Questions to Ask Before Shopping for Your Balikbayan Box
Let’s face it : saving up is hard. For OFWs working away from their families, this only makes the task even harder. They ease their sense of longing by sending balikbayan boxes packed with love to the Philippines. And with love, it could mean branded clothes, luxury perfumes, imported chocolates and other expensive goods that are rare to find and can please relatives back home. Our fellow Pinoys abroad would often go as far as spending the last centavo just to meet their family’s wants and needs. This is where OFWs should draw the line. Working overseas may earn you bucks that you won’t ever make from working in the Philippines, but that doesn’t mean you can go around buying expensive stuff, emptying your pockets just to fill your balikbayan box. That won’t help you save up at all. http://www.pasei.com/ Refraining from sending a balikbayan box to the Philippines won’t do any good, either. Instead, ask yourself these following questions before buying items you’ll put in