Filipino Expats Blog in Thailand

In the current situation, many Filipinos back home are heading out of the country in thousands to work abroad. Well, who can blame my fellow Filipinos if all of them desires to better their economic state? Nobody indeed.

As for us here Filipinos in Thailand, though life here is not always a bed of roses, most of the people that I talk to feels fortunate to be living here.

Just to give you more ideas about working in Thailand, here is an article of GLAIZA ANNE S. WOOD of OFW Guide that I would like to share with you.

Today it seems that the cost of living has risen to nearly insurmountable heights. A lot of families have to get by on salaries that are way beyond their means. In cases like these, the Filipino worker is forced to look for other options. As always, the most popular option is to work abroad.

Filipino Teachers Abroad

Teachers are one of the many Filipino professionals that have no trouble finding work outside the country. Some teachers have even gone to teach elementary and high school students in the US. In Asia, the demand for Filipino teachers is growing. The main reason is that Filipino teachers are highly proficient in English.

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This article which I read from The Nation, one of the English newspapers in Thailand, is a clear hint of what is to come from this 4 year old technology. I remember about a couple years back when I first tried to use Twitter, I honestly never thought that such a light program could grow this popular and useful where others almost couldn’t spend a day without a tweet.

Infact, when things had started to pick up and I tried to re-register, I was surprise that my email add was already in their database. The downside is, I can’t seem to remember my personal Twitter account ;) (But for FilipinosInThailand.com here it is http://www.twitter.com/filinthai. Go ahead, click the link and follow our Tweets.)

Anyway, here is the Twitter article that I was talking about.

Twitter unveils advertising plan

Twitter unveiled a plan Tuesday to use advertising to turn its massive popularity into cash.

Biz Stone, one of the three co-founders of the micro-blogging service, provided details of the long-awaited revenue-generating plan for the San Francisco-based startup in a post on the Twitter blog.

Stone said the advertising service, called “Promoted Tweets,” will allow businesses and organizations to highlight their 140-character-or-less messages known as “tweets” to a wider group of users.

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Songkran is one of the most fun and exciting festival in Thailand. It always never fails to attract thousands of foreigners and locals to join in and splash water among each festival goers.

But the big question for some is, Can Filipinos Travel to Bangkok now? I guess it’s safe to say that it is. Just make sure that you stay away from places where there are some demonstrations going on like the Phan Fa Bridge going to Democracy Monument and Rajaprasong Intersection where the main rally stage are located.

Of course, once you are with friends enjoying the festival, just always make sure to keep safe while having a great Songkran fun.

The Embassy would like to provide the following updates on the 10 May 2010 National Elections:

•    For registered overseas absentee voters who have received their electoral mails, you may send your officials ballots back to the Embassy ahead of the voting period which is from 10 April 2010 to 10 May 2010. Once received by the Embassy, your ballots will not be opened but kept in a ballot receptacle for counting on 10 May 2010, 6 pm, Philippine time.

•    Please disregard the statement in the Instructions to Voters for Postal voting which states that “Failure to affix your thumbmark in the ballot coupon” would be a ground for invalidating the ballot. What will invalidate the ballot is the absence of the voter’s signature in the “Official Ballot Envelope.”

•    The following registered voters may pick-up their official ballots from the Embassy, anytime from Monday to Friday, between 9 am and 12 noon and from 1 to 5 pm:
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