Two years ago.
I just finished my work and and when I am on my way to go home i recieved a message from somebody. It says they want me to come for a initial interview. I was surprised coz it was already 1 year since I submit applications for overseas job. So I was thinking that it maybe some kind of scam and i have doubt about it. But then I decided to go coz this one might be real. Coz really I am not happy anymore in my job, doing things the same everyday made me think of leaving the company.
So I came for the interview. There are lot of people in along queue of the parking area of the building. Some people are looked familiar so I decide to talk with them. And they said they got the same message. And i learned that the people from this recruitment agency are the same people where I submitted my papers a year ago. they just leave the old company and move to another one. Well these people has agood reputation coz in their previous presentation from the old company they deploy a lot of people abroad and some of these people are friends of friends, we know etc etc.
In there they just gave us some advices on how tos, grooming etc. and schedule of final interview with the GMs of this company.
I was pretty excited and nervous on the interview day coz that will be the first time i am going to talk to a foreigner. Anyway I did my best to comes out the real me and tried very hard to be confident on the interview. I know i ddnt deliver my english properly, as i said this is the first time that i really need to speak in english. anyway i felt that i satesfied the GMs after the interview, it was 3 interview actually. the GM, The HR manager and the Chef. I have smile on face when i left the building.
On the way i talked to other how was the interview and they said they don't feel good about it. so its different feeling. I really felt that i have the chance.
For less than a month they said they will call or email us if we passed the interview and give us detail on how to get the job. I am not hoping to get it just for me not to be dissapointed. I go to work as normal, tried to be happy, joking etc. And yes after a month I got a call and they are asking me to come to the recruitment agency to sign the contract. And yes i read all the details, Ill be working as a legumier ina Golf club in the dubai. I searched it in the internet and get excited about it. And this is the good news , There is no placement fee or salary deductions or any form of payment to the agency, all I need to do are give them all the documents needed and of course I need to go on in a medical check up at my own expense. and thats all. Done it all and I just wait for the visa. I was worried coz the promise to leave the country was always move to another date, cancelled etc. I talk to other guys who also got the job and the same as me worried also. But things gose well after they booked us for a plane wherein all of us 40 people are leaving at the same time and will go to dubai.
The day before the flight we had a despidida party wherein we bring our own food and we share it. In there we get to know each other and most of us will fly for the first time.
On the airport. I was very excited , like our flight is 7 am but I am already there at 11 pm. i observed the people and its like that I saw people crying, parents and their children, grand parents, love ones. It was a very sad moment for them. But its another hope for others.
That was my first time in the airplane, i just hate the feeling when i cannot hear, like a deaf and cannot hear sounds when the plane is moving up or down very fast. I realized that it was normal and the others feel the same.
Welcome to Dubai international airport. Finally were in Dubai. It was good a lot of people, different nationalities, i noticed that most of the employees of the airport are Filipinos. Oh they is how they need us.
We meet the Golf club staff and gave us a welcome smile. it feels really good to welcome that way. They are very welcoming. when i was on the plane I was worried that our employer might be not good. But then The company is good.
We reached the staff acommodation. and we are surprised because its one nice building.
So far I have been working here in Dubai. I would say this company is the best. http://www.fourseasons.com/
