Life in Manila - "How tall ARE YOU?"

I have had the wonderful opportunity to move to Manila, Philippines as a part of an AAG assignment. So far I love the people, food, city, and my job. I have many things I could write about today but having just gotten off a bus I'll write about a question I hear everywhere I go: "Exactly how tall ARE YOU?" I'm 6 foot tall and I'll tell you a few advantages and disadvantages of being this height while travelling and living abroad. (in the picture below can you guess which one I am???)

Advantage 1: When riding a bus or train if I am standing I am a head above everyone else and it's a bit cooler up where I am.

Disadvantage1: I CAN'T sit on most buses because the seats are to close together and my neighbors generally don't appreciate me putting my legs in their laps.

Advantage 2: If I need to I can easily gain everyone's attention by standing up

Disadvantage 2: I always have people looking at me (can get old at times!) and pointing!

Advantage 3: Some people say I look like a model because I'm tall
Disadvantage 3: Dependent on the person's English level I am often called "huge". Come on people, it's "tall" NOT "huge"!

I could go on and on but point is that as with just about everything in life there are good and "bad" things about being tall. My choice is to focus on the positive which in this case generally just means making fun of myself and laughing at the fact I can't actually sit in a bus. So, if you are travelling overseas just remember you can choose the experience you have. You can have a good attitude and focus on the positive and you'll have a great experience. Focus on the negative and that's exactly the experience you'll have. Now get out there and travel!

Erin - AAG Pilipinas Office Manager

Recruitment Fair in the Philippines

Send us your resume to usa@allianceabroad.com.ph and let us know you are interested in attending the October 25, 2011 fair with Six Flags!  We will have more than 150 positions at Six Flags in food & beverage and hospitality to fill in California, New England and many other U.S. states. What are you waiting for? Don't miss out on your chance to have the time of your life!

AAG Pilipinas

Thanks to all the LPU Batangas students that attended the Founders Forum last week. AAG' Erin Wingerter (pictured below) was honored to be able to present the J-1 visa work and travel program and the J-1 visa internship program.

Recruting in Brazil

Justyna just got back from a recruitment trip in Brazil - they had a great time and successfully filled positions for Gaido’s, Fort Rapids Water Park and Kalahari Resorts. But, in case you missed out, we still have positions available for Kalahari so if you are interested please contact your agency! Check out more photos from the trip on Facebook.

Summer Lovin'

Our Summer Participants from McDonald's in Rock Spring, WY had a great time traveling the Yellowstone National Park -want to check out more photos from their adventure? Check out Facebook!

We All Scream for Ice Cream!

Wanted to share with you a video that we received form Popsy Pop with their Thai participants - they created the adorable video in Thai to bring back home to show the others how much fun they had and possibly come back with more friends next year!

Goodbye Summer!

We are saying goodbye to 8 of your students that stayed with us this summer in North Conway, NH. They were fantastic and we will miss them all. We can't wait to meet the winter group while we wait to see who will comeback and join us next summer!

Welcome to the new and Improved Blog! We hope you come here to get inspired by success stories, and encourage you to share your own! Want to be featuerd on the blog? Just send us a request and we'll be in touch.

Happy reading & safe travels!

-AAG