Aired (August 19, 2023): Kasagsagan ng pandemya nang simulan ni Momshie Esang ang kanyang kakanin business. Gamit ang P3,000 na ayuda na kanyang natanggap noon, nagawa niya itong palaguin! Panoorin ang video.
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00:00 Debt here, debt there, debt everywhere.
00:05 Are you also like that, Moms and Pops?
00:08 Oh my, that's a very related story.
00:10 Mommy Esang, who used to owe her,
00:15 sells rice.
00:18 Rice for the win!
00:21 So now, in our challenge, I will eat rice.
00:29 I need to eat this while we have a tongue twister.
00:34 It's said to be 5 times.
00:35 And the rice that we have in front of us is from Esang Celicasis.
00:40 It looks so delicious, the ones in front of me.
00:43 So let's start with our cassava.
00:46 It's already filling up, I just saw it.
00:51 [Trying to pronounce the word]
01:03 It's confusing.
01:05 Next, we're going to do a tongue twister.
01:08 Moms, help me with this.
01:10 Game!
01:12 [Trying to pronounce the word]
01:21 Oh, what?
01:23 Okay, let's do this, Moms and Pops.
01:29 [Trying to pronounce the word]
01:39 Aha!
01:40 [Trying to pronounce the word]
01:41 Looking for rice?
01:46 If you're looking for puto, cassava cake, sapin-sapin, biko, maja blanca,
01:50 pichi-pichi, nilupak, and what not, look no more!
01:54 It's in the store inside, all of that is here.
01:58 Behind the one-stop shop that you're looking for rice,
02:01 meet Momshi Esang.
02:03 So now, we have 25 varieties of items that we sell.
02:07 You can buy our products for P35 to P80 per tab.
02:13 Using only P3,000 that came from the aid,
02:17 Momshi Esang started the rice business during the pandemic.
02:21 The online business was good, we're strong, a lot of people are ordering.
02:25 Until I saw a small place, I tried it.
02:28 We started with just 4 products.
02:30 As the sales grew, I added other products.
02:34 Because there are other products that we're looking for.
02:37 Having a business is a great blessing for Momshi Esang and her family.
02:43 Their life was different before she had a business.
02:46 Before, my husband and I were promodicers.
02:48 We had a child, so his salary was minimum.
02:51 It was hard to make ends meet.
02:53 I was just a plain housewife.
02:55 It was hard for us because my son was a milkman, he was a diaper.
02:58 He was far from home, so he needed permission to go to the massage.
03:01 There was no electricity, no water, no food.
03:06 He couldn't even make ends meet.
03:09 So what happened? We were in debt.
03:11 We had to pay for the ATM, we were in debt to people who were paying for 5-6.
03:16 We were in debt to the store.
03:18 Until her salary, all our debts were being paid off.
03:22 Whenever she could pay, she would run away and get in debt again.
03:26 This is how the situation of Momshi Esang became repetitive.
03:30 Sometimes, you can't pay your debts because you already paid them all.
03:33 Sometimes, I can't pay my debtors' full payment.
03:37 My son would order me to go to the store and get my money.
03:41 He would come back without paying.
03:43 He would say, "Mom, we still have debts. We can't get our money yet."
03:48 As a parent, it's painful for Esang that she has to order her son to borrow money.
03:55 My eldest son would get traumatized whenever he heard that I'm borrowing money.
04:02 He wouldn't let me borrow money.
04:03 I feel sorry for him and for our situation at that time.
04:09 But you really don't have a choice.
04:11 If I were the one who would come to borrow money, we would not give it to him.
04:14 There were days when they would really borrow money.
04:17 We experienced that we really didn't have money.
04:21 I told my husband, "We will teach you two.
04:25 You borrow P10 for our lunch.
04:28 You can't do it. I'm still the one who has to face it so that I can borrow money."
04:33 We divided the money into three.
04:36 That's our lunch for lunch.
04:38 We don't have money to buy P10.
04:41 Until the day they collected P20,000.
04:47 It's not just for one person. It's a lot.
04:50 If they borrow everything at the same time,
04:53 you don't know how much you can get back.
04:56 They borrow at the same time.
04:57 You can't go through the streets because there are shops in every corner.
05:02 I have to pay for everything.
05:03 If you go through the streets, you will be in debt.
05:05 Because of the lack of money, they can't pay their rent.
05:11 They have to move their house seven times because they are being sent away from their home.
05:18 To help her husband and pay her debts,
05:21 Ms. Esang did a lot of work.
05:24 I was a service crew.
05:26 I was constantly working.
05:27 I cooked, washed the dishes.
05:30 I didn't have time to rest.
05:32 I just rested during my trip.
05:34 My salary was only P200.
05:37 Then I worked as a launderer in my brother's house.
05:42 Every other day.
05:43 I didn't care about anything else.
05:45 I was immune to all the debts.
05:50 I had no choice.
05:51 I just had to do laundry.
05:53 Far from their old life, a lot has changed since Ms. Esang started her business.
05:59 Before, they were always sent away.
06:02 Now, they are able to start their dream of having a house and land in Bulacan.
06:07 They were able to buy a motorcycle and went to the shops.
06:12 Most of their debts were paid off.
06:16 What we did was,
06:18 when the shop was closed,
06:19 we paid the debts.
06:21 I really wanted peace of mind.
06:22 No one would ask for money from you.
06:23 No one would steal from you.
06:25 With their strong business, they don't need to borrow money anymore because of their income.
06:31 It was very clean.
06:32 P80,000 in a month.
06:35 Despite everything that happened,
06:38 they didn't give up.
06:40 Instead, they worked harder
06:42 because they wanted to provide a good life for their children.
06:46 They also never forget the help they received
06:51 when they were in need.
06:54 I always pray to the Lord,
06:57 "I am your helper."
07:00 We have a lot of good friends.
07:03 We help each other.
07:05 My relatives and parents.
07:07 I said, "I want to be the one who can give back the help."
07:10 I said, "I will do anything to help."
07:14 "Just give me a income so that our life will be okay.
07:18 I can help."
07:19 "I will help. I will really help. I will be the one who will give back."
07:22 Because of the blessings they received,
07:25 it was time for them to help.
07:28 My advice to those who have gone through a lot like us,
07:33 who have a lot of debts,
07:34 is to find a way to earn money.
07:37 Find a clean way to pay it off.
07:40 It's true that if you have debts, you can't get a job.
07:44 It's hard to live if you have debts.
07:47 To the #Relaterians of Ma'am Shiesang,
07:50 don't lose hope.
07:54 Because you never know,
07:55 a business might be the answer to your growing problem.
07:59 Ma'am.
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