di ka nagiisa Mhylin : likes and comments on a previous post

[thanks and acknowledgment for the photo to pinclipart.com! Congratulations Monina Hernandez on your candidacy as New Zealand Labour Candidate for Parliament for East Coast Bays!] NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE (although the latter is preferred), it’s always gratifying and at least interesting to see feedback on our blogs posted. Regarding her perceived bullying and biased treatment, our previous blog on kabayan Mhylin (not her real name) was shared on a few Pinoy Facebook pages with a lot of you readers responding. Mhylin’s issues have not been resolved. She continues to attend meetings between her bully/s (who ironically has been the initiator of the action against her) and the HR manager who hopefully can help clear up the unfairness Mhylin is subjected to. We thought Precious Reader that you might want to know how we as a group have reacted, for clarity and brevity we have edited the comments. Commenters have graciously allowed themselves to be identified. [again, for the backstory please refer to our previous blog] Randy D Dayrit : “Becoming a Mr/Ms Do Everything and to stay quite loyal and forgiving doesn’t count in other cultures. You have to voice out, and it’s OK to be a little bit angry at times. Be outspoken and reason out if you think you are right. Also, include your workmates and management. You will be surprised that this is what they admire. Being silent, they view it as rude.“ Del E : “Nakatrabaho ko ang mga (ethnicity) sa Middle East for 13 years, sila ang pinakatamad at pinakapalautos, at kung alam nila na junior ka or sabihin na mas mababa ang rank kesa sa kanila ito ang gagawin nila (referring to Mhylin’s experience). during my orientation as nurse that time (two month period) pag bago ka sa isang place ay OK lang, yes pinag-aralan ko lahat. “After two months may sungay na ako 🙂 Utos pa rin sila kahit may ginagawa ka or inaassist na patient. Simple lang sabi ko, “NURSE DIN AKO AT DI AKO BAGO SA NURSING, TAPOS NA ANG ORIENTATION KO at may sumagot pa na mas mataas daw sila kasi Diploma raw sila, pwes ‘kako Bachelor of Nursing ako at may Masteral din ako, ang naghire sa akin Director of Nursing and she specifies if I have a problem at work I just need to report to her. I always make sure na ipakita sa kanila na respect begets respect, and I tried my best na kaibiganin ang mga matataas ang rank para may magtanggol sa akin na kilala ko just in case may manghudas. Obviously napagtulungan ka sa work, that’s so sad. 🙁 ” Louie Boyzz : “Pag sagad na pasensya mo paminsan-minsan, pumalag tayong mga Pinoy. Hinda sa lahat ng oras pwede tayo idown, kung inaapakan na pagkatao mo (at worst) fight them back. Supervisor ko dati pinagtiisan ko then nung mapuno na ako hinamon ko ng sparring. Ayun di lumaban, bumait sa akin. Minsan nanggugulat lang mga yan. Kaya kuna papaunder ka for a long period time, tawag (nila) dun coward. Wala sa lahi ng pinoy ang duwag. Ang mga ninuno natin lumaban ng gyera na itak at sibat lang ang weapons against kanyon at baril Stand up and defend yourself.” Doc Ana Maria Oliveros Robrigado: basta alam nya na tama ang ginawa nya at wala syang nilalabag na batas (Mhylin’s OK). She doesn’t have to like or please people but she does have to be civil and polite… Ang kulang nya siguro is communication skills. Hindi pa ba sya comfortable with English. Marunong naman sya pero she needs to think in English now rather than in Taglish. It’s difficult when there area whole lot of juicy expressions we can only convey in certain Tagalog words but maybe there are equivalent phrases she could do with. Practice practice lang. And watch more English shows. ***  *****  ***** I’m not sure if Mhylin will stay in her comfort zone by following the advice we’ve reproduced here, but I’m sure they’re all constructive and positive. Sabi nga nila, to make an omelet, you have to break a few eggs. Thank you to all the reactors and sorry we weren’t able to reproduce everything, more beautiful comments couldn’t be accommodated, kudos to commenters like Mimi Rojo Laurilla and Christina Del Rio Lacuna, whose comments you can still view on the FB pages they were posted in. Di ka nag-iisa Mhylin. And thanks everybody for reading!