• 私のストーリー
  • 私のストーリー Presented by The Story Behind Smile シンガポールで働く外国人労働者たち。彼らが笑顔でいられるのは私たちの知らないこんなストーリーがあったから… 外国人労働者によるボランティアグループ The Story Behind Smileの協力を得て彼らのストーリーを日本語でお届けします。

The Story Behind Smile -Chocolates &Airplane-

This is a story about Elizabeth Morante from Philippine(34 yo)
It’s almost 4 years passed she came to Singapore after she has worked in Kuwait and Malaysia.

A princess that’s what my dad calls me But my younger times was not a fairytale, Yet I consider it a disaster After he passed away. I lost him before I turn 7, Yet I vividly remember the lovely memories that he has drawn In my heart.

He left my mum, with four children. And I am the eldest, So my grandma offers help to take care of me, So that my mum will take off the three.
But once in a while, I visit my mum and siblings
But most of the time — none.

Usual nights after I finished all the assigned house  chores I just lay down on the grass
In my grandma’s backyard.
I’m talking to the stars, asking them 
” When will I can go up there ” “when will I be rich so I can  be with my family ”
Some people say, wait for the falling star and wish
So my hobby at night is to wait for that moment
Yes! , it happens twice, right from the moment the star falls, in a second,
It falls too fast, that I can’t even open my mouth
To wish 😔
So I went back to my room unhappy because again I missed it.

My grandma has an abroad neighbor,  residing just next to my grandma’s house.
When I was young I didn’t even understand what abroad mean.
All I understand is the smell of the boxes and packages And chocolates are really nice for me.
Seeing their family so happy, trying and fitting all the clothes they took out From the package boxes, And I can smell the leather jacket from where I’m standing.
And said to myself, ” oh I think this is the smell of abroad “
I have seen all that, coz I was standing outside their gate
Waiting, hoping for a chance I could try one chocolate.
But when they noticed me staring at them , they slammed the door?. So I just go back home and play jackstone.
Keep telling myself I wanna be abroad and bring chocolates more and more .

One day I heard my neighbor said,
“Faster  I need to go to the airport now, or else
I will miss the plane”.
So I told myself, “ohh need to ride an airplane to be an abroad ”
After that day, Every airplane passes by while I counting the stars, I asked myself ” what age I can ride that airplane, how much its cost, and how’s the feeling  being inside the airplane ”  talking to the stars
Till I felt sleepy and proceeded to my room. and continue dreaming.

関連記事一覧

  • コメント ( 0 )

  • トラックバックは利用できません。

  1. この記事へのコメントはありません。