Beautiful Sunday - Shopping With My Friend
One of my friends called me to go on shopping to buy some important give aways for her family back home. She will be traveling today staying in the Philippines for good. She was the working in Dubai for 16 years before and 15years in Saudi Arabia.
Her life and my life had a lot of similarities. She is the eldest and a bread winner. The difference between us is she is single older woman and me is a widow. She had no child but she support her whole family nieces and nephews. She wants to stay for another two years but her health became became especially the lower limp. I appreciated her love to her siblings though she had no mo ey but she managed buying stuff for gift. I told her that money is so much in needs and should be appreciated with your siblings bur her pride and generosity was on her priority. So we bought a lot of stuff for her family.
We knew together 15 years ago and she's so nice to me. She was one of my friends I brought her to the hospital when she was sicked. There was a time we went to the university together to fix her teeth and she got porcelain teeth replacement.
Our memory when we were in the university of Dentistry Jizan fixing /teeth extraction.
Our last shopping together and the mall decorations was green for the National Day celebration.
There's a lot of thing to buy but I have no money. I don't like shopping anyway. I prefer sending money and let them choose what they want.
Fronm one mall to another one. She couldn't choose the best so we went to another place. It was so hot and the car we contacted had no aircon.
Our connection and companionship for the last time marked a memory I won't forget.
That's the beautiful Sunday I will never forget. Have a happy trip to Philippines.
Happy Family Day in the Philippines!
Love lots,
@olivia08
I think she enjoys together with your company, you have lots of similarities like she is single and you were widowed. Just enjoy the life that you will have together and don't mind about stuffs. As long as you enjoy together, that's the most important.
15 years of working? That's really a long life to work, maybe you could just take a break together because life is not as easy as you think.
She's for good but me I have mission and willing to stay with my boss family. My work is lighter now and still have a salary. Hard to let go my job especially the situation in the Philippines now.
For me, if you’re working abroad, it’s really important to save for yourself too because we can never predict what might happen in the future. Sometimes, even your own family can turn their backs on you once you no longer have anything to give. I’m only saying this based on what I’ve seen from some of my neighbors and even friends who have worked abroad.
There’s nothing wrong with helping your family, and it’s really good to be able to help others. But we shouldn’t forget ourselves either. We should have our own savings so that if the time comes when we want or need to take a break from work, we have something to support ourselves with.
Honestly I'm worry about her. Money is important in the Philippines. All her siblings depends on her.her niece graduated medtech passed board exam but get married have a child without job. My friend wa disappointed because she help her niece to support the younger sibling but got married after passing the board exam. Now the niece Hindi na nag message. Ang laki Ng ginastos Niya since high school.
It’s sad that this happened, but it was also her choice. I just hope she realizes that she also needs to save something for herself.
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