my girlfriends family all seem rich !!!!!

[South-east boy]

Yes, Filipinos put a high importance on education, but having a good education there doesn't mean that you'll have a well paid job and comfortable lifestyle. So many girls that I've seen on dating sites have good qualifications, but still have no job and a lot that even have a job, even though they have good educations find that it isn't well paid (partly because of high unemployment & so many people chasing each job). I think it partly depends on where they live, contacts and luck in finding a good well-paid job.

[sars_notd_virus]

It seems the key to having a good life in philippines is education.

Yes education can be one of the factors than can give people good life in the future..
I can still hear my mum's saying 'finish school its the only legacy i can give you '..
i didn't finish any bachelor degree though i've worked with diff company and diff people which enriched and honed me skills.

The best factor for me in having a good life is,..sharing what u have,giving what u can give to your family..

best of luck for 2011 wedding!!!

[Arthur Little]

Yes, Filipinos put a high importance on education, but having a good education there doesn't mean that you'll have a well paid job and comfortable lifestyle. So many girls that I've seen on dating sites have good qualifications, but still have no job and a lot that even have a job, even though they have good educations find that it isn't well paid (partly because of high unemployment & so many people chasing each job). I think it partly depends on where they live, contacts and luck in finding a good well-paid job.

, Tim ... they DO indeed place a high value on educational attainment! And you're right, there are, unfortunately, many well-qualified Filipinos who find themselves either without work or - equally frustratingly - stuck in dead-end jobs for reasons that often happen to be beyond their control.

Sadly, ... it's been much the same situation HERE too for a long time, now ...

[Arthur Little]

, Tim ... they DO indeed place a high value on educational attainment! And you're right, there are, unfortunately, many well-qualified Filipinos who find themselves either without work or - equally frustratingly - stuck in dead-end jobs for reasons that often happen to be beyond their control.

Sadly, ... it's been much the same situation HERE too for a long time, now ...

... for instance, I stayed on at school - then left to take up employment at the Head Office of a worldwide Insurance Corporation that had been founded in Perth in 1885. With hindsight, I shoud've perhaps remained with that firm; however, after six years' service, I - like a lot of other young people at the time - decided "the grass would be greener on the other side" and moved on.

As it subsequently turned out, this proved to be a retrograde step [for ME, at least!]. There followed, various other clerically-orientated appointments in which I worked for the NHS, the local branch office of a leading building society and the former National Coal Board, prior to landing an administrative post in Social Services - where I spent the remaining 18 years of my working life.

In the interim, I attended evening classes at the then Perth Technical College. However, the qualifications I achieved THERE were, by the late 1970s, of infinitely less value than they HAD been when I was a school leaver and, consequently, proved to be of little use in terms of career development.

Somewhat sickened by my apparent lack of progress, I opted (or more accurately, pleaded) for early retirement in the 1990s - a decision (I have to say) I've never once regretted!

But that said, it's galling to think that a classmate of mine - who left school with NO academic qualifications - is a typical example of the "rags to riches" stories we hear about. Apprenticed to a local garage, he became a motor mechanic. Years later, he went into partnership with his elder brother - who'd trained in accountancy - and together they formed what has since mushroomed into one of Scotland's premier Motor Dealerships.

[Arthur Little]

So, for those interested ... ... the story of my life! Which is one of the reasons I've become so attached to THIS forum. When I first entered the "Caring Profession" in 1975, I'd had aspirations towards eventually training to be a Social Worker (my MAIN reasons for taking the preliminary qualifications mentioned earlier). However, my ambitions were thwarted by my bosses - who [rightly or wrongly] concluded that I would most likely over-involve myself in trying to help the less-fortunate element of Society ... to the detriment of my own family - whom HE believed would hardly ever see me as a result.

HERE though, on the forum, I have the opportunity to put those hitherto unfulfilled opportunities into practice - by being of service to others - based on my own personal experiences!! And THAT, my friends, has, in turn, led me to derive far greater "job satisfaction" than at any time in my entire working life! Simply to conjure up the elation ... the happy, smiling faces of fellow members who've obtained visas against seemingly impossible odds - and knowing I've played a part (however small) in their success - is more than "reward" enough!

[sars_notd_virus]

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HERE though, on the forum, I have the opportunity to put those hitherto unfulfilled opportunities into practice - by being of service to others - based on my own personal experiences!! And THAT, my friends, has, in turn, led me to derive far greater "job satisfaction" than at any time in my entire working life! Simply to conjure up the elation ... the happy, smiling faces of fellow members who've obtained visas against seemingly impossible odds - and knowing I've played a part (however small) in their success - is more than "reward" enough!

Your doing a good job sir!!thanks

[nigel]

Wealth is not an privelage or a luxury, it's a basic birthright.

[Arthur Little]

Your doing a good job sir!!thanks

... and thank YOU, Ma'am ... for saying so ... it's MY pleasure!