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How I Came Here In New Zealand - My Journey

 Zean’s Family Journey to New Zealand

First things first I would like to give you an introduction about my beautiful family. My father and mother were both born in Santa Rosa City, Philippines. My Father indulged in playing basketball and going to church during his childhood. He helped his parents on his little way to run their business. He was a school scholar during his entire schooling due to his good academic accomplishments. On the other end, my Mum used to enjoy playing with her cousins and playing on the family computer. She enjoyed helping her Mum with cooking. She participated in playing the piano in school and playing volleyball with her friends. My Father and Mother had earlier connections hinting at the romantic ending of their love story. The first connection, they’re both from the same place. Secondly, they studied at the same school. Later, they landed their first job at the same company (Toshiba). This is where they started their love story. After getting married, my Father flew to Singapore for his career growth leaving my Mother in the Philippines.

Now, it’s my turn! My story. I was born in Santa Rosa City but immediately flew to Singapore to join my Dad. He was working there as an assistant IT Manager in one of the biggest banks worldwide. Later, my Mom also got a job as a customer support staff. I started my early childhood education in Ascension Kindergarten. I had great memories of friends during my stay in Singapore. Despite having a good life in Singapore, my parents decided to start their long term future plan.

We moved to New Zealand because the main reason was our future. My parents wanted to give me the best that life could offer. This included all the benefits and advantages of living here. New Zealand was rated second in the world for work life balance. It is probably one of the very best choices to make when it comes to family. For us, New Zealand offers all the comforts and conveniences you expect at home, a more relaxed and comfortable environment. New Zealand is famously beautiful, clean, green and spectacular. From the long beaches and native forests, mountains, lakes, rivers. There’s room to move and lots of natural beauty to enjoy. Before my parents decided our path to New Zealand, we came here for a holiday and explored how beautiful this country is. We managed to travel to New Zealand by airplane. There were no stopovers or layovers during the entire flight. Full of admiration is our first impression on our first glance of New Zealand. My parents have friends here in New Zealand that helped us to settle here in Auckland. We were introduced to their friends and other people around here in Auckland. We also mingled or dealt with the Filipino community who offered compassion and who helped to settle us novice Filipino immigrants. I also immediately met friends here at Christ The King School. My birthplace is important for me as it is the place where my family came from and had good memories. My Dad reminded me that the decision to move to New Zealand is for our family. New Zealand can give us the best life, especially for those raising children.

 It is normal for someone who is starting to settle in a new country, new place or new school to get homesick. Through my parent’s strong determination to give me the best life, inspired them to overcome homesickness. That’s how my parents' love for me conquered the earlier challenges. With God’s help, together we would conquer whatever future challenges come through for us. 

The Philippines and New Zealand are considered home and beautiful countries as they are part of what I am now or what we are now. The Philippines as my birthplace has left a special place in our hearts and will be forever indebted on it. New Zealand graciously accepts us and gives us new memories, a bright future and a new beloved home. I’m also missing the beautiful places and delicious Filipino foods. We did plan to have a holiday in the Philippines, but decided to cancel it due to the COVID-19 threat. Hoping and humbly praying that God will heal the world, make the world normal again and give me the chance to visit the Philippines once again.