Department of Education

Region XII

Division of South Cotabato

PANAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Panay, Santo Niño, South Cotabato

BAGONG BAYANI: EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF FILIPINO DOMESTIC

WORKERS

A RESEARCH STUDY SUBMITTED TO:

RAFFY G. HERRERA, MT-II

Subject Teacher

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR

PRACTICAL RESEARCH I

SUBMITTED BY:

AIKO FABRIGAR

INA GRACE LANGUB

11-HUMSS

March 2019

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 INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

Domestic work is among the oldest and most recognized as an important household

responsibility for women worldwide. It is an industry that has roots in the global slave trade,

colonialism and other forms of servitude. In today’s globalized economy and feminized

international migration, several factors make domestic work indispensable for the economy

outside the household to function. More women are joining the labour force and working longer

and more intense hours. Unfortunately, fewer governments have public policies that help workers

reconcile work and family life as more and more child and family care services have been

slashed, posing serious problems for rapidly ageing societies. All these factors have increased the

demand for domestic workers who maintain vital household routines, thereby allowing millions

of others to go out to work (Erika & Christine, 2012)

The Philippines is now one of the world’s two top labour exports where the government

actively promotes outmigration as a politically expedient development strategy to deal with the

country’s weak economy. Sending migrants abroad have become an industry and the women are

being described as the “modern-day heroes” mainly because of the remittance they are sending

back to the country have been showed to constitute the single largest source of foreign currency

for the Philippine economy (Kanlungan 2009).

In Barangay Panay Sto. Niño South Cotabato there are three old domestic helpers who work

abroad. According to ex captain of Barangay Panay, Danilo F. Manua those domestic helpers

coming from Panay are great heroes of their locality because they choose to leave outside the

country for a long time than to stay around their family that they can't provide their needs of their

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children. And absolutely a hero because working outside the country is not easy and expectedly

they encountered many challenges.

This study is important and necessary for the researchers because there are a lot of cases in

the Philippines where families are separated from each other and problems remains. There are

those who leave their aging parents to care for others, just to earn more. The fact that they're

going to have to stay in a strange land for a long time is a sad reality. It's not easy to adapt to

different cultures and traditions. However, our government falls short in providing decent jobs

for its people so our countrymen will forced to leave.

Review of related literature

This chapter presents a review of literature on present study. These are focuses on

challenges and experiences of Filipino domestic workers.

OFWs are celebrated within the current Philippine context and hailed as the bagong bayani (new

heroes) in popular media. Nonetheless, OFWs face serious risks and individual- and institutional-

level abuses (Stenum, 2011), and many are burdened with legalities of international border

crossing and issues of acculturation (Fresnoza-Flot, 2009).

Working hours of domestic helpers are among the longest and most under-regulated in

the world. It's usually defined as work which takes place in a private "household". UNEGEEW,

(2013) stated that domestic and care work play a critical role in the economic and social well-

being of almost every-country. Domestic helpers include maids, cooks, yayas (nannies), drivers

and all around helpers. According to Fresniza-Flot ( 2009) cited by Parreñas (2005) Women are

expected to carry out domestic duties and mothers are expected to be the main caregiver

responsible for the typical family context. Luebker, (2013) Domestic work performs a multitude

of duties that allow for the maintenance of households and for the care of individuals-allowing

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employers to enter into the workforce to fill higher skilled jobs or otherwise maintain or reach a

desire lifestyle.

The two central elements of the definition of domestic work in Convention No. 189 are

that it is performed within an employment relationship and in or for a household (i.e. regardless

of the specific tasks that the domestic worker performs). Existing statistical classifications, i.e.,

by occupation, status in employment or industry, were not designed with the primary objective of

identifying domestic workers. However, the International Standard Industrial Classification

(ISIC), in its still widely-used Revision 3.1, matches this definition well. Its Division 95

“Activities of private households as employers of domestic staff” includes “[…] the activities of

households as employers of domestic personnel such as maids, cooks, waiters, valets, butlers,

laundresses, gardeners, gatekeepers, stable lads, chauffeurs, caretakers, governesses, babysitters,

tutors, secretaries etc. It allows the domestic personnel employed to state the activity of their

employer in censuses or studies, even though the employer is an individual” (ISIC Revision 3.1).

Live-in domestic workers are those classified as ‘domestic helpers’ in the variable ‘relationship

to household head” in the roster of household members. Live-out domestic workers are those

whose occupation falls under ISIC Division 95, and who can have any relationship to the

household head or be a household head themselves except “domestic worker” (ILO, 2011).

The researcher strove to engender a relationship with each participant that was as close to

hindi ibang tao (loosely translated, “not different from us”) as possible, to treat research

participants as having equal status, to protect the welfare of participants, to employ research

methods appropriate to the population, and to use the participants’ language (Pe-Pua, 2006).

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 Other researchers have identified the transformed ways by which OFWs “parent” their

children across distance, for instance, using remittances and electronically mediated

communication such as cell phones, Skype, and social media (Madianou & Miller, 2011).

Several current and projected trends suggest growth in the need for domestic workers in

the near future including the increased entry of women into the workforce paired with almost

global gender norms for women to perform household duties, increases in segments of the

population that need care (e.g., ageing populations in some countries), and simply an increasing

demand to maintain or achieve a certain lifestyle that necessitates additional domestic assistance

(UNEGEEW, 2013)

The case of rural-to-urban internal migrants working in the domestic sector is not as well

understood. Although sharing many similarities, domestic migrants differ somewhat from their

peers who migrate abroad. Internal migrants are typically younger and have fewer resources than

their international counterparts. Overall, they have less education, originate from poorer areas of

the country, and have fewer years of work experience (ILO, 2013). Working as a yaya entailed

being away from one’s home and being separated from family. Participants described this

situation as difficult but as their only economically viable option. Poverty is a pervasive problem

in the Philippines that affects one third of the population, with this situation especially dire in the

rural areas where 80% of the country’s poor reside (RPP, 2013).

