Jam Guibone

Hello! I am Jam. Welcome to my blog! I initially started this to document my adventures while working in Japan as an ALT under the JET Programme. I hope all the information here will be useful to you, whether or not you're also a JET, ALT, or just someone traveling abroad.

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Act on Life or It Will Act on You

Jam GuiboneUpdated on August 10, 2020December 8, 2018Leave a Comment

Originally published on 2018/12/08 I tried reading self-help books. I really did. But they just never captured my attention — except for this one book on career change that I found in a secondhand bookshop. …

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Stuck in a Rut? Here’s Why Every Filipino Professional Should Do a MOOC

Jam GuiboneUpdated on August 10, 2020November 9, 2018Leave a Comment

Originally published on 2018/11/09 No job is completely, a hundred percent, stable. The company might go under or your president might decide to sack each and every one of you. Either way, it’s not enough to know …

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Why ‘Pakikisama’ Is One of the Worst Values We Filipinos Practice

Jam GuiboneUpdated on August 10, 2020November 8, 201818 Comments

Originally published on 2018/11/08 Recently, screenshots from Miss Earth Canada’s Instagram post made the rounds. It wasn’t some catfight between candidates. Instead, it was a revelation of sexual harassment and the inaction of the pageant’s …