Bumabagyo that night sa shore. Ang buhos nang ulan eh parang pinakawalan ang La Mesa Dam. So, we decided to go to Popeye’s Fried Chicken for dinner last night. Read: mga cheappangga kami.
This is Chuva Chicken.
This is Chicken Diwa.
This is Chicka Reyna.
Chicken Bugsy? Sinunog. Nagka bird flu.
Baka sakaling makalibre, I made chika-chika to this gurl who had an Eastern European accent. She asked me, how I was able to distinguish her accent correctly? Well, I told her that I was at Central European University in Budapest nung panahon nang hapon and that’s how I met a good number of friends from Eastern Europe and even became very good friend with Vlad from Moldova.
Her name is Irina from Belarus and this is her 2nd summer stint here in the US. I found out that, their school in Belarus has a program, that they can work in the United States during the summer to either improve their English or learn more about the culture. As a matter of fact, majority of them who works here at Popeye’s were from Belarus. Even at Dunkin Donuts where we frequent for coffee. Most of them were also Eastern Europeans.
Out of curiousity, I checked their pitaka. Per capita nang Belarus is $11,991, compared sa $5,365 nang Pilipinas.
Hmmm… Eh ano nga kaya merong ding Summer Program ang mga pinoy kids to work here? You know, the Young OFW’s. Ganun.
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delikado. malamang di na umuwi!
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walang anuman kuya reynz. Deserbing ka namang pong ibuto. hehe.
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that’s interesting! i wonder what countries the US allows these kinds of program.
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sabi ko na nga ba mother, eh, magkasama kayo ni chuva, magpopost ka rin ba ng pics about your trip to rehoboth? I am waiting for chuva’s pics sa blog niya, hehehehe, sale malemax….
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Tama si Nina, baka mag-TNT lahat at di na umuwi. Kung may ganyan sa Pilipinas, sigurado pipilahan, lahat mag-vovolunteer! LOL
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i am sure…hindi naman lahat.
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uyy may popeye dito dati sa cubao…nalugi yata nagsara hehehe
asan na yung mga pix nyo na naka 2 piece?? daliiiiiiiii
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hahaha ano fa nga ba hehehe taz bibitbitin pa lahat nang tiga barrio hahaha
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dansoy thanks! i might be headed to Davao again hopefully! hehehe!
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jose manuel, thanks a lot!
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not really sure which countries but i would assume those rich ones only hahaha
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lord, check the previous entry hahaha, and yes, more pics will be coming, sira lang kasi ang computer ko at home and i am still sick sa bwisit na allergies grrr pang 3rd week naaa! kainis
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cgurado yan ely hahaha who knows baka pati mga lola at lolo naten eh nakapila na sa embassy hahaha
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agree, dami namang mga well off saten who does not want to live here
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wala akong internet sa bahay ateng, when it gets fixed hopefully matuloy mga wentong tlgang makabuluhan ever hahaha
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Ikaw talag Ms. Rayna, sufer nakakatahwa. Wa akong ma say to your jokes, it was really perspiring ehste, inspiring pala. LOL. Anywho, you always make my day. Keep up the good works. Hey if you have time, visit naman ng multiply http://ohmrey.multiply.com/ photo albums, you will see lots of good stuff there(I mean photos of my creativitiy and friends narin). O syan I’ll see you soon there ha? Ciao, Romeo : h)
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walang summer program ang ang college dito na mapunta man sa ibang bansa! meron OJT kuno sa mga kung saan saan na local companies. yung iba may suweldo, ang iba nada. free slave, student he. pero siguro sariling kayod ng mga bata sa tulong ng mga magulang eh baka kung pi-puede na mag intern ang college student dito papunta, say sa U.S.
the interns I met sa dati kong employer eh ganyan. mga students sa europe, pati korea manay! napadpad sa pinas. nag tutor pa nga ako ng english sa isang korean intern. eh buhay ka pa kaya by the time mag college ang anak ko? gawin kitang foster parent dyan.
bwahahahahahahaha!
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Meron tayo mga exchage students pero more on the academic side. Tapos meron din yong parang culture immersion -travel sa isang country, titira sa locals and they will tour the place pero mahal noh as in for the richiness lang.
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nina, i know some people na yung anak nila na high school eh exchange students sa japan. di naman siguro kelangan na super yaman ang parents. depende lang siguro sa exposure ng bata at nang magulang. kahit middle class eh uubra. what i mean by exposure eh siguro depende kung saang school yung bata nag-a-aral, kung kasali ba ang school na yon sa mga exchange programs at kung nasa ulirat ba ng parents yung ganyang mga programs. working middle class sila, mga ex-officemates ko. may allowance daw doon sa Japan yung mga exchange students. i guess meron din qualifying exams sa ganyan. but i agree with you, hindi lahat ng students sa pinas eh nagkakaron ng opportunities like that.
