The second generation of Filipino new resident, Zou Jia Zhi, becomes an “angel in white” in Taiwan

In cooperation with IC Voice FM97.5 【New Students Registration-We are in Taiwan】, a series of exciting stories about new immigrants in Taiwan is launched. This episode features the second generation of new residents from the Philippines-Zou Jia Zhi (鄒佳芝).

She is currently studying in the Department of Nursing at Hungkuang University (弘光科技大學). While studying, she also accumulated working experience in the clinic. During her work, she encountered many interesting things. The most memorable one is definitely when she was praised for having an excellent injection technique. Although this is just a trivial compliment, it is good enough to make her happy and full of enthusiasm for working all day.【Taiwan Immigrants' Global News Network】presents this episode in 5 languages including Chinese, English, Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian, enabling more readers and listeners to explore Zou Jia Zhi’s experience and her wonderful journey.

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Zou Jia Zhi learns Filipino to get along with migrant worker patients well. (Photo / Provided by Zou Jia Zhi)

Zou mentioned that the clinic that she is serving is located in an industrial zone. This is therefore she met many migrant workers from the Philippines there. She observed that many of them could not obtain the full information about the services due to language barriers. Hence, she took the initiative to learn Filipino from her mother ever since then. Now she is like a friend of theirs because they speak the same language.

“Take the medicine three times a day, once in the morning, once in the afternoon, once in the evening”, she said in fluent Filipino. Migrant patients are full of surprises when they heard it and they highly praised Zou for her Filipino speaking proficiency, and she would confidently respond by saying "My mother is from the Philippines."

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While working in Taiwan, Zou Jia Zhi also misses her relatives in the Philippines. (Photo / Provided by Zou Jia Zhi)

While studying and working in Taiwan, Zou occasionally reminisced about her childhood memories. She used to meet her relatives in the Philippines almost every summer vacation. Zou also mentioned that Filipinos are optimistic and humorous by nature which is quite impressive.

Besides, her favorite Filipino delicacy is "Suman" which is made of banana leaf, glutinous rice, coconut milk and sugar. This is the most classic breakfast in the Philippines. Lastly, Zou wants to recommend a Filipino song「Spaghetti Sexbomb Girls Lyrics」to readers as this song fills her with nostalgia.