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Mother's day is fast approaching
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Apr 30, 2012 6:01 am
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Mother's day is fast approaching and i don't have a clue on what to do or what to get this year.
Me and my siblings always do something separate as far as gifts. I believe my mother planted that seed in our heads a long time so she would capitolize on more gifts. LOL
Anyway, any suggestion would help.
I think the best gift she ever got was from my little brother. He bought her a gold bracelet along with 6 different gold charms for each one of our names enscribed and then attached to the bracelet.
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Filipino's living in the states/ There is a difference
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Apr 24, 2012 6:50 am
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Yesterday i went to a resturant to have a late dinner. After being seated a tall asian waitress with a nice smile started to take my order.
While ordering, she happen to ask me if i was part filipino. I told her my mom is filipino.
She smiled and she told me she had thought i had filipino blood.
She also told me she was filipino.
I told her i thought maybe she was mixed like me because of her height, she said no, her parents were both filipino but she is the tallest in her family.
Well, i asked her if the mailman around your parents house was tall and she just laughed.
Anyway, she came back over to my table before i had finished my dinner. I asked her how long has she been in the states and when was the last time she been back to the phils...
She told me she has been here 10 years and that she hasn't been back to the phils since she left. During this time she had gotten married and has 2 kids.
I asked her if she stays in touch with her family in the Phils and she says she stays in touch with everyone and she wished she can go back to visit with her kids. She wants to let her kids visit her part of the family and to see the Phils.
I said that would be cool and she should start making plans.
Well she said she wants to but her and her husband work to much to find time to plan.
She explained to me when she came to the United States, she had always worked 2 jobs. She told me in the phils, women couldn't find a job much less a good one.
And since coming to the states, her and her husband have bought a home and have new cars to pay for.
After a moment of silence, (she was deep in thought) she started stating how much she has changed since coming here.
She said she wished things would be simpler like when she was growing up in the Phils but she said she knew she would be bored going back home now.
Well, i said it wouldn't be to "boring" if you just visit. i told he i wished my mom had taken us to visit when me and my siblings were growing up.
She said, yeah maybe in a year or two but she expects a promotion at her other job very soon. She won't allow anything to get in her way with that.
I asked her what was her other job.. She told me she was a part time paralegal at a law firm that specializes in tax law. She wants the promotion so she can work fulltime there and to stop working 2 jobs.
I told her i understand and i told her i had to go. After tipping her and wishing her luck i started thinking.
I know she won't ever quit working 2 jobs because she will always want more money. She will feel like she is missing out. I get that feeling at times and most of the time it is a bad thing.
I think she was about 35 or 36. Still young. I hope she will prioritize her family a little bit more than she does about money. Even though money is nice to have, i myself am beginning to realize time doesn't wait for anyone and money will always be there but friends and family won't.
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Never be the wing man
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Apr 17, 2012 9:08 am
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Saturday, a friend of more than 20 years ask me to go on a double date. He had met a girl on his job and she wouldn't go out with him unless he hooked up her friend.
We haven't seen each other in sometime. He had been going through a divorce so i wanted to catch him up with him, so i agreed to go.
Well, we met up at a very nice restuarant and i must say, both ladies were really hot. The atmosphere was so cool because everyone was excited.
After dinner, i invited everyone to my house for some drinks and to continue the conversation.
Everyone agreed and we all headed back to my place.
Anyway, after a few drinks, my friend kept bringing up his ex-wife. I put him to the side and told him to be cool. Find out more about your date and to forget the whole ex thing.
Well, he wouldn't stop, it got to the point the ladies felt threaten and left.
My friend seem so relieved that the ladies left that he was actually laughing.
I told him, he hasn't gotten over the divorce and he should wait before he ask anyone out again.
Well he got very offended and left.
The next day, his date stopped by my house!!!!! She said she might have forgotten something.
After a minute of "searching" she asked me to make her some coffee. I said sure and i apologize for David's behavior. I explain to her, he is really a good guy. She told me she knew he was because she wouldn't have agreed to go out with him.
She then asked me what i thought of her. Well i told her she was really hot but i wasn't interested. I got sort of angry and told her to leave.
Just when she was pulling off, my friend happens to show up and speds away without getting out of his car. He won't accept my calls.
I broke one of my own rules. Never get involved.
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Gray Area...Acceptance..vs..Tolerance
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Apr 11, 2012 6:41 am
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When in search of a potential long term relationship or just philandering about, you often hear or feel the need of a partner who wants "acceptance" of who they are.
HHHmmmm. (thinking)
Let's see.....
I think people would have "already accepted" the pyhsical look, or the whimsical smile or the funny laugh or even the "blank look" that sometimes can't be helped.
But, instead the real question is really about tolerance.
The level of taking the other for granted, passionless times, forgeting what is important of one another, certain dependance or independance................
Opposites certainly attract but the differences or tolerances will also drive people apart.
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Being Negative
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Apr 3, 2012 4:47 am
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Last week i was mentoring a young lady at work about her new duties.
At first i was very impressed on how focused she was and how she picked up on her new work very quickly. You can tell right off the bat she is very ambitous.
After that first day her true self started to emerge. It began by her asking personal questions to me. All i would say is "maybe" or "lets get back to work".
