Wednesday, October 6, 2010

MEMORIES

As I was playing along the street of basilica near our old house I saw a man walking down the street, I hardly recognize him but I think he was my father. He was wearing a polo shirt with a blue and black combination with the logo of his company (MERALCO) and was holding a brown envelop. But my mom told me that he was already gone last night to work abroad.
As my curiosity arises I approach him with gladness and hold his arm as if I was been longing for quite a long time. We are walking back home and I ask him "You’ve already left last night why are you still here?", he looks at me and smile but did not talk back.
Then suddenly I’m awake, it was only a dream but it seems like it was very real. I open my eyes and the tears starts to fall. It was almost a year when my father died. Exactly one month before his first death anniversary. He died November 6, 2009 in a hospital at the “our lady of Lourdes hospital” in Sta. Mesa, Manila.
I remember my father as a humble person, a very cheerful guy and very friendly. At his work he is so popular everyone knows him. Everyone in the company where he work has its own alias one is “payong”, “tiyagong akyat” or “baba” and my father’s alias is “aswang”, probably because his province is CAPIZ. He’s a very hardworking person and had a lot of friend.
I’d miss him so much, good bye papa…..thanks for the good memories we shared together.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Proud to be a Filipino

Proud ka bang maging pinoy? Ako oo, bakit? May mga katagang pinoy na di natin pinag aralan ngunit madalas nating sambitin lalo sa mga mahihirap na naglilimos. Ito ay ang katagang "Patatawarin po", nakagisnan na natin sa ating kultura na kapag walang kang naibigay na tulong ay humihingi tayo ng tawad sa kanila bakit?  Nasusulat sa bibliya na pakainin ang nagugutom, painumin ang nauuhaw, