NAMES AND PLACES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF OFWs.
WE ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OFWs (ONLY TRUE STORIES), IN ENGLISH OR FILIPINO (WE WILL TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH FOR YOU.) DO NOT WORRY IF YOU ARE NOT A GOOD WRITER. WE WILL REFINE AND EDIT YOUR STORIES FOR YOU. FOR NOW, WE ONLY HAVE ENGLISH STORIES BUT WE WILL START FILIPINO VERSIONS STARTING NOW. WE WILL PUBLISH YOUR STORIES IN ABOUT 30 OFW FACEBOOK GROUPS WORLDWIDE WITH A TOTAL OF MILLIONS OF MEMBERS. IT IS A WAY OF SHARING EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER OFWs.
1. THE HOLOCAUST MAIDEN.
This article, a true story, is a tribute to the millions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) worldwide. Lisa (not her real name) was a bright young Filipina working in a law firm in California. She opened up the heart of the Holocaust Maiden, who survived the Nazi gas chambers of World War II. She was in total withdrawal for many years, staring at the wall the whole day, traumatized by her holocaust experience. No one could speak to her, until Lisa came along.
READ MORE = https://eastwindjournals.com/2022/07/29/the-holocaust-maiden-an-ofw-story/
2. THE VALIUM ADDICT.
A young Filipino nurse, traumatized by the deaths of her many patients in a cancer hospital in Amsterdam, develops insomnia and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In despair, she takes Valium, to be able to sleep, not realizing she was becoming an addict from regular use. She tells her harrowing experience and how she survived.
READ MORE = https://eastwindjournals.com/2023/04/17/the-valium-addict/
3. CHRISTMAS WITH ARABS AND A JEW.
I was hitchhiking through Europe as a young man in the 70s. After six months on the road, I ended up in Athens in the dead of winter, passing from Italy to Yugoslavia. In Athens, I bumped into the most bizarre Christmas of my life.
READ MORE = https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/11/28/christmas-with-arabs-and-jews/
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