Cry Of A Filipino Nurse

Dear Bing,

Work here is very hard, but dont worry if I can go to United States, it won’t be that hard. Its not good in here, because the money is from hand to mouth only. It’s so difficult. The pounds is very low. I really wanted to cry because it is hard work, very dead-tiring!

And you know what? Our employer is a racist and I hate it. It’s just that I can’t say anything. During our meeting, she tried to point out that the foreigner girls, the new girls (I am included) are the ones who caused the home to be so filthy. Oh my! We really wanted to scream. She kept on telling us in front of all the staff, “Do you understand what I am saying? You are nodding your heads as if you understand but then you don’t!”. We all wanted to walk out but we just can’t.

The following day, our nurse manager called me up and asked how I felt about the meeting. I told her I was very much disgusted and disappointed. I told her, this home is promoting anti-racist campaign but then, she (the owner) is talking other wise. I’m not happy after all with that meeting. We felt so dumb, moron and humiliated. I stressed to the manager that if she wanted to blame everything on us, why can’t she call us, Filipinos together, not humiliating us infront of other staff. We felt so stupid. I reiterated that we came here on student visa and we won’t be admitted to college if we didn’t pass the IELTS. With that alone proves that we are good in English.

I don’t know what kind of management this organization has. I don’t understand what labor policies this nation has. I don’t have a pinch of idea if foreigners in this country could cry out for our rights.

That’s the bad thing here. America after all is the best place to go.

Ate

Filipinos are going abroad to seek for greener pastures, to have a better future. But how better it is, if the future awaiting them is like this?

This is a letter from my cousin who is working as a nurse in Ireland. Now, you tell me… Is she going to have a better future? Are the pastures in Ireland really green?

You judge.