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Before going to NZ, I have prepared myself to kiwi accent, yun bang parang bisaya na may long "e" palagi - "are you feeling bitter now", "ixcillint!", "sivin", "tin", etc.

I really struggled with accents when I started the NZ workforce. Pano ba namang hindi, there are 6 of us in the team and you could hear 5 different accents. Merong kiwi, Indian (parang ilocano sa pag-rponounce ng “r�), chinese (kulang naman sa "r" at "g"), scott (mabilis magsalita at matigas ang mga vowels) and pinoy (americanized, naks). Except for a little difficulty with the scott-twang and the head-gesture of the indian, I am now ok communicating with people here. Ang problema ko na lang eh yung pagka-shy ko (yup, believe it or not). Well, that’s a different story.