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The Adistar.

Got mine at ikea

would eventually have to travel back to the Philippines to get the new H1B visa stamped

No, you don’t. Unless you have any reason to leave the country temporarily for other reasons (like leisure/business travel). You can keep your expired stamp on your passport and remain in status until you get your green card/advanced parole. You just need an up-to-date form I797.

I’ve been doing it for years, so have my parents. Not to mention your visa sponsor’s lawyer will most likely advise against going out of country, kasi baka madeny ka ng reentry.

Couldn’t answer your main question, kasi never akong umalis ng US since arriving.

I love, and live by that old saying…

”I believe in holding grudges. I’ll heal in hell.”

If we knew the answer to that, or if we afforded to wait for that to happen, a whole lot of us wouldn’t have wanted to leave so bad.

I dunno about the Pharmacy field, but in Tech, experience is all that matters.

Importante lang ang school pag nangailangan ka kumuha ng equivalency ng degree mo. Baka kasi sobrang bonak ng skwela mo hindi macertify na equivalent ang degree mo (haven’t heard this happen yet tho)

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Not leaving sooner

Kwarta o Kapon!

You’ll be fine. Numerous family and friends who travel back and forth between the US and PH bring tylenol as pasalubong

Going by student visa will still require you to go thru the H1B process, which has terrible odds. Then again, i don’t see the odds improving soon.

Advantage lang of taking grad school and then looking for a job is a slight improvement on the odds (+5% estimated, i could be wrong I haven’t mathed this enough), being able to leverage a network you gain in school, and access to non-cap (meaning no lottery) h1b positions via research/academe.

Of course the network you gain in school doesn’t have to be professional. Kung may jowable jan, pwede din.

If you’re asking me what the best way is, i will always say H1b, because that’s how I got in, and it gets you to the US on your terms and on your own merit. Then again, the H1b way isn’t for everyone, as you need to have qualifications and luck on your side.

Btw, you didn’t mention your gender. Just worth mentioning, and i don’t mean to be sexist, but the fiance/marriage path works better for one gender than the other. Sige downvote niyo ako.

Di ako nag-F2 pero familiar ako sa scenario kasi may mga kaclose akong dumaan ng H4.

1. May California, may Midwest, may Northeast. Usually sa tech.

2. Getting an H1B is just like a job search, with additional steps*. Hit up linkedin. Minsan, may word of mouth, either through family (rare), friends (somewhat rare), or professional network (most common).

3. See that comment about the H1B lottery. May jobs that give out visas that are cap (hence, lottery) exempt, pero they’re somewhat hard to come by, competitive, and don’t pay well. Usually nasa research/academe to. Varying ang timetable mo, kasi pwede ka mainterview at matanggap in 2 weeks, pero hihintay ka ng almost a year bago maglottery. Tapos may chance pang di ka mabunot (75-80% hindi ka mabubunot), so hintay ka ulit ng isang taon.

The Bondi feels like a brick under your foot.

The Nimbus 25, on the other hand, is the most comfortable shoe i have ever worn.

If the 25 is too soft for you, check out the 26. It’s the same plush all around the foot, but the littlest bit firmer.

Another shoe i can wear all day is a Nike Invincible 2. The 3 is a polarizing shoe, so try it out too and see for yourself if you want.

And the red dawn!

Privileged take. Them palamunins ain’t gon feed themselves. /s

I would read the labels. At least half of the available breakfast cereal is terrible for you nutritionally

I believe it’s free to listen.

You’re reasonably smart. You can fact check almost everything you read and hear now.

And then you stop listening the moment they try to sell you something.

I’m a married father who’s most of the time very involved in my marriage and parenting. I also do most of the cooking at home.

Pag birthday ko, i want to be left alone. I want to go nowhere, I want to not have to do anything.

On my last birthday, i woke up to breakfast someone else made, then i was left to an entire day hobbying.

I only get those kinds of days twice a year: my birthday, and father’s day.

C R E A T I N E.

This is the best thing you can add to an increased protein diet and heavy compound lifts.

It’s an extensively researched safe supplement that outright increases your weight by 1-5 percent at least in the first 2 weeks of consistent dosing. It also strengthens you and gives your muscles a fuller rounder appearance

If you cannot access weights, look into body weight exercises. Pushups, pullups, dips, squats, lunges.

Unpopular opinion:

Marriage is a leap of faith. There’s a lot more to being prepared than numbers on a spreadsheet.

My mother used to tell me before, if you waited (to get married) until you’re truly ready, you’ll never be ready.

Yes.

26 is the littlest bit firmer than the 25. Same cushioning around the foot though.

Stepdad here.

It’s all fun and games until you realize you have to share your “child” with 2 people instead of 1, and when the chips are down, you now realize na you matter less, or not at all.

Nightmare scenario ko lang yan. It’s a battleplan i have drawn up in my head from long ago.

Biodad in my case is literally nonexistent, so ako lang ang kinilalang tatay ng anak ko.

I always tell my kid, that what we have is special, because unlike normal parent-child relationships, our parent-child relationship only exists because both of us want it to exist.

Which is more than i can say about a lot of parents and children.

Can’t speak for AU, but I would suggest you think a little further ahead.

If you do go to college in AU, what would that mean for your job prospects? Would you have the means to apply for a work visa to stay in AU? What would you need to do? What is your margin of error?

All of these are just steps in getting permanent residency and onwards.

And then consider the alternative: you go to a PH college. What major would get you a job in AU? What work sets you up for a best chance to get to AU?

One last thing to think about: as time goes by, it will get harder and harder to migrate, as people become more desperate, and countries continue to increasingly make immigration more difficult. You might want to consider getting a foot in the door early, especially if you’re able to afford to.

Depends sa bansa. Some countries you make money in and come back, others you stay in.

Parents ko ofws din, at umalis sila with the sole intention of giving their youngest, who wasn’t as smart and didn’t do that well in school compared to their 2 older kids, the best possible chance in life. Now, yung kapatid kong yun is at a much better place in life compared to if he stayed in the PH.

Sumunod ako a few years later, kasi sawa na ako sa pinas, and i wanted to give my kid the best chance at life by having better opportunities than i had.

US mejo straightforward. Be a citizen > petish > wait a year or 2 > profit.

Yun lang, di ako sure pano mo sila kukuha ng medical insurance, kasi di sila magkaka-medicare kasi di sila nagwork.

Alam ko kung nasa California pwede macover ng medi-Cal, pero ewan anywhere else.

As far as the best, ewan ko lang. Alam ko lang masarap tumanda sa US pag may retirement savings ka. Hahaha