Archive for September, 2008

The Unreliable Bus – Courtesy of Translink

When I moved to Brizzy, I have always been taking the ferry to work. It is always on time within 2 minutes. Since there is no traffic in its route, it always arrived on time.
The only disadvantage of this route is that I will be walking around 2km one way, or a total of 4km [...]

Despite the dangers

It has been known world wide that Filipino seafarers are the best in the trade. Majority of seafarers in the shipping industry are Filipinos.
The news about the kidnapping of Filipino seafarers by Somali pirates twice in a months is very disturbing.
However, the kidnapping victims when interviewed by media said that the kidnapping incidents will not [...]

IT Professionals and Engineers needed in Australia

The Labor department of the Philippines has issued a press release that Australia needs 30,000 IT professionals and Engineers every year for the next ten (10 years) or a total of 300,000 over the said period.
This means that Australia will be a good destination for these professionals to earn good money not achievable in the [...]

Pinoy Preying on Pinoys

It is just not acceptable in every angle to know that Filipinos are cheating their own fellow Filipinos in a foreign country like Australia. This is much worse than other nationalities preying on Pinoys.
ABS-CBN Online have posted an article about a Fil-Aussie recruiter fined for cheating 3 Pinoys
A Filipino-Australian recruiter was fined by the Australian [...]

Dial before you dig – Part 2

Dial-before-your-dig is a free service sponsored by the electricity providers, telco operators, gas distributors, and similar entities.
I just learned from reliable sources that Australia nation wide got more than eighty (80) TELCO providers.
Ensure that before you dig, up-root a tree on your property, contruct a fence, park a heavy vehicle on your property  or anything that [...]