“RESPETO” is a Big Word

Respeto! Ugaling  kulang na kulang sa tao

Ang hilig hilig lang umepal at manggulo

Kapag di umubra hahanap nga tagasalo

Ngunit pag iyong nabara hinding hindi magpapatalo.!

Selfish kung ituring ang taong walang respeto,

Pansarili lamang at walang pakiialam sayo

Mabait at tahimik kung  nasa harapan mo

Ngunit pagtalikod masahol pa at ngiting aso.

Pansin nyang lahat ng pagkakamali mo,

Kaliit liitang bagay uungkatin pa nito

Masters of baliktarin magaling magbaluktot ng kwento

Kaya hinay hinay sa tiwala dahil kawawa ang labas mo.

Kung wala kang respeto sa ibang tao

Ang dapat sayo laging nagsosolo

Maliit na bagay ginagawa mong magarbo

Masyado kang pavictim pwede ka na pang teatro!

Alam mo ba ang salitang RESPETO?

Hindi yan basta nababasa lang sa anumang libro!

Inuugali yan ngunit puno ng prinsipyo

Hindi basta na lang napupulot dyan sa kanto!

Ang sabe pa nga inaani daw ang respeto

Kung wala kang itinanim anu pang aanihin mo?

Tigil tigilan mo ang sobrang pagkasensitibo

Walang maitutulong yan problema pa ng buong mundo.

Give and take hindi ba naituro sayo?

Patience is a virtue di ba nbanggit ng guro mo?

O baka naman absent ka kaya di ka natuto

Ayan tuloy lumaki kang walang RESPETO sa Tao!

By: Maerz

08-20-2019

Learning English in Idiomatic Ways

Idiomatic expressions are a type of informal language that have a meaning different from the meaning of the words in the expression. 

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An idiom is a phrase or an expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. Categorized as formulatic language, an idiom's figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning. (Wikipedia)

I usually used some of the idiomatic impression in my daily living. It is quite fun and interesting, at the same time it give colors on the way you communicate since the language are simple but the meaning is deep.

Here are some idiomatic expressions we usually hear and use with their meanings:

Above and beyond

— more than is expected or required

Act one’s age

— to be mature and nit childish

Action speaks louder than voice

— A person’s intention can be judged better by means of what they do rather than what they are saying.

An apple a day keeps doctor away

— eating healthy food will prevent you on getting sick

Apple of the eye

— someone or somethings favorite

A storm in a teacup

— Unnecessary anger or worry about an unimportant or trivial matter

At the drop of a hay

— means without any hesitation or instantly

Bad apple

— a discontented, trouble maker or dishonest person

Barking up the wrong tree

— pointing at the wrong person or looking at the wrong place

Be a cold day in hell

— will never happen

Be head over heels

— be in love with somebody very much

Bed of roses

— comfortable situation

Bedroom eyes

— expression of the eyes that seems to invite in sex

Best of both worlds

— meaning you have it all or all the advantages

Beat around the Bush

— means you are not speaking directly about the issue or avoiding the main topic

Better late than never

— it implies that a belated achievement is better than not reaching a goal at all.

Big cheese

— an important person in a company or organization

Birds of the same feather flocks together

— People having similar characters, backgrounds, interests, or beliefs.

Bite off more than you can chew

— Try to do more than one is capable of doing

Bite the Bullet

—  To do something even though it involves pain, discomfort, or difficulty

Bite the Hand That Feeds You

— Act badly toward someone who has helped you

Bitter Pill to Swallow

— An unpleasant fact that one must accept

Black Sheep

— A person who does not fit into a group, especially a family

Blow the Whistle

— Reporting an illegal or unacceptable activity to the authorities

Blessing in disguise

— something good happens not accordance to your expectation

Bring Home the Bacon

— Earn money for one’s family

Break a leg

— good luck

Break the ice

— to get something started, particularly by means of social introduction or conversation

Call the Shots

— Make the important decisions in an organization

Can’t See the Forest for the Trees

— Is unable to maintain a wider perspective

Cat Fight

— A fight between two women

Chase rainbows

— to pursue unrealistic goals

Couch potato

— lazy person who watches a great deal of televisions

Cross that bridge when you come to it

— deal with the problem when it is necessary not before

Cry over spilt milk

— means being upset over something that happened which cannot be changed

Curiosity killed the cat

— means to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something because it can leads you to danger

Devil’a advocate

— expressing an opinion which you may not agree with but which is very different to what other people have been saying, in order to make the argument more interesting.

