Publisher's Synopsis
OFW Tales and Anecdotes
Translated & Published by Tatay Jobo Elizes,
Independent Self-Publisher in June 2022
The Author of the book is
Jessica Napat
(Originally in Filipino language
and titled, "Buhay OFW, atbp", in 2013).
I revived this book in English to comply with
amazon policy.
The purpose is to make this book available to many Filipinos, young and old and know many OFW writers. Printing of this book is using the method of Print-On-Demand (POD) system, where prints will never run out of copies.
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Contents
Dedication - p4
Acknowledgement - p5
Introduction - p6 1-- Bastard - p9
2-Can I Still Hug and See My Family?
- Eric Peralta - guest - p14
3-- Fatima Valin True Story by her - guest - p18
4-- There is money on Facebook! - May Teresita
Agustin - guest author - p21
5-- Angela Radz Salem True Story by her -
guest - p26 6-- Desire for Comfort, Death is Achieved
(An OFW Story) - Jho Ledesma- guest - p28
7-- Success Despite Difficulty - p30
8-- OFW Life - p39
9-- DH: No Cellphone Allowed! - p42
10-My Father - p45 11-Difficulty of Mother and Son - p49
12-- Be Wise OFW - p53
13-Is there Justice? - p56
14-- OFW Signature VeryImportant - p60
15-Strategic Children AreProud - p62 16-Life in the Province and Maynila - p.66
17-There is Miracle - p70
18-Temptation, Cheater, Run - p74
19-Life Overseas Lucky Or Not? - p76
20-Family Sharing Hardship and Success - p80 21-- Degree Holder vs Maid Big Deal? - p85
22-- Single Mom In Life Challenge Fight! - p89
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Introduction "Porke't nag-abroad 'yan akala mo kung sinong mayaman!" (Just because you were able to go abroad, you think you are already rich!)
That is the motto of almost all OFWs anywhere in the Philippines when you go abroad and when you come home you don't leave home because you don't have money, that's what you immediately hear from them. "Such is the life of an OFW."
This book is about the story of each OFW, experiences that can make it clear that not everyone who went abroad is rich, arrogant, and what other people call those who become OFWs.
K'wento (Stories) is also the story of every Filipino who has been deprived of good fortune, not only for OFWs but also for the Filipino people who have somewhat forgotten their own origins. And the stories of success in every hardship and vigilance on the facebook of OFWs.
It also includes the story of street children who only once notice their importance and character. Children no longer cared for by their parents and left to roam the streets.
Here is also the story of a son who regrets when it was too late to feel love for his father, See "Si Itay."
Heartbreaking experience of a teenager dubbed "Bastard" of one's own father.
K'wento of a Single Mom who endured being separated from her children for their future, "Single Mom in The Challenge of Life Fight."
It also contains the real experience of an OFW in Libya during the war, unforgettable experiences that have become nightmares in their eyes, the "Hug and can I still see my family?"
(more inside) oooooo