Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The girl from the island call Luzon - part 1

In one of the thousand islands of philippines, there is a island called luzon.Just 5 km south of the sea port,luzon,there is a village call surigao.Juliana was born in the family of six, she stays with her 2 parents, and 3 younger brothers.Her dad is a fisherman,while her mum is a vendor at one of the food stall at surigao village.As the eldest child of the family, she had to look after her brothers, family and also at the same time continue her study in high school.

Juliana's dream since young is to be a doctor and she hope to work oversea somedays.In the village of surigao, most of the people there are fishermans, carpentars and farmers, rather a poor village.Juliana hope one day she could step out of the village and see the world one day. she dream she could go America or Europe one day, to see what is the other part of the world look like.

Tragic happened just when she finished high school, her dad got intestine cancer, the main bread winner of the family, her dad had no choice but to stop working as a fisherman, the house income drop.Her mum work 15 hours a day just to take over as the bread winner of the family, the little money that her mum earn is just enough for the family meals and dad's medical fees every month.

At the same time, Juliana with her good result, she managed to enter the best college in Luzon.She choose to drop school and work together with her mum to support the family.She did not forget her dream, she wants to work oversea one day.Altought she quit school for the family, she still managed to read some books and continue to study english herself when she is free.

She knew, english is the most important languages, it is the communication path for her in future for her dream.With her determination and strong will, and her above average english, she managed to find a office girl job at one of the bank in Luzon.

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