Article 147 requires employers to treat house help in a "just and humane manner" with

no physical violence. . Article 148 requires the employer to provide suitable and sanitary living

quarters, adequate food, and medical attendance to the house helper free of charge

Domestic workers tend to have lower wages, fewer benefits, and less legal or social

protections compared to most other wage workers, with the probable exception of casual day

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laborers and industrial outworkers. Further, although home is widely viewed as a “safe haven”

and some domestic workers feel protected in the private sphere of a private home. There is

growing evidence that domestic workers are exposed to a wide range of unhealthy and hazardous

working conditions (Peggie S., 2011)

Finally, our current understanding of family and parenting needs to incorporate social,

demographic, and cultural change. As transitions within the caregiving context arise, for

example, as a result of migration; significant shifts in human development and family

functioning are likely to emerge (Greenfield, 2009 cited by Kagitcibasi, 2007).

Statement of the problem

Generally this study dealt with in experiences of domestic workers. Specifically, this

study sought answers to the following questions

1.) What are the experiences of Filipino Domestic workers?

2.) What are the challenges encountered by the Filipino Domestic workers?

Significance of the Study

This research, which focused on Filipino domestic worker experiences, is significant to

the following:
To the students, that they must be find out what was the working conditions of being a

domestic worker for those who having an ex domestic workers family outside the country.
To the parents, as the one who have a huge part and responsibilities usually undertaking

the job as domestic worker, this study would help them to reassert and focus more on their fields

and cater better learning experience, especially for the parents who would be planning to find

jobs abroad.

To the community, that they may have rights to providing decent jobs for their people so

their countrymen will not be force to leave.

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To the researchers, it is necessary to gather and understand the data of the research and improve

the interactional and socialization skills

Scope and Delimitations of the study

This study was undertaken in Barangay Panay Sto Niño, South Cotabato and limits its

coverage on old Filipino domestic workers only. Its main purpose is to identify the common

problems and challenges that they encounter and to propose possible solutions regarding these

problems. This study considers every aspect of workers’ personal information that has an impact

on their job performance such as their status, background, their language and ethnicity, their

gender and age.

Definition of key terms

Domestic worker is a person who performs a multitude of duties that allows for the maintenance

of households.

Challenges to say or show that (something) may not be true, correct, or legal

Community a group of people who live in same area (such as a city, town or neighborhood)

Experiences are a skill or knowledge that you get by doing something.

Filipino a native of the Philippines Island It is also a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines.

Migrant is a person who goes from one place to another especially to find work.

METHODOLOGY

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This study entitled, “Bagong bayani: exploring the experiences of Filipino domestic workers”

utilizes a qualitative research approach.

Research design

This study is descriptive and based on qualitative research methods in exploring the

experiences and challenges of Filipino domestic workers.

Respondents of study

The respondents were chosen through purposive sampling. The researchers made use of 3

old Filipino domestic workers as respondents. After choosing the respondents, each of them were

given a survey questionnaire to answer.

Locale of the study

This study was conducted in Barangay Panay, Sto. Niño, South Cotabato.

Research Instrument

This study utilized an interview guide questionnaire. The designed question focuses on

the Lived experiences of Filipino domestic workers and the challenges that they encountered.

The interview guide questionnaire will be prepared by the researchefrs after doing a research.

The researchers’ interview guide questionnaire were prepared and showed to the adviser for

validation, comments, suggestion and revision. After that, revisions of the interview guide
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questionnaire were done.

The researcher incorporated the comments and suggestions of the adviser and prepared

the second draft of the interview guide questionnaire. Since the researcher conducted a research

interview using the research questions and guide questions, the researcher interviewed the

participants individually through direct interview using oral conversation to conduct the study.

Data Gathering Procedure

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 The researcher transcribed the data from the interview. The researchers read and reread

the transcription and coded the answers for the research questions. After coding, the researchers

extracted the coded data and grouped them according to themes that answered the research

questions. The group data were assigned to themes that describe the core ideas taken from the

interview.

Experiences of Lesbian Discrimination

Investigated necessary data and resource

Plannining
Combined all gathered information

Development
Created guide question for the interview
guide questionnaire

Distributes Questionnaires to authorized

Evaluation persons for validation

Interview the selected respondents

Interview

In coded the gathered data and group

Interpretation
them into themes.

The themes answered the research

questions and draw a conclusion.

RESULT AND DISCUSSIONS

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 This section presents the results and discussions of main findings of the study from the

questionnaire.

Experiences

The table 1 shows the hardship experiences by domestic workers. Hardships include

home-sickness and environmental adjustment.

Table 1 Experiences of Filipino domestic workers

THEMES CORE IDEAS

Homesickness -I entered the House just time I brought the agency proved their

homesick, I entered the House. I experience that homesickness crept

in my family number one I really remember was once there I always

thought that what to do? Maybe strict or kind shall be my boss and

what will be the situation there and what will happen to me. All of

that is fostered through my mind. (IT1L45-50)

- The experiences I've had ... the very first thing I've experience the

homesick, the second I learned really working in terms specifically

inside the house what's the proper waste of all those who are

perfectly in it all and the sanitation is really the most their priority is

when you work abroad. (IT2L12-15)

Abused -What? They do not feed well with their people, only noodles and

limited food. (IT3L36, 37)

-That's when they do not give food, yes, it's really hard to get, so

that the people there are slim. (IT3L48, 49)

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The Table 1 presents the experiences of Filipino domestic workers. According to the participants

they experience homesickness to their family and abused made by their boss during their

working days as domestic helper.

Homesickness Mostly, domestic helpers answered homesickness of their family. The domestic

worker shared their hardship during their working days in abroad as domestic helper. According

to the participants:

I entered the House just time I brought the agency proved their homesick, I entered the

House. I experience that homesickness crept in my family number one I really remember was

once there I always thought that what to do? Maybe strict or kind shall be my boss and what will

be the situation there and what will happen to me. All of that is fostered through my mind.

(IT1L45-50)

The experiences I've had ... the very first thing I've experience the homesick, the second I

learned really working in terms specifically inside the house what's the proper waste of all those

who are perfectly in it all and the sanitation is really the most their priority is when you work

abroad. (IT2L12-15)

A Domestic workers cannot avoid being homesick in their absence while they are away. This is

one of the hard parts as domestic helper during their migration in many years in abroad.

Abused. It is the worst part of domestic helper while they are doing their job. The domestic

helper shared their difficulties while they are serving their boss. This is illustrated by a comment

from the participant:

What? They do not feed well with their people, only noodles and limited food. (IT3L36, 37)

That's when they do not give food, yes, it's really hard to get, so that the people there are slim.

