How can any person live to tell that he has gone from the depths of desperation and pull himself into redemption?
Is there nothing left out there that will share and protect the rights of any individual to live and actually feel alive?
Can any of us really evade the grasp of poverty and frustration before we can say that we have succeeded in this life?
Alberto Mayor. That's the story.
He is an overseas Filipino worker who was once a proud seaman and enjoyed a customary life in Saudi Arabia. Since then, he decided to try out his luck in living the American dream. He became a caregiver and and lived within the suburbs of the Bay Area in the US.
When the economic recession slated its toll on the world, many individuals have lost their properties and have become penniless ending up as impoverished and homeless in the process. As reports have said, this phenomenon has indeed taken up all the sacrifices that any person can muster within the rural and suburban areas in the US. This phenomenon is most especially not a stranger to the likes of Mayor.
Consequently, Mayor lost his job and his working visa. He has then lived on as homeless Pinoy taking all his possessions in a backpack with him and sleeping in mini buses in the city.
“Ang sabi ko sa pamilya ko uuwi na ko. Nahihirapan na ako,” he said.
(I told my family that I'm going back to the Philippines. I can't take it anymore.)
Mayor is now in the hands of a non-profit organization. The organization has been helping him to get housing and employment, and a decent meal on his table.
“Sakripisyo talaga,” Mayor added.
(It's really a sacrifice being here.)
For now, Mayor is still fixed on gaining his American dream despite the hardships he has faced.
The story doesn't end there yet. It still remains to be seen as to where this humble story will go. Mayor is still holding onto dear faith and waiting where it will take him.
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Is there nothing left out there that will share and protect the rights of any individual to live and actually feel alive?
Can any of us really evade the grasp of poverty and frustration before we can say that we have succeeded in this life?
Alberto Mayor. That's the story.
He is an overseas Filipino worker who was once a proud seaman and enjoyed a customary life in Saudi Arabia. Since then, he decided to try out his luck in living the American dream. He became a caregiver and and lived within the suburbs of the Bay Area in the US.
When the economic recession slated its toll on the world, many individuals have lost their properties and have become penniless ending up as impoverished and homeless in the process. As reports have said, this phenomenon has indeed taken up all the sacrifices that any person can muster within the rural and suburban areas in the US. This phenomenon is most especially not a stranger to the likes of Mayor.
Consequently, Mayor lost his job and his working visa. He has then lived on as homeless Pinoy taking all his possessions in a backpack with him and sleeping in mini buses in the city.
“Ang sabi ko sa pamilya ko uuwi na ko. Nahihirapan na ako,” he said.
(I told my family that I'm going back to the Philippines. I can't take it anymore.)
Mayor is now in the hands of a non-profit organization. The organization has been helping him to get housing and employment, and a decent meal on his table.
“Sakripisyo talaga,” Mayor added.
(It's really a sacrifice being here.)
For now, Mayor is still fixed on gaining his American dream despite the hardships he has faced.
The story doesn't end there yet. It still remains to be seen as to where this humble story will go. Mayor is still holding onto dear faith and waiting where it will take him.
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2 comments:
Not only in the US that there are casualties of the recession. Hirap talaga ang world economy. Hope Mayor could find a work to support himself and his family.
oo nga..this is a testament that OFW's definitely deserve the term "bayani"..just recently i read at yahoo that despite the economic crises, our OFW's were able to bring in another record for the highest sent remittances this year..
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