Background: As Philippine School Doha alumni move on and open another chapter in life, they face challenges and
new experiences. They may indulge themselves in a new type of environment of rebuilding one's identity abroad. Method: The
qualitative paper follows the phenomenological research design to understand the lived experiences and identity development of
PSD alumni studying abroad. The necessary data was gathered from a semi-structured interview which was derived from the
central question of the study “How do PSD graduates manage their education embracing an international setup?” Four themes
were derived and classified that were necessary to make the simulacrum.
