Migrating to Oz?

Raquel and I have both written quite a lot of things over the years here in our blog that might be beneficial to any Filipino (actually, not only Filipino) wishing to migrate to Australia. Or at the very least, interested to see Australia from the eyes of migrants.

However, I discovered for myself that the relevant blog posts are very much mixed with all our other posts making it difficult for the reader to seek out the relevant posts. And so, to make it slightly easier, I have listed below some of the posts that might be interesting.

Posts that might be more relevant to migrating or just-migrated folks:

• Tips for Pinoy Migrants to Australia Part 1
• Tips for Pinoy Migrants to Australia Part 2
• Starting a New Life in Australia
• First Time Accomodations
• Migrating to Australia
• Job hunting in Australia
• How I avoided taking the IELTS exam
• Melbourne’s Migrant Visa Online
• Getting Around Melbourne
• Don’t Get Stuck in a Timewarp
• Wiping the Slate Clean
• Always Be Prepared
• The importance of research
• How much are you worth?
• Getting a Car?
• Remit from Oz to Pinas
• Padala from Melbourne
• Duality
• Five things I like about Melbourne
• Australian Slang
• Use that Strine in a Sentence
• Jobs for Sale?

Sight-seeing posts:

• The Great Ocean Road Trip
• Pasyal
• Daily Stroll
• City Scenes
• Gaslight Night Market
• Melbourne Alleys
• Fitzroy Gardens
• State Library of Victoria
• ANZ Gothic Bank
• The Arts Centre
• Busy Past Few Days (Werribee Zoo trip)
• Park Hopping
• Weekend with Friends (Brighton Beach
• Suburb Hunting (Altona Beach)
• Caribbean Barbie
• Our Second Wedding Anniversary (Crown Casino + Impromptu Ballarat trip)
• In Search of a New Home
• The Healesville Sanctuary and The Hedgend Maze
• New Walkway Along the Yarra River
• Walking with the Fishes

Other possibly interesting/amusing posts:

• Do I Know You?
• It’s “Hotting” Up!
• First New Year’s Eve in Melbourne
• Whassup?
• Oz Chronicles 1
• Pangarap Pages
• My Name is Gabriel not Gabrielle
• Langaw Country
• Chinese New Year Festival
• Hostage to the public transport system
• Migration as a Solution?
• Speaking in American or Australian?
• The complexities of health insurance
• Sugar High
• PX Goods
• Remembering Canberra Year One
• Relax, See a Movie
• Happy Easter
• Home buyer’s starter kit
• Lenten Season and Easter
• Filipino Mass
• Weather Matters
• To Speak Tagalog or English in Public?
• USB – PSX Controller Adapter Returned
• Vivian’s story
• Discrimination
• The Sausage Lady
• Remembering the nameless others
• Killing Me Softly With Your Smoke
• The Corby Case Backlash
• It’s Raquel, Not Rachel
• Tax Time!
• University Professor Dreams of a White Australia
• Sporty Weekend
• How Many Guys?
• They Just Won’t Let Go
• Is Speaking in My Native Language Rude?
• Bargain Shopping
• The Magical Regurgitating Toilet Bowl
• Summoned for Jury Service
• Spring Cleaning
• Spring Cleaning (too)
• Update on inspection
• Pinoy Pulubi
• Philippine Fiesta 2005 in Melbourne
• Our Group’s First Christmas Party
• Other pinoy bloggers in Oz
• Musings on an overheard conversation
• Can’t Beat the Heat
• Who’ll Come a Waltzing Matilda with Me?
• Smoke Free Victoria
• That Curry Place Across the Street
• Badminton Again
• Manila is Not in Indonesia
• Adopt Australian Values or Leave
• Reconnected
• My Irregularly Reccuring Speech Impediment
• Weekend Socialising
• Bloody Hell
• Enlightened Cuisine
• Where the jobs are
• The Jesus look-alike contest
• Bunnies, no. Bilbies, yes!
• Night of Laughter
• When you really have to go
• Going bananas
• San Mig has landed
• Misty Melbourne
• Mercy Emergency
• Teach them well
• At Doujicon 2006
• Count us in
• Blast from the past
• Hay Fever
• To Write an Aussie Story
• Puppy in Training

On buying a house and moving in:

• To Dream of a Dream Home
• Shopping for a home Loan
• A House Hunting We Will Go…
• House hunting misadventures
• The Search is Over
• More House Hunting
• We Don’t Like Being Rushed
• Melbourne housing ‘most affordable’
• Furnishing a New Home
• Home owners
• Precious copper wires
• It Isn’t Over Yet
• Moved
• The old apartment
• You Can Never Leave!
• Mind Vacation
• The Ikea experience
• Bills, bills, bills
• Home Work
• Makeover
• Handymen
• Palabok Place

Whew. The list was longer than I thought it would be. I’ll just add posts to this list as we go on adding them.

The rest of the posts that has even a slightly Australian theme to it would be listed under the Australia Category. Just remember that the older posts are in the later pages and the latest posts would be in the first page. So, if you want to read it in a chronological order, you have to start at the last page going to the first. I hope that made sense.