Digging around

— looking for

Dog in the Manger

— A person who prevents others from using something, even though the person himself or herself does not want it

Don’t count your chicken before eggs have hatched

— don’t make plab for something that might not happen

Don’t judge the book by its cover

— outward or physical appearance cannot determine someone or something. Do not be deceived by looks

Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

— Do not question the value of a gift. The expression comes from the practice of determining the age and health of a horse by looking at its teeth.

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

— do not put all your resources in one possibility

Every cloud has silver lining 

— be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days

Face the Music

— Dealing with consequences of one’s actions

Fall on One’s Sword

— To accept blame; to sacrifice oneself

Fat Cat

— A highly placed, well-paid executive

Father Figure

— A mentor, a person who offers guidance

Find Your Feet

— To adjust to a new place or situation

Flew off the handle

— went crazy

Fly High

— Be very successful, especially temporarily

Give the benefit of the doubt

— believing on someone’s statement without proof

Hard to swallow

— difficult to believe

Have Bigger Fish to Fry

— Have more important things to do

Hit the books

— to study

Hot potato

— controversial or difficult project that is best avoided

It takes two to tango

— actions or communications need more than one person

Jack of All Trade

— A person with a wide variety of skills

Keep an Eye Peeled

— Be observant; watch out for something

Kills two birds with one stone

— accomplish two different things at the same time

Larger Than Life

— Conveying a sense of greatness, imposing

Last But Not Least

— What I have just said does not reflect a ranking in importance.

Learn the Ropes

— Become more familiar with a job or field of endeavor; be trained

Lend an Ear

— Listen

Let the cat out of the bag

— accidentally told a secret

Let sleeping dogs lie

— To leave things as they are especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument or to leave disagreements in the past. 

Life is A Bowl of Cherries

— Life is wonderful or very pleasant

Make a long story short

— straighbto the point and leave out details

Miss the boat

— someone miss his or her chance

Not One’s Cup of Tea

— Not something one is interested in

Not a spark of decency

— no manners

Not playing with a full deck

— someone who lacks intelligence

No Tree Grows to the Sky

— Growth cannot continue indefinitely.

One step at a time

— do something slowly and carefully

On cloud nine

— extremely very happy

On the ball

— when someone understand the situation well

Once in a blue moon

— happens very rarely

Pass With Flying Colors

— To succeed brilliantly, as on an exam or other test

Picture paints a thousand words

— a picture can tell more complex ideas

Piece of cake

— a job or task that is easy or simple

Powder Keg

— An explosive situation, a situation in which people are angry and ready to be violent

Put your best foot forward

— try your best in everything you are doing

Quote Unquote

— Ironically speaking; suggesting that if a phrase were written out, it would be in quotation marks to convey sarcasm

Raining cats and dogs

— raining heavily

See eye to eye

— agreeing on something

Set in Stone

— Fixed; unchangeable

Show One’s True Colors

— Reveal one’s true nature

Sit on the fence

— when someone does not want to choose or make decision

Steal someone’s thunder

— to take the credit for something someone else did

Take with a grain of salt

— not to take ehat someone say seriously

Taste of your own medicine

— means something happens to you or is done to you that you have done to someone else

That’s music to my ear

— very happy hearing something

Threw in the towel

— give up

Toe the Line

— Accept authority, follow the rules

Went out the window

— dissappear

When it rains it pours

— When one thing goes wrong, many other things also go wrong.

When pigs fly

— never

By: Maerz

Four Years Wedding Anniversary

How will I start???