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i agree with Reynz in the comment above. i don’t think the U.S. allows such summer programs for Filipino students. sa bad record ba naman ng mga pinoy na nag-TNT eh i don’t blame the U.S. for that. kasalanan yan kasi ng mga gagong pinoy na puro kalokohan ang ginawa sa ibang bansa. yung sumunod na generation ang nag-suffer.
Pero hindi na rin naman impossible for college grads here na pumunta sa U.S. I mean take the GRE and TOEFL and apply for Master’s Degree kahit saang university, matanggap ka lang, makakarating ka sa America. Sabi nga, a student’s visa is still the easiest way to be approved (well i guess except for a direct hire working visa) sa US embassy ng manila.
Marami pa rin namang legal na paraan, sumunod lang sa batas, puede pa rin.
di ba Reynz?!
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Yeah, some exchange students programs provides living allowance but I think not all. There are exchange students programs in my school (college) before and they require certain GPA to be short-listed.
Yong cultural immersion – may nabasa ako recently. May ganoon pala sa Philippines pero mga 5,000 USD to join.
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Actually, may scholarship pa nga sa US – yong Full Bright. Marami din nakakapasa dyan. Tapos free tution na may allowance pa. Balita ko nga yong mga scholars nakakapagpadala pa sa kanila (Imagine that!). Tapos meron ding mga scholarships/ fellowships sa Japan, Australia, Netherlands and other parts of Europe kailangan lang may grey matter between the ears.
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yup. i heard of fullbright at mga padala sa pinas. estudyante sa america o kung saan man eh nakakapadala pa rin sa pinas. iba talaga ang mentality ng pinoy ano? sa puntong yan kakatuwa.
hahaha! tama ka. the grey matter between the ears makes all the difference. ba’t pa mag-TNT?! susme. pero uyyy…may kilala ako natanggap sa MS program sa isang Tejano na eskwelahan sa America. nakupo! eh biglang nagdisappear daw sabi ng mga kasamahan. eh klaseng nag-TNT na nga din. kundi pa naman siraulo ano? baka yung program at eskwelahang yun eh hindi na tumanggap ng pinoy na estudyante sa susunod. hayyyy.
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ohmrey,
thank you, i visited your site kaso, i forgot my multiply cedula so i can’t comment pero if you can see your visitors there, ako yong pinakamaganda from philadelphia hehehe hindi ako nagpapatawa tunay ever ang mga yan hahaha
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omg! hahaha! glo! you reminded me of my buhay in aquinas. i did have an OJT noon. what we do is collect those cocofed coupons which we learned mga shares pala ekek and when i found out about the whole damn thing nanggalaiti ako grrr
noon our OJT pays us an allowance. of course madatung ang cocofed noon. but my nephew (seaman) nag-OJT walang allowance, kami pa ang nagpapadala. nag utility (hate that word) sa isang company in manila, wala ring bayad. kainis di ba?
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nina,
i am familiar with the exchange students kasi noon sa aquinas, they have a program na mag-exchange student sa US and one of them, kilala nang kebigan namen who when she came back from the US, pucha ang galing umingles and she became a radio announcer sa legazpi city. she became quite well known in our school actually.
immersion classes that i don’t know sa pinas. pero dito sa US, when i was in my 2nd year of french, i was supposed to stay in france for 6 months, immersion at you’re right, doon ako naka-assign sa provinsya nang france. di ko itinuloy dahil nag-MBA na ako.
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glo, that’s right. there are a lot of legal ways to get to the US, one of those nga is education. kaso, they are looking for money. am sure, there must be some stories about students na nag TNT as in hallerr, yon ngang iba, aatend lang nang convention and seminars, ayun, umalpas na hahahah (sorry sa mga tinamaan – no pun intended!) hehehe
take the case of my niece from Surigao. she was accepted at Drexel University here in Philadelphia, kaso mo hinanapan nang anda ang payrents from Surigao. in the end, andun napunta sa Ateneo in Manila.
and nina, kung matyaga lang mag-hanap nang scholarship ang mga bata in pinas, there are a lot of scholarships being offerred abroad. isa na nga dyan ang Fullbright Scholarship. lalo pa ngayon that you can search for them easily sa internet.
i met one guy, professor sa MSU in Iligan, he went on to be a Fullbright Scholar finishing his masters at Drexel and then a PhD. Not sure kung nakabalik na nang MSU.
