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Thoughtskoto is a jargon word for "these are my thoughts". A couple living in Saudi Arabia blog about life and love, trials and challenges, faith and hope.
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Sino Sila?
With the ABSCBNNews, and the upcoming interview this Sunday with RMN News, DXZL , and with the posting nung blog sa kay Ellen T na blog at sa Vera Files, its now gaining solid ground, and it is now catching fire through the blogging community. Some a...
Photo Contest sa Lahat ng OFW sa Buong Mundo
Pacensiya na po and sobrang busy na talaga, di na ako nakadalaw sa mga blog na gusto kong basahin. Grabe. heheheMy performance ngayon, 70% sa job ko, 199% sa PEBA, hehe.Anyways, may photo contest po ang PEBA. Check niyo dito.Digital Photography Conte...
Prayer for Lifemoto
Lifemoto is a friend of Thoughtskoto.Akala ko okay lang ang lahat. Nung umulan ng pagkalakas-lakas, kasama pala ang bahay mo sa Marikina na pinasok ng tubig at nilubog ang mga ari-arian, at mga mahahalagang gamit na naipundar na.Akala ko ang mga post...
Dear Jacque Bermejo, Please Contact Kablogs
Dear Jacque,I and a few Kablogs members are following your story. Medyo naintindihan na namin ngayon ang mga pangyayari. I have said before that I have Aunt, cousin, classmate, good-old-friend and best of KABLOGS and fellow OFW's in Dubai. Since you ...
Lucky Me! Anti-OFW Ad?
Check here...Be the judge...©2009 THOUGHTSKOTOTHANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING TO OUR FEEDS! ...
Promil Kid Donated Php10T to KABLOGS (Edited)
(Due to persistent demand we will change the name of the Donor, hehehe, Thanks Blogusvox for the clue. :)Anong main reason why someone in UAE, a fellow blogger, will have the heart to donate as big as this amount to KABLOGS?Php 10,000 for a project n...
How Many Pinoy Expats and OFW Blogs and Bloggers?
I come across this question while working on the sponsorship letter.Okay, hope matulungan niyo ako.There are currently 24 Million Filipino Internet Users according to ACNielsen and Yahoo. Great numbers went to checking email, online messaging, online...
Dear Arvin De La Pena, Lessons 101 For You
Ang post na ito ay payong kapatid, payong kaibigan, payo bilang isang blogero, payo bilang isang KABLOGS.Denelete or nakaunpublished na ang post mo na "Mukhang Pera" na nagdulot ng pangit na karanasan sa atin. Gusto ko bilang matanda sau, oo inaamin ...
My BANK Savings (ATM) is Dead Daw!?
Anong gagawin mo sa banko mo kung nalaman mo na yung SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT mo was declared Dead or dormant by the teller?The past few days medyo nagulo ang tahimik naming buhay dito sa Thoughtskoto nung malaman namin na ang savings account namin ay de...
BAKIT MAKITID ANG UTAK MO?
Paumanhin: I have been vocal in replying to blog and post that are highly critical sa mga OFW's. Hindi ako naghahanap ng gulo, at mas lalong ayaw ko ng magulo, pero may mga sitwasyon na hindi lang hinahayaan. Pagbigyan niyo na ako, baka mapapagod din...
Dear Mike Avenue, Naintindihan na Kita
Mahigit tatlong oras tayong nagusap at matiyaga mong sinagot ang lahat ng aking katanungan. Salamat din for accepting my apology for over-reacting sa mga post ko na "Dear Mike Avenue" at "Epistaxis" in rataliation sa "Tsokolate" at "Daga" mo na mga p...
LOVES KO 'TO (Kablogs Awardees)
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEBA and KABLOGS AWARDS?Yes, they are just minor awards, PEBA will have the grandest award for all but KABLOGS wish to give citations and badges to bloggers not just the kabayan's but to kababayan's at the homefront as w...
Dito sa Abroad, Kelangan Meron Kang T
Dagdagan niyo na lang po yan. Baka may naisip pa kayong ibang T.Tawanan ang HomesickTibay ng LoobTatag ng KatawanTiyaga sa TrabahoTiis Alang alang sa Pamilya o mga pangarapOFW na nag-iisip ng mga hakbangin sa buhay.OFW na gusto ng umuwi ng Pilipinas ...
Madame President, Did You Read the PEBA 2009 Entries?
"In private high schools, we finance half of the students.We have provided college and post-graduate education for over 600,000 scholars.One of them, Mylene Amerol-Macumbal, finished Accounting at MSU-IIT, then she went to law school, and placed seco...
