Pinoys in Malaysia After Job Perks, Not Permanent Stay |
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| Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:39 |
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There is a swagger in Roy as he bends his left hand to hold a circular tray filled with used plates and wine glasses. As he sees a Iranian woman customer who is almost full eating breakfast, the Iloilo province native says with an English twang, “I will take care of your plate Madam.”
He is also very kind in directing traffic to Bangladeshi workmate Zaif and fellow workers at Warisan Café inside the Royale Chulan Hotel here. He tells a fellow foreign worker to bring a pitcher of cold water right away even before the customer can think to ask of it.
The adrenalin’s up from this brown-skinned Filipino, now on his 14th straight day —without relief— working at the hotel that gives the “usual” rate of RM5 (PhP 70 at RM1 = PhP14) an hour.
Roy started at 7 a.m. and ended at 5 p.m. that Wednesday.
The energy level was perhaps a result of the amnesty that this former irregular (or what Malaysians call “illegal”) migrant worker just got weeks ago from Malaysian Immigration. After a day’s work, Roy went to the posh Pavilion mall behind Royale Chulan — in rugged shorts and house slippers— while local and foreign buyers sport their flashiest office wear and shoes.
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