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Work From Home (WFH): An Emerging Trend for Modern Professionals

I personally admire how our team at PyxPay, the company I work for, is able to function as a well-oiled engine despite distance and time difference. Our staff in the Philippines is composed of few office-based personnel and a majority of technical professionals who work at their respective home offices. The need to report and huddle seasonally brings the team together physically, but the coordination is done almost every hour or everyday without a miss. Technology indeed has worked its magic in bringing a team together, particularly in global companies such as ours.

 

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What OFWs miss about Filipino Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner, and this time brings a different kind of nostalgia for Filipinos who are based abroad, like myself. Being away from home for the past four Christmases in total, I would say, one can never be used to not celebrating the season Pinoy-style. In the Philippines, the holidays are a well-celebrated time, and Filipinos are always big on Christmas. It seems automatic for Filipinos to condition each other that the most awaited season of giving is at hand. Here are some reasons why:

  1. “-ber” months

Filipinos are overly conscious about the “-ber” months that start on September. You can hear almost everyone raving about how fast the months flew and it is already Christmas in September. Most shopping malls also start preparing for Christmas decorations in August to accommodate the September 1st welcome for the holidays. Local Christmas songs, such as those of Jose Mari Chan and old Filipino Christmas folk singers, are also played during these months.

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The Unwritten Journey to New York from the Pacific Islands

Hi, I am Maner. I am an I.T. executive based in New York City. This is the first time “again” that I am writing for Internet consumption. Since the boom of blogging in 2003, I have reserved this domain as a venue to put on my thoughts, basically opinions, on new technologies in different places and regions I visit mostly through my job. The times were tight in the past decade, but a moment of awakening this week pushed my to revive this little space in the world wide web universe. Setting serious work aside for this moment, I would like to welcome you to my blog!
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