Pastilan! Living the dog-eat-dog world of a Global Pinoy!

KaBlogs - Blogs ng mga Kabayan sa Abroad: Kahit Anong Selpon, Basta NOKIA: "Did anyone in your family asked you to buy them a mobile phone?

'Daddy, can you buy me a Nokia phone?' Does this words sound familiar? Does your spouse or kids asked you to buy them a Nokia mobile phone abroad?



Even my 'kasambahay' (household help) in Antipolo has asked me if I can buy her a new Nokia phone, as she talked to me over the phone, Inday said :

'Kuya, pakibilhan nyo naman po ako ng bagong selpon, kahit anong selpon� basta Nokia at may MP3' (Brother, please purchase for me a new cellphone, any brand but it must be Nokia and with MP3)"

There are more than 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, about 11% of the total population of the Philippines.

Each year, the Philippines sends out more than a million of its nationals to work abroad through its overseas employment program. Others leave to become permanent residents of their country of destination. Overseas Filipinos are typically known to be as doctors, nurses, accountants, IT professionals, engineers & architects, entertainers, technicians, teachers, military servicemen, students, and domestic helpers.

According to estimates by the Central Bank of the Philippines, overseas Filipinos are expected to send back $14.7 billion in remittances to their ancestral homeland in 2007, up from the $13 billion in 2006"