2022
Before I lived abroad, I never truly understood the beauty of becoming fluent or even proficient in another language. In the Philippines you don't need to know another language, or many would argue that. Once you travel abroad you realize that especially in Thailand, almost everyone you meet speaks at least two languages somewhat proficient.
We in the Philippines have a bit of disadvantage since geographically we cannot country-hop as easily as Americans and Europeans can. This is why traveling, especially for us, is even more important. I would argue that in globalizing world it really can only benefit you to speak another language. Living to another country makes you smart and be able you to be alert and use your common sense but it takes guts to to move to a country where you dont know the language.
