Ano? naputulan kayo ng internet? Aba’y bakit? These are the litany of my friend, talking to her sister on the other end of the line…
Her family has not paid their internet bills for the last three months, so it was disconnected… more so, she found out that her son could not take examination because his tuition fee is not paid as well for three months. But she is sending their allowances regularly. Whatever is happening out there, she does not know…. very typical story you would here from an OFW… very sad, really very sad.
Our lives here abroad is really difficult, everyday you have to wake up early to go work, most of us do not take day-off because we want to earn as much as we can to have enough to send our family back home. We have to face difficult supervisors, who knows nothing but to insult us but in reality we are far better than them. When we get home, tired of the whole day work, we don’t have time to prepare our dinner anymore, so chances would be you’ll eat whatever is leftover in your kitchen or worst you’d rather sleep with an empty stomach. This is the typical scenery in an OFW’s life.
Whenever I experience this kind of situation, I would reminisce those days I was still back home working in a small company in my neighborhood. True, salary is very less, but my life is much easier then. In the morning I would wake up, breakfast is prepared by mother, all my clothes for work as well ironed and even the water in the bathroom is prepared. Ganitong buhay ang iniwan ko when I decided to try my luck abroad, nobody forced me to, It was my personal choice dahil gusto kong makatulong sa aking pamilya, hindi man kami yumaman sa aking pag-aabroad, the fact that my earning would be doubled, I’m sure mas maraming needs ang matutustusan…
Pero paano kung ang pamilyang naiwan sa Pilipinas ay hindi marunong magpahalaga sa pinaghirapan ng isang nasa abroad. Paano kung wala silang iniintindi kundi ang gastusin ang mga padala ni ate. Paano kung ang lahat pala ng kinikita ni ate ay ipinapadala niya sa pamilya? No matter howe long she stay abroad and no matter how hard she works, in the end, uuwi pa rin siya ng halos hindi nagbago ang takbo ng kanilang buhay.
Sana ma-realize ng mga mahal natin sa Pinas na hindi pinupulot ang pera sa abroad, pahalagahan sana nila bawat sentimo ng ipinapadala natin sa kanila dahil hindi man nila alam, ang katumbas ng bawat halagang ito ay sanlibong sakripisyo at milyong beses na pangungulila. At sa atin naming nasa abroad…. matutunan sana natin na magtabi para sa ating sariling kinabukasan, after all pinaghirapan naman natin ito kaya dapat lang siguro na pakinabangan natin…
Mabuhay ka Kababayan…
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