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i think it’s the culture shock kaya nag-t-tnt dito. iba kasi talaga especially kung ang pinoy comes from the province. yong tukso is way too much.
the only suggestion i can make sa mga future TNT is to get used to life in america dahil not all that you see is beautiful, yong ibang nakikita mo is just aesthetics, alam nyo yun.
i’ve heard so many stories na nakakaiyak about pinoys na nag-tnt dito, kakatakot lang baka ako ang lusubin.
ganun naman talaga, kung sinong gumawa nang kagaguhan, ang susunod na generation ang mag-sa-suffer.
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Bawal ang young OFW mag summer job sa US kasi baka daw magrugby o kaya mag istokwa LOL
Ako kaya papasa na eastern european? Kunwari taga Romania ako tapos syota ko si nadia comaneci then kunyari uli tiyo ko si Nicolai Ceausescu LOL
Trip ko ay Texas Chicken kaya lang wala na. sobrang sarap at laki ng fried chicken nila… lulungad ka talaga LOL
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AMEN! bottom line…mag-aral ng mabuti. marami ang mararating. at these days, maliit na ang mundo. parang wala nang impossible. lahat ng applications, internet-based, hanap ng scholarship, sa internet na din. yun nga lang kung di net savvy? mahirap din di ba? but then kung mag-aaral, matututunan lahat. yung iba naman kasi, ang lakas ng loob pumasok sa illegal. kung sa legal na lang kaya…para less ang kalaboso. hayy…ipinagdarasal ko na nga na ngayong machine readable na new pinas passport…eh sana wala nang aalis ng bansa sa ‘baklas’ na passport.
he he he.
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yeah kanya kanyang istorya. we can’t blame them na masilaw sa magandang buhay sa land of milk and honey kuno. yes…aesthetics. yung sa bungad lang. dapat alamin din kung ano ang totoong meron sa kalob-looban. hey…turuan mo sila mag blog para wala nang mag-TNT. ba’t pa mag-abroad ano?! kaso baka di makuntento sa kita sa blogging. hahahaha! ako lang yata ang kuntento. at least for now, puede pa.
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arrrgh, labs na labs ko yang popeye chicken tapos may cajun rice tapos yung biscuits nila, penge ako. pwede mo ako padalhan nyan sa pasko? hehehe manay, east europeans naman dito kasi nga karamihan sa kanila kasama na sa EU e dito naman sila TNT – mega work sila for a 3 months tapos balik naman sila sa bahay nila para magpalipas tapos 3 month work ulit sila. ang saya di ba?
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ano ba ito beach trip or food trip?! heheh puro nalang pagkain ang mga pictures…
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aw, I miss Popeye’s. They used to have branches here and now it’s gone.. the last Popeye’s I’ve been to was in Rob Manila.
I got a friend who works for a company that sends people to work eg. ojt/summer jobs sa US.
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pagkain at laboy… ayos!
at napaka friendly mo pala. hehe
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hehehe lola na si nadia comanechiwa hahaha
di ko alam yang texas chicken na ya dong! alam ko texas chicks magaganda ever!
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naku! kala ko kung sino na namang islander to noh! hehehe ang boyfriend ko pala hehehe! yaan mo pag-uwi ko lalaboy tayo hehehe kelangan magkapera tayo SAYO pede kitang ibenta magaling ako sa marketing hehehe
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para kasing walang pinagkaiba ang popeye sa KFC other than for moi, sobra ata ang crudo nitong popeye hehehe
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indi lang yan naman ang kinakain ko ah! hehehe! bawal lang ipakita kasi! hak hak hak
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‘day, ewan ko dito kina chuva ha? pero daming crudo nang popeye! prehas lang ever sya nang KFC di pede seyo hahaha
i heard nga na ganyan ang gawa dyan, kinon-firm nang kebigan kong Belgian, yong isa palang kebigan namen babeng Belgian, ganun din ang ginawa, pero sya inabot nang 1 year, taz bumalik nang Belgium. ewan ko kung saan na naman nag-laboy sa Europa. hilig lang nila mag travel
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glo, i read about this machine readable passport. buti nga meron na nang ganyan kasi yong dating passport nakakahiya hahahaha, as in, patatabihin ka muna at uunahin yong mga sosyal na passport taz pag nakapasok na sila, saka ka na bubutingtingin. ganyan ginawa sa kebigan ko dun sa Schipol Airport sa Amsterdam hahaha, ako wez kasi maganda’t talagang kaakit akit ako kaya ura-uradang pinapasok hehehe
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hey reinz, sarap naman nyan= jolibee fried chicken miss na miss ko na- musta ka na ba? gusto dalaw ka naman dito= http://www.smartglobalexpress.net/2008/07/pumping-up-with-weights-and-barbels.html pampabwenas sa araw mo dyan nyahahahaah—
kuya dom!
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eto nag-eemote! hehehe!
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youre gorgeorse and cool
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youre cool
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