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“You need to be more positive in your daily life. Otherwise, you'll be more sad.”

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“You need to be more positive in your daily life. Otherwise, you'll be more sad.”

Maribel T. Rosario is 46 years old. She was born in a small city in the center of the Philippines, Manaoag Pangasinan province. Seventeen years ago, Maribel got married and had her first child.

As a wife as well as a mother, Maribel was very sensitive to her identity, which was completely different from the role of the youngest member of the family in the past. She wanted a better living condition, to send her boys to school.

After gave birth to her first child, she came to Hong Kong for work. She emphasized that support from friends and family was quite important to fight for the fear of working.

It's true that living in a foreign required lots of sacrifices. Regarding the impact of the pandemic on domestic helpers, Maribel felt that it made their situation more difficult.

Maribel would continue to work in Hongkong for five years. She needs to earn more then she can start a small business —— a restaurant in the Philippines that would serve dishes that she knew.

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QIU JIAYAN (Queena)