The Terrible Price of Gossip
Our greatest enemy, sometimes, is ourselves. We love ourselves, we are proud of who we are and what we have accomplish, but we are beset sometimes of the failings and mistakes that drags us down, that if left uncheck will lead to sometimes, broken he...
Tinamaan Ako
Bandang 6am pa lang ng umaga nakapila na ako sa International Philippine School of Al Khobar or IPSA para magrenew ng aking passport na mageexpire ngayong September. Limang taon na ako sa Saudi Arabia, ang tagal ng panahon magmula ng dumating ako dit...
Bring Honor to Us All (111th Independence Day Post)
In the afternoon of 12 June 1898 in the town of Cavite-Viejo, Filipinos gathered at the residence of General Emilio Aguinaldo to witness the first Philippine national flag unfurl as the San Francisco de Malabon Band played the Lupang Hinirang.Recitin...
"UNCLEAR, UNSUBSTANTIAL"
ANO BA ANG MGA PROPOSE AMENDMENTS SA CONSTITUTION KUNG SAKALI. CHECK MO DITO. DUDUGO ANG ILONG, TAINGA, BIBIG AT SASAKIT ANG ULO MO, pati mga kasu-kasuan. PERO KELANGAN MALAMAN NATIN. KUNG AYAW MONG MAGBASA, ITO NA LANG ANG SINABI NG ISA SA MGA GUMAW...
Epistaxis
I’d like to thank those who responded and posted their entries. There is no gray decisions here. It’s either black or white. There is no "in between" – only "for or against." We must draw the line in what is responsible and tolerable, and insen...
Dear Mike Avenue, Ikaw at Ako kasama ng mga OFW ay di IISA!
I am determined to spread this post. Never provoke 12 million people and the many millions that depends on them in the homefront. Do not provoke 12 million OFW's if you have nothing to say. But if you have the guts, you better be ready...Hindi kita...
AWARDING NIGHT
Napagdesisyunan ng mga taga PEBA TEAM na sa December 27, Sunday, mga 6:00PM gaganapin ang Awarding ng Top 10 Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards or PEBA. Ayusin niyo na ang mga schedule at flight booking para sa araw na ito kasi Christmas season.Tinatanggap...
FORGET YOURSELF and GO TO WORK!
LIBRE MAGNOMINATE NG GUSTO NIYONG OFW/EXPATS BLOGS, HANGGANG SA SAMPU PWEDE NIYO INOMINATE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOMINATE NOW! Malilink kayo, matutuwa pa ang blogerong ninominate niyo. HERE_____________________________________________________ “O...
Kabayang OFW, May Murang Pabahay Dito!
Wala pa kaming bahay, although, meron akong mahigit isang ektaryang naipundar na lupain sa probinsiya plus ang aming ancestral house sa Mindanao. Other than that, ang tanging maipagmamalaki ko lang is ang magkaroon ng cute and healthy na baby who bri...
A Nation of Fakes Naman Sila!
"But hold on—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the ...
OVERWHELMING RESPONSE
I am honestly overwhelmed, even until now. They come. They keep coming. Bloggers (and non-bloggers) from almost all corners of the world unite with one single purpose – to make a difference to a young mother struggling to come home and be reunited ...
THE DAY THE WORLD WITHOUT OFW'S
AMERICAN VERSIONA Day Without Filipinos"Let’s imagine then, not just California, but the entire world, waking up one day to discover Filipinos have disappeared. I’m talking here about the six or seven million Filipinos currently working overseas ...
I'm Already There
Blogusvox, one of the winner of the 2008 Pinoy Expats/OFW Blogs Award recently posted an entry about OFW quoting an email he received from one kabayan. I would like to dedicate this song to all OFW's and Expats around the world, most importantly to t...
SPREAD THE WORD: If Your Flight Is On February 2009?
I have to do a little research about the woman. Her name is Alex Ayn Arumpac, UP Film Institute Student/Graduateand attended the I-Witness Seminar of GMA Network.She is a Film Maker and member of the International Documentary AssociationShe wrot...
FILIPINO EXPATS/OFW BLOG AGGREGATOR SITE, ADD YOURS!
If you are a Filipino by heart and blood, studying, working or living abroad and you have blogs, feel free to leave a comment byadding your site name and URL or Feeds, and your country of baseand we will happily add you here. Thoughtsmoto is a blo...
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PINOY EXPATS/OFW Blog Awards
Magbubuhat po ako ng sarili kong upuan. I'm warning you that this will be cheesy!Jebee "Kenji" and Shiela SolisYes, that's me, Mr. Thoughtskoto and my supportive wife, Mrs. Thoughtskoto. This search project started July 01, 2008. On this first pos...
