Yada Yada / The Off Topic Arena

Sure yes there is no doubt, but I'm sure they are not posting asking our opinion on their fellow Filipinos and what they do or don't do in their spare time (if they choose to break the law good luck to them)

My point is why would you post on a mainly foreign dedicated website and ask for comment on what another filipino does, and convict him too

That IMHO shows no class or loyalty

 

If you say so

Where exactly is the OP going with the original post, its a fellow filipino he is putting on here, for what purpose, whats he hoping to gain from it, but a bit more traffic his way

The OP has a very few contributions made to help us out in anyway, but condemn a fellow filipino, and then jump on the bandwagon

Make me sick

 

That is exactly what I tell people here who wonder why I do not take my wife and daughter and live in Oz, I tell them about my kids who work just to live week to week, even with both partners working 5 out of my 6 (working) kids cannot qualify for a House loan, the one who could works in the Mines and even then his wife needed to work to qualify! Then; raising the age of retirement, most will die before they ever see that day meaning they are going to work themselves to death! After a Bike accident I ended up on Disability, and living on a Pension in Oz is a road to nowhere fast! At least here you can forget about all of the BS back home and relax a lot more than you otherwise could.

 

Exactly! Getting run over was never a part of my life plan, I often worked 80+ hours a week working building Customs, Hotrods and also Smash repairs for the main. Cars were my everything! I worked for 10 years after my accident before the body gave out on me as my leg is still broken with no metal holding the break together since the steel plate was removed back in '85... Stuck in a rut going nowhere in life struggling on the Pension which was a p*ss in the ocean compared to what I was use to, meant severe depression set in due to the fact I am ADHD and NEED to be doing something, anything! Nowadays I have learnt to relax more which helps a lot with pain relief due to very badly worn joints caused by my severe limp when I walk, and coming to the Philippines, whilst at times 'some things' annoy the hell out of me, has been just the thing I NEEDED in life. Going back to Oz would mean my Pension would merely be paying for Rent and Electricity like before, and my Wife would NEED to work to make ends meet, again I cannot see us happy and getting ahead in life living that way. Here I am actually making something of our lives, where as back in Oz I just could not see that happening due to lack of money, NO WAY could I do there what I have so far succeeded in doing here. I just hope I live long enough here to make a go of things here and create a business of sorts where my Wife and Daughter will have an income after I am gone where they can both live comfortably. Sorry; but personally I am tired of being stuck in the poverty loop of no escape like I was before I came here.

 

What do you do in Afghanistan? Military Service for the US army?

 

Somewhat similar thing happened to me. Bad luck and health issues brought me into a cul de sac in my career. From being an IT-Manager at the top of my career down to unpaid jobs and living from social aid at the bottom. Found the small turnaround with getting on a disability pension, with add on pension and with a low paid job. At least we can live now without fighting every day for just the most basic living. But the opposite side is that I'll probably never a normal job even part-time anymore.