With words so sweet parang buko tart,

Sa mahal kong hubby

At nagiisang habibi ni wifey..💑

Happy fourth

Hindi man tayo nagmeet sa the fort🇵🇭

Pinagtagpo naman tayo dito sa middle east 🇸🇦

You and me all at ease.

Di man ako ang iyong first 1️⃣

Napawi ko naman ang iyong thirst.🥂

With my full love and care❤️

Para kang nanalo ng solitaire.

Happy 4th wedding anniversary

Date mo naman ako kay sarap pag free...

Loneliness is nothing when your near me

Lets take a break and drink some coffee☕️

Anyways alam ko namang di ako perfect

Pero thank you dahil akoy iyong naging prospect.

I love you now and forever

Overflowing parang water dun sa Mississippi river.

I love you walang labis walang kulang

I miss you each day yan ay di na mabilang

I care for you as always thats very true

Kaya nga I am always here beside you 😘

Till death do us part ang promise to each other

To God be our Guide always in the center.

Our relationship will lasts until forever

When theres you and me against the whole world together... ❤️❤️❤️

By Mae (Jun’s loving wifey)

Good Leader vs The Hypocrites

Is a leader born or made? Some people are born with endowing abilities to be a leader while others are improving to some particular skills of becoming a leader. 

“Leaders become great not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.” 

-John Maxwell

Some leaders used their power for empowerment. Subordinates lose their confidence due to leaders who are greedy to power, whose very obsequious almost to a servile degree. This kind of leadership is hypocrisy! Why? Because they are only claiming to have higher standards which is delusional. 

Leaders nowadays thought that they are God, that they can do anything because of their position and power. Remember only God is God and people are people. God is perfect and people are not, God is good all the time but people changes. 

In leadership you should prove the difference between success and failure. A good leader knows how to turn a vision into a realistic goal of success. “Honesty is the best policy” so once a leader is honest it is for sure the followers will follow the same values and core beliefs. This is called integrity! A truly good leader succeeds because of honesty and having an integrity as well.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going, a song lyrics somehow I heard before that may pronounce positivity. If you are motivated and you sees every situation in a positive aspects well, congratulations! because you have the ability of being a leader. A truly motivated leader inspires their subordinates not only by words but through actions. Persuading other people is really a hard thing to do, but if you set a good example and you can handle it well your subordinates will follow you. That’s great!

A workplace is a place to admire and not a place to fear. Sometimes hearing the word “boss” is scary but in reality a boss or what we called manager is somehow the leader we have in our workplace. If we have a boss who are truly a leader we can establish a good rapport and maintain the peaceful and joyful environment while we are working. A boss who doesn’t take advantage but empower his subordinates is truly a leader. A person who doesn’t blame people but get every problem fixed resembles a good leadership. In a workplace where he always say let’s go and let’s do it  instead of going and doing it by your own. A boss who doesn’t intimidate but relying on every people in his workplace are truly good leaders, he doesn’t command instead he ask and includes his subordinates opinion in every decision making. A good leader knows how everything is being done not just by knowledge but as well as by skills. The most important thing of having a good leader is the way he give credits to his subordinates not only to take credits by the work of others! When all of these traits are emphasized by a company on choosing their trusted leaders, every employee will lasts and love their workplace indeed. Be wise in choosing who will lead your company they may be a good one but sometimes they may be the pretenders and hypocrites...

By: Maerz

Sagot ng inang OFW

Sagot ng inang isang OFW....

