Which type of OFW are you?

 

There are approximately 10million OFWs around the world or around 10% of our population, which means 1 out of 10 Filipinos are working abroad to provide for their families.

They are called our modern day ofw because of the suffering they have to endure so that their children can go to school, their families can eat well, their debts be paid and so that they can save enough to come back and live well to the country we all love.

There maybe a lot of reasons why they decided to work abroad but one thing is for sure, one of those reasons is because they will earn more abroad than at home even though it means that they will miss their children’s graduation, they’ll skip meals so they can make ends meet, work for a few years away from their families to pay off their debts and work more because their savings can never be enough to live the way they want.

And although we may have the same reasons, there are different types of OFWs or Kabayans you will meet abroad and some of them are:

The Walking Dead

 

They are our Kabayans who only works- their usual routine is waking up-take a bath-eat(optional)-work-go home-eat(again it’s optional)-take a bath(sometimes they skip this)-sleep-and repeat. Usually, they are the 1st timer, 1st time being an OFW or it’s their 1st time to travel or to go away from home. Sometimes it’s also because of their work schedule and because they are too tired at work that the only thing they want to do is to rest or to sleep.

Annie Batungbakal

 

As the song goes, (sa umaga dispatsadora, sa gabi sya’y bonggang bongga) they are the ones who works hard and party harder. Some of them are like this because it’s their way of breaking free from homesickness, financial problems and their problems at work. The only problem is sometimes it becomes a habit and because of it, their work suffers. They drink or party too much that they’re absent at work the next day, sadly they even forget the reason why they’re away and working hard in the first place.

Mariah Carey (My All)

 

Our Kabayans who gives their all for their families in the Philippines, they’ll work overtime or get part-time jobs, so that they can send money to their families. I know some of them who only eats egg and rice, instant noodles or only bread for lunch so that they can save more to send more because they need to pay for their child’s tuition, pay their family’s debt, food for their families and the list goes on.

The Great Spender

 

Our “one day millionaires”, sadly there’s a lot of OFWs that are like this. They are getting more than what they earn in the Philippines and because of that, they feel that they are entitled to spend their hard earned money on the things they want. For them, it’s spend now save later only to realize that 3 years or 5 years have passed and they are still the same broke Juan/Juana who dreamt of working abroad so that he/she can provide for his/her family and save a lot so that he can come back home with a pocket full of money.

So which OFW are you? Or do you know any those OFWs?