(IT3L48, 49)
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Abused is the worst experience as domestic workers. This is one of the scary parts of their jobs

because sometimes they will not feed well and they yelled if there something does wrong.

Challenges

Challenges encountered on working abroad. The difficulty includes, keeping sacrifices,

maltreated and source of strength.

Table 2 Challenges encountered by Domestic Workers

THEMES CORE IDEAS

Keeping sacrifices - the challenges of being a DH there because I have financial

difficulties for my children. (IT1L73-74)

-- It gave me a challenge that I was more than willing to work

for my family’s needs. (IT1L90, 91)

-- ahhh because of my children’s’ need for their studies I chose

to work and leave them to give them their essentials. (IT1L96, 97)
Work adjustment - First timer? my first experience as a first timer is not just as

much as I need to adjust in terms because ... for example the

Chinese because ... their taste in food, they make you feel like a

helper as soon as they get their taste food. If you compare their

taste to the food of the Filipinos it is very different from those

who are less likely to eat food than those in comparison with

Filipinosand secondly, you really need to deal with them as your

new boss because you do not know their behavior. Then third

time I have all the experience, from budgeting, ahm household

chores and then you really care for two kids and that I

experience there from new born you really care for. (IT2L27-35)

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 - ahh what ... what do you call it? Adjust! you really want to

adjust. (IT3L20, 21)

Emotional problem - Of course first of all trust in God and learn to love yourself

also, be inspired and just take it easy. You do not have to ... and

you handle it when you’re homesick and your goals are similar.

(IT2L112-115)

-just pray, because you cannot really call them alone, of course,

you have friends to ask for their comfort (IT2L52, 53)

The Table II presents the challenges encountered by the Filipino domestic workers. Based

on what the participants stated they encountered on how to keep on sacrificing for the sake of

their family and how to adjust their working areas and also they have encountered emotional

problem which is the challenge for them to overcome it even it is hard.

Keeping sacrifices. Domestic helpers are keeping on sacrificing to force and leave behind their

family for the sake of their children. According to the participants:

the challenges of being a DH there because I have financial difficulties for my children. (IT1L73-

74)

It gave me a challenge that I was more than willing to work for my family’s needs. (IT1L90, 91)

ahhh because of my children’s’ need for their studies I chose to work and leave them to give them

their essentials. (IT1L96, 97)

A Domestic worker keeps on sacrificing for the sake of their family and to support the needs and

necessities of their children.

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Work adjustment is one of the difficult situations encountered by DH because of the

environment, nature, climate and culture, the DH who work in the newly area are must adopt the

changes and the only one will do is to adjust. According to the participant:

First timer? my first experience as a first timer is not just as much as I need to adjust in

terms because ... for example the Chinese because ... their taste in food, they make you feel like a

helper as soon as they get their taste food. If you compare their taste to the food of the Filipinos

it is very different from those who are less likely to eat food than those in comparison with

Filipinosand secondly, you really need to deal with them as your new boss because you do not

know their behavior. Then third time I have all the experience, from budgeting, ahm household

chores and then you really care for two kids and that I experience there from new born you really

care for. (IT2L27-35)

ahh what ... what do you call it? Adjust! you really want to adjust. (IT3L20, 21)

They are adjusting to their surroundings much longer in the climate and culture of their work.

These are one of the challenges as a DH because they need to associate with their boss and the

people around in their working area.

Emotional problem. Praying, and resting/sleeping were the most frequently cited ways of

dealing with problems. They explained that thinking of their families and communicating with

God and their friends helped them through hard times and gave them joy and happiness. This is

illustrated by a comment from the participant:

Of course first of all trust in God and learn to love yourself also, be inspired and just take it easy.

You do not have to ... and you handle it when you’re homesick and your goals are similar.

(IT2L112-115)

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just pray, because you cannot really call them alone, of course, you have friends to ask for their

comfort (IT2L52, 53)

The domestic helper participants stated that spirituality and religiosity formed a major source of

strength for them; especially praying was mentioned by the workers as an important way of

coping with emotional problems.

Insights from the study

While doing the research, the researchers discovered experiences and challenges of

domestic workers. The researchers learned that being domestic helper is not an easy because it’s

hard to them to get far away from their family. It’s painful imagine, there are those who leave

their aging parents to care for others, just to earn more. It's quite a pity because the fact that

they're going to have to stay in a strange land for a long time is a sad reality. It's not easy to adapt

to different cultures and traditions. However, our government falls short in providing decent jobs

for its people so our countrymen will forced to leave.

The relationship between knowledge, attitude and practices was examined. The findings indicate
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that the knowledge levels of domestic workers are relatively high. Sources of such knowledge

were mainly radio/television, relatives and friends and churches. So that, we salute for those who

are domestic workers because they are known as Bagong bayani of the day and they represent as

a strong man because they endure all things how hard it is.

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APENDIX A

INFORM CONCENT

Dear Respondent:

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 Good day! We are Grade 11 students of Panay National High School. As a requirement

for our Practical Research I, we are currently conducting an interview about the experiences and

challenges of Filipino Domestic Workers. The respondent for this study are old domestic helper

selected in Brgy. Panay Sto. Niño, South Cotabato.

In line with this, we have chosen you to one of our respondent of this study and we hope

that you will take time answering the questions honestly. Rest assured that all data gathered will

be treated with utmost confidentiality and will be used for academic purposes only.

Thank you for your support and cooperation.

Signature ________________________________ Date ________________

Research Participant

Signature ________________________________ Date ________________

Interviewer

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 APENDIX B

INTERVIEW GUIDE QUESTIONS

1) What are the experiences of Filipino Domestic Workers?

2. When do you start to work as Domestic Worker?

3. What have you experience as a firs timer?

4. Does Domestic Worker is an easy or hard job for you?

5. Do you experience maltreated?

6. How this experience helps you to mold as now

2) What are the challenges encountered behind being domestic workers?

