Living As A Foreigner In Singapore (OFW - Overseas Filipino Worker) | Confession Room - Episode 7
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- "Although it is one of the most difficult things I've faced, it has made me to who I am today"
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Small gestures go a long way. We can start by not calling them names (pinoys, tiongs, bangla), not making fun of their accent. If you have the privilege of knowing someone from overseas, ask them about their family, culture, what they miss about their home.
I can't imagine having to leave Singapore to work for a better life. Thumbs up for your courage and I hope you'll be treated with kindness while you're here :)
Tiongs?
Their accents are nice and they are handsome
I once asked my Filipino bros whether is it ok to use the term Pinoy as I personally dont like to use it if it is rude or racist. So Im told its ok n nothing bad about it. But I still dont use it.
"Pinoy" is not a derogatory term but I appreciate your sentiment. Pinoy is our local way of saying "Filipino". It's also used in the Philippines so don't worry!
Its okay to use the word pinoy. Neither derogatory or rude. Its actually leaning towards endearment. Like hubby to the word husband.
Im a filipino nurse here in sg , despite of all the challenges I’m forever grateful to this wonderful country! 🇸🇬
me working as maid in singapore for 12years most of employers i got there is no room for me to sleep just sleep in the living room but i learned to adjust somehow.although working as a maid is hard,sad and challenging and yet im so happy being here in this wonderful country i consider this as great oppurtunity
Yes, tough. I sympathise. There are pros and cons for sure.
ann thats shitty!!! u should atleast get a 11ft x 11 ft square room with a personal bathroom n the made into blueprint closet for urself!!! im not a singaporean but a american u are required that much in my opinion!!!
the bathroom may be small but u need room for ur own things... even a small built in closet for ur own snacks n what not that noone will touch!! if they cant offer this then they dont need a helper just get off ur ass n get it done urself!
imho u shoudlnt be happy for that!!! but thats just me!
im making my basement to make bigger sqm place! even then to help me to clean the house! idk how singaporeans pay u! but atleast u can make 31k usd a year to help in a house!
@@jlee438 sir thank you for your concern.but my current employer is moving house soon and they said they have a room for me in there new house😊
I really feel for Julian😢n so glad to hear tat Julian advice to try to adapt to our culture cos they are “visitors”😊👍love his humble character 😊👍
Appreciate all the foreigners who work here in Singapore..
God bless you and your families
At Home
Thank you guys for your contribution.
Singapore is not a perfect country but we have people like you to help us to move along
We are always striving and trying the best we can to make Singapore a better place and hopefully,our South East Asia neighbours can be prosperous too.
🙏👍
There is no Perfect country now. Google/youtube....you will see, every country has its own problems n struggles.
a vast majority of Filipinos assimilate well in Singapore. also, people need to understand that Filipinos are also not a monolith there is no one Filipino skin tone, accent or archetype.
Julian's slowly getting the Singaporean accent, not as much as Lery's but getting there.
Yeah
Yea terrible
First time is always diffcult, but staying here for 25 yrs, ilove this country so much ! I got use to this kind of life here
Their experiences are probably how my parents felt back then when they first came here too. Great video concept btw!
Definitely SG is a food haven. Komala Villa, Kopitiam, Sin Bee Heng Whapoa Drive, Hong Kong Street Balestier, Whampoa Market....Fish Noodle Soup, prawn mee, chilli crab, hap chong kai, crispy fried noodles.....🤤🤤🤤🤤
Iam a Indonesian helper I have hard time to learn how to speak English especially singlish.but well-done now I has been working here for12 years n iam very happy to work here the most wonderful country ❤️
It’s thesame as you fellow filipino although I’m a domestic helper,i also struggles with my employer,but I’m so much adjustment so much until I feel better now
Im working here in singapore as a NANNY. Im with my boss for almost 30 years now. And im so grateful and so blessed to be with my boss . And i felt to stay here in sg is more safe and very confortable to be with… mostly peope here is so helpful and generous… i love singapore. I dont feel like goin bck to philippines hehe
My 2 kids studied here and had experienced the real struggle of descrimination not to mention the expensive cost of education here. #realstruggle
salamat,tsl ❤️
It’s my 15years here in Singapore and I’m a nurse here as well… I didn’t apply to other country although a lot of big countries now a days are open to us nurses with a big offers BUT I still prefer here and love to work here because a lot of good food here, you can go back to Philippines anytime especially when there is an emergency because the travel is 3hours only by plane, I found a Chinese family here they adopt me as their 4th sister and their children called me yiyi as well every week we see each other and last is SAFETY this country is a very very safe to live, even you wear a super heavy gold no body will touch you and here I learned how to eat durian and chillies… And this is my second home, I think no it’s my home here already because I stayed here more than in the Philippines… ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for coming to Singapore to work as a nurse. My sister has been in and out of hospital recently and I do come into contact with many Filipino nurses whom I felt have very good attitude towards the patients. Happy to hear you have met a good Chinese family whom you can rely on for support. God bless and enjoy your stay in our country.
didn't really watch the previous episodes, but absolutely loved this one. thanks for sharing bros
Go go go Filipinos I thought hindi pinoy parang sengaporean na yung accent nila.galing talaga ng pinoy saan man panig ng mundo..
Most countries don’t even speak English. Sing lush would be a breeze
Interesting take on FTs/ FWs.
Maybe good to have a Pinoy domestic helper and a white collar Pinoy to have a more interesting contrast.