My God sagad hanggang buto bawat kataga ng batang to 😭😭😭 

Anu kya ang sasagot ng isang inang tulad ko ng iwan ko ang anak ko 

Sa murang edad na dalawang taon

Habang akoy nag alaga ng ibang bata para bang tila nag ampon

Sa gitnang silangan hinarap ang hamon

Ngunit hindi sapat ang lakas at tapang na baon 

Dahil sa twing maiisip ng inang OFW ang anak nila tila kala ng ibay itinapon 

Ngunit ang di nila alam sa puso ng inang OFW katumbas ng pagwalay sa anak sobrang lungkot at pagtitiis kami ay nilalamon 

Oo kapalit nitoy kwarta na sa sarili kong bansa ay di ko kinikita

Maibigay ang luho materyal na bagay at pribadong eskwela

Ngunit di matutumbasan ang mga taong kami ay wala

Sa tabi ng aming anak na halos mangiyak ngiyak na sa sambit nilang mama

Bawat kontrata namin ilang taon na ang lumilipas

Gustuhin man naming umuwe at pumiglas

Ngunit sa isang inang OFW daig pa namin ang nilamig at nanigas

Sapagkat bawat oras araw buwan taon na lumilipas 

Ang tanging hangad lang namin sa aming anak ay wag kumaripas 

Bagkus, kami ay intindihin na balang araw kami man ay matagal na lumisan 

Kami ay babalik bitbit ang pangako na MAGANDANG KINABUKASAN 😊

Mahal na mahal ka ni mommy Ziljhian ❤️❤️😘

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OFW (A New Generation Hero) from A to Z

There are approximately 10 million Oversease Filipino Workers around the world in 170 countries. They only do not provide a living for their families but also make considerable contribution to Philippine’s economic growth  and this is the reason why OFW are considered a “National Heroes’.

I thought of some words to best describe our Oversease Filipino Workers where in we can remember them and their heroic acts by these words.

When we say OFW they are:

A- Accomplished. In the sense of earning good enough money as compared  by  working in their homeland,  most of the OFW are considered successful. Successful in a sense that they have done accomplishment to fullfill their goals of support to their family. Although not all but mostly are.

B- Bored. The way of living alone without family besides them are the fact of the OFW hardship. Weekends supposedly a time spent for recreational and relaxing activities but it makes them bored to death thinking they will spent happiness all alone in a far away foreign land. In short, we can call it sometimes being homesick.

C- Challenging. Being an OFW is a big challenging role to survive in the foreign land, it is not as easy as what other’s know. OFW you thought who earn a lot of money but despite of those earnings are challenges to pursue everyday. A challenge which is nostly negative but it is always made positive by them.

D- Determined. To work as an OFW has a reason because each one has a great motivation to succeed in life, nobody can stop their determination to help their families way back home. A determined attitude is what makes an OFW becomes a success!

E- Energized. OFW tend to be energetic at all times. They even make their off days as productive as they could to earn extra income. Their energy were boost by thinking of their family way back home. 

F- Fortunate. Although not all but most of all are fortunate to work abroad. OFW can live their lives in flamboyant way while working in other countries. If you got your visa by then other people may sees how fortunate you are for such opportunity, but they doesn’t even know the real life over there.

G- Godly. OFW always sees GOD as the center of their journey being far away from their family. They seeks God’s   guidance in every way. Every little things they will never forget to pray.

H- Hero. Our OFW are considered heroes since they contribute to the economic growth of the country through the means of their billions of remittances. Also because of their sacrifices to leave their families so as to give them the best.

I- Inspiring. Oversease workers are really inspiring because of their guts and sacrifices. Many of them only thinks that this is an interim arrangement where in they should earn, save and escape. The only inspiration of an OFW to go through are their families.

J- Jovial. Every OFW around the globe are cheerful and friendly. They know how to adapt immediately to every cultures and situations that may arise. Everytime they will see “KABAYANs” everywhere they are overwhelmed and proud and willing to help.

K- Knowledgeable. Everytime you travel to every country you can always see Filipinos working there, why? Because we are knowledgeable in all aspects of work. OFW’s can adjust to any adaptations in different country and different types of work. We always want to learn new things and uses it to gain more knowledge to our future endeavor.

L- Love. This is the reason why many Filipinos are working abroad. Because of their unconditional love to their families and they want them to experience luxurious living, they even sacrifice their own happiness just to give their families the best life ever.

