My friends and I have been on the topic of citizenship, visas, and working abroad quite a lot lately. With our contracts coming to a close in only six months there are plenty of possibilities to consider when one can look at the whole world as a job market and not just your country, state, or city. On top of that, my friend was recently granted Canadian residence and was chatting about the different means one has to take to get residency without a spouse/sponsor. She explained that in order to get a visa and work in Canada you must prove that no other Canadian can do your job/skill...sounds difficult right?
Well, I think we stumbled across someone in the Philippines...
After a great morning adventure to Timubo Cave, a fresh water cave at the North side of Camotes Island, we returned to our private oasis, Mangodlong Beach Resort, for a swim in the ocean and an afternoon of sun bathing. It was very peaceful and we all got a lot of reading/relaxing done. But then, from the far side of the cove came something I was not expecting: a backhoe rowing a barge out to sea. It was quite the spectacle.
The backhoe dipped the bucket into the water and with large swings left and right it splashed it's way to it's destination. It then proceeded to use the small teeth of the bucket to pull crab cages up from the sea bed and into a large steal bucket on the opposite side of the barge. When all the cages where aboard, the back hoe continued it's journey back to land swinging this way and that. And with a final effort to dock, it wrapped it's great arm around the rocky pier and pulled itself to shore. Amazing.
That driver has a bright future awaiting him in Canada if he so chooses.
Here's an example of the backhoe rowing. Unfortunately, I only got stills of the action.
Island Innovations,
-Bets
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