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[Slippery]

To Slippery.

If you read careful he said US that is not a bad price most airline just raise price last week by 60 USD because of high fuel tax, Cathay Pacific is about 1040 USD SFO to Manila with stop over in HKG for end of May and June to end of Aug jump to 1350 high season.

Fast Eddie 48

My attention span is not lost in 5 or 6 sentences. If you look carefully, USA is quite a large country and air fares from different departure points vary in price by as much as $500 00 or more. That's alot of money and that's why I remarked as I did.

[Gangles]

I agree withRK re training for small business operators. The academic programs in universities are theoretical in nature, and totally hopeless in the practical issues of how to establish and manage a small business.

For 5 years I was contracted by the Australian federal govt and the Queensland state govt to deliver training courses in small business. It was the "Certificate 4 in Small Business Management", and it was very effective, very practical. Competenct Based. TechVoc ANTA system. Trainees who completed this course had a business failure rate of 20, compared with the national average business startup rate of 80.

With some modifications, it would be suitable for deliverty here.

I thnk that I still have all or most of the training materials.

G.

I still think a lot of these potential "small business" operators will be better served to undertake a shorter TESDA course which is more focused on the actual skills needed.

So many of the tertiary courses in Colleges and universities are taught by people without any practical experience in rooms that have little equipment anyway.

David. I suggest that teaching (degrees in Education) is now looking like a worthwhile career to follow if a student has good inter-personal skills and the right attitude. Notwithstanding what GE says, the job situation in Education will change as the system demands many more qualified teachers with the shift to a 12-year school curriculum and especially for teachers at Early Childhood (Kindergarten) levels, the sector which always appeals to younger women.

The salary level has just (in Feb. 2012) increased so that a beginning teacher is now close to the 20, 000 php per month level which is the salary of call center operators without the crazy hours, a more stimulating environment and a chance to live nearer to home.

[Gangles]

Thanks for suggesting the degree in accounting. I had not thought of that.

I think that the difficulty in finding a prospective student to sponsor, is that they will not be anywhere near a college until right on enrolment time, which is when they already have the money.

I guess that I need to get to them before then. My question, is how to reach them.

Maybe a Facebook Page?

A for fees, having sponsored the HRM student, I have found that ancillary costs for labs, field trips, and practicums are far more than for the tuition. And these costs are never published before the course begins. Very opaque.

G

[Gangles]

In a verey different modus operandi, I have found so many young pinay who have appalling lack of knowledge about sex that I am in the process of assembling a sex education manual, mostly cut and paste from sex education booklets online. It is close to being finisherd in the first edition.

I have posted it, in parts, to a number of pinay so far, to at least get their level of knowledge from zero to basic.

I guess that this could complement the CS School of Advanced Sex Education.

G

I am a selfless educationalist and philanthropist as well. Despite my busy schedule, I readily give freely of my time, effort and money in the training and education of young ladies at my CS School of Advanced Sexology where they are taught everything that they need to know about pleasing and satisfying a man, namely me.

I issue uniforms and training aids free of charge and even provide audio / visual tools so we can review progress and I can point out and correct mistakes.

When fully trained, the graduate student is able to immediately earn a good living practicing the physical skills that she has been taught on my short but effective course.

Do you think that I should seek accreditation and maybe issue diplomas?

[Cunning Stunt]

I am a selfless educationalist and philanthropist as well. Despite my busy schedule, I readily give freely of my time, effort and money in the training and education of young ladies at my CS School of Advanced Sexology where they are taught everything that they need to know about pleasing and satisfying a man, namely me.

I issue uniforms and training aids free of charge and even provide audio / visual tools so we can review progress and I can point out and correct mistakes.

When fully trained, the graduate student is able to immediately earn a good living practicing the physical skills that she has been taught on my short but effective course.

Do you think that I should seek accreditation and maybe issue diplomas?

[Econo Tech]

If I find another good candidate then I might try and sponsor again but fuck and forget is easier and less heart ache.

But some of us want to experience the wholesome experience LOL

That includes me too. Haha

[Joe Banana]

Gangles, there was nothing inane about TW's comment, it was entirely appropriate for a forum such as this. If not then please take your theme to a do-gooder's forum. You did at least have the decency to "sex" her 3 or 4 times. Good for you.

I once sponsored a girl to do nursing, mainly because she was such a good fuck and she managed to get to me so that I wanted to help her. She didn't have the good sense not to try and cheat me for more money though and I stopped after a year. It was her brother that was persuading her to scam me for more so he could go to college at the same time.

I last saw her in Hong Kong, five years older than when I first met her and looking like it as she was doing the work I'd tried to help her get out of. She said sorry but it was too late by then, she admitted that she had hit the jackpot with me but screwed up.

If I find another good candidate then I might try and sponsor again but fuck and forget is easier and less heart ache.

[Mc Don]

Accounting and nursing are the two that I am mostly interested in. Accounting I can assist them as I have lots of friends / ex-colleagues in the banking world while with nursing qualifications and some experience they are able to get a job in some overseas countries. To make a difference in place like phils I think the first step is making sure they can feed their extended families and making sure once they are out that they still retain interest in what is happening at home. Change will come from outside, the overseas Filipino workers need to fight for that.

To me science and engineering degrees are more male dominated field. I remember girls doing engineering courses in aus were always dykes, LOL maybe its just me hahahaha

[Red Kilt]

So Red Kilt, what would you suggest then as a course of study? Given the dearth of jobs would a girl to studying Business with an eye to starting a small business of her own be a worthwhile alternative?

