Making A Difference

OMNI Channel is now a channel for Filipino tele-novela which is good for those Filipino overseas workers and Filipino families living in foreign lands they have that channel that caters Philippine-made movies and teleserye.

One of those Filipino series has ended and I forgot the title, LOL. It has that familiar story about an elf (Elfino, Inoy) who fell in love with a mortal human being named Pepay (Princess). It was a long story of rags to riches ala Cinderella fantasy movie. So, tapos na ang teleseries na yun and what happened after that it was replaced with another documentary sort of Filipino families living in Yukon territory. Wow! Ang layo ng place nila and that place is really remote and cold. I couldn't believe that there are so many Filipinos in that part of the land. Listen to what they have to say and although they are in Canada they are not that 100% happy. Who will be happy in another land?

Kung yung ngang mga mayayaman and very popular Filipinos who moved to the U.S. nagsibalik na sa Pinas dahil iba ang life sa ibang countries. No matter what happened, in whatever situation, nobody feels comfortable in foreign lands. You may say that " citizen ka na sa country na yun pero your face hasn't change much, mukha ka pa ring Filipino" unless na bigla ka na lang pumuti, naging blonde ang hair mo through hairdye or biglang tumangos ang ilong mo but then ang strong naman ng accent mo when you speak the English language." So wala rin. So yung iba bumabalik rin after few years in their own land because there's no pretension and maybe there's really nothing to brag about. Kanya-kanyang drama. Mabuti pang maging humble ka na lang at wag ng magyabang. Kasi kung sino yung wala sila pa ang mayabang.

Then another documentary, "Foreign Domestics: The Right To Stay" had hit the airwaves. Medyo luma na yung film na ito about DH or Filipina Domestic Helpers in Canada and they rallied to gain access or rather to stay permanently in Canada. They had that controversial but honest sincere slogan " GOOD ENOUGH TO WORK. GOOD ENOUGH TO STAY." Ang galing! After all those DH are actually College Graduates and some of them were teachers, accountant,  nurses, and God knows what their professional work in the Philippines before they became DH in Canada. DH workers everywhere hailed their work is as important as any other kind of job which is true! It's one of the most valuable hardest jobs in the world. Their work as housekeeper, doing household chores of cleaning the house: scrubbing tubs and toilets, cooking, cleaning the kitchen and its appliances, cleaning glass windows, looking after young children or babies, and other chores such as marketing and cooking extra food for parties, etc. OMG! All these work are the works of MOTHERS! However, when the rich family is super rich they hire Nannies or DH to do the Mother's work (except of course being the wife of the employer). So, what these smart DH did to change the lives of nannies and housemaids in Canada is something to be proud of. THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE! They won their battle. Their battle, their cause, their demonstrations were captured on TV and it was brought to life on the CBC News Radio c/o Mr. Peter Mansbridge ( He was so young way back then when this event happened in Canada). Lumang story na but still applicable in today's time.