Category Archives: OFW Journey

When do you hope?

Hope relates to positivism, a state of mind where expectation is for the best. When we are in crisis, new creative possibilities give us encouragement to set a goal and to exert time and effort in order to reach for that desired goal. Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com

Filipino Overseas Migration 2

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has presently the largest number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and the largest Filipino community in the Middle East. Filipinos comprise the fourth largest group of expatriates, approximately 1.8 million scattered to the different parts of the kingdom. They are also the second largest income earners for remittances to the…

Rumi’s Moving Water poem

Rumi’s Moving Water poem When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. When actions come from another section, the feeling disappears.  Don’t let others lead you.  They may be blind or, worse, vultures. Reach for the rope of God.  And what is that?  Putting aside self-will. Sample…

Must I give up on love?

I work even when I am not feeling well or things don’t seem right. Why? Because I love being productive and being able to be of assistance to whoever needs my helping hands. My family back home in the Philippines, my aging and sickly parents, even if they just send me a simple text message,…

Filipino Overseas Migration 1

Between the 16th to 18th centuries, Filipino sailors who abandoned Spanish ships routing the Manila Acapulco Galleon Trade first settled in Louisiana and made a living by fishing. The exodus of Filipinos to the United States came after the American Colonization of the Philippines in the 1900’s. Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com

Decide what work to apply for

The primary decision you need to make when you are job seeking is what work to apply for. Unless you make up your mind on this, you cannot expect to have a fruitful result. Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com

An OFW’s All Saints’ Day

It has been several years since I first came here in Kuwait as an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). I was able to have a surprise visit to my family in early December 2012. If there is one very important occasion I’ve been missing that would be All Saints Day on November 1st. Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com

A Gracious Birthday

Took a deep breath…Oh! it’s my Grace-ious  (Gracious) day. Through experience, I’ve learned so much over the last decade. Part of me wishes I knew then what I do now. That I had the confidence and self-assurance I now possess, but I guess you can’t develop that without enduring situations. The journey you go through…

Reminiscing the Past

Reminiscing the Past October is always a very special month for me. First, it is my birth month and second, my journey as an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), a blogger whose chosen advocacy is service to fellow Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) became more meaningful. Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com

Better Domestic Helper Condition

The Ministry of Interior made the necessary steps to stipulate the work contract between employer and domestic helper, said recently by Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khalid Al-Sabah. Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com

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