03/15/2024
6 REALIZATIONS WORKING ABROAD:
1. YOU CAN’T GO HOME ANYTIME YOU WANT.
Akala ng iba ayaw mo lang umuwi kasi nag eenjoy ka na sa ibang bansa. Pero madami dapat i-consider hindi lang ang “pamasahe”. Kung pwede nga lang every 6 months umuwi or more.
2. IT IS TIRING AND EXHAUSTING BUT YOU NEED TO KEEP GOING.
Pero kapag kausap sila dapat masigla ka o masaya. They can tell their problem but sometimes, you cannot tell your own problem kasi ayaw mo sila mag-alala. “Keep going” is no longer an option, it is now an obligation.
3. TRUST FEW PEOPLE. (I WOULD NOT SUGGEST THE OLD SAYINGS “TRUST NO ONE”)
Real friends, real people are “heaven-sent angels” in different images. It is hard to give your trust to strangers, kahit kabayan pa, but when you meet real ones, treasure them. People come and go, but real ones stay.
4. HOMESICK AND OVERTHINK HAPPENS FREQUENTLY.
Pano sila, pano siya, pero hindi mo minsan matanong pano naman ako? Some souls cry and suffer silently and it is hard to overcome overnight. Too many things are rumbling in your mind: existential crisis, chasing dreams, getting older, and your family’s situation.
5. BEING ALONE MOST OF THE TIME.
There are times na wala kang support system kundi sarili mo lang. You are afraid to get sick, you are afraid to fail, you are afraid to break into pieces. Even though it is hard, always hold yourself together and take care of yourself.
6. PRAYER WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR UNSPOKEN MESSAGES.
Whether you are religious or not, we always want to speak what’s on our minds- our cries, our rants, our plans. The only safe place to send our messages is through prayer. Hahanapin ang maraming rason para patuloy na lumaban.
Laban lang, self! ✨
