Kuwentuhan with Pinay mom's blogs

Meet Rona Kjerumgaard from Slagelse, Denmark. She is originally from Albay in the Bikol region of the Philippines. It was Rona's first time to travel abroad when she moved to Denmark and little did she know, the adjustments and challenges she faced living in a new culture and a completely different environment than she is used to back home, taught her to be more resilient and even more so, empower...

Meet Glory Caelestes Verlinden from Davao City, Philippines. Faith brought her to the Netherlands to be with her Dutch husband. A loving and caring mom to her kids and a supportive wife, she shares some meaningful quotes from her youth that she live by at the present. A very inspirational episode that you shouldn't miss listening to!  Video version available on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com...

Meet JKristine Gonzaga Eufinado from Cagayan de Oro City who used to work as an Overseas Filipino Worker in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her experience working for an elite family as a nanny brought a lot of sacrifices and challenges within her working environment but this did not stop her ambitions to be the best she can and strive hard to make the most out of this experience. Currently living back in h...

Meet Aiza Unal from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Aiza is originally from the northern province of Isabela who moved and worked in Dubai to give her family a better life back home in the Philippines. Together with embracing her husband's Turkish culture and religion, her priorities are now set to taking care of the family and temporarily giving up work. But she looks forward to a new life in yet an...

Meet Lani from Siargao Island in the Philippines whose determination to search for a better life for her future family lead her as an expat from the Philippines, to Singapore and finally to the Netherlands. After years of commitment to her goals, she finally found herself settled in with her Filipino husband and their two kids in Delft, the Netherlands. Listen in as she shares her beautiful and en...

After a short holiday break, we are back with another episode. And speaking of holidays, let’s talk about the common dutch practice of summer vacation or going on summer holidays. Is this considered a luxury or a necessity? I’m going to share with you my thoughts about it and what holidays are like here in the Netherlands.  Visit our website: www.pinaymomsblogs.com Check out our Youtube channel: w...

Meet Mabel from Haarlem, the Netherlands.  She is originally from Lucena City, Philippines. She started out raising her family back home and like other expats, moved to Europe to be with her loved one and continued to raise their kids together in a different country. As time passed by and the kids grew up, Mabel finds more time for herself as she balances work and family life. Little did she know...

On this episode I will be chatting with Cha, one of my good Filipino friends who's also residing in the Netherlands, as we discuss our different ways of dealing with the language barrier while living abroad. Cha used to live in Shanghai, China but she now lives with her Dutch husband and two kids in Amstelveen, in the southern outskirts of Amsterdam. What's the best way to learn and a new language...

Meet Dee from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  A mother of two, who was born and raised in Saudi Arabia by an overseas Filipino worker, her struggles throughout her childhood as a Filipino living in an Arab society, as well as the challenges during her teens re-integrating herself back to the Filipino community, did not stop her from living her life to its full potential. An inspiring story to hear and shar...

For our Father's Day episode, I interviewed three Filipino moms and talked about how their husbands are as dads to their half-Filipino kids. What differences and similarities do each couple have and what challenges do they face in raising their children? Our guests for this episode are content creators Ecaths of Ecaths Vlog , Val of Family Ritsma in Netherlands and Yen of Its Yen Vlogs . Please co...

Meet Shanti from Melbourne, Australia. She was very lucky to be able to immigrate abroad with her sister's family from Catanduanes, Philippines, and got the chance to start a new career as a nurse. However, the challenges of starting her own family in an environment and society quite different from what she got used to back home became quite daunting. Let's listen in as Shanti tells her story abou...

Meet Richel from Tarxien, Malta. Richel is originally from the Quezon Province in the Philippines. Her experiences living in different countries made her realize the importance of sacrifice and resilience. From the comforts of what is familiar in the asian culture of Singapore, and living together with her mom as OFWs in Hong Kong, the move to Malta in the middle of the Mediterranean to start her...