1. What are the difficulties you’ve encountered to your work?

2. Can you give some examples of challenges did you encountered? What are they?

3. How did you come up those challenges in your life?

4. Does the challenges did you encountered your life helps you to be strong?

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TRANSCRIBE DATA

Transcript 1

RESEARCHER: Mayong hapon ante, pasensya te kung nadisturbo ka namon ha, L1

pwede kwaon anay namon atensyon mo sa makadali? Pwede kami ka interview te?) L2

(Good afternoon aunti. Sorry for disturbing you but can we get your attention for once? L3

Can we interview you? L4

PARTICIPANT 1: oh bago lang ko halin sa uma, hindi maero yah itsura ko. Para sa L5

anon a haw? (oh I’m from urns I don’t know what my look today. For what is that? L6

RESEARCHER: Para sa amon nga research te ah about Domestic worker. (For our L7

research about Domestic worker) L8

PARTICIPANT 1: Ok ah! L9

RESEARCHER: so ante amo ini ang una nga pamangkot. (This is the first question) L10

PARTICIPANT 1: dali lang! dali lang! may picture pa gd? (wait! wait! with picture?) L11

RESEARCHER: oo anti kaylangan gd nga magkuha kami sang picture while ga interview L12

kay paraini sa amon nga documentation. (yes auntie we need to take some pictures L13

while we interview you. These serve as our documentation.) L14

PARTICIPANT 1: ti tan.awa yah sitwasyon ko, ok na ning itsura ko? ( but look at my L15

situation! It is ok ifthis is my outfit?) L16

RESEARCHER: ok lang tana na ante ah biskan ano lang suksukon mo gwapa kaman L17

gyapon. (just ok aunty whatever your outfit is you still look pretty.) L18

PARTICIPANT 1: hahaha… ti mastart na kita (hahahaha…. let’s start) L19

RESEARCHER: What are the experiences of Filipino Domestic Workers? kung saton pa L20

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ano bla ang na experience bieng Domestic worker? L21

PARTICIPANT 1: aaaa… kwan eh sa pagaplay mo palang nga daan hindi syaaaa… kung L22
hina ang gina question sa imo, kung hina ang pagpasabat mo kwan ka gyapon my L23
akigan kamy singhalan ka. Didto pa lang sa agency mo maexperience mo na ang wala L24
mo gin expect pero kwan lang na sya natural lang ina sa ila. Ma try nila kung ano ka gd L 25

ka deserving nga magaplay saila (aaaa… to offer me a job is not…. if they ask a L26
question and your answer is weak, like what you still ... scolding you, yell at you, to L27
my agency I experienced didn't expected that they like but it is natural for them to L28
such behavior because they can test how much you eligible to apply to them.) L29
RESEARCHER: ahhh may mga follow up pa kami nga mga question. (ahhh ok we have L30
some follow up question) L31
RESEARCHER: When do you start to work as Domestic Worker? L32
PAERTICIPANT 1: mga 2017 aaaah… 2017… April? (2017 aaaah.. 2017… ) L33
RESEARCHER: aaaah L34
PARTICIPANT 1: ayy May, May, May 17, 2017 L35
RESEARCHER: aaah May 17, 2017? L36
PARTICIPANT 1:oo, oo (yes yes) L37
RESEARCHER: so, what have you experience as a firs timer? L38
PARTICIPANT 1: Pagsulod mo pa lang sa balay satung ging dulong pa lang ko sang L39
agency ara na ang homesick, ara na siya biskan sa agency mo pa lang mafeel mo na L40
lalo na tung nag sulod ako sa balay sang amo ko ma experience mo na ang homesick L41
sa pamilyamo, number one gd nimo ma remember ang pamilya mo gina kwan mo pa L42
kaisip mo. L43
nga ano mayaayo bla ang akon gina trabahoan? Kung ano ang sitwasyon ko diri L44
kung ano ang akon nga maamohan ara na nah tanan sa isip k(o? I entered the House L45
just time I brought the agency proved their homesick, I entered the House. I experience L46
that homesickness crept in my family number one I really remember was once there I L47
always thought that what to do? Maybe strict or kind shall be my boss and what will L48
be the situation there and what will happen to me. All of that is fostered through my L49
mind.) L50
RESEARCHER: Does Domestic Worker is an easy or hard job for you? L51
PARTICIPAN 1: hard job, pero kung para sa family ko kag sa panginanglanon sang akon L52
mga bata ma kwan mo gd biskan anu ka hard ang trabaho kag ano man ka hard ang L53
amo mo… sege lang gyapon kaya ko tiison para sa pamilya ko. Amo inang L54
purpose dira.( hard job, but for my family and for the needs of my children I really L55
endure no matter how hard I work and how difficult is also my boss I endure all things for L56
the children. That’s the purpose solution) L57 23
RESEARCHER: Do you experience maltreated? L58
PARTICIPANT 1: hmmm wala. (hmmm No) L59
RESEARCHER: How this experience helps you to mold as now L60
PARTICIPANT 1: aaahhmm damo ako sang maynatun.an kung paano makisabay sa amo L61
nga biskan mga high standard sila kag syempere ang mga trabaho didto hmmm ano L62
L25
tawag gani sina ah? Mgaaaa mga easy lng gud nimo gamiton kanang mga electric L63
gud tanan ang gagamit, pero ok lang dyapon. (I have learned, how does my boss with L64
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even the high standard and the jobs it hmmm what it called? easy equipment now all L65
those electric device but even such ok still.) L66
RESEARCHER: So let us now proceed to the challenges. L67
RESEARCHER: What are the challenges encountered behind of domestic worker? L68
Kung saton pa ano bala ang mga challenges salikod nga naagyan mo tung nag DH ka? L69
PARTICIPANT 1: ang challenges sa pag DH ko didto kay tungod nga need ko ang L70
financial para sa kabataan ko amo na? (depende sa imo, imo ma na sabat ante) L71
malay mo mali eh koreksyoni (imo na sabat te wala man sang mali ah indi lang L72
mag kabalaka) hmmm… ( the challenges of being a DH there because I have L73
financial difficulties for my children. Is that so? (it depends on you where is not the L74
wrong answer just because you know) because I’m wrong I’ll take care of your L75
correction (you answer it so you do not worry) hmmm ..). L76

