He started out distributing flyers for a Korean language school. Now he’s a millionaire.

Maurino Bayad just gives and gives.

Born into a poor family in Angadanan, Isabela, Nino has worked one backbreaking job after another to make ends meet, from picking corn in a field to busing tables at a fastfood chain.

He once took a job as a “marketer” for a Korean language review center, which was basically just the guy handing out flyers in the street.

“Yung pera nga pong yun na kinikita namin sa maghapon, pinagbabayad na lang ng utang namin sa tindahan,” Nino said.

“Ang nanay ko po…tindera at ang tatay ko po (since I could remember), paralisado na po siya,” he explained.

One fateful day, Nino decided to take the advice he’d been giving people walking by and enrolled himself into the Korean language center.

The lessons opened up a chance for him to work in South Korea, where he endured the exhaustion of a factory worker for a year and a half.

“Unang araw pa lang po sa amo ko, naiiyak na 'ko, dahil gusto ko na pong umuwi at na-homesick na po kaagad ako,” Nino said.

Nino, however, sucked it in and found another job in the food processing industry.

His hard work and dedication eventually got him promoted, and the man who once picked corn for a living made as much as P130,000 a month.

Nino saved for four years, and his bank account grew to up to P2.5 million.

Finally, he used this money to make all his dreams come true: Marry his sweetheart and live in a beautiful house.

Nino spent a long time handing out flyers, but  little did he know that the answer to his troubles was in his hands all along.

The flyers also led him to the love of his life, Angie, who was an instructor at the Korean language center.

But even now that he’s well-off and settled down, Nino never stopped giving advice and inspiring people to strive for a better future.

“Kailangan alagaan mo ang sarili mo kasi dahil walang ibang tutulong sayo,” he told aspiring OFWs at the tutorial center.

He added: “Kailangan may money management. Sa bawat perang kinikita niyo, dapat pangahalagaan niyo.” —JST, GMA News