OFW in Hong Kong takes on the viral and “uso” ipon challenge successfully

• She was able to save P140,000 in just six months 
• She used to be married to a seaman but their marriage didn’t work. 
• The OFW shared that she gave up treating friends and shopping to save and it was worth it 

Jalyn Navio, 39 years old, an Ilongga OFW in Hong Kong went viral for doing the “ipon challenge” successfully.

She went viral after she shared how she successfully saved P140,000 in a matter of six months. 

The viral OFW, 39-year-old Jalyn Navio is an Ilongga who started working in Hong Kong way back in 2002. 

According to Readers Portal, her parents didn’t know that the nursing graduate is already an OFW in Hong Kong. 

After attending the Financial Literacy Seminar, Jalyn, who is a nursing graduate, was inspired to save money.

According to the Facebook post of netizen Jennifer Palomo Debaja, the OFW was able to save $21,760 or Php 140,000 pesos within six months.

Jalyn put her savings inside a big plastic bottle from her HK$ 8,200 or Php 54,000 pesos monthly salary. She sends P10, 000 every month for her relative’s educational allowance.

The Ilongga OFW started working in Hong Kong in 2002 without the knowledge of her parents, initially.

Photo source: Jennifer Palomo Debaja FB

According to the post, Jalyn used to be fond of shopping before and treating her friends in restaurants. However, she is now thinking for her future, especially if the time comes that she will decide to retire.

Behind her unsuccessful marriage with her former husband who is a seaman, the OFW finds inspiration from her desire to have her own business.

After this, Jalyn wants to continue doing the “ipon challenge” with not just $20 notes but she will include $50 notes.

The Ilongga OFW is definitely excited for the outcome.

Netizens who stumbled upon this inspiring story of Jalyn Navio congratulated her. 

There were also those who commended her for a job well done.

Some other netizens were amazed that she was able to save that amount of money.

Here is the Facebook post.

SAVING CHALLENGE | ILONGGA OFW SA HK NAGVIRAL SA PAG SAVE SANG $20 NOTES SA SULOD SANG 6 KABULAN KAG NAGLAB UT SA BALOR…

Posted by Jennifer Palomo Debaja on Friday, January 18, 2019

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