RESEARCHER: What are the difficulties you’ve encountered during your work? Ano L77
baKla ang mga kalisud nga naagyan mo sa imo nga pagubra? L78
PARTICIPANTT 1: ang nakahatag sang kabudlay sa akon didto sa pagtrabaho ko, ang L79
pagka homesick ko lang sa pamilya ko nga layo… oh ay sige ang pagka homesick ko L80
lang sa pamilya ko kay layo ako sa ila. Kaya ko ang trabaho pero ang gina tawag nga L81
lyo ka sa pamilya mo ma feel mo gid nga ma feel mo nga daw medyo mabudlayan L82
ka ky tungod sa kahidlaw mo sa ila nga layo ka sa ila. (who gave me a hard time in my L83
work just homesick my family to go home hmm ... oh my family is really homesick L84
far away from me. I can do the job but what we call you far away from your family can L85
really feel that you feel like you’re a little bit harder because they are you.) L86
RESEARCHER: Can you give some example of challenges did you encounter? What are L87
they? L88

PARTICIPANT 1: ahhh kuan Nakahatag sya sang challenge sa akon nga the more pa L89
nga mag effort ako tungod sa panginanglanon ka pamilya ko. (It gave me a challenge L90
that I was more than willing to work for my family’s needs. L91
RESEARCHER: ahhh duwa na lang bilin! Ahhh! How did you come up those L92
challenges in your life? L93
PARTICIPANT 1: ahhh tungod sa panginanglanon sang mga kabataan ko kag sa L94
pageskwela nahimo ko nga mag palayo sa ila para ma provide ko ang ila L95
panginanglanon. (ahhh because of my children’s’ need for their studies I chose to L96
work and leave them to give them their essentials.) L97
RESEARCH: Does the challenges did you encountered your life helps you to be strong? L98
PARTICIPANT 1: yes L99
Transcript 2
RESEARCHER: Ma’am pwede taka ma Interview? (Ma’am, can i please interview you?) L1
PARTICIPANT 2: Para sa ano nyu na nga subject? (for what subject is that?) L2
RESEARCHER: sa PR ma’am, wala abe si Sir Raffy so ang iya nga time ging gamit na L3
lang namon maginterview. (In PR ma'am, Sir Raffy is not around so that his time we L4

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used to conduct interview.) L5
PARTICIPANT 2: ahhh ok L6
RESEARCHER: these are the questions ma’am, what are the experiences being L7
Domestic Worker? L8
PARTICIPANT 2: ang na experience ko… the very first thing nan a experience ko is L9
homesick, tapos second natun.an ko mag ubra in terms specifically inside the house L10
kung ano ang proper waste nila kag ang sanitation amo gid na ang pinaka priority nila L11
kung abroad ka. (The experiences I've had ... the very first thing I've experienced is L12
the homesick, the second I learned really working in terms specifically inside the L13
house what's the proper waste of all those who are perfectly in it all and the sanitation L14
is really the most their priority is when you work abroad.) L15
RESEARCHER: here are the follow up questions ma’am, When do you start to work L16
as a Domestic helper? L17
PARTICIPANT 2: 2006 to 2011 L18
RESEARCHER: What are your experiences as a first timer? L19
PARTICIPANT 2: First timer? Ang na experience ko as a first timer hindi basta basta eh L20
kay kailangan mo mag adjust in terms abe halimbawa ang ila nga taste sa food L21
masmadali kanila magustuhan as a helper kung makuha mo ang taste nila s food kay L22
eh compare mo ang taste sang intsik kag sang Pilipino malas.ay gd kopara sa Pilipino. L23
Kag ika duha kaylangan mo mag deal sa bag.o mo nga amo kay hindi mob al.an kung L24
ano ang ila nga behavior. Pagkatapos ika tatlo nga firstime ko nga na experience ikaw L25
tanan from budgeting, ahm house household chores pagkatapos ikaw pagid mabantay L26
sang bata nga duwa pagid ka bilog nga from new born ikaw gid ang nagbantay ( First L27
timer? my first experience as a first timer is not just as much as I need to adjust in L28
terms because ... for example the Chinese because ... their taste in food, they make you L29
feel like a helper as soon as they get their taste food. If you compare their taste to the L30
food of the Filipinos it is very different from those who are less likely to eat food than L31
those in comparison with Filipinosand secondly, you really need to deal with them as L32
your new boss because you do not know their behavior. Then third time I have all the L33
experience, from budgeting, ahm household chores and then you really care for two L34
kids and that I experience there from new born you really care for.) L35
RESEARCHER: okey, Does Domestic Worker is an easy or hard job for you? L36
PARTICIPANT 2 : hmmm… ano… it’s not an easy. It’s not an easy hmmm ... what ... it’s L37
not an easy. It’s not an easy kay tungod malayo ka sa family mo pero kung tan.awon mo L38
ang ubra ka simple lang man, what makes it hard kung hindi mo bal.an kag hindi mo L39
gusto ang ubra but if you learn to love you will enjoy as long nga inspirado ka, bal.an L40
mo ang objectives mo nga naglakat ka didto. In my part naggawas ako not for myself L41
para gid mabuligan ko ang mga utod ko nga makaeskwela. (Because you are away L42
from your family. But if you look at the job its simple, what makes it hard if you do not L43
know ... if you do not like the job but if you learn to love you will enjoy as long as you L44
are inspired, you know the goals you have to go you're there for the sake... In my part, L45
I went out not only for myself but for me to help my sister to study.) L46
RESEARCHER: Do you experience maltreated? L47
PARTICIPANT 2: aaahh so far I’m lucky nga nag ubra sa Hongkong kay wala gid ako L48

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naka experience sa nabal.an nila nga ging pakaon lang sang noodles morning, L49

afternoon lucky ako sa tanan and I can declare nga lucky gid ako sa tanan nga L50

