“It was a blessing in disguise.â€
This was how Gemma Amodia, a 43-year-old mother of four, described being terminated from her 13-year-old job at a Mactan export processing zone firm.
“If I had not lost my job at Fairchild (Semiconductors), I would not have this.â€
Amodia operates a Aqua Ghem water refilling station at M.H. Del Pilar Street, barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City.
The outlet earns at least P2,000 daily. A hired helper and her husband, Reynaldo, deliver 5-gallon containers of mineral water to clients as far as Mandaue City and Marigondon in Lapu-Lapu City.
Although her business is doing well it was not always that way.
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