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When do you know that enough is enough?


OFW's leave our country for their loved ones. Once they bid goodbye and ride the airplane, people think of dollars. But not all OFW's become rich and successful. There are many of us who are struggling because they took the risks of going abroad with no assurance that they can find a job and they barely know anyone from that country to support them. As a result most of them end up going back to their home. Another reason of failure is the lack of vision, or plan. They go, they earn, they send everything to their family, they are so generous to lend their money to friends or relatives in need, they often send big kabayan boxes full of chocolates and imported goods. As a consolation, they just tell themselves, "ok lang’ yan, ngayon lang ‘yan, kinikita ang pera." or "we cannot buy happiness".


...after living the life of an OFW, nakakaiyak. Totoo pala. Iba pa rin ang buo ang pamilya at magkakasama. May pera ka nga, kulang ka naman sa pagmamahal. May pera ka nga, may sakit ka naman.
– Gem V.
Yes, it's true. There's nothing wrong with being selfless and besides, our major reason for coming here is to provide the needs and wants of our family and see them happy. But I think it’s just fair to set limits and not to forget to SAVE or invest. I often hear other OFW’s saying, “Ganyan talaga.’ Yan talaga ang papel natin" or “Gustuhin ko man na umuwi, may magagawa ba 'ko?" Someone who habitually help his family cannot call himself 'helpless'. He always has a choice. We have a choice. I’m 24 years old and it’s my 2nd year in Dubai. The longer I stay here, the more I become eager to set my goals as earliest. I don't want to work for my entire life and I don’t want to waste my youth being away from my family and friends. I'm afraid I might break my good relationship with them because of my obsession to earn, or shift my sweet jolly Tita Mahal image to my nieces and nephews into a cash machine or Sta. Clause. I want to stick to my plans and I really do have a desire to achieve my dreams. I've met a lot of Kabayan who've been working here for more than a decade or two, who are good providers to their family, giving them comfort and wealth and yet they are still unhappy. And worse, there are some who ended up having a broken family. Rebel on the part of their children for having their parents away from them while they are growing up or the parents committed adultery while they are away.

Someone asked me, 'when do you know that enough is enough?' I don't know exactly when, (but) I’m sure it would be very soon.
– Gem V.
I thought scenes like these are just in movies, but after living the life of an OFW, nakakaiyak. Totoo pala. Iba pa rin ang buo ang pamilya at magkakasama. May pera ka nga, kulang ka naman sa pagmamahal. May pera ka nga, may sakit ka naman. At present, aside from my own job, I and my partner is also active in a multilevel marketing. It’s not only an extra income but also a kind of investment. Someone asked me, "when do you know that enough is enough?" I don't know exactly when, (but) I’m sure it would be very soon. I’m not a good writer but please let me share this poem of mine entitled: I want to be rich: So I can be the best of myself. So I can support my loved ones. So I can provide a comfortable life to my future family. So I can travel the world and witness more of His Greatness. So I can have a good time with my friends without a pain in my pocket. So I can help the poor and the needy. So I can put up a business which requires manpower, So I can employ the unemployed. So I can put up a performing arts school, So I can share the love of arts to children, So they will learn patience, courage and discipline. So they can make their family proud and they will see the value of working hard. So they will aim for something more, So they will dream. A dream the comes from a single thought. A thought that leads to a desire. A desire that one day, will become an action. It's just a thought and I've been dreaming of it every hour of the day and I really desire to make it happen. It's free anyway. - GMANews.TV Best regards, Gem Victoria Kamusta mga Kapuso! Sana’y hindi kayo magsawa sa pagtangkilik sa ating pitak na ito. Habang may mga kababayan tayo sa abroad - pati ang kanilang mga kabiyak, anak, ina, ama o sinuman na kabahagi ng kanilang buhay - na nais magpaabot ng kanilang saloobin mananatili po ang inyong Kwentong Kapuso. Katulad ng dati, hindi kami magsasawa na basahin ang inyong mga kuwento - maigsi man o mahaba. Kahit na ang laman nito ay naglalabas ng sama ng loob, nagbibigay ng inspirasyon, gustong magpayo, magsumbong, magpatawa o kahit nagpapalipas lang ng oras. Kaya hihintayin namin ang inyong mga email na maaari ninyo itong ipadala sa Pinoyabroad@gmanews.tv Sa mga kababayan namin saan mang dako ng mundo, saludo po kami sa inyo. Mabuhay kayo mga masigasig naming Kapuso sa abroad!