TFEM Issue 23

PINOY LIFE ABROAD

Nora at an tent at the evacuation centre after Typhoon Yolanda
The horrors of Typhoon Yolanda through the eyes of an OFW

Eight years ago, Typhoon Yolanda (or Typhoon Haiyan), one of the strongest storms ever recorded, ravaged the provinces of Samar and Leyte. A Filipina expat in Barcelona relives the harrowing experience she…

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A Filipina’s farm life on Kyushu Island in Japan

Farm life is not our idea of an OFW life abroad. But Filipino farmer Alma Dochi Luceño found calm and focus in her tranquil but productive life on a farm on Kyushu…

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How I made €7,000 one summer working in Ibiza

More than a decade ago, I worked in a fancy restaurant in the district of Huertas in Madrid. You know those places that use humungous plates for puny little meals and ridiculous…

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10 Things Pinoys need to know about Kenya

Our Nairobi-based columnist Agatha Verdadero has been living in Kenya for two decades. Yet she’s still convincing Filipinos that Kenyans don’t live in mud huts. In this article, she shares with us…

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