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share ko lang,..
« on: September 19, 2007, 04:29:33 PM »
Ever since I  was diagnosed with having a posible heart enlargement in my last APE, I have  exerted more effort to do physical exercises.  I do   jogging during week days  and do long - ride mountain biking every Sunday. But this Sunday is a special  Sunday to me. While I was on my way to
the mountains of Busay (cebu) hoping  to strenghten my heart by this exercise, instead, I personally encountered a  heart-breaking scene that changed
me. I already passed the  Marco PoloPlaza (formerly  Cebu Plaza Hotel ) when I decided to stop to buy bananas at a small carenderia  (retail store) located along the road. I haven't taken any solid food that  morning so I need fruits to have the needed energy to get to my destination -  the mountain top. I am almost done eating with the second banana when I noticed  two children across the street busily searching the garbage area. "Basureros" I  said to myselt and quickly turn my attention away from them to sip a small  amount of water. I cared less for these kind of children actually; to make  it
straight, I do not like them, and I do not trust them evenmore. You see,  several times I have been a victim to these kind of children who are pretending  to be basureros looking for empty bottles and cans when in fact the  'plangganas' 'kalderos', and 'hinayhays' are their favorites.

 I  remember one afternoon while I was watching a Mike Tyson fight when I noticed  that the TV screen suddenly became blurred. I checked outside
and saw two  young basureros running away with my newly installed antenna. Hatred may be a  little bit stronger word to describe my feeling
towards these basureros, but  I do not like them honestly  not till I met these three children.

I was  about to embark on my bike again when I heard one of the two children, a girl of  about 7 or 8 of age saying aloud to the other , a 12-yr
old boy , " kuya si  dodong kuha-a kay nag-sige'g tan-aw sa mga nagkaon, mauwaw ta" (kuya si dodong  kunin mo kasi tumitingin sa mga kumain,
nakakahiya) (big brother, go and take  dodong away from the poeple who are eating), only then that I noticed a small  boy standing near to me
biting slightly his finger. He's a few inches shorter  if compared to my 5 years old son ( but I knew later that he's also 5 yrs. Old).  Though he did
not asked for food to anyone in the carenderia, the way he  looked at the customers who were eating , enough to convince me that he's  intensely
craving for it. The older boy then quickly crossed the street and  gently pulled out the little one who politely obeyed. As I watched the  two
crossing back the street to the garbage area, I heard the tindera saying  " Lo-oy kaayo nang mga bataa uy, mga buotan ra ba na" (kawawa naman yung mga  batang yun mababait pa naman) (poor kids, they are good kids). I learned further  from the carenderia owner that the children are from a good family , both  parents were working before , and that their father got a stroke 3 years ago and  became partially paralized and their mother died of heart attack while their  father was still confined at the hospital. The parents were still in their early  forties when the catastrophe happened , and the
children became basureros  (garbage scavengers) since then to meet their daily needs and for their father's  medication.

Deeply moved by what I heard, I went to a nearby bakery and  bought 20 pesos worth of bread and gave it to the children who initially  refused
including the little boy. " Sige lang noy, salamat na lang, magpalit  lang nya mi kung mahalinan na mi" (sige lang po, salamat na lang, bibili  na
lang po kami mamaya kung makabenta na kami) (thank you but no, we will  just buy later once we've sold some scrap) the young girl said to me.
I  explained that they need to go home because it started to rain . " Naanad na man  mi ani " (nasanay na po kami) (we're used to it)the girl answered again. Again,  I explained that the rain can make them sick and if they'll become sick there's  no one to take care of their father. Upon mentioning their father, they nodded  and acccept the bread but I noticed that the older boy did not ate. When I asked  him if he does not like the kind of bread I bought for them he smiled but as  he's about toexplain, the little girl, who is the more talker of them  interrupted, "Domingo man gud ron ,noy, basta Sabado ug Domingo hapon ra siya  mokaon kami ra ang mokaon ug pamahaw pero dili na pod mi mokaon inig hapon, si  kuya ra. Pero basta Lunes ngadto sa Biyernes, kay klase man , si kuya rasad ang  seguro-on ug papamahaw, kami hapon na sad mi moka-on Pero kung daghan mi ug  halin mokaon mi tanan." (Linggo po kasi ngayon, pag sabado at lingo hapon lang  po sya kumakain, kami lang po ang kumakain ng agahan pero di na po kami kakain  pagdating ng hapon si kuya lang po. Pero pag lunes hanggang biyernes, kasi may  pasok, si kuya lang po nag-aagahan,kami hapunan lang pero kung marami  kaming benta kami pong lahat kumakain) (Because today is sunday, during  weekends, our big brother doesn't eat breakfast, but later we won't eat supper,  bec it will be his turn to eat supper.  But during weekdays, it's only our big  brother who eats breakfast but if we sold a lot, we all eat) she continued.  "Ngano man diay ug mokaon mong tanan, bahinon ninyo bisan ug unsa ka gamay?"  (bakit kung kumain kayong lahat, hati-hatiin nyo na lang kahit kunti lang ang  pagkain?) (why not just share the food to equal parts among yourselves?) I  countered. The young girl reasoned out that their father wanted that her older  brother to go to school with full stomachs so he can easily catch up with the  teacher's lessons. "Inig ka trabaho ni kuya mo undang na man mi ug pamasura,  first honor baya na siya " (pag nagkatrabaho si kuya, hihinto kami sa  pamamasura, first honor kasi sya) (once our big brother got a job, we would all  stop scavenging, bec he's first honor in his class) the little boy added  proudly.

