OFW stands for Overseas Filipino Worker.
I have this enormous admiration for all OFWs. Last night, I was in a house party and I had the privilege to meet a number of Pinoys (Filipinos) here mostly are working for IT industry --- Dell, IBM and Intel. Good companies I may say. They are truly blessed to have the opportunity to be working for these multi-national/multi-billion companies however, for the single people they have to sacrifice and be away from their families. Lucky for those who are married as they can bring their husband and children all expenses charged to the company they are working for children’s education and housing included. What a great deal, right? Who can say no to that?
Albeit all these, there’s still sadness in their eyes.
Everyday routine would be house-office-house. It’s all work! On weekends they go to the mall, eat out, shop and evenings are for house parties. They usually do house party hopping. One week can be at one’s place then the following week would be on someone else’s house. Eat, drink, kwentuhan, drink, dance. That’s their typical life here.
Then one moment I was thinking whether can I survive a set up like that and I heard myself whispered, “NO I can’t…”. *sob*
Today is my 7th day here and I’m beginning to feel gloomy. If not because of my friends and laptop, I’d weep! *haha* I can’t wait for Saturday!!!
To lighten up the mood, let me share with you some of our photos.
I have this enormous admiration for all OFWs. Last night, I was in a house party and I had the privilege to meet a number of Pinoys (Filipinos) here mostly are working for IT industry --- Dell, IBM and Intel. Good companies I may say. They are truly blessed to have the opportunity to be working for these multi-national/multi-billion companies however, for the single people they have to sacrifice and be away from their families. Lucky for those who are married as they can bring their husband and children all expenses charged to the company they are working for children’s education and housing included. What a great deal, right? Who can say no to that?
Albeit all these, there’s still sadness in their eyes.
Everyday routine would be house-office-house. It’s all work! On weekends they go to the mall, eat out, shop and evenings are for house parties. They usually do house party hopping. One week can be at one’s place then the following week would be on someone else’s house. Eat, drink, kwentuhan, drink, dance. That’s their typical life here.
Then one moment I was thinking whether can I survive a set up like that and I heard myself whispered, “NO I can’t…”. *sob*
Today is my 7th day here and I’m beginning to feel gloomy. If not because of my friends and laptop, I’d weep! *haha* I can’t wait for Saturday!!!
To lighten up the mood, let me share with you some of our photos.
Queensbay Mall @ Starbucks
@ Jamie's appartment with all the Pinoys
Can you see those good food? Yummy! I suddenly miss my Mommy's kare kare *sob*
Surely, I will miss them all. On the contrary, we work in the same company and we have this thing in our laptops called communicator wherein we can keep in touch with anybody in Dell, worldwide. *smiles*
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