Tuesday, October 7, 2008

We Spreading the Love Blog

Hello my fellow bloggers. I am starting another tag here (can't get enough of it hehe). I know there are lots of blogs all over the world NOW so let us spread the BLOG LOVE Fever to all the bloggers you know. The more the merrier. I hope you all can join this fun tag so we can share some linky love too, in this way we can also increase our precious Technorati authorities.

It is so simple, just copy the tag, put all your blogs and spread to all of your blogger friends , come back here at my blog and soon your links will be spreading all over other blogs. Isn't this fun? Ok so go ahead and let's all have fun!

(Pls. don't remove) Credits: Elements/Paper by Dani Mogstad/ Layout by
JennyL


Rules:
1. Don't remove the credits when you post the image
2. Please link back to the person who tagged you and pass this tag to many of your friends
3. If you have more than one blog, please post this to all of your blogs so your other blogs can be listed to the master list too.
4. Remember to come back here at A SLICE OF LIFE (pls. don't change this link)and leave the exact post url so I can add you to the master list to help increase our rankings and improve our Technorati Authority.
6. Spread the BLOG LOVE FEVER!!

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NOW I am spreading the BLOG LOVE to my Mar, Kim, Joseph and others!

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Friday, August 29, 2008

McCain Picked Palin as his vice president


Senator John McCain announced his running mate or his vice president pick as the Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Yes it is Sarah Palin an unknown person and no national exposure. He called her as the best candidate who can help best him change the Washington. Sarah Palin is 44 years old and a two timer mayor of Wasilla, Alaska before becoming a Governor less than 20 months. She is against abortion and in fact knew that her youngest child is a special child when it was four months in her womb but did not abort it. Her oldest son is a soldier which McCain said can understand much what is America is all about.

She is also a fighter against corruption and a Hockey Mom in Alaska. She is the first woman to be nominated as vice president candidate in republican and second as vice president after a 1984 in democrat courtesy to Geraldine Ferraro. Sarah Pelin husband is Todd who is into oil business. Barack Obama Camp sent a congratulatory message to her for being selected as the running mate of McCain.

Governor Sarah Pelin did mention in her speech that what Hillary Clinton did was remarkable but she said that those 18 Millions voters should be heard and those women should have a voice and crack the ceiling glass once and for all. A reason maybe why McCain chose her as running mate for Clintons voters.

Bush was happy when he learned about McCain Choice and he congratulated Palin and said that it is a strong team and he expect it to win.

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Barack Obama chose his vice president

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Senator Barack Obama who is a democrat and a presidential candidate revealed his choice for a running mate in the quest for the first black president in the United States of America. He chose Delaware Senator Joseph Biden as his vice president or running mate.

Senator Joseph Biden has lots of experience in terms of foreign affairs. Both Obama and Bedin will appear on Saturday at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. This is the place where Obama declare his bid for presidency.

On the other hand McCain who is the standard bearer of Republican did not reveal his vice president choice yet.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Arroyo seek Clemency for two OFW in Kuwait

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo seeks clemency for the two OFW in Kuwait who are in danger of death sentence punishment. The president welcome the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah who pay a visit to Presidential Palace last Friday.

Here are the rest of the news:
Arroyo thanked the prime minister for sparing two Filipino workers who were earlier sentenced to death for murder and asked if similar clemency could be extended to the two currently on trial, the Philippine Daily Inquirer said.

However, the Kuwaiti PM said all judicial processes would have to be settled before clemency could be considered, the Inquirer reported.

The leaders also discussed the need for more laborers in Kuwait.

The Inquirer reported that in their meeting the prime minister said Kuwait needed more workers aside from the 110,000 Filipinos already working there.

"We have no quota for Filipinos, even one million are welcome," the Inquirer quoted the PM as saying.

The Philippine government earlier said that the visiting prime minister would oversee the signing of agreements on cooperation in the field of health services. However, the details of the agreement were not revealed.


I just hope that the two OFW will be pardoned and that their sentence will be reduced to life sentence. There are many expatriates today that are victims of circumstances. But as a christian we must save life rather than waste it.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Product Review: About Car and auto insurance

Product Review: About Car and auto insurance is a very important matter when you have a car. This is the only way that you can compensate if accident occur. Every car should be insured because by doing so you can be sure that if accident happened you can still pay for the damage you have done to the other party.

Now it is up to you to find a good insurance company. You better ask for a referral from your friend who has an insurance because they knew more which insurance company is the best in your area.

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Expatriates in Norway Needed

There are many jobs for Filipinos to try in Norway as this second richest country in Europe and third in the world needs engineers, nursing, health workers and skilled workers. This country with small population has become the home of nurses and seafarers.

As of now there are already 80 Filipinos who worked there but they still need more employees like civil engineers and skilled workers like welders said the ambassador to Norway. Every year at least there are 5,000 job vacancies not only for Filipinos but other nationalities too.