Maybe I was caught by surprise or I am just overly emotional  that my tears started to fall. I then quickly turned my back from them to hide  my
tears and pretended to pick up my bike from the carenderia where I left  it.I don't know how many seconds or minutes I spent just to compose
myself;  pretending again this time that I was mending by bike.

Finally I get on  to my bike and approached the three children to bid goobye to them who in turn  cast their grateful smiles at me. I then took a
good look at all of them  specially to the small boy and pat his head with a pinch in my heart. Though I  believe that their positive look at life can
easily change their present  situation, there is one thing that they can never change; that is , their being  motherless. That little boy can no longer taste the sweet embrace, care, and  most of all , the love of his mother forever. Nobody can refill the empty gap  created by that sudden and untimely death of their mother. Every big events that  will happen to their lives will only remind them and make them wish of their  mother's presence.

I reached to my pocket and handed to them my last 100  peso bill which I reserved for our department's bowling tournament. This time  they
refused strongly but I jokingly said to the girl " sumbagon teka ron  kung di nimo dawaton" (suntukin kita dyan pag hindi mo tinanggap yan) (I'll  punch you if you don't accept this). She smiled as she extended her hand to take  the money. " Salamat noy makapalit gyud me ron ug tambal ni papa " (salamat po,  makakabili kami nito ng gamot ni papa) (thank you, we would be able to buy papa  his medicine) she uttered. I then turned to the small boy and though he's a few  feet away from me, I still noticed that while his right hand was holding the  half - filled sack , his left hand was holding a toy ? a worn out toy car. I  waved my hands and said byebye to him as I drove towards the mountains again.  Did he just found the toy in the garbage area ? or the toy was originally his -  when the misfortune did not took place yet? - I did not bother to ask. But one  thing is crystal clear to me ? that inspite of the boy's abnormal life, he did  not given up his childhood completely. I can sense it that way he hold and stare  at his toy.

My meeting with that young basureros made me poorer by 100  pesos. But they changed me and made me more richer as to lessons of life  are
concerned. In them, I learned that life can changed suddenly and may  caught me flat footed. In them, I've learned that even the darkest side of  life,
cannot change the beauty of one's heart. Those three children, who  sometimes cannot eat three times a day, still able to hold on to what  they
believe was right. And what a contrast to most of us who are quick to  point out to our misfortunes when caught with our mistakes. With them, I've  learned to hope for good things when things seem to go the other way. 

Lastly, I know that God cares for them far more than I do. That though  He allowed them to experience such a terrible life which our finite  minds
cannot comprehend, His unquestionable love will surely follow them  through. And in God's own time they will win.

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Re: share ko lang,..
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2007, 09:40:44 PM »
 :'( makahilak man sab ta maghun-huna aning mga bataa oi.. luoy pud nila, mao unta ni kuhaan ug pagtulun-an sa mga tawo ron nga ga-usik usik sa pagkaon, nga dili tanan panahon naa sila ana.

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Re: share ko lang,..
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2007, 10:28:14 PM »
asa nman ang mga taga DSWD, bantay bata 163 ug uban pang mga charitable institutions?

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Re: share ko lang,..
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2007, 11:29:26 PM »
Thnkz 4 sharing wd us  ..apoljulz..taas  kaajo ang story   pero  basa jud  nko  way  laktaw2x...
bitaw  ui  murag  akumoton akong  atay  mkakita  ug  mga  bata  nga  mamasura.. :(


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« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2007, 01:03:57 AM »
Oi thanks for sharing your story with us, Mr. Apoljulz, and I hope all is better for you. Very sad pood oi..

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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2007, 05:43:03 AM »
kinahanglan pa man gud pod ta usahay makabasa ug mga story nga makapatandog sa atong kasing-kasing,..

just to realize how blessed we are,.even if we have a lot of complain in our life,.minsan masyado lang tayo makasarili di natin naiicip,.

huhuhuhuhuhuhuhu...hehehehehehhe bitaw tinuod man pod dba,..

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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2007, 05:45:36 AM »
tinuod man pud na apoljuls, pareha anang mga kwartahan nga mag-usik usik sa pagkaon, nnay mga anak ug adunahan di magtarung ug skwela.. kay wala man sila kabalo kung unsa kalisud sa kinabuhi, magkinahanglan pa na sila nga makakita or maka-experience ug mga ingon ana aron maka-amgo nga la swerte nila, ug ang ilang swerte dili angayan usik usikan.

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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2007, 05:46:08 AM »
bitaw, eye opener ba na we should be thankful of what we have!

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« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2007, 02:51:58 PM »
thanksss so mch for sharing the story .. taas ang story pero basa gud naho nga way laktaw and then dlii gud kapugngan ako luha nag-sege agas  :'( :'( :'( :'(

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« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2007, 03:06:40 AM »
Thanks for sharing that life encounters...it is very sad hearing such a hard life and i think and i believe that each one of us experienced a similar history but not as hard as this. I am sure that there are more children suffering poverty not only in our country but all over in that so-called 3rd World. ???

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