{"id":235964,"date":"2019-10-28T03:11:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T07:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=235964"},"modified":"2019-10-28T03:11:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T07:11:29","slug":"pangarap-so-our-journey-begins-tanong-no-2-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/28\/pangarap-so-our-journey-begins-tanong-no-2-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pangarap :  So, Our Journey Begins Tanong No. 2 (Series 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235965\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1517400508447-f8dd518b86db.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235965\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1517400508447-f8dd518b86db.jpg\" alt=\"airport\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1517400508447-f8dd518b86db.jpg 750w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1517400508447-f8dd518b86db-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabi pa rin \u2013 ang survival daw ay instinct o natural sa tao.\u00a0 Aking napatunayan na sa pangingibang-bansa, survival is a decision. Isang malaki at mabigat na desisyon. (File Photo: Erik Odiin\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Tanong No. 2 (<em>Series 2)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANO ANG SURVIVAL?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sabi-Sabi:\u00a0 Instinct lang ang survival.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marahil ang pinaka-common phrase na alam natin na kung saan ginamit ang word na survival ay ang \u2013 \u201cSurvival of the fittest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sa ating mga Pinoy, simple lang ang translation n\u2019yan \u2013 \u201cMatira ang matibay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ang magtatagal ang maiiwan o mananatiling buhay at nakatayo ay \u2018yung pinakakarapat-dapat lamang.\u00a0 At ang karapat-dapat lang ay \u2018yung mga nag-e-exert ng effort. Nagsusumikap, nagpapakatatag, at lumalaban.<\/p>\n<p>Sa totoo lang, ang buong buhay ng bawat tao ay isang fight for survival.\u00a0 Ang buhay ay isang pakikibaka.\u00a0 Mayaman, mahirap, pare-pareho lang na may mga laban na dapat harapin.\u00a0 Parang mas mabigat nga lang ang kinakaharap ng mga mas kapus-palad o wala dahil kulang ang puhunan, kulang ang bala.<\/p>\n<p>What I am saying is \u2013 ang kahulugan ng salitang survival ay iisa lang, maging ano man ang antas ng ating buhay o saan man tayo naroon.\u00a0 Ang mga katangian ng tao na mahalaga sa proseso ng survival ay pare-pareho lang din.\u00a0 Mahina, malakas, mabilis, mabagal. Iisa lang ang importante \u2013 desisyon.<\/p>\n<p>Sabi pa rin \u2013 ang survival daw ay instinct o natural sa tao.\u00a0 Aking napatunayan na sa pangingibang-bansa, survival is a decision. Isang malaki at mabigat na desisyon.<\/p>\n<p>Sa mga nangingibang-bansa, may mayaman, may mahirap. May maraming dalang baon, may konti lang ang baon.\u00a0 But in time, ang baon na iyan ay mauubos.\u00a0 Sa puntong iyon, ang meron o wala ay kailangang mag-desisyon kung gusto nyang mag-stay o manatili sa pakikipagsapalaran sa banyagang bansa.<\/p>\n<p>So, simple lang ang definition ng survival from the point of view ng isang foreign worker o immigrant, isa itong desisyon; isang mabigat na desisyon.<\/p>\n<p>Upang magawa mo ang isang seryosong desisyon na ganito \u2013 make sure malalim at malinaw ang dahilan kung bakit ka napadpad sa sitwasyong ito, sitwasyong kinailangan mong gumawa ng desisyong magbabago sa buong buhay mo at ng iyong pamilya, whether for better or for worse, but hopefully for better.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ang Totoo:\u00a0 Sa pangingibang-bansa, survival is a decision, hindi instinct. Ito ay isang mahalaga at mabigat na desisyon.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(Abangan sa susunod na isyu: Tanong No. 3 Series 2 \u2013 Anu-anong mga katangian ang kailangan para mag-Survive?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Bolet is a marketing communications practitioner and dabbles in writing as a personal passion. She is author-publisher of the book:\u00a0 <em>The Most Practical Immigrating and Job Hunting Survival Guide, proven simple steps to success without the fears and the doubts. <\/em>book is available in Amazon.com, Barnes &amp; Noble, Chapters\/Indigo, the Reading Room and other online bookshops worldwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please check out<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/author\/boletarevalo\"><strong><em>https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/author\/boletarevalo<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanong No. 2 (Series 2) ANO ANG SURVIVAL? &nbsp; Sabi-Sabi:\u00a0 Instinct lang ang survival. \u00a0 Marahil ang pinaka-common phrase na &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":235965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-columns","category-immigration","mauthors-bolet-arevalo","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235966,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235964\/revisions\/235966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}