I still think a lot of these potential "small business" operators will be better served to undertake a shorter TESDA course which is more focused on the actual skills needed.

So many of the tertiary courses in Colleges and universities are taught by people without any practical experience in rooms that have little equipment anyway.

David. I suggest that teaching (degrees in Education) is now looking like a worthwhile career to follow if a student has good inter-personal skills and the right attitude. Notwithstanding what GE says, the job situation in Education will change as the system demands many more qualified teachers with the shift to a 12-year school curriculum and especially for teachers at Early Childhood (Kindergarten) levels, the sector which always appeals to younger women.

The salary level has just (in Feb. 2012) increased so that a beginning teacher is now close to the 20, 000 php per month level which is the salary of call center operators without the crazy hours, a more stimulating environment and a chance to live nearer to home.

[Glenmorris]

I have a policy of returning some of the money that I have earned in the Philippines. I do not do this by giving money away, but rather I invest in the country through education and training.

For some years, I have been sponsoring a young woman through her degree, and she is about to graduate with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management.

So I am looking for another pinay to sponsor. However, this time I want to sponsor someone in a degree that adds to the expertise of the country, probably in science, engineering, architecture etc.

The last pinay I found by chance. The next one, I will have to find.

So I am asking for ideas on how I can connect with a pinay who wants to study these subjects, and who is looking for sponsorship.

Any Ideas?

G

I've been loaning to women from the Philippines on KIVA. Org who are starting or expanding business. My goal is to "lend" am much as I've paid in P2P.

[GoodEnough]

As part of a much larger project here, we run an internship program that places recent college graduates into 3-6 month internships with reasonably large corporations, most of them in Manila. Most of the kids completing their internships are offered jobs by their hosting companies. Based on this experience, it appears to me that the most difficult requests from companies for us to fill are for engineering and accounting graduates. Relative to HRM, these are relatively expensive courses here, much more demanding than HRM, and with much lighter enrollment, despite the fact that it's much easier to find a job as a graduate of either course. The gap between labor market demand in certain sectors, and the courses taken by college students is wide, and it's led me to the conclusion that most entering college students fail to consider the relationship between the course they've selected and the eventuality of landing a job.

Many of the deans to whom I've spoken about this issue tell me that most of their students selected courses of study based on economics; often choosing the less expensive courses at the urging of their parents, because those are the courses that the parents can more easily afford. The problem is further exacerbated by the so-called licensing exams-for engineering, accounting, teaching, and so on-which only a small minority of graduates actually pass. Whether than phenomonon is a result of poor education or a desire of the professional communities to restrict entry to the sector I don't know.

Education is one of the most widely subscribed, and one of the cheapest curricula at the undergraduate level here. Yet less than 40% of graduates pass the teaching exams, and the government hires less than 30, 000 new teachers a year, so the odds on a fresh graduate obtaining a teaching job are minimal and in fact many try to get work in call centers. However, an estimate 90-95% of call center applicants fail the English tests administered by these centers, and the colleges apparently never think to offer mandatory courses in spoken English, so this avenue of potential employment turns out to be less an avenue than a narrow alley.

Given this situation, if you want to provide advice and support to college students, I'd suggest you advice them to take more technical degrees-in Engineering, the pure sciences, or Accounting-which will greatly enhance their likelihood of eventually finding employment.

GE

[Aussie Jo]

So Red Kilt, what would you suggest then as a course of study? Given the dearth of jobs would a girl to studying Business with an eye to starting a small business of her own be a worthwhile alternative?

Isn't there a book about this. Everything I ever learned about making money. I learned [not at university]

I'm having one of those week sin which I have little faith in the Phils education system. If they can fix that, then the 1, 000s of unemployed applicants can start making a difference to the country.

For instance, if I had a Phils business graduate coming to me here in Australia, I'm not so excited. If I have a Malaysian or Singapore graduate, they are far more likely to be productive Day 1.

[Tally Wacker]

Sometimes I wonder about the twisted mentality of guys like TW.

G.

It was only a question not a comment. No need to be defensive.

[Mc Don]

I have a policy of returning some of the money that I have earned in the Philippines. I do not do this by giving money away, but rather I invest in the country through education and training.

For some years, I have been sponsoring a young woman through her degree, and she is about to graduate with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management.

So I am looking for another pinay to sponsor. However, this time I want to sponsor someone in a degree that adds to the expertise of the country, probably in science, engineering, architecture etc.

The last pinay I found by chance. The next one, I will have to find.

So I am asking for ideas on how I can connect with a pinay who wants to study these subjects, and who is looking for sponsorship.

Any Ideas?

G

I have somewhat a simular policy although my aim is to help them get out. I actually push them to study a language as well as a course for which there is demand in Singapore or HK. I find it far more beneficial for both that way.

AS RK suggested HRM is a mickey mouse course and it will be hard to get a job as there is thousands of graduates. Simular to the waterfront, ABC in AC whenever they advertise on FB they get 1000s of CVs. I have seen some and I can tell you now the biggest difference you can make in that persons life is actually helping her do a proper CV.

As for how to go about finding a suitable student I guess you can always talk to a uni to set up a scholarship scheeme or if you prefer hunting then ask you current girl to get find someone already enrolled that might be interested.

[Member #4351]

So Red Kilt, what would you suggest then as a course of study? Given the dearth of jobs would a girl to studying Business with an eye to starting a small business of her own be a worthwhile alternative?