My life as a working student

I already shared before that I was working at thesame time studying during my 4th year in highschool and in this article I will share how hard my life being a working student.

After my 3rd year in highschool I was looking for a job ,a summer job for two months lucikly I founf and I was happy that my salary was $30 per month and I need to work for two months in total I can earn $60 and this is huge enough to buy for our school needs.

I was working as a housemaid and a caregiver of an old lady ,it was really hard for me to adjust especially in my first week ,I always cried at night coz I missed my family but all of this I am doing is for us ,for me and for my family ,I was planning to buy our school needs with my siblings and the rest of money is I will give to my mother.

My employer was a retired teacher,a 75year old principal(the husband)a 65year old teacher(the wife)and an 89 year old lady the mother of the wife.In that house I learned a lot especially using those appliances which we don't have in our own.My boss teach me everything ,they are teaching me how to use ,to operate the washing machine,rice cooker ,microwave oven and other appliances they had.

My daily routine was ,I woke up around 6am to cleaned outside,cleaned the backyard and watered the plants,they had many plants and after that I will eat my breakfast,we only have bread and coffee for our breakfast after having breakfast I will started cleaning the second floor where there was three bedrooms including my boss room and their mother's room .I need to clean it everyday coz my lady boss was having an alergy on dust and their room I cleaned thrice a week.After that I will prepare our lunch then clean the sala going to the kitchen.My lady boss allow me to rest for one hour after having lunch then go back to cleaning.I wash the laundry twice a week so ,after I am done cleaning ,my lady boss did'n t allow me to rest coz my rest time is only one hour after lunch,she said I need to work .She said I need to clean all day long so that there were no dust but its imposible that no dust found inside their house since it is located beside the road which many vehicles where pass,if she saw some dust she quickly called me to clean it.

After two months of working ,they talked to me and since they like my performance they said that they will shoulder my studies til college and I was so happy knowing that I can study college ,so I said yes to them even if its hard because I don't have enough rest but since I have a dreams so I grab this opportunity .I studied my 4th year in highschool and the first month went smootly but that time I need to wake up as early as 5am to cleaned the backyard and watered the plants ,good thing that the school is near,a walking distance only ,I have 2hours to quickly cleaned the sala and kitchen and when I got home for lunch I had more than 30minutes to cleaned,wipe the dust and sweep the floor.At night I washed their laundry and iron their clothes.

There was a time that I got home late,because we do a group project and when I got home my lady boss are waiting for me outside ,she looks so angry with me with a high tuned voice asking why I am late ,I told her because we do a group project and she did'nt believe me ,I felt ashamed because our neighbor saw it ,many of them told me before that theres no maid can stay there,most of their maids was only a week of working ,I was crying that time and I watered the plants and cleaned the backyard with a school uniform ,I did'nt change clothes yet coz I wanted to do first the chores ,then while I cook rice I was cleaning the sala area then I prepared the dinner,after the table was set I called them but I did'nt eat with them ,I was on my room changing my clothes and I was crying .When they finished dinner, I cleaned the kitchen then proceed for washing their laundry and while doing that I was crying for the whole time while doing the chores.It happened many times but I need to continuey studies so yun ,kinaya ko lahat.It wasn't easy to work ,doing those chores while studying and I need to take care of an old woman ,who always escape and went to our neighborhood.

After graduating highschool I told them that I will not study college yet,I will wait that my two sisters finished college coz no one will support my family ,so I was continue working in that family ,after 2months of working but the first month they did'nt give me a salary since they shoulder my last year of highschool and I agree on it but the a worst thing happened when my boss the husband texted me ,invited me to watch a movie for adult ,I was afraid and thinking to go homd but my lady boss aware on that and she ask sorry to me but then I told them that my grandfather asked me to accompany his sister and I will study college there in negros but its not true ,I only said that so that I can scape the life what I had in that family .I was so scared that time and did'nt sleep for the whole night coz my lady boss was not in house that time ,she was in Cebu City but when she got home she knew it because she read it in the sent items of her husband's phone .I decided not to continue my study there because I was worried and scared thinking might my boss will do something bad to me .So I find ways on how to escape that family ,I did'nt tell it to my family and when my elder sister get mad at me coz she said I was not thinking my future,I am not using my brain thats the time that I told them what happened and they asked me if my boss did something to me coz we will file a complain but he did'nt ,its only a text message but it scared me and gave me a trauma.

And thats all for my working student life ,it wasn't easy a lot of things was happened ,those hardships,struggle that I encountered and I can finish it to tell you in one day ,so I had to end this blog here maybe it will get you bored reading this very long story😅

Thank you for your time ,stay safe🤗