After a while she thought i would open up to her by her starting to make some very negative remarks about people. She would quote what others have said about me. Calling me mister perfect. Then she started to tell me that the women around my area think i am stuck up.
Anyway, i just said "whatever". Then she literally had quit speaking to me from Wednesday to her last day with me Fiday. It didn't matter as long as she followed my written instructions.
Before she left i baited her into speaking. I made the comment that the agency should have mandatory retirement for people who have been here for 40 years or more. These people don't work as hard.
It was like turning on a spigot. She kept on and on how bad that category of people were.
After listening to her i finally told her i was "joking".
I then explained to her the reason i baited her is to show how easy it is to manipilate people that will feed off everything that is negative.
I then told her that she needs to think about how hard it is to remember the good things about people. With little effort, this could make a big difference in her life and others.
She said she would think about it. I replied "Maybe"."Let's get back to work"........
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Business
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Mar 26, 2012 5:18 am
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First of all i want to thank all of the ladies who have showed interest.
I would like to apologize for not following up or staying in touch.
You see i have become excited about real estate opportunities in the Makati or Mateo areas.
I had received an email from a lady realtor and i inquired about non citizens owning property in the Phils.
I had always thought that you had to marry a pinay or had to go through the long process of residency.
Anyway, to make a long story short and some help from a member on here, i took the first step and hired a real estate attorney in Manila.
I have learned that i can own condo's and since my mother is pinay, i can also become a filipino citizen from "right of blood".
Life is great. I am so excited that i might be able to become a dual citizen and make money doing so.
Life is great.
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Guess the blogger
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Mar 7, 2012 8:17 am
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Here is a short description of my thoughts about certain bloggers.
To begin are three ladies. They have posted more than 5 blogs this year.
Can you guess who they are?
First lady
She likes sharing smiles and positive thoughts to everyone. She loves doing charity and helping others. She has beauty inside and out.
Second Lady
When she posts or responds to a blog, she always gives everything of herself. No response could be short because there is always a hidden meaning or something to be taught. This lady always wants others to do better.
Third Lady
She is very articulate but manages a quality of mischief with her sense of sarcasm. Her being is demanding but in reality her actions are gentle.
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Wife Poor
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Mar 5, 2012 5:02 am
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A co worker of mine asked me this morning for a loan. I agreed to lend him some money to help him try to get his finances in order.
I didn't ask him why he didn't have any money. I know he makes more than 90k a year but i know he wouldn't ask unless he was in serios trouble.
I don't see any sense to make him feel more uncomfortable. I actually made a couple of jokes about the econonmy.
Anyway it bothers me a little because i know the key to his financial problems is his wife.
I know this because ever since he got married a couple of years ago he has been very stressed about money. That is all he talks about.
I know he loves her deeply but you simply can't spend what you don't have.
I guess i could have told him to let her go but i have learned no matter how much common sense can be applied to a situation, in the end people will do want they want to anyways.
When i got divorced 18 years ago, February 12, 1994 at 1035 AM i broke the shackles of being wife poor. Wow, what a feeling!!!
I was lucky because i was 27 years old and the energy to start all over.
My friend is almost 50 so i hope he can put his foot down and take control of his household. I hope this is a wake up call.
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Benefits
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Mar 2, 2012 5:09 am
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Just read the great Bert is back safely in the US after spending sometime with his girlfriend of 4 years.
My thoughts went back to benefits that a spouse/children could receive from Social Security.
For Benefits
If a non-citizen/resident of the U.S. stays 5 years, consecutive or non consecutive, that non citizen/resident can receive benefits without doing any required visits to the U.S.
If a non-citizen/resident does not stay in the US for a period that totals 5 years then the non-citizen/resident must do a visit to the U.S. or a territory for a full calendar month to receive cash benefits.
Example
Visits Saipan a U.S. Territory close to the Philippines (also cheaper than Hawaii)
Visit begins January 2012. The non-citizen/resident visit cannot end until March 2012 to receive cash benefits.
Cash benefit begins 02/2012
After the cash benefit begins, the non-citizen/resident must visit Saipan, or the US for a 30 DAY consecutive stay before 6 months ends starting the day they left from there last visit.
Example
Cash benefit starts 02/2012
Left Saipan 04/15/2012 (04/15/12 thorugh 10/15/2012 6 month period)
Must visit Saipan before 10/15/2012 for a 30 day consecutive stay or lose cash benefits begining 11/2012.
Taxes
Non-citizens/residents pay 25.5 percent of there benefits towards federal taxes unless they live in the United States or it's territories, Canada, England, Germany,Italy and Israel.
U.S. citizens or resident aliens are never taxed regardless where they live.
I don't know if anyone could use the above information
But if you are a spouse or have children from an American citizen that receives retirement, disability or a widow/age 60 or have children then you must file a claim.
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Apology to a Blogger
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Feb 10, 2012 5:45 am
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I would like to apologize to the Blogger EB1209.
She probably doesn't remember but i wrote a critical comment on one of her posts.
I was only on this site for maybe 2 weeks and i didn't know much about the people on here.
Anyway, since being on here longer i couldn't help but notice how kind this lady really is. How she wonderfully interacts with her friends on this site.
Like i mention before, she probably doesn't remember but i want throw out to the blog world a sincere apology to her.
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