These athletes from the Philippine women’s cricket team are inspiring OFWs to chase after their dreams! | via philstarlife
In life, there are sacrifices you must make to achieve your dreams. For Jennifer Alumbro and Joelle Galapin, it was giving up their job as domestic helpers in Hong Kong to be part of the Philippine women's cricket team competing in the 2023 South East Asian Games.Cambodia, and had many aspiring players striving to emerge victorious and make their country proud. After all, getting to play at something so prestigious and prominent as the SEA games is a chance of a lifetime.
"Every Sunday, naglalaro at nagte-training kami. Pag-uwi mo ng bahay, you have to work pa rin. Ako, naranasan ko na nagkasakit ako doon kasi nahawaan ako ng alaga ko. Kahit may sakit ka, you have to work, you have to work talaga. Tapos noong humingi ako ng three weeks na bakasyon dahil sa SEA Games, ayaw nilang magbigay," Galapin recalled."It's a one-time opportunity, atsaka may edad na din kami. Kaya sabi ko, I have to quit my job for this.
She explained,"Naka-full contract kami sa employer. So the go signal kung sasali kami or not, manggagaling talaga sa employer. Kahit gusto man namin, kung hindi kami papayagan, wala kaming magagawa."In today's tough times, a lot of people people wouldn't even take the risk of being unemployed for something as monumental as the SEA Games.
So how did these women, who only had a few years of experience in the sport, eventually become part of the SEA Games? And they had to do this while they are only given a day to train every week in Hong Kong. Their training, Alumbro said, focused on batting, bowling, and fielding.
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