nakakuha sang amo nga mabuot. (aaahh so far I’m lucky who worked in Hong Kong. I L51
do not really know what they are saying that noodles are feeding them morning, L52
afternoon no. I'm Lucky at all and I can declare. I'm really lucky that I'm one of those L53
who got a good boss.) L54
RESEARCHER: How this experience helps you to mold as you now? L55
PARTICIPANT 2: dako gid eh of course kay ngaa man from that experience matutu ka L56
gid nga eh value ang imo nga trabaho and of course mag value ka gid sang time L57
budgeting nga not all the time nga ang imo nga effort may ara gd kadtuan. (Really, of L58
course, you know why? because in that experience you learned to really value your L59
work and of course you really value time budgeting, not all the time your efforts should L60
have a destination.) L61
RESEARCHER: so, I'm going to go to the challenges ma’am. Here is the question L62
RESEARCHER: What are the challenges encountered behind by Domestic worker? L63
PARTICIPANT 2: kung challenges… actually in my work there’s no such nga ma L64
Challenge kagid ang challenges abe ang tawag sa family nga nabilin sa Pilipinas. Kay L65
kung lantawon mo didto kun trabaho mo lang kayangkaya siwsiw lang na siya. Pero L66
kung kis.a ang challenge abe kung may problema nga mag occur sa nabilin mo nga L67
pamilya ang challenge. Kung paano mo eh handle nga wala ka sa family mo kung may L68
problema kung paano mo ibalance ang imosyom? ( if the challenges ... actually in my L69
work, there’s no such you really love. The challenge is really the people in your family L70
who are left in the Philippines. If you look at the job you can, love it. But sometimes it's L71
a challenge because if you have a problem with your family then you have problems L72
with how you handle that you are not in your family, there is a problem then you just L73
have to balance your emotion). L74
RESEARCHER: here are the follow up questions for SOP2. What are the difficulties L75
you’ve encountered to your work? L76
PARTICIPANT 2: actually in my part , is not mahambal gid nga difficulties kay before L77
ako naglakat nag kadto sanay naman ko, sanay naman ako magtrabaho sa sulod L78
sang balay in terms in taking care of baby hindi nabago sa akon ay te I am the eldest L79
kung sa manghod . so, I have remember gani sang ika second day sang work sang L80
amo ko after nya nag giving birth so hindi siya makapati nga I know how taking the L81
best of baby so in that point didto siya nag hatag sang trust sa akon nga pwede nya L82
bayaan ang bata nya sa akon. (Actually in my part is not really saying that there are L83
difficulties because before I go there I am an adept. I used to work in the house in L84
terms of taking care of baby not new to me because I am the eldest of my siblings. So I L85
remembered that my employer seconded back after he was giving birth, he could L86
hardly believe that I know how to take the best of baby. So, in that point he gave L87
me confidence that he could leave his son with me.) L88
RESEARCHER: Can you give some example of challenges did you encounter during your L89
work? What are they? L90
PARTICIPANT 2: so isa sa mga challenge ko actually I am a domestic helper but L91
because of my salary is not enough to spend my brother and sister in school nagpart L92
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time ako every Sunday nga magbaligya sang load so isa sa mga challenge kay didto L93
abe kami nagabaligya sang load kay ang imo nga contrata as domestic helper kung L94
naga sideline lang ko every Sunday nga nagabaligya load is another way na siya kung L95
madakpan ka that is a bridge of contract so possible siya nga ma pauli. So isa sa mga L96
challenge sa akon siguro in God’s will nga bal.an man sang Ginoo nga ang gina ubra ko L97
tama. So one time it so happened nga gamay na lang ko madakpan pero wala to siya L98
ging tugot kay siguro nabal.an gid sang ginuo kung madakpan ako ti anon a lang? L99
Possible gid ako ma priso. (So one of my challenges is actually I am a Domestic Helper L100
but because of my salary is not enough to spend my brother and sister in school I part L101
time every Sunday gets a load. So, one of the challenges is that we pay the load. My L102
contract as a Domestic Helper if I sell load every sunday is another way he is. If you buy L103
that is the bridge ofontract, it is possible to get home. One of the challenges I have in L104
God's will, the master knows what I am doing is right. So, one time it so happened that I L105
was about to get caught but he did not know that because God knew that I was caught i L106
n the end. it's possible I can get in prison.) L107
RESEARCHER: How did you come up those challenges in your life? L108
PARTICIPANT 2: of course first of all trust in God and then learn to love yourself also, L109
be nspired kag ano lang take it easy wala kadapat na… kag dapat eh handle mo gid ang L110
homesick mo kag ang mga objectives mo amo lang na. (Of course first of all trust in L112
God and learn to love yourself also, be inspired and just take it easy. You do not have L114
to ... and you handle it when you’re homesick and your goals are similar.) L115
RESEARCHER: Does the challenges you,ve encountered your life help you to be strong L116
PARTICIPANT 2: ayy super, super gid eh of course kay ngaa man? Kun nd ko… L117
because of the challenges ma cope up mo ang kaylangan mo nga tapuson tungod L118
kay inspirado ka at the same time. (Ayyy super! super really because of the challenges L119
you can cope up you need to finish just because you're inspired at the same time. L120
RESEARCHER: That’s all ma’am thank you very much for your tie. God bless.) L121
Transcript 3

RESEARCHER: ayooo… (Knock! Knock!) L1

PARTICIPANT 3: Ano to? (what?) L2

RESEARCHER: Ma interview tani kami ante (we want to interview ante…) L3

PARTICIPANT 3: sino ang interviewhin nila? (whom do they interview?) L4

RESEARCHER: ikaw! Ikaw te diba naka experience kana DH te? (You! You've L5

experienced a DH ate day?) L6

PARTICIPANT 3: oo, pero dali lang man to (Yes, but it's just a moment) L7

RESEARCHER: ok lang ate ang importante ang imo nga experience as a DH. (It's okay! L8

The most important is you’ve experience being DH.) L9

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PARTICIPANT 3: oh anong question? (Oh! What’s the question?) L10

RESEARCHER: Here’s the question, what are the experiences of being Domestic L11

worker? L12

PARTICIPANT 3: mahirap, yeah mahirap siya (Difficult, yeah so hard) L13

RESEARCHER: these are the follow up question? When do you start to work as L14

domestic worker? L15

PARTICIPANT 3: Mga December 1, 2009, matagal nay un noong nasa company pa ako. L16

(It's been December 1, 2009. It's been a long time since my company.) L17

RESEARCHER: What you have experience as a first timer? L18

PARTICIPANT 3: ahhh ano.. ano tawag nito? Adjust! Kaylangan mo talagang mag adjust. L19

