TCW ACTIVITY: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

An Activity Presented to
the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department
San Pedro College, Davao City

In Partial Fulfillment of
the Requirements in TCW 100:
THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Submitted to:
Jade Marlou L. Eliab
TCW Professor

Submitted by:
Vince Lenard F. Mancera
Alyzza Dariano
Glenna Joy Solsona
BSN 4A

November 29, 2021

 The Philippines is a country bursting at the seams with ordinary, everyday
superheroes, with a population of more than 100 million people. There are accounts of
trustworthy taxi drivers returning large quantities of money and valuables to
passengers, as well as stories of privileged teenagers teaching and reading to the less
fortunate. However, while we hear about these events from time to time, there is one
story of bravery that we never get tired of hearing.
For the middle class, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) have long served as a
model of heroism. It's not simple to pack your belongings and go to a faraway, foreign
nation. As those who stayed behind, we regard OFWs as heroes in order to recognize
both the difficulty of leaving and their hopes for a better life for their families and
communities back home.
The Philippines has always been known as a powerhouse when it comes to
supplying the world with skilled workers that are globally competitive. This led to a large
number of our populace to work abroad to supply the daily needs of their loved ones left
behind here in the country. Now, let us go on a journey to look into the life of an OFW
who had decided to stay in the country for good to be together with her family and what
she had experienced working abroad.

Name: RFT
Year migrated: 1999
Year returned: 2012
Number of years working abroad: 13 years
Job experiences (starting from being an OFW ): Hotel Waitress, Cruise ship Waitress,
Saleslady, Boutique Manager
Plan to go back abroad: Yes, maybe a year or two from now
ADVANTAGES OF DISADVANTAGES OF
EXPERIENCES
MIGRATING AS AN OFW MIGRATING AS AN OFW

● “It was a fantastic ● Good earnings, ● “...being away from

experience.” luxurious way of the family.”
● “...unforgettable in living, big salary. ● She has to work
 fact, since I worked ● Comfortable life, “I extra hours with no
there at a very was able to help out extra pay depending
young age and I my families in the on the country
was also working in Philippines and ● She had culture
the fashion industry, supply my needs”. shock at first.
it was exciting to ● There are a lot of ● Racism
wait for the new FIlipinos working ● Expensive cost of
products and sell there so I felt like I living
them. And the was home. ● Overspending
discounts that we ● Gained a lot of ● Small living space
have as workers in friends from ● At risk of being
the company.” different races. sexually assaulted
● Big adjustment at ● There are a lot of and abused
first because of job opportunities ● Language barrier at
racism. there. first
● “It was really fun for ● Being able to travel ● “...missing my loved
me to work there to to the places that ones, especially my
know the sales of we can only watch children.”
the high end brands in the televisions or ● “... distant family
that I can buy at a cinema. relatives think that I
very low price ● Have the skills that have a lot of money
compared with can compete with when in fact I was
working in the other nationalities. only barely capable
Philippines.” ● Opportunity to learn of sustaining the
● “Good earnings of new languages needs of my family
course. I can easily and myself.”
buy gadgets, ● “... the burden of
appliances that I being the
can't afford to buy breadwinner.”
with the salary in the
Philippines.
Updated, and latest
models of phones
and cars.”
● It is very accessible
to travel to other
states of the country
and to the other
countries as well.