Are you living abroad or miles away from your family?

I'm not from Philippines. Neither am I working nor staying overseas because of any unemployment problem. But I can understand the plight of Filipinos that make them want to venture overseas in search of a better future for their families and loved ones. There are many thousands of Filipinas working here as domestic helpers, and I am employing a Filipina within my household. She shares many things with me about her family, the work situation in her country and why she needs to find work overseas. It is tough and unsettling being away from one's family, and so as an employer, I try and treat her well and make her feel at home as much as I can while she is working here.

I don't call it "moving away", I call it "escaping"! I live far away from my family because they were abusive to me, and I don't really want to have to deal with them on a daily basis. I do accept phone calls once in a while, and once in a very long while I actually call some of my family members myself. But I would never move back to the place I came from (which is almost 1000 miles from where I live now) because I wouldn't want to ever have to be face to face with the people who abused me everyday. I do feel sorry for people who have to live away from families that were kind to them in order to make money. It must be very hard to leave behind a wonderful family like that. Of course, I have to feel a little jealous of people who have happy families in the first place. =p

we are in the States but we moved across country for work also for in the state we lived in had lomited jobs. And we knew of jobs we could fill here for we had been here before / Now it is alot harder to get work my daughter got laid off from her jobe almost 3 months ago has had alot of interveiws but still no work. and fo r working for little wages is all filled up with people that dont speak English. I see you write it good and you would make a good addition to the work force here. But becareful about telling you want to get married for we have so many awful men out there promise alot only to put you into bondage ( if ya know what I mean) So be very carefull if you get a proposal through here or any where else you write this ok ?

I belong to those married individuals who want to give future to my child and work away from my family. It is not easy to work away from home. You will miss your family a lot, especially when you are sick or encounter with something stressful in your work. Of course, when we choose to work far away from our home, we have usually some different reasons for that. If possible, I mean, if you can get a good pay in your hometown, then there is no need to work somewhere else in case you miss your family a lot. As to looking for a job abroad, there are many job opportunities in China. We have many foreigners working in China in different lines of business. If you are a graduate from a college whose major is English education and shows interest in teaching English in China, it would be easier to find a teaching job. Of course, if you are an experienced teacher, you will have many more chances than the inexperienced. But if you are a native English speaker and look more like a foreigner, a westerner, more chances are waiting for you in the big education market in China. I am an English teacher working together with my foreign colleagues in the same office. In our school, we have a lot of foreigners from different countries teaching spoken English. Every year we invite foreign teachers. They are usually from America, New Zealand, Finland, Kenya, the Philippines (They all teach English) and Austria (teaching German and English) and Japanese (teaching Japanese). Ours is a language school, a very big one in Zhejiang Province. Also there are many other schools in China inviting foreign teachers to teach spoken English. I hope that you will soon find your favorite job abroad. Good luck, beauty_ph.

I am not working abroad, but I am working still miles away from my home. My family is living in Cebu City, while I am working in Isabel Leyte. I go home once every two weeks. Even though I could see them every two weeks, I still feel lonely once I go to Isabel as I leave cebu. how much more if I work abroad. but the dollar to peso exchange rate now is getting very promising. the peso is getting stronger as the dollar is getting lower. Working abroad would mean we could be away from our family. but if given the opportunity to work abroad, I would grab it.

From Junior 3,I have been away from my parents. But sometime I can go home to meet them . I think in this way I can improve my abilities of living my self ,not having to depend on others. To tell you the reason,I am an student,I ought to & have to live away from my family members.If God gave me another chance,I would choose the choice again.

i am not living abroad. i am currently staying in our house with my parents. but i do want to work abroad and earn more so that i can help my family. i think we Filipinos have that mentality, which is to work abroad to support our family here in the Philippines because, let's face the truth, pay is much higher there.

Very far away. I came from Scotland to the USA via North Africa, Europe and Scandinavia.

wouldn't you miss your beautiful country and its culture, terribly? is the drive for more money really that strong? I live quite seperated from my family, but still (barely) in the same country. My parents live 22 hour drive from me and my brother lives 17 hours from me. I came to where I live due to my husband's previous career. and wither he goes I shall follow.

Hi,beauty_ph! Yes,in China,people encounter the same question as in Philippines,not only for people from countrysides,but also for people who work in the big cities.Especially in big cities,people want to find a good job to support themselves and their families. I live in Beijing,the capital city of China,but my university is in Tianjin,another big city near to Beijing.Though Tianjin is not far away from Beijing,but I have to live in my dorm in Tianjin.If I can get a chance,I wish I can go abroad for further education or job.I need more experiences to enrich my life.

It's lucky that we live together. My husband comes from another province and it takes about 6 hours by train from his hometown to our city. We don't go to his hometown very often, because we don't have more free time as we have to work. I think the people who can leave home for better future is very brave. I think I am unable to make a decision to leave my family to live in another place. Good luck to you! One day if you can live well in another country, you can also go with you, too. So it's a happy ending.

Yes its true there are lots of Filipinos who are here in abroad or any place in the world. Salary is very cheap but in other country it is expensive. I am living away from my parents but i already married. If i am single and want to help my family in Philippines i will also go abroad and work in their.

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Abroad with my family.

I understand that. Your country must be having a good remittances in foreign exchange and in thelong run it helps balance of payments for the reserve bank of Philippines.

I am not currently abroad, but feel as if I am. Most of my family is on the West side of the United States. And I am over here on the East side. Many miles separate me and my family. I took the chance of coming out here to be with my husband, so he could be closer to his family. But I really miss mine now. If we all could move to one state we all would be happy with, it surely would make things a whole lot easier on both sides.

hi beauty_ph, i think am the right person for you. i am in my country, this is a land filled with milk and honey. but the problem we have here in nigeria is mismanagement of resources. we are highly endowed with alot of resources that are yet untapped. would like to come over to nigeria? i would have loved to marry you, get a good job for you and even make you comfortable. hope to hear from you my friend.

this is a big problem of the Philippines lack of employment for the citizens..people have to suffer being away from their love ones just to secure their family's future..no offense to you, but filipino's had gone thru the mentality they need foreigners to help them manage a better life..somewhat why some foreign countries look at our woman citizens on lower cases..if you will look on internet you see pinay exploitation because they wanna marry foreign man..so what happen is, when foreign guys knew we are pinays they hardly think that we are all the same birds who flocks with the same feather..meaning, they all thought that we are cheap for bargains and they are a luxury to us because they knew our purpose why we carch them..i just hope Filipino specially pinays will change this mentality so just to be fair with our race..they will just kindly respect our beings when we say..we are Pinays..

Eversince I stepped into college, I had been living away from my family. I wanted to be independent; to do things on my own without a family member to remind me what's good and what's bad. Nope, it doesn't mean that I don't love my family..far from it. It's just that there's a perpetual satisfaction in accomplishing something on your own..and you learn to be strong amidst the circumstances.

no, I live with them, completely