Aired (December 21, 2024): Ibinahagi ng breadwinner na tricycle driver na si Tatay Ramon ang kanyang kwento kung paano siya nagsimula maging isang breadwinner sa kanyang pamilya at ang mga pagsubok na kayang nakakaharap.
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00:00Have you been a breadwinner for a long time?
00:03Yes.
00:04How old are you?
00:05I've been a breadwinner since I was 16 years old. I was studying third year.
00:09My father was also a breadwinner.
00:11You started as a breadwinner when you were 16 years old.
00:14Yes.
00:15How old are you now?
00:16I'm 52 years old.
00:17Wow, that's a long time.
00:19How many siblings do you have?
00:22My other siblings and my mother and father.
00:26How many siblings do you have?
00:28We have 10 siblings.
00:3010?
00:31Yes.
00:32Do you help them?
00:33Some of them are already married.
00:35But you still help them.
00:37Yes.
00:38When I'm sick, I need medicine for my kidneys.
00:43I give them crematis.
00:46How many children do you have?
00:49Four.
00:50All of them are studying?
00:51One of them is already married. I have two children.
00:54So you already have a grandchild?
00:55Yes, I already have two grandchildren.
00:57Where do they live?
00:59We also live together.
01:02You live together?
01:03But Father Ramon, your children have their own families, right?
01:08Yes.
01:09Don't you sometimes tell them to help you?
01:13Because you're already 52 years old.
01:15Yes.
01:16You can't rely on everyone, right?
01:19Sometimes, I get drunk.
01:24What?
01:25Sometimes, I get drunk.
01:26You get drunk?
01:27Sometimes, I get drunk.
01:28I travel a lot.
01:29Of course, my grandchildren are poor.
01:32I buy diapers, milk, and we eat everything.
01:37Is it okay to ask, how much does a tricycle driver earn per day?
01:43I earn around a thousand pesos.
01:45Since the pandemic, we've been traveling on the internet.
01:50Sometimes, my mother calls me,
01:52and asks if it's okay if we don't have anything to buy, like food, rice, etc.
01:57I lend her five or six pesos.
01:59If it's not enough, I ask her to bring more.
02:01How many children do you have?
02:03Four.
02:04All four of them?
02:05Do they already have a husband or are they still studying?
02:08My second child, he just graduated.
02:10He's a teacher now.
02:11Congratulations to you.
02:12Wow.
02:13That's great, Father.
02:14Thank you, Father.
02:15That's great.
02:16Congratulations.
02:17Out of the one thousand pesos that you earn,
02:20what is your priority in terms of spending?
02:24My son is a reviewer.
02:27He earns around three hundred pesos.
02:30That's what I earn.
02:32He's a reviewer.
02:33As for other things, like food,
02:35my children earn around that amount.
02:39What's your son's name?
02:41Charmaine Joy Juliano.
02:42She's over there.
02:43She's over there.
02:44She's over there.
02:45She's over there.
02:46She's over there.
02:47But Father,
02:48how much do you and your family earn?
02:52How much do you earn in one thousand pesos?
02:54Just a little.
02:55I just buy food.
02:58Just a little.
02:59One thousand pesos.
03:00I pay for the house, water, and rent.
03:02We just give it to them.
03:03Father, is that your tricycle?
03:07That's mine.
03:08Oh, that's yours.
03:09You bought it.
03:10Yes, I bought it.
03:11When did you buy it?
03:13Around 1997.
03:15It's still working.
03:161997?
03:17Yes.
03:18It's still working.
03:19Because I'm a mechanic.
03:21Yes.
03:22He knows how to do it.
03:24Father is really smart.
03:27That's great.