Keeping up

Perhaps it was the need to fulfill the responsibilities of a husband, a father, a son and a brother. My reasons to work outside the Philippines are probably the same as that of the hundreds of thousands of OFWs (or Overseas Filipino Workers) who are working in Saudi Arabia or Dubai or wherever a Pinoy can get an opportunity to earn more than that from home. If it was just the desire to fulfill the dream of becoming a successful builder, that resignation paper would have not reached the hands of a family friend, a channel of blessings for the clan and a factor to my chosen profession - my first company's second generation boss. Although it was difficult to make that decision, it was right.

My son got his needed operation after a contract in Saudi Arabia, and a 100 square meter lot was the fruit of the 2 year isolation. But there were still bills to pay, a proper education for the child will soon be an additional consideration, and the lot needs walls and a roof at least.

Dubai provided the chance to make ends meet, but it is filled with devourers that could consume the weak.

This blog is an account of a mid-age migrant worker who is trying to keep up with the joys, the sorrows, the thrills and the expenses of home, Dubai and beyond.

He likes to pose

Does he look like a mobster?


This is Pam's shot...

I quote

"Monday, September 1, 2008
elements and sets
We started math lesson 1 yesterday. I learned elements, groups and sets. Papa taught me. "

this is one of his inserts when he started his class this year.