Thanks for the reply sir win2win.
Ur answers are very important to me.
With regards to ur question.. At present, my salary is good enough to support my family(wife and kid). However, when i started working, I promised my mom to continually give her financial support. Having a family of my own, that promise was cut. So everytime I think of it, i felt hurt.
For us Filipinos, a working abroad(like in UK) is preferred because your earnings in 2 years working there is equivalent to my earning 10 years working here... Understanding this logic, I would choose to sacrifice
for a couple of years then go back live a better life and take care of my investments rather than being here working day in day out. with less savings and there myt no investments at all.
At present, I also do freelances but I leave in a city without IT companies.. So i need to travel 6 hours a week going to manila every saturday night, show my accomplishment, take notes of revisions and addtional instructions, travel back again sunday night. Upon arrival monday morning, I go straight to my fulltime work.
Last month, there was a job offer for me in Manila. 25K a month. The problems is, Manila is not a safe place to live. So if ever I leave my current work, Id rather work abroad than work in Manila.
(sorry if my answer is very detailed.)