The Filipino Maid Gives More Help Than Needed

The Filipino Maid Gives More Help Than Needed

By Alice Sy 

A popular Philippine reality TV series which features life stories made a magnificent portrait of the life of a Filipino Maid in the US during a special episode. It was a special on Overseas Filipino workers. The life of the Filipino was considered portraying because she worked for an American woman dying with cancer. The woman was tragically alone and had strong negative views in life. It took one Filipino to change all that.

The story is heartwarming and interesting because viewers are taken aback by the tragic life of the American woman. It was a tear jerking series because her one and only maid was her only companion in life. What started as an annoying professional relationship turned into real friendship that neither life nor death can separate.

That's what makes the Filipino maid special. In the series, at a time when her employer was being rude and experiencing the most difficult time of her life, she insisted her faith and hope and never left her, not once. True enough, Filipinos indeed stand firm and strong beside their employers to prove their loyalty and devotion.

It is just touching to see a friendship develop between a woman, all alone in her life and a Filipino sharing her hope and faith that everything will be alright in the end. She was just a maid but she became more than that to the American woman-she was the closest thing she had to a family.
Life is not about numbers. Numbers of friends, numbers of success and failures. It's about loving and being loved by someone. The American woman though dying was inspired by the Filipino maid. She was released from her burden and finally enlightened. There was one woman fighting for her-and that's all she needed to be happy in life.

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How To Deal With Homesickness - Living Overseas and Working Abroad

Dealing With Homesickness - Living Overseas and Working Abroad

By Stan Mckey

 
We all like comfort, we all like things we know well and understand. Home is safe - home is easy. Move away from it for a bit and you soon realize you miss a lot of things. You miss home most when things go wrong such as when you're down or sick. Birthdays and Christmas can be low points too.
Adjusting to a new surrounding, expectations, friends, and work routine takes a fair amount of time and patience. Moving away from home, voluntarily as in the case of overseas workers, expatriates and students has always led people to feel homesick.
In the case of expatriates, for instance, the depressive feeling of homesickness may cause the risk of losing their jobs, shame of being labelled as incompetent, the risk of not being able to move up the ladders in their career, or the prospect of unemployment, etc. By nature, we tend to resist change and struggle to hold on to familiar surroundings like the comforts of home, family, and friends. If you're struggling to beat this depressive feeling, here are some homesickness tips to pick you up.

1. Keep in touch with your parents, wife/husband back home through email and digital pictures. This will help both of you adjust. But if you are lazy to write a letter and the cost of regular phone calls is the reason for your ten day fast, it's probably time to make use of more modern technology. Send e-mail to each other or set up your own web site for correspondence from friends around the country.

2. A trip to the local food snack hang out or food joint can cure most anything. A roommate, friend, or someone you can confide in can help make your transition from home a little easier. You might even discover your friend is struggling with the same problems as you. Every once in awhile, watch CD movies and search out a favorite food or cook it at home. Familiar things from back home will cheer everyone up.

3. Talk about being homesick with your friends/ co-workers rather than bottling it up and hoping it will go away. This helps enormously and goes a long way to creating that 'we are in this together feeling.

4. Try writing in a journal, diary or blog the next time you are feeling down. Just write down what's on your mind and express some of your worries and fears. Over time, you can reflect on what you wrote and see how far you've come. You may even take up blogging as a hobby.

5. Social groups and events are a core part of your work experience. You could likewise volunteer to work with other expatriates or overseas workers from your own country at an expatriate club or organization. You might build new relationships and enjoy the satisfaction of helping others.

6. Now is a good time to remember your dreams and think about how much you can accomplish with a little effort and hard work. Write down what you want to accomplish and commit yourself to working towards your goals. Your attitude and confidence will improve as you progress.

7. See what recreational activities you can discover in your area. Find out what's happening in your area. Attend a sporting event, concert or company sponsored program. Plan a weekend get-away with friends. Exploring your new surrounding will add some excitement to the daily grind of work. You may even meet new friends or find a favorite hang out.

Possibly, you may also request that a relative of yours such as your parent, spouse and children, could be sponsored by your company to visit you occasionally. This may be the mother, father or other relatives. This approach is likely to ensure that there is not substantial breakdown in the family relationship and reduce the feeling of missing dear ones, which is often at the centre of homesickness.

Reducing homesickness could also take into account an attempt to rebuild a socio-cultural network, however artificial it may be. For instance, in areas such as Saudi Arabia, Middle East nations or U.S.A. where Asians, Filipinos and American expatriates work for their respective companies, there could be joint efforts to set an expatriate network (e.g. Overseas Filipino Workers clubs) that could also include host country nationals. Cultural practices such as nightclubs, religious institutions (church, mosque) schools or childcare facilities could be set up jointly to provide a more cultural sensitive network for the expatriates. This is far from implying that you should cut yourselves off the host society. On the contrary you can learn from each other's adjustment difficulties and successes at the same time as combating somehow the effects of home sickness.
A little homesickness is normal as you adjust to your new surroundings, but you can't let it dampen your spirit. Preparation should chiefly be concerned with informing oneself about the circumstances in the host country; it should also crucially highlight the possibility that you may suffer some social and psychological isolation for some time before you become acquainted with the new environment, i.e. both physical and social. As part of the preventive methods, you should include plans for frequent return visits back home. Although this may add to your overall expenses, it will still remain cheaper than losing your job.

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Filipino Overseas Workers - Filipino Pride

Erik Brillo Level: Basic PLUS Is an Internet Marketer. He loves writing articles as a hobby, and for a living.. Filipino Overseas Workers - Filipino Pride By Erik Brillo

The Philippines is experiencing a diaspora of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) looking for jobs and a better life abroad. Because of this, various overseas Filipino workers (OFW) employment agencies have been sprouting all over the country with the goal of servicing the needs of these overseas Filipino workers
Philippine statistics assess that there are about 7 million Filipino workers abroad. They are among the top foreign workers in the world. Some of these overseas Filipino worker (OFW) jobs are work-related activities in medical centers, hospitals, oil production and transport companies, technical-work establishments, and other service-provider institutions. They are of great demand abroad and supply much of the workforce needed in these work institutions because of the Filipino's work ethics - perseverance, hard work, independence and intellect.
The overseas Filipino workers (OFW) take advantage of the disparity of the monetary exchange rates between the employer country and the Philippines. Once their respective wages of hard labor come, they send a large part of it to their families in the Philippines. They are considered as the new heroes of modern Philippines as their remittances to the country help in the growth of Philippine economy.
Reasons differ as to why Filipinos choose to work abroad, but most of them are for financial reasons and dreams of a good future for themselves and their respective families. Filipinos from all walks of life go abroad for different overseas jobs. Some are professional doctors, caregivers, engineers, and nurses. While others work overseas as house helpers, technicians, and part of a business establishment workforce, large or small.
The emerging globalization has played a big part in this exodus of overseas Filipino workers. Globalization has enabled easy access to many overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and overseas employment agencies overseas jobs which are not readily available in the Philippines. Various countries trust Filipinos' professional way of working and this led to many employer nations outsourcing jobs from the country.
Wherever one is, he or she is bound to meet a Filipino overseas worker (OFW). One can readily distinguish them by the way they smile, laugh and work. In their mind, they miss home and the Philippine Islands; but they work hard for the love of their respective families.

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Its good to know that overseas Filipino workers has contributed not only for the economy of our country but also become the Pride of the Filipino.  In delivering service to the world by their overseas employment.  Well we all know what's the culture of our country, Filipinos are flexible and can easily adopt on different environment.  That's one of the unique traits of Filipino workers.