126th Tree
Feb 18th 2009greenbucksAround the Metro & Environment & Philippines & Photos & Wordless Wednesday
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Mountain Road
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How Did They Celebrate Christmas?
Dec 30th 2008greenbucksAround the Metro & Philippines & Photos & Urban Living & Wordless Wednesday
Christmas Tree Ornaments
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There’s No Stopping Christmas
Dec 5th 2008greenbucksAround the Metro & For Information & Money Watch & Philippines & Photos & Urban Living
Yes, there is no stopping Christmas. Even the moms over at FilipinoMomBlog.com are excited about Christmas. Why? Click here to know.
At this time, everywhere one goes, one is reminded about the commercialism spirit of giving. Traffic has become worse in our little part of this world, even before the month ushered in. Shoppers have come to invade the malls, bargain shops and sales, like troops ready for battle.
This time of the year too is a good time to reap profits, especially for those engage in the merchandising business. Yes, business has seen better years and this is not one of those.
Incidentally, there are a lot of jobs in retail available in the market at this time, perfect opportunities for those who want to earn shopping money for the holidays.
Overseas Filipino Workers
Nov 11th 2008greenbucksCurrent Events & For Information & Philippines & World Watch
There are probably millions (documented and otherwise) Filipinos working overseas. In fact, its bound to happen that someone knows somebody who has a family member, whether one or both parents, siblings, cousins and other relatives working abroad.
One can find them almost anywhere, from the crew of vacation cruises going to the Bahamas to those who work in the hotel kitchens and restaurants in the different countries. They take care of the children of families they work for or take care of the aging people needing assisted care. There are those who work for las vegas hotel reservations while others work as nurses, doctors and therapists in hospitals all over the world.They sail big commercial ships while other teach the children in other countries.
These hardworking people send home billion dollars worth of remittances that help keep the economy afloat. Yes, the families back here whose members are working overseas have purchasing powers.
But…
Due to the economic woes all over the world, there is of course, a significant dip in the money being sent home. Purchasing powers are cut, and (drastic) measures of saving for the rainy days are being practiced.
Not bad to cut on the purchases since one can never know how long the jobs can be kept knowing the vulnerability of the world economy is.
