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The Filipino resiliency can only be equaled by his resourcefulness and industry. Once problem gets in, he will find means to solve it or at least find alternative ways to go around it. For many Filipinos who have lost their jobs for various reasons, sulking in the corner is the last option. Many of resorted to finding other means of earning an income.

Such as the case of Romulo Malicsi, 37 years old, who was laid-off from his work in a factory in Maco, Davao. Being without a job, Malicsi didn’t just wait and wait for his family to be hungry, he went back to his old hobby which is line fishing.

Malicsi has been doing line fishing before but just leisure during weekends. And because he has learned from the fishermen doing their daily fishing at a channel near the Davao seaport, he knows exactly when and where the big fishes go for food in large numbers.

Once he throws the bait, Malicsi need not wait for so long before a hungry fish bite. And when he feels it, he allows to fish to swim free by loosening up the line, before suddenly jerking back the line. As he smiles and beams proudly, he holds the line with a big fish flapping in front of him. He does know the spot where they’re at.

Malicsi easily fills up a bucket full of fresh live fishes, which are mostly “kitong”, a big flat gray fish with brown spouts, from 10 to 15 inches long, with an average of 20 grams each. This could last his family of five for three to four days. Just enough to augment their daily needs with the help of his working wife.

Indeed Filipinos will always rise up to any crisis. Some have turn to odd jobs like selling, growing backyard vegetables, raising livestock like pigs or poultry and other types of work and services. And those living near fishing spots like Malicsi, can easily turn to fishing to be able to feed their family.

Well, as the saying goes, if one knows how to fish, he will not be hungry for the rest of his life. Especially, if you’re as resilient as the Filipino.