gossips about other people to you it probably means those people are not very trustworthy din..kasi what is the assurance that they will not gossip about you when you are not there.

so may pros and cons about seeking filipino groups din. not all filipinos have the best intention at heart and that comes from where they come from in life din. my friend who was a lawyer back home and comes from a prominent family use to say.. kasi low profile po sila when they migrated kasi back to school po sila (full tuition pa nga eh) .. and people didn't know how prominent they were back home. na some people like to brag alot specially when they get to another country specially if na una sila compared to you even though socially and financially and even emotionally they will never be your equal.. just let them be kasi ngayon lang ung moment nila to "shine".

and it's up to us to decide if we want those people in our life or not.

..just a thought po;)

pataasan ng ihi talaga yung iba.. o well.
basta motto ko talaga "stay humble and handsome" lang.

kenkoy · October 2012

@aldousnow parang "talo kayo sa lolo ko" lang ang peg.

i'd rather be silent & remain humble in the midst of "talo kayo sa lolo ko moment." i don't think i need someone or an object to affirm or reaffirm my niche in socio-eco level.

johnandjosh · October 2012

@li_i_ren: natawa ako dito:
first meeting pa lang ask agad, mag kano sweldo mu/ anong work ng hubby mu/ etc..
turn off itong mga to... to be honest, you don't have any business to ask these types of questions. more so if you have just met the person!

@psychoboy this is true and it also happened to me and my wife. We were invited to a dinner by one of our friends. Etong babaeng ito bisita rin sya ng friend namin. Ipinakilala sa amin and the first questions she asked e "saan kayo nakatira?" at "saan ka nagw work? ano trabaho mo?" magkano income mo?" Feeling ko kung hindi maganda ang tinitirhan namin at trabaho wala kaming karapatan para maging kaibigan nya. Shocked ako sa mga tanong nya. She never even asked kung kumusta na kami o taga saan kami sa 'pinas?. Turned off talaga.

Well, this lady happens to be notorious sa kagaspangan ng ugali. Madami pala syang nakakaaway dito. Salamat at once lang namin syang na-meet.

021607 · October 2012

@johnandjosh - natawa ako sa kwento mo ha. grabe naman siya magtanong. hahahaha!

LokiJr · October 2012

Grabe namang yun kung una itatanong sayo e suweldo hehe...where's the interaction in that hehe

I guess it pays to look for pinoys online first...mababait naman mga tao sa forum diba hehe :P

Metaform · October 2012

Can't be helped. Our beloved Pinas has always been an oppressed country stuck in neck-deep poverty and corruption, kaya pakiramdam ng iba na nakaalis doon ay they're better than others (commonly known as crab mentality). Mabuti pa yung mga dumaan ng pagiging OFW sa ibang bansa medyo naka-adjust na from poverty at nakahalubilo na sa ibang lahi kaya bawas na ang culture-shock. That's just my opinion though.

Addendum: Actually, a Welshman colleague once told me na kapag may na-meet syang ibang briton dito sa Dubai, titingnan nila ang isa't isa from head to toe and they think to themselves, "anong ginagawa kaya nito dito? Siguro walang makuhang trabaho ito sa Britain." So, I guess we're not alone in this phenomenon.

gemini23 · October 2012

@Metaform Na-feel ko yan nung nasa Oz ako for a short vacation. Para kasing wala akong nakikitang Pinoy, meron man pa-isa isa tas pag may chance kinakausap ko. Marami akong nakitang Asians like Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesians, pero Pinoy bihira ko nakita doon.

silvre · November 2012

sharing lang for those in Victoria.. i was able to pull some information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website using their TableBuilder tool to find out which suburbs had the most Filipinos (pati na rin number of Indian, Chinese and Vietnamese). Pinakamarami pala sa Caroline Springs followed by Tarneit, St. Albans tapos Hoppers Crossing.

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LokiJr · November 2012

Wow...base sa stats na nahanap ni @silvre , marami rami na rin pala Pinoy sa VIC...very comparable population natin sa ibang malalaking nationalities tulad ng Indian at Chinese hehe