Miss Philippines is new Miss World

[Lorenzo]

lol. this reminds me a time back in medical school. my friend job and i were reviewing for a pharmacology exam and an indian classmate came by to sit next to us to copy our notes. sabi si job, "pare, sino ba ito shya? baho na baho yung bumbai, pare..."

bwahahaha.

the indian said, "i'm not from bombay, i'm from New Delhi"

job and i burst out in laughter. bad. i know.

[islander]

a white engineer they'll pay around 5,000 to 6,000 riyals
a filipino engineer they'll pay around 3,000 to 4,000 riyals
an indian engineer they'll pay around 2,500 to 3,000 riyals

it's the same until now, though my understanding is not so much the race or the color of skin but the qualification, experience, and the level of position in a firm.  the british (almost always, most are british or europeans) just happen to be more qualified and more experienced.  (the arabs can afford to get the best and the brightest from the west, so to speak, while the professional filipinos who go there are almost always young and just starting, in their twenties like your father.  the older and more experienced filipinos tend to leave and go to the west, again like your father.)

[Lorenzo]

it's the same until now, though my understanding is not so much the race or the color of skin but the qualification, experience, and the level of position in a firm.  the british (almost always, most are british or europeans) just happen to be more qualified and more experienced.  (the arabs can afford to get the best and the brightest from the west, so to speak, while the professional filipinos who go there are almost always young and just starting, in their twenties like your father.  the older and more experienced filipinos tend to leave and go to the west, again like your father.)

they also give super bonuses for pinoys who convert to islam. dad said that his boss, almost everyday, would put a quran on his desk and say, "mohandis, we will give you a raise if you convert. please think it over."  (mohandis is the arab term for engineer).

anyways, dad used to have religious talks with them and reiterate christ's importance.

sabi ni dad his boss said to him, "if you were a muslim, you could be an imam." haha. buanga.

dad had a friend, from cebu city, who converted. he was given a substantial raise. from 4500 riyals a month to 6000 riyals a month.

pero muslim ra saudi, when this friend went back to cebu, na catholic na pod.

[islander]

tinuod bitaw. 'paki' is a racist term the white brits call south asians there. its a super insult daw.

without prejudice to the real good indians... some are great and truly nice.  for expressing her views with prejudice and slurring a whole nation, this devina dediva is just an aberration, a raw ulcer on an otherwise smooth skin.

[islander]

i wish i caught her facebook before these particular entries of hers were deleted.  (but then, i'm not much for facebook to begin with.)  but for purposes of discussion, let me take her on in this forum and hope this finds her way to her ghostly eyes.  allow me to open another thread for her... devina dediva, here i come!

[Lorenzo]

it's the same until now, though my understanding is not so much the race or the color of skin but the qualification, experience, and the level of position in a firm.  the british (almost always, most are british or europeans) just happen to be more qualified and more experienced.  (the arabs can afford to get the best and the brightest from the west, so to speak, while the professional filipinos who go there are almost always young and just starting, in their twenties like your father.  the older and more experienced filipinos tend to leave and go to the west, again like your father.)

when i was younger, i would listen to dad's 'life lessons' for my siblings and i. you're right tita, tinuod bitaw about the pay for pinoys. when dad left for saudi in 1981, he was only 23 years old. he said the first time he got his pay check na kuyawan siya kai it was around $3500 riyals a month. compared to how much a newly-graduated civil engineer would make in the philippines..around 8,000 or 10,000 pesos kono a month.

with 3500 riyals a month, my father was able to send all 6 of his siblings to school and pay off our family house in tagbilaran. he had to take over the responsibility of 'man of the house' after his father passed away when dad was only 21.

so, saudi arabia, was a blessing for dad. and my paternal side.

[islander]

they also give super bonuses for pinoys who convert to islam. dad said that his boss, almost everyday, would put a quran on his desk and say, "mohandis, we will give you a raise if you convert. please think it over."  (mohandis is the arab term for engineer).

anyways, dad used to have religious talks with them and reiterate christ's importance.

sabi ni dad his boss said to him, "if you were a muslim, you could be an imam." haha. buanga.

dad had a friend, from cebu city, who converted. he was given a substantial raise. from 4500 riyals a month to 6000 riyals a month.

pero muslim ra saudi, when this friend went back to cebu, na catholic na pod.

cool.  cool cebuano, hehe.  adjustable.  your dad's boss must have been a dyed-in-wool muslim, he saw the world only in terms of one religion, his own.  sounds like the exception rather than the rule... 

[islander]

with 3500 riyals a month, my father was able to send all 6 of his siblings to school and pay off our family house in tagbilaran. he had to take over the responsibility of 'man of the house' after his father passed away when dad was only 21.

so, saudi arabia, was a blessing for dad. and my paternal side.

a choice made by one so young, whew.  kudos to your dad.  the loneliness he must have suffered must have been well worth it. 

[islander]

kudos too to pikoy and reyceniza and some others here who are currently in the middle east!  behave there, you, okay?

[Lorenzo]

a choice made by one so young, whew.  kudos to your dad.  the loneliness he must have suffered must have been well worth it. 

yes. when i graduated college he cried and whispered to me, "i am seeing something that my papa did not see. to see my eldest graduate."

my father's dad passed away before he could see my dad graduate engineering school.

all of us kids cherish our dad. all his life, he's been sacrificing always for family. we cherish our papa. so much.

[robert]

take for example my father. he doesn't show off , doesn't wear jewelry. if he goes to tagbilaran, mag shorts shorts ra, no fancy attire. he doesn't show off like some show-offs sa bohol or abroad. my father is silent. and my father (and mother) are fairly well off here in the states. our property holdings are in the millions. but we don't act like it.

so the saying is true, just because you're rich doesn't mean you have to show off and flaunt one's wealth.

to be rich doesn't entail knowing how to spend money frivolously, but knowing how to save and invest. and keeping humble about it. that's the trait of a humble (and blessed!) individual.

God Bless us all !

doc, how about sponsoring the chess tournament for next year. surrender na ko. horot na ang sod sa alkansiya. poro gama gama ra man gud ning ahong estorya. im not a millionaire. im just trying to scare HB

[hubag bohol]

[lakandula]

the boss offers a draw. mawala si hubag bohol. mawala si balong

[hubag bohol]

[lakandula]

i will go away. and you will miss me. keep on posting. nothing will happen to you. this is my revenge. i am going to do nothing.
you understand now that i do not make EMPTY THREATS.



i will let you live the rest of your miserable life in FEAR

[hubag bohol]

[balong]

yes you are indeed dumb hubag bohol

[hubag bohol]