SWERTE PA RIN ANG PINOY

If you'll be coming to Europe from the Philippines there's a big chance that you'll get sick and depressed. Why? because the sun barely shines in this part of the world and gloomy weather always prevail. Many people in western Europe and Scandinavia suffers from SAD which is an acronym for SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER. Anti-Depressant pills are very much in-demand in these countries for they trying to overcome the loneliness of the weather not to mention other problems arising from emotional and personal issues.

Here in U.K. a lot of people are living alone most of them were old, fragile retirees. Family ties has not been so good here compare to the bonding that filipinos have with their families. By the time Brits reach their twenties and employed, they opted to move away from their parents to lead their own lives. These are the ways of their so called 'LIBERATED SOCIETY' and has been the cultural practice of other industrialised nations. Parents and grand parents were sent to care homes against their will because many people no longer have the 'time' to watch and take care of them. How depressing. No wonder a lot of people here are sick and depress because of their own doings. Are these the price of priding yourself as a citizen of an industriallised nation? Ito ba ang pinapangarap na buhay ng mga Pilipinong nagtatrabaho sa mga malalaki at sikat na bansa?

If you were to ask Filipinos living or working in Europe if they'll be staying here for the rest of their life, i'll give a stat of 1 out of 10. A lot of filipino still prefer going home if they reach retirement age. Lagi ngang sinasabi ng brother in-law ko dito na pag tumama sya ng Lottery wala nang dahilan para mag-stay pa sya dito at ang kanyang pamilya. Ganun din ang laging nasa isip ko: Magkaroon lang ako ng konting hanap-buhay sa 'pinas, babalik at babalik pa rin ako sa pagtuturo. It is purely for the sole reason of earning 'above average income' why filipinos are here. Gusto lang talagang makaipon ng malaki-laki kesa sa kinikita sa pilipinas.

Napakahirap mawalay sa pamilya lalong-lalo na sa Magulang, kamag-anak at kaibigan. Naniniwala ako na mas mapalad pa rin ang pinoy kumapara sa mga naglalakihang bansa sa mundo. Kahit naghihirap ang maraming pilipino dahil sa punyetang gobyerno natin, hindi pa rin nawawala ang ngiti sa mukha ng mga kababayan natin. Sa kabila ng mga problema, nakukuha pa rin nilang tumawa dahil napakalakas ng Pag-Asa at Pananalig. Sabi nga sa bibliya: 'ANO NGA ANG MAPAPALA NG TAO MAKAMTAN MAN NYA ANG BUONG DAIGDIG, KUNG ANG KATUMBAS NAMAN NITO AY ANG KANYANG BUHAY'.

I MUST SURVIVE

I've been staying in London for the past four months now and it's only recently that i've been accepted in a job as a support worker in a care home in Wembley. My new role will be to take care of middle-age people with Learning Dissabilities who are staying in a home. I had a training on this kind of Job but still, i must admit, i'm nervous on how i can do this job effectively. I'm like a soldier going hesitantly to a war afraid on how he's gonna end up. I know i can do this job effectively but at the back of my head, i'm worried on how i can communicate effectively. I'm good in written english, but when it comes to conversation specially with the brits, i'm very slow to the point of being dumb because i'm still grasping and thinking of coloquial words to reply back.

The language barrier is something that really worries me here in U.K. But i know i'll get over this in time. After all, i have no rights to say no to a job opportunity. This is the very reason i left my career as a teacher in the Philippines to earn better living for my family. If only the politicians and government officials in the Philippines are more compassionate and honest, 'Wala sanang mag-aabroad na pinoy at tiising mawalay sa kani-kanilang pamilya'. Haay buhay!

I'M POOR.... A JOURNEYER

I'm a poorman....I don't need anything. The world doesn't mean anything to me except its' meaning. I'm bound to travel the vast horizon of my existence written in the palm of my hands. I'm following the path that leads to nowhere...can be a fertile plain...a barren desert...a rainy place....leading to the infinite. I'm journeying, looking where it leads me...to that special place I called HOME.

This blog chronicles my life, thoughts... dreams and aspirations. Come and join me in this adventure called LIFE.