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ADVICE NI TITA LITS Isabelita Manalastas-Watanabe
siguro, ay may kamag-anak, kaibigan, or kakilala lang, na namatay dahil sa covid. Cannot blame Ima - 88 years old na kasi. Remember my column published in the winter issue of Jeepney Press (JP)? https://issuu.com/sunny12su nny12/docs/jeepney_press_1 15/s/14693216
OWN A HOUSE FOR ONLY JPY10,700 - 12,000? Unbelievable? But it is true, and Tita Lits is here to help you accomplish your lifetime dream of a house for you and our loved ones in the Philippines! My 'Dear Tita Lits' Readers: These past almost six (6) months have been the most stressful for me during my 68 years of (mostly) blessed life in this earth. I rushed home on Dec. 21 last year, soon after the pandemic protocols were eased by the Philippine government. It was because out of 6 siblings in our family, 4 of us (including myself ) live/work overseas. My Ima (mother) cried saying, "Pota mate na ku, eko man akit deng ngang anak ku". She did not want to die not seeing all her 6 children, what with the uncertain situation of the covid infections where each of us,
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Ang daming napagod na readers sa horrifying experience ko sa pag-uwi (partly because of my mistake of assuming everything was normal in Japan, including bus and train schedules, etc.). Happy to report to you that when I flew back to Tokyo the day after the 'Pasiyam' of my Ima who passed away last April 30, 2022, and then flew to Manila again only a week or so, I found out lahat ng aking naging criticism and suggestions to the airport authorities were implemented!!! May nakakabasa din kayang mga Phil. government officials sa aking advice column? (Sana mayroon!). Anyway, sa pagod at stress ko sa mga health problems not only of my Ima but my immediate family, na-apektuhan din ang health
ko. I was always feeling very tired because of difficulty sleeping; lost my appetite; etc. In my family, lahat na-booster shot, and yet nagka-covid ulit ang marami. Oh, sorry, I am digressing from my topic. Last Apr. 24, 2022, a Sunday, Pag-IBIG Fund organized a webinar for Filipinos in Japan. (If you did not receive an invitation, please email our CulturaL Section, Philippine Embassy in Tokyo: Cultural Section <cultural@philembassy.net> and request that you be included in their mailing list. They have a lot of interesting and educational posts about covid situation in Japan and what to do in case you get infected, some webinars for OFWs, things about our history, culture, etc.) Two of my staff attended the webinar, and they reported back to our regular staff/compliance meeting what they learned about. Tita Lits decided to start with the basic information on Housing Loan. There are many Pag-IBIG services, including savings, but I know that all of us OFWs dream to have our own roof under our heads, kahit maliit lamang dahil iyon lang ang kaya nating bayaran.
May - June 2022