According to the source, the Philippines has a 3% yearly average increase but this year it is already 12% when we are still at the middle of the year. This will be a continuing trends because the demand is still there.

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Expatriates Remittances seen to reach $16Billion this year

According to News in Manila, Filipinos sent money home will reach $16 Billion. As of June the remittances rose 30% according to Central Bank. Half this year, the expatriates remittances is already $8.2 Billion, the bank said in a statement.

The bank expect that there will be a 10% rise of remittances compared last year. The expatriates remittances will hit $15.9 Billion. There are more than eight million Filipinos out of 90 million are working abroad.

Their remittances are of big help to the Philippines government. It is a significant contributions to the gross national products. Without expatriates remittances there will be no source of foreign exchange that will lead to economic problem.

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Expatriates and the government

There are many mysterious death to our OFW or expatriates around the world but our government did nothing to investigate these cases. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said that she cares about OFW but she is deaf to these less fortunate individuals who earned money working abroad doing menial job because the Philippines can not give it citizen a good livelihood or job. According to Migrante there 23 mysterious death cases under Arroyo government which until now is not solve. If the government care about OFW then they should at least solve these cases because it is their responsibility and duty to do so besides it is OFW who poured Dollars to our government. The government is a failure to depend its citizen. Anyway the Philippines government is a failure to any areas like economy, sports, government and etc.

Yesterday I read about a Domestic Filipina who died in Riyadh and according to her relatives she suffered a lot of bruises and stab but according to DFA or Department of Foreign affairs she committed suicide. The Saudi authority said that she died in hospital due to ulcer. The kin asked for the body to be exhumed because they suspected the mysterious death of Eugenia Baja.

This is a warning to any domestic helper not to go abroad especially if your destination is Middle East. Domestic job is dangerous because you have to work alone and there is a big chance of abuse. You are prone to abuse. If you are working as domestic and you are abused then you must report this to our embassy or authority at once. Being an expatriate or expatriates is not easy, you will feel homesick, away from your loved ones, sometimes this will result to family problem.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

About Me

Hello to everyone around the world. If you are away from your family then you are like me an expat or expatriate. In my blog you can read some basic guidelines about working abroad and some tidbits on what is happening around the world that will affect us as an expatriates.

There are many problems that you will encounter if you are working abroad like homesickness and some family end up in separation due to lack of communication and away from loved ones. Even if you are away from our family, don't forget that you have a family at home waiting for you. Save money and slowly invest it in your country so that you have something when you stop working abroad. Expat is also about people who prefer to live in foreign country because they like it there or they were able to strike a root in foreign land.

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Requirement for working abroad

Working abroad is not a joke. Many expatriates end up in jail or worst commit death penalty because they are not aware of what to do. First of all after you are accepted as employee in a certain company and you know which country you will work, try to learn their culture and what is prohibited or not allowed to do and how to greet them. Be friendly but be cautious in dealing with people in your in coming host country. Respect their tradition and culture. Stay away from gambling and drinking liquor. Avoid anyone who is not of good influence.

Before applying for the job of course you have to apply for passport and NBI clearance. Be careful because there are fixer outside the DOA who will try to get money from you by offering a not so good services like taking pictures, selling a brown envelop and a pen. Some of them might offer you a residential certificate. Some of the agency will ask you for money like placement fee which actually is paid by the employer already so if you have a chance to talk to the employer, clarify on this. Undergoing a medical for fit to work is also required and again the employment agency will ask for money on this. Indeed working abroad or to work abroad is a little bit a pain in the ass.

Bring winter clothes if you are going to Saudi Arabia. People are thinking that Saudi Arabia is a very hot country. Yes it is true but it is also a very cold country during winter. Working abroad can also make you very homesick so be prepared for this. Always remember that you are working abroad for your bright future that our country could not provide.

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Monday, August 4, 2008

How to work abroad?

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If you want to work abroad like an expat or expatriates then you should know where to find the correct agency that offer jobs for people who want to work abroad. As of now there are many jobs that are in demand abroad like engineering, health care, domestic helpers and IT fields.

By the way nursing is now saturated as of this writing. Last board examination, there are 23 thousand passed the test. Nursing course has become a source of income to some none qualified school who offered the course but of low standard. If you want to work abroad, find other course that is not so saturated. Engineering and Information Technology are some of the best course to take today. IT or Information Technology is in demand and is not saturated. Skilled Jobs like welder, plumber and electrician are also an in demand course. Caregiver is also a good field but be sure that you have a sponsor.

Here are some important website if you want to work abroad. Visit http://www.workabroad.ph this website is a portal to all agency in Manila that cater for international job like here in Saudi Arabia, Canada, USA, UAE, Australia and etc. Another site is POEA website because you will know there if the agency that offers you a job is legal or not. If they are not listed in POEA then it is illegal. Sometimes there are jobs also that are offered directly in POEA so it is website worth visiting for.

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