Wala kmo man gina takenote yung sinasabi ko. (ahh what ... what do you call it? Adjust! L20

you really want to adjust. You do not write what I say you must takenote L21

RESEARCHE: gina record ko man ang ginahambal mot e (I'm recording your voice as L22

well (Ahh ok ok, ok) L23

RESEARCHER: Does domestic worker is an easy or hard job for you? L24

PARTICIPANT 3: Hard, hard job L25

RESEARCHER: Do you experience maltreated? L26

PARTICIPANT 3: hindi, hindi naman, hindi mashado, slight lang (no, no, not too much, L27

just slight) L28

RESEARCHER: How this experience helps you to mold as you now? Ibig sabihin paano L29

bala ang mga experience mo nga na agyan nakabulig bala sa imo kung ano ikaw L30

subong? L31

PARTICIPANT 3: ano… hmmm to be strong (What hmmm to be strong) L32

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RESEARCHER: so, we will go to the challenges, what are the challenges encountered L33

behind being domestic worker? L34

PARTICIPANT 3: ano… hindi sila nagpapakain ng maayos sa mga tao nila, only noodles L35

at mga limited na pagkain lang. (what ... they do not feed well with their people, only L36

noodles and limited food.) L37

RESERCHER: What are the difficulties you’ve encountered your work? L38

PARTICIPANT 3: ano… marami... syempre kung bago ka pa lang hindi mo alam kung L39

saan street, katulad ng pumunta ka sa paaralan hindi mo alam kung saan anung L40

address. Na lito ako pero ginamit ko yung commonsence ko para makatakas sa L41

sitwasyon ko bilang isang bagohan. ( What's more, of course, if you're just a new, you L42

really do not know what street. Just like you are going to school, you do not know where L43

I've been addressed sometimes when I do not know, I'm confused but I used my L44

commonsense to escape the situation just as you venture.) L45

RESEARCHER: Can you give some examples of challenges? What are they? L46

PARTICIPANT 3: yun nga hindi sila nagbibigay nang pagkain, oo napakahirap, kaya mga L47

tao doon ay mga slim. (That's when they do not give food, yes, it's really hard to get, so L48

that why people there are slim.) L49

RESEARCHER: How did you come up those challenges in your life? L50

PARTICIPANT 3: just pray! Kasi wala kang matatawagan dun kundi sarili mo, L51

syempre kung meron kang kaibigan magasked ka ng comfort nila. (just pray, because you L52

cannot really call them alone, of course, you have friends to ask for their comfort) L53

RESEARCHER: Does the challenges you’ve encountered helps you to be strong? L54

PARTICIPANT 3:syempre naging parte ito ng buhay ko pero hindi masyado. (Of course I L55

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have been part of my life but not much in just a few percent.) L56

RESEARCHER: salamat gid ate day sa oras babay. (thank you so much ate day for L57

giving me time, goodbye.) L58

PARTICIPANT 3: Goodbye too L59

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EXTRACTED DATA

RESEARCH EXTRACTED DATA

QUESTION
1. What are the - aaaa… to offer me a job is not…. if they ask a question and your

experiences of answer is weak, like what you still ... scolding you, yell at you, to

Filipino domestic my agency I experienced didn't expected that they like but it is

worker? natural for them to such behavior because they can test how much

you eligible to apply to them. (IT1L26-29)

ayy May, May, May 17, 2017 (IT1L35)

- I entered the House just time I brought the agency proved their

homesick, I entered the House. I experience that homesickness

crept in my family number one I really remember was once there I

always thought that what to do? Maybe strict or kind shall be my

boss and what will be the situation there and what will happen to

me. All of that is fostered through my mind. (IT1L45-50)

-hard job, but for my family and for the needs of my children I

really endure no matter how hard I work and how difficult is also

my boss I endure all things for the children. That’s the purpose

solution (IT1L55-57)

- No (IT1L59)

-I have learned, how does my boss with even the high standard and

the jobs it hmmm what it called? easy equipment now all those 22

electric device but even such ok still (IT1L64-66)

27
the homesick, the second I learned really working in terms

specifically inside the house what's the proper waste of all those

who are perfectly in it all and the sanitation is really the most their

priority is when you work abroad. (IT2L12-15)

-2006 to 2011 (IT2,L18)

- First timer? my first experience as a first timer is not just as much

as I need to adjust in terms because ... for example the Chinese

because ... their taste in food, they make you feel like a helper as

soon as they get their taste food. If you compare their taste to the

food of the Filipinos it is very different from those who are less

likely to eat food than those in comparison with Filipinosand

secondly, you really need to deal with them as your new boss

because you do not know their behavior. Then third time I have all

the experience, from budgeting, ahm household chores and then

you really care for two kids and that I experience there from new

born you really care for. (IT2L27-35)

-It’s not an easy because you are away from your family. But if you

look at the job its simple, what makes it hard if you do not know ...

if you do not like the job but if you learn to love you will enjoy as

long as you are inspired, you know the goals you have to go

you're there for the sake... In my part, I went out not only for

myself but for me to help my sister to study (IT2L42-46)

-aaahh so far I’m lucky who worked in Hong Kong. I do not really

know what they are saying that noodles are feeding them morning,

28
 afternoon no. I'm Lucky at all and I can declare. I'm really lucky

that I'm one of those who got a good boss (IT2L51-54)

Really, of course, you know why? because in that experience you

learned to really value your work and of course you really value

time budgeting, not all the time your efforts should have a

destination.. (IT2L55-61)

- Difficult, yeah so hard. (IT3L13)

- It's been December 1, 2009. (IT3L17)
- ahh what ... what do you call it? Adjust! you really want to adjust.

(IT3L20, 21)
- Hard, hard job (IT3L25)
- no, no, not too much, just slight (IT3L27, 28)
- hmmm to be strong. (IT3L32)
2. What are the - the challenges of being a DH there because I have financial

challenges behind difficulties for my children. (IT1L73-74)

being domestic

worker?
- who gave me a hard time in my work just homesick my family to

go home hmm ... oh my family is really homesick far away from

me. I can do the job but what we call you far away from your

family can really feel that you feel like you’re a little bit harder

because they are you (IT1L83-86)

- It gave me a challenge that I was more than willing to work for

my family’s needs. (IT1L90, 91)

- ahhh because of my children’s’ need for their studies I chose to

work and leave them to give them their essentials. (IT1L96, 97)

- Yes (IT1L99)

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- if the challenges ... actually in my work, there’s no such you

really l ove. The challenge is really the people in your family

who are left in the Philippines. If you look at the job you can, love

it. But sometimes it's a challenge because if you have a problem

with your family then you have problems with how you handle that

you are not in your family, there is a problem then you just have to

balance your emotion (IT2L83-88)

- Actually in my part is not really saying that there are difficulties

because before I go there I am an adept. (IT2L175-186)

- So one of my challenges is actually I am a Domestic Helper

but because of my salary is not enough to spend my brother and

sister in school I part time every Sunday gets a load. So, one of the

challenges is that we pay the load. My contract as a Domestic

Helper if I sell load every Sunday is another way he is. If you buy

that is the bridge of contract, it is possible to get home. One of the

challenges I have in God's will, the master knows what I am doing

is right. So, one time it so happened that I was about to get caught

but he did not know that because God knew that I was caught in the

end, it's possible I can get in prison. (IT2L100-107)

- Of course first of all trust in God and learn to love yourself also,

be inspired and just take it easy. You do not have to ... and you

handle it when you’re homesick and your goals are similar.

