My Vimvie has expressed frustrations much the same as yours, it was a long time before she managed to get an income, her family in Philippines were putting pressure on her to give them more money, she now works in a care home, has made friends with many other filipino's that work there!
So hang in there!Things will come good for you, it's just taking a bit longer (or maybe a lot longer!
) than you thought.
Isn't Croydon a fascinating multicultural place? There are many important offices there, I bet you go to the big Chinese store Wing Yips don't you? They sell fresh fish there, produce of Philippines!
It all comes good!
my misses knows how you feel 
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) cost upto now must be £3,500 in books, exams fee, train and hotel room.
), she also works part time for the NHS (after a long struggle find a job, any job- she was lucky getting a good job at the local hospital) and finds little time to study, but her heart is working as a doc - a dream she has had since she was a small kid 
