Eksakto 1:39 PM lumapag ang eroplanong sinakyan ko from Singapore. Nagsigawan pa nga mga pasahero kasi parang naunang lumapat ang kanang gulong causing a slight swerve along the runway. Parang "screeech" ng mga mabibilis na kotse sa mga sine. Pagewang gewang nga ang lipad ng eroplano while descending kaya hindi na ko nagtaka nung ganun din nangyari nung lumapag...Pero Shet nakauwi na rin sa Pinas kaya okay lang kahit magtamblengkong pa (wag naman sana)!!!

Sige tulog na kami ni lab at bakasyon muna ako sa blogging... be back in June hehehe

Kakaiba dito unlike other places where Pinoys work. Here when someone is going home sigurado sunog sa araw (buti na lang sa office lang ako), mahaba ang buhok, walang balikbayan box at walang pera. Pagbalik galing Pinas baligtad. Fresh na fresh at gwapo, semi kalbo, may dalang mabigat na bagahe na punung-puno ng pasalubong at padala at maraming datung. Dito kasi wala naman kaming nare-receive na sweldo or allowance man lang. Kung magkano dala mong pera pag punta mo dito mababawasan lang yun, hindi na madadagdagan (unless pumusta ka kay Mayweather ng malaki hehehe). Kaya nga pag pauwi ako ingat na ingat sa Changi Airport kahit na nagmamadali para habulin ang connecting flight to Manila. Baka kasi makatabig ako ng kung anong babasagin sa mga shops sa tabi tabi. Naku wala akong ibabayad dahil yung konting natirang pera naibili na ng tsokolate at yosi pampasalubong.

So, two days na lang at uuwi na ako. Masaya. Busy pa rin sa work hand over. Excited. Tinatamad na pumasok sa office. Hinihila na ang oras. Nag-aalala baka pumalpak ang gagawa ng maiiwan kong work (wow concerned!). Hanggang tenga ang ngiti! Yan ang mga mixed emotions ko ngayon. Ganyan din ako nung first, second, third and fourth stints ko dito. Walang pagbabago. Kaysarap umuwi sa sariling pamilya, bahay at bansa!

Nga pala wala ring beer or any alcoholic beverage dito sa Tangguh kaya ang mga mahilig mag lasing ay atat na atat na umuwi para matikman ang malamig na San Miguel Beer (suitable substitute daw kasi ito sa Viagra according to FDA). Sa kin tama na ang malamig na iced tea at isang mahabang kissing scene with mama.

Going out of the country to work on a foreign land for a foreign company has its risks and hazards. Although one is tempted to leave the Pearl of the Orient Seas in the prospect of having higher salaries from what you can get from the same job locally. Juicier compensation doesn't mean always that you get the better of the deal though. Remember that you are still going to be away living and slaving in a land previously unknown to you. That you need to adjust to the environment, culture, religion, local law, etc.

Another positive draw to overseas imployment is the chance to travel to many places. Although this is really fun, the world today is not becoming any safer for outlander (and even native people) visitors anymore. Terrorism, kidnapping and contagious diseases always are threats which might make your expatriate life very unpleasant.

The picture (left) shows a man helping out a bleeding male after a car bomb exploded in the street causing heavy casualties in the establishments nearby and killing and injuring a couple of dozens of people in the walkways.

Being accused of a wrongdoing and forced to confess is the usual procedure for countries with low regards to fair and clean judicial process. Good example: Filipinos arrested in Saudi Arabia for crimes they didn't commit.

Asians working and/or living in western countries often are treated to racial bigotry.