(IT2L112-115)

- Ayyy super! super really because of the challenges you can cope

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up you need to finish just because you're inspired at the same time.

(IT2L119-120)
- What? They do not feed well with their people, only noodles and

limited food. (IT3L36, 37)

- What's more, of course, if you're just a new, you really do not

know what street. Just like you are going to school, you do not

know where I've been addressed sometimes when I do not know,

I'm confused but I used my commonsense to escape the situation

just as you venture. (IT3L42-45)

- That's when they do not give food, yes, it's really hard to get, so

that the people there are slim. (IT3L48, 49)

- just pray, because you cannot really call them alone, of course,

you have friends to ask for their comfort (IT2L52, 53)

- Of course I have been part of my life but not much in just a few

percent. (IT3L55, 56)

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 APPENDIX E

GROUP DATA

RESEARCH GROUP DATA

QUESTIONS
1. What are the I entered the House just time I brought the agency proved their

experiences of being homesick, I entered the House. I experience that homesickness

Domestic Worker? crept in my family number one I really remember was once

there I always thought that what to do? Maybe strict or kind

shall be my boss and what will be the situation there and what

will happen to me. All of that is fostered through my mind.

(IT1L45-50)

- The experiences I've had ... the very first thing I've

experienced is the homesick, the second I learned really

working in terms specifically inside the house what's the proper

waste of all those who are perfectly in it all and the sanitation is

really the most their priority is when you work abroad. (IT2L12-

)
15
-hard job, but for my family and for the needs of my children I

really endure no matter how hard I work and how difficult is

also my boss I endure all things for the children. That’s the

purpose solution (IT1L55-57)

It’s not an easy because you are away from your family. But if

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you look at the job its simple, what makes it hard if you do not

know ... if you do not like the job but if you learn to love you

will enjoy as long as you are inspired, you know the goals you

have to go you're there for the sake... In my part, I went out not

only for myself but for me to help my sister to study (IT2L42-46)

- Difficult, yeah so hard. (IT3L13)

- Hard, hard job (IT3L25))

- First timer? my first experience as a first timer is not just as

much as I need to adjust in terms because ... for example the

Chinese because ... their taste in food, they make you feel like a

helper as soon as they get their taste food. If you compare their

taste to the food of the Filipinos it is very different from those

who are less likely to eat food than those in comparison with

Filipinosand secondly, you really need to deal with them as your

new boss because you do not know their behavior. Then third

time I have all the experience, from budgeting, ahm household

chores and then you really care for two kids and that I

experience there from new born you really care for. (IT2L27-35)

- ahh what ... what do you call it? Adjust! you really want to

adjust. (IT3L20, 21)

- aaaa… to offer me a job is not…. if they ask a question and

your answer is weak, like what you still ... scolding you, yell at

you, to my agency I experienced didn't expected that they like

but it is natural for them to such behavior because they can test

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 how much you eligible to apply to them. (IT1L26-29)

- aaahh so far I’m lucky who worked in Hong Kong. I do not

really know what they are saying that noodles are feeding them

morning, afternoon no. I'm Lucky at all and I can declare. I'm

really lucky that I'm one of those who got a good boss (IT2L51-

54)
- Really, of course, you know why? because in that experience

you learned to really value your work and of course you really

value time budgeting, not all the time your efforts should have a

destination.. (IT2L55-61)
2. What are the - the challenges of being a DH there because I have financial

challenges behind of difficulties for my children. (IT1L73-74)

Filipino Domestic -- It gave me a challenge that I was more than willing to work

worker? for my family’s needs. (IT1L90, 91)

-- ahhh because of my children’s’ need for their studies I chose

to work and leave them to give them their essentials. (IT1L96, 97)

- The challenge is really the people in your family who are left

in the Philippines. (IT2L162-172)

who gave me a hard time in my work just homesick my family

to go home hmm ... oh my family is really homesick far away

from me. I can do the job but what we call you far away from

your family can really feel that you feel like you’re a little bit

harder because they are you (IT1L83-86)

- Actually in my part is not really saying that there are

difficulties because before I go there I am an adept. (IT2L175-186)

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 -So one of my challenges is actually I am a Domestic Helper

but because of my salary is not enough to spend my brother and

sister in school I part time every Sunday gets a load. So, one of

the challenges is that we pay the load. My contract as a

Domestic Helper if I sell load every Sunday is another way he

is. If you buy that is the bridge of contract, it is possible to

get home. One of the challenges I have in God's will, the master

knows what I am doing is right. So, one time it so happened that

I was about to get caught but he did not know that because God

knew that I was caught in the end, it's possible I can get in

prison. (IT2L100-107)
-What's more, of course, if you're just a new, you really do not

know what street. Just like you are going to school, you do not

know where I've been addressed sometimes when I do not

know, I'm confused but I used my commonsense to escape the

situation just as you venture. (IT3L42-45)

- Of course first of all trust in God and learn to love yourself

also, be inspired and just take it easy. You do not have to ... and

you handle it when you’re homesick and your goals are similar.

(IT2L112-115)
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-just pray, because you cannot really call them alone, of course,

you have friends to ask for their comfort (IT2L52, 53)

- Ayyy super! super really because of the challenges you can

cope up you need to finish just because you're inspired at the

same time. (IT2L119-120)

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-What? They do not feed well with their people, only noodles

and limited food. (IT3L36, 37)

-That's when they do not give food, yes, it's really hard to get,

so that the people there are slim. (IT3L48, 49)

- Of course I have been part of my life but not much in just a

few percent. (IT3L55, 56)

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