Why do some of us find it difficult to culturally immerse or integrate into the new country we live in even after so long? Why do we still prefer to hang out with other Filipinos instead of foreigners, eat our own Filipino food instead of what’s local, and celebrate birthday parties like we do back home? I’ve been living abroad for 2 decades now and have met other kababayans who have lived abroad...

Meet Vangie from Leiderdorp, the Netherlands originally from Batangas City as our feature episode this Mother's Day. She is a caring wife, a cool grandma and a loving mom to her 6 children (which includes 2 step kids from her Dutch husband).  Hers is a beautiful story of love and determination to provide a better life for herself and her own children as they faced the challenges of joining two fam...

Meet Brenda from Oxford, England originally from Caloocan City in Metro Manila, Philippines. Moving to the United Kingdom, she was one of the lucky ones as she finds the coolest job in one of the high-end fashion retail shops in Oxford. But despite her growth and stability at work, she finds herself searching for something more and what was missed turned out to be something she became even passion...

Integrating to a different country is not easy. Whether you’re an immigrant or a migrant like me, we all deal with these changes in our lives differently. Listen in as I share with you the four common stages of cultural adjustment based on an article I read from Wayne State College website in Nebraska, USA. I will share narin po ang mga experiences ko during my own adjustments. You may experience...

Meet Sheila from Woensdrecht, the Netherlands. She knows a lot about expat family life. Having lived in the middle east for many years with her Dutch husband, they had all the comforts and occasional luxury in a country far away from home. But when children became part of the picture they had to make a choice that will change their lifestyle as they know it. Listen in as we talk to Sheila, origina...

Meet Riza from Friedberg, Germany. She was determined to make it through the sacrifices working in the middle east at a very young age. And as she moved to Europe with her German husband and start all over again, one thing that kept her going is that determination to learn and figure things out herself. Listen in as we talk to Riza orginially from Davao City, Philippines as she shares her story fr...

Meet Donna from Alabama, USA. Donna is from Siquijor island in the Philippines who was determined to have that balance between being a new mom and being a loving wife to her American husband. And as she surround herself with the right support group, together with her strong faith, she's able to go through the challenges of living in suburban US, in one of the most conservative parts of America: Al...

Meet Lailaine from Middelburg, the Netherlands. Calm, communicate and compromise are the 3 C's that guide our guest to a loving relationship with her British husband as she journeys life in the Netherlands after moving from the Middle east. It started out as a sacrifice when she left her successful career as a teacher in her hometown of Morong, Bataan and little did she know that because of her be...

Meet Ruth from Emmen, the Netherlands. She was born and raised in Samar, Philippines but felt the need to leave her hometown in pursuit of a better life elsewhere. And throughout the challenges and hardships she faced working abroad, one thing that prevails is that spirit of hope, her ambitions and strong determination to make it through even in the toughest of situations.   Watch the video versio...

Meet Jamie from Noordwijk, The Netherlands. She was born and raised in Batangas City, separated from her high school sweetheart to move abroad with her family. After years of long-distance relationship and adjustments of her own to a new culture, they finally got together and faced the new challenge of raising their Filipino family in a Dutch society. Watch the video version of this podcast: https...

Meet Vina, from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She's a young mother from Davao City who wasn't discouraged by the hardships and challenges of being a single parent to her 11 year-old son back in the Philippines. She is now happily married with her dutch husband and yet faces a new challenge in her parenting skills while living abroad. One of my liveliest interviews so far.  Watch the video version of...

Meet Miriam from Frankfurt, Germany. Listen in to the story of this mom from Cebu, whose life was literally saved by moving to Germany. A caring sister and an unexpected transplant surgery gave her a second chance to live and be with her expat family in Frankfurt. A must listen story! Visit our website: https://www.pinaymomsblogs.com/

Meet Eva from Heerlen, The Netherlands. They met on day 1 and then 3 days later got engaged. Listen in to the story of unexpected love and outright honesty as Eva tells me how she got from her hometown Leyte, Philippines to the province of Limburg, close to the German border, in the city of Heerlen, the Netherlands. She is now happily living with her Dutch husband and her teenage daughter. Watch t...