Dear Sir Madam/Sir,

My name is Marisa, I'm in my early twenties :) I have a large family; my parents are both living at the same age of 64.  My father is a fisherman and my mother stays home and helps my father once in a while to catch fish.  We are eight siblings; I have 5 brothers and 2 sisters.  I am the second from the youngest. 

I am single, no kids.  One of the interview questions that stuck with me was "how do you handle being away from your children" - never had the experience of leaving my children back home.  But I do understand why most of the mothers in my country leave there children.  The world demands for women as a worker, so the choice is to leave the husband and the children and let the mother work abroad.  It is not selfish or bad to leave them, on my own opinion, they are even sacrificing to be away from there love ones, just to give them a better way of life.  I don’t know, but I’ve met a lot in here in Taiwan, that do it and I salute them for that courage.

The most difficult thing I’ve done in my life is to be an independent daughter.  When I decided to go abroad, all I thought was it would be good and better, but as time goes by, I miss my whole family specially my parents who are always there to give me support.  After a while, I learned to understand my choice and adjusted myself by making friends with other people, and most of all to love my job.

My job here in Taiwan at first was difficult, it took me time to adjust, I came to the family, the children are very young, I’m glad to take care of them because they are very sweet.  The eldest was one year old and the youngest was two months old when I came.  The most memorable part of taking care of these children is when I first saw them walk.  It’s just unforgettable.  I have the experience of preparing the bottles, sterilizing it, changing diapers, and training them to go to the putty, and a lot more. 

I also experienced tons of complains from the eldest, when I was training her, she even told me, she just wants to stay forever on her diaper, best solution for me, M&M chocolate, it works. I did not have that much difficulty with the younger one because the eldest child helped me out to motivate him.  It was teamwork. 

What I do with the children, besides playing ball games with them, I practice singing and dancing with them, they love to dance and sing.  Everyday we have to dance and play, the same routine, never ending.  I love my job, because I love children.  The couple, my employer, I’m there other hands and feet, I assist them, prepare stuff beforehand so at least they won’t rush and panic just in case they won’t find what they are looking for.

When I was a child my parents discipline me by teaching good morals and being a good leader and follower.  And maybe someday I can impart this to my future children.   Whenever I have my free time, I am reading pocketbooks, listening to music. I’m athletic, I like spending my time outdoors, playing ball games, hiking. I’ve never been arrested or been in big trouble. 

I don’t drink and smoke, that’s bad to our health and expensive too. I rather buy a phone card to call back home, just merely hearing there voices and knowing everyone is doing great and in good health, makes my day a glorious day.  Besides knowing that my family are alright, another thing that makes my day really productive is whenever my boss gives compliments to what I’ve done, regarding my work,  it makes me more motivated to work harder and show them I can be an asset to there family.

The three important things for me having a new job are, first, the work itself, the compensation follows, second an employer that’s willing to communicate and would be a good listener and understand when a person makes a mistakes, third a fair salary.  There are also three reasons why would an employer hire me, first I’m a good worker, second I have the experience of taking care of children and third I really enjoy taking care of children.

I want to go to Canada because I want to have a good job and a better future someday, I’ve heard a lot of good things about Canada, the program that I am applying through - the Live-in Caregiver Program is the only one in the world that allows a worker like me the possibility of becoming a landed immigrant after working 2yrs. One of my goal as well is to bring my parents to your good country, so they can experience as well what I have seen.  I want to stay as long as my employer wants me to give service to the whole family. I’m willing to work anywhere in Canada, I have no particular area. Farm area...as long as I don't have to feed the cows -- I’m fine with that.   

I can cook and I can work in the kitchen independently and most specially if there’s a cooking book that would be great, if the instruction is written in English the better at least I know what I’m cooking.  Being in the kitchen and preparing meals for the whole family is a big responsibility, I would say, there are a lot of things to consider, not just food to put on the table but also, the value of nutrients you’re preparing for each one.  I have no dietary restrictions, I’m alright and I can eat anything.  I don’t eat that much, so I think I’m fine.

Thank you so much for taking your time to read my letter.  If you have any questions, I’m available for an interview.  Once again, I’m looking forward to work with your family.  Have a good day.

 Respectfully yours,

 MARISA PINEDA

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