Work Abroad
The recent departure of my husband’s niece to Denmark and the arrival from Dubai of a former co-worker brought some thoughts to ponder for me. Aside from these two, my brother, my cousins, my neighbour and some of my classmates in college and high school are in foreign countries. Many people think that foreign countries offer greener pasture. They believe that working abroad could provide them higher salary and it could be the way for them to uplift their way of living from what was here in the Philippines. Sadly more and more people are working abroad. Mostly are talented professionals like doctors, teachers, accountants, nurses and engineers that used their talents for the benefit of other countries. True to others, working abroad really changed their lives for the better. For some, it brought then unhealthy relationship with their family, unpaid debts, no savings and being molested. A lot of news, articles, books and essay wri...