Sorry guys if u face racism here. Shame on those who does that to u guys. As for those stupid hawkers, there are some hawkers who has attitude problem. Personally how i deal with them is if i place my order n dont get a response, I will walk away. No amount of nice food will make me accept hawker with attitude. I can do without them. N if they ever see me n tell me my food is ready, I will simply tell them that since they dont acknowledge my order verbally, i take it that they are not interested in my biz.
Yeah some of them have a bad attitude.
I dated Filipino men I like Filipino men. Filipino men are handsome and I like their accents
They are gentle when speaking, and tend to smile as they speak. The same goes to Taiwanese girls for the guys, as they are the sweet in the way the talk. Guess, people (especially the older generation) have to open up to accept foreigners, than to view them differently, and act coldly towards others.
Thank you for this.
Thanks for shining some light on us. I would like to request if you can also do another video for married Filipinos to Singaporeans - the struggle of stereotypes, challenges of purchasing HDBs with your husband/wife but unable to put your name as owner even if you contributed to it since you're not a PR yet, not being able to enjoy housing grants, interracial marriages, cultural differences etc. Would be interesting to learn how others have managed things.
nice video
I think Singaporeans tend to generalise people, things, stuffs etc. It’s more like a shortcut to bring a message across. Like the supervisor could have said,’ I tend to encounter this issue with newcomers from the Philippines, try not to do blah blah blah’ etc. instead, folks tend to say ‘you all’, ‘your Malaysian people’, ‘Philippines people’, ‘Indian people’… the intend was not towards racism, but the receiving end may get the wrong picture end of the day.
However, being treated differently as consumers is a big no-no. Bosses need to educate their staffs no matter what. But I guess this kinda stuffs will always happen anywhere in the world, as I experienced it first hand in Australia myself, in a fast food joint.
Hope the world will become a better place.
If you are not happy in Singapore go back to your country.
You are lucky to be in Singapore.
@@joshuacmogan2667 sir I really hope you don't carry this attitude towards them or foreigners in general in Singapore from 1 year ago till today and even beyond that, they are trying to find a better life and/or provide for their family
should be fortunate as a local you are not in a situation where you have to leave your country for decent living, I pray you have some empathy towards them 👍🏻have compassion, without them you'll be surprised how the economy would not be able to run as smoothly as it is now
You cant compare price of food in the Philippines against Spore. If Spore food can get to the price of Philippines food, then u guys won't be coming here to work cos the salary will be not much different to what u get in the Philippines. In the mid 70s, a bowl of wan tan noodle cost about $1.50 n feeder bus fare only cost 15 cents. Levis jeans was about $40. Those days things were really cheap but my salary as an apprentice was only 50 cents an hr. When I got promoted to a trainee technician in around 1980, the salary was less than $500. So u see the difference? Similarly I cant be over joy if I go to Philippine to work n find how cheap the food is, bcos the salary will be alot less than what I get here in Spore.
It’s the same for everyone who has to work in another country. You just have to make the best out of it. No one forces us to work in another country. No one can make us happy except ourselves! Be grateful for whatever we have. Those who are here in Singapore, nothing and no one is perfect. If we can accept that, we can be a happier person:))
Iam indinesia girl.4me the spore is making me queen in my pilage. Spore is the best to fine money and peace .the best police.goverment.n every thing.thanks spore
Kaway kaway sa mga nurses ng Singapore.
You sound like Singaporean local already mga kabayan. Hahaha
That seems so awesome and remarkable
thank you so much for sharing your pov
What is so nice pino food
Me,i come to singapore 1994,,
Get real, singapore is. A first world country, nowhere can you get such cheap n delicious hawker foods in uproot ir North America. Compare singapore with first world countries, not developing countries like Philippines
Well say.... Singapore is a first world country.
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Parang singaporean na yong accent , ang galing
Awww sweet pilipino
Is the standard of living in Singapore high? I am thinking of traveling in this country this July
Yes the standard of living is decent.
To be very honest, I have worked with alot of Pinoy in casino industry....I noted that they treated westerner more friendly then fellow asian !!! To be very frank....most of them their working attitude simply cannot make it...they r simply lucky that our country got open leg policy for cheaper labour until last two yrs when they finally tighten up, that they end up here....the BETTER ones r those that had work in Macau n kw asian culture BETTER, their
Performance r far much better. It jt my honest opinion.😎
For me I didn't even converting Singapore money to Philippine money. Coz if you do that you can't eat or ever buy what you want. I like Singapore when it comes for living coz your 10dollars enough for food in 1 day hehehehe.
Singlish, 🤪
You are lucky to be in safe and rich and clean Singapore . Our singalish is much better than your Filipino slang
Singlish sounds funny. Ask any westerner and they would tell you how unsexy it is. 😅
If you’re talking about discrimination,it’s BS.
Just go back... seriously
Don't be xenophobic.
Yes they can I guess, Filipinos really love their country, they go there just to earn enough money when they saved money enough, they will go back to the Philippines they only do that Probably in Singapore even Malaysia. but in western countries and Japan, Filipino prefered these countries to work in, also lived and Do marrying foreign mostly English speaking countries cuz that’s the second language that they could spoke other than Filipino languages and they well accepted by the locals and assimilated very well in western added the Japan. They been making huge impact and success in USA,Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Europe and Middle East especially Saudi Arabia. Filipinos in these countries really do well in these society. They help The Philippines through tourism all them will spent big money for vacation in Philippines islands they do that to help the Philippines economy for revenue of the country through spending lot of money when they visited or having vacation in the Philippines mostly island beaches.
@@HiItsMe-ip8cj If I got the chance to live in a first world country I would never go back to a Third World Country.