M- Motivated. Every Filipinos working abroad are really motivated, they are eager to learn almost everything. OFW with great enthusiasm are those people with intense  and visionary Christian views. They show a lot of interest in everything that they are doing that’s why an OFW is a great enthusiast!

N- Nostalgic. In a sense of longing and sentimental values,  we Filipinos are mostly famiy centered. As an OFW we are longing from some events from our past especially a family gathering or events that we wishfully think to happen again than working in a far away homeland. We often experince this kind of nostalgia especially when we are lonely or we experience hardship on our job.

O- Obligation. Working in a far away land is a scarifice and as well as an obligation. Most OFW treat their sacrifices as an obligation to fullfill their dreams for their family, to earn more than enough and plan ahead on their future but not all are lucky to achieve it. Mostly their obligation becomes a favor or a debt of gratitude.

P- Patience. “Patience is a virtue” we can always hear this saying. In the life of an OFW this saying really applies in reality. Imagine waiting for how many years just to finish our contract or before having our vacation is quite hard to think. Counting the days, months and years just to be with your family again is not simple and easy. It takes time to build a strong guts of patience for us, we almost overcome all the sadness, hardship and trials along the way just to be with our loved ones and just to say the long wait is over, welcome home....

Q- Quality. Standard of work is number one characteristic of being an oversease worker. We are being loved all over the world because of the quality of work that we give, the  disntinctive and general excellence of our work is known in every country that we are serving. When you tavel you will always see a Filipino working or sometimes having business there that you will be proud of. OFW is the quality of good service and having incomparable traits when it comes to their job all around the globe.

R- Realistic. In a sense of achieving their goals in life to be able to make their dreams come true, for themselves and to their family as well. Most OFW’s are realistic and practical. They are thinking sensible ideas on how to go on even they are suffering in a hard way. This is one of the diversion of being alone and far away, to think realistically in achieving a good outcome in all the hardworks for the sake of family.

S- Sacrifice. We often hear the news on tv about OFW who is being maltreated, who is separated from their husband and wife, who’s son or daughter became an addict or whatever negativities. All of these are because of the sacrifices of an OFW, they give up something important for the sake of something which they think is good but sometimes its not. Sacrifices of being an overseas worker are genuine, we cannot blame them because each one of us is having different stories to tell, different experiences and different values, attitudes and opinions about something. Not all the outcome of your sacrifices will be positive, sometimes it also went on a different way which is failure. As to the saying “there’s no harm in trying” so just try and try until you succeed!

T- Thrifty. In laymans term when we hear the word OFW all comes to our mind is that they earned more money. Despite of earning more than enough they are very thrifty because they only use their hard earned money resourcefully and carefully. While their family is having a feast on their table an OFW will have eggs and rice with them just to fill in their stomach and saves more money to be sent back home with their families as a remittance.

U- Undaunted. Dissapointments are commonly happenings to people who works abroad. Sometimes the expectations are far away from the reality. OFW’s are not intimidated or discouraged by difficulties or dissapointments that arises to them, they are undaunted with optimistic attitude to move on despite of failures and challenges along the way. 

V- Venturesome. Not all people can take risks but An OFW can. They are venturesome, wether they win or lose or they will be lucky or not as long as they try and try until they will succeed. This is the reason why OFW are called heroes they are like investors who invest themselves to the different types of culture and adapt on different environment just for the sake of ambitions, dreams and earning better and enough to support their families. Oversease workers are great risk takers more than being a businessman!

W- Wishful. One reason why Filipinos work abroad is the wishful thinking of having a good life. They are expressing a wish for something to happen along with their sacrifices to be far away from their love ones. The risk of being alone in an unknown land is hope to every OFW. They want to accomplish things that they desire sometimes something that cannot or probably will not happen.

X- Xenodochial. We all know that Filipinos are really hospitable and friendly. As we work to other country we meet a lot of foreign people with different beliefs and cultures. OFW’s are very friendly to strangers that is the reasons why they can easily adapt and overcome those cultural diversities in other countries and most of them became successful. 

Y- Years. A lot of years passes by in every OFW around the globe. All the years of sacrifices, longings, hardships, challenges and sometimes failure means a lot in every oversease workers. Every years of going home from a short but memorable vacation is really important to them. To breath and live without stress. To see their families and loved ones, to get along with them and fullfill the lost times happens every year to those lucky OFW who can go home yearly.

Z- Zesty. OFW are very lively and pleasing. Just because they suffer tiredness and hardship it doesn’t mean that they lost their humors. Most workers abroad are fully energetic and full of excitement despite of the feeling of homesickness, they used to divert their attentions in more interesting things to divert their loneliness into lively happiness. They know that life is hard abroad but it doesn’t always show that life is hard for them because they are Zesty!

My Insights: 

I am an OFW since 2013, it is risky to work abroad, sometimes lonely, depressing, tired and maybe you can say all the negative descriptive words in the dictionary but one thing is for sure I am really a PROUD OFW, why? Because after all the storm that happened in my life being here helped me to move and stand again. 

Being an oversease worker is a combination of sacrifices, challenges, love and self worth. We are sacrificing to be alone in an unknown land, it became a challenge to us so we can overcome each day thinking of love from our family and continously taking opportunities which can develop self esteem, values and respect to ourselves that made us always proud but not boastful. We are the new hero of this generations and our family is our strength to always go on. 

To foreigners who called our country “the land of the slaves” which is really degrading to each one of us, but here we are united as one continously fighting and proving them that this was wrong, because Filipinos, despite of discriminations abroad are still humble, we are unique, creative and hardworking people who don’t even care of being tired as long as we give our best to every job that we have. In every country you can see Filipinos because we are knowledgeable and hardworking, this is how we work, and it only means that we are more than capable and trusted workers all around the globe. OFW’s are not slaves but we are more than a HERO!  

Always remember this:

“If you want something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done”

By: Maerz ❤️

Sacrifices Behind Success (OFW Life)

Millions of Filipinos as of now are working as an oversease workers. For the most of us, being an OFW is a promise of good life. To be able to give the best to your family is indeed an equivalent of rendering a vehement hardworks and sacrifices. It is not easy to stay away from home but thinking of the way you will earn a living more than the way you will have in your country and to give a comfortable life to your family is another story. Although not everyone is aware how difficult it is, many still tries and bids their luck outside their homeland bringing the hopes and dreams of a brighter future ahead. Many people are envy when they see an OFW posting travels, good food nice gadgets etc but have you really thought what’s behind those beautiful smiles and nice photos?

For all the parents who missed chances to see and guide their children’s milestones because they need to work far away from them is such a hurtful feelings. Being one of those who is experiencing this kind of heartaches is really stressful but still we cannot show weakness instead we need to fulfill more strength to hold onto. I pity those kids who cannot experience growing up with their parents beside them and I  also pity those OFW parents who cannot be there with their loving children. The long separation where in it creates gaps between parents and children that made the relationship not firm anymore. Those parents who cannot attend to their child’s birthdays, first day of school,  first communions, school activities even special holidays like Christmas and New year which really give them emotional feeling of pain. As an OFW we can give what our child wants in materialistic way and support all the things that they need financially but its different from giving them the caring that they deserve, for them to see and feel our presence physically. 

An OFW is considered to be heros, why? Because of the hundreds, thousands and millions of remittances each day which helps in the boost of Philippine economy. We are a hero because of sacrificing to leave our homeland and our beloved family just to stake and binds to other cultures and works with efforts and hardships to make our love ones live comfortably. We are honored and respected workers abroad because Filipino’s adaptation are really good and nothing compares to the patience, diligence and good working skills of our countrymen. Although discrimination abroad is severe, OFW’s doesn’t mind as long as they are doing good, earning better and giving the best to their families are most important to them.

 

It is not as what other people might think that OFW live a carefree life. Most of us here make the most out of it to let both ends meet. Others may have part time jobs aside from their full time jobs and make their rest days more productive to earn extra income. Many OFWs are letting go of their basic needs just to fulfill the needs of their families in the Philippines and send them everything without complaining and hesitations. Others may have lack of sleep and will not eat on time depends on the capacity of works that they need to finish but they never mind being tired because their mindset is to fullfill what their family needs. In other words being one of us is not as easy as you think it is. It entails a lot of hardships and sacrifices even sometimes we can buy the latest gadgets and material things or you think we live in flamboyant way because of posting in Instagram or Facebook, or because we wear the latest shoe trends, you’ll never know what is behind those things until you feel what we feel and you experience what we are experiencing in foreign land. We always want to post happy moments parties, food porn, shopping etc but no one will post of cruel hours of overworked, living conditions and struggles dealing with superiors or bosses because what you sees on social media is only half of what is really happening to the life of an OFW.

Working abroad doesn’t guarantee success. Sometimes its a matter of luck, sometimes its a matter of struggles, efforts etc. sadly sometimes its a matter of being a slaves on a foreign land. Along with those luxurious life are mostly a sad ending stories or permanent damage on relationships between husband and wife or else sometimes an illness that we need to keep all by ourselves which is unknown to family members in the Philippines just to prevent worries on their part. Homesickness which is one of our biggest enemy along the battle of working abroad but thank you to the modern technology at least we can ease the sad feeling. Although having chats, videocalls and phone calls are not enough to compensate for lost times and presence to be with our families, I am still grateful that it serves as a tunnel to get through and fill the space of melancholy and loneliness in our hearts and minds. 

Mostly people who wants to work abroad might study 4 year course or even having bachelor or masteral degrees, but it isn’t the standard or measures to become successful abroad because all of those are nothing, sometimes even a great teacher when working abroad will apply as nannies or assistant teachers, an engineer in Philippines will only work as foreman, assistant etc. A nurse sometimes works a s caregiver it depends on the salary and financial opportunities that may exists and opportunities of financial stability. They never mind the degree as long as it will give them high salary to support their families way back home. This is how an OFW think “family first.” This is how life goes on when you work abroad, mostly you will be discriminated. Of course we are Filipinos even how degraded we are, we always see the good sides in every bad circumstances and uses it as our strength on future endeavors to succeed.

For all the success and failure behind Oversease Filipino Workers are huge sacrifices and struggles. OFW’s cannot afford to get sick because no one is around to take care of us, thus we have no choice sometimes even how sick we were it is much better to work rather than stay alone in the four corners of our room. Please do not look after the success only because it takes a long turn to achieve one. Don’t judge them as wealthy or rich because every single peso, dollars etc. that they earned and saved is equal to the sufferings, discomforts, pressures and difficulties along their long way battle of being an oversease workers.  When they fail to save and go home with nothing do not judge them as bum because we do not know their struggles, the tribulation and forbearance they endure while they are away.

I am an Oversease Filipino Worker and I am proud to give the best to my family. I am happy to gain success and lonely at times because behind those success are sacrifices to overcome which means we are strong enough to face everything. In every storm I can see the sunshine, in every darkest nights I can see the light and I hope that sooner or later no Filipino like me would sacrifice to work far away from their families and endure evey consequences, no more anxieties, self pity and homesickness companions because the homeland  or country that we live in can promise us a good life. Every hardships and sacrifices will bear fruits so don’t stop dreaming and don’t be hesitant to risk something because in return the seeds will grow again as a strong tree that don’t withered.

At first, yes! it is really hard to become an Oversease Filipino Worker (OFW) but because of our patience and diligence all those hardships disappeared. The mindset and motivations are to reach our dreams and the goal is to give the best to our families. Time will come and we are going to return back home and by that time our guilt will surpassed and change into profuse, abundant and joyful contentment as we can see the fruit of our labor and be together with the family that we are longing for years and decades. All will have the unreachable happiness ever to all KABAYAN’s abroad.

“No dreams are hard to reach just keep on believing, give an extra effort, travel an extra mile and carry an extra load with a joyful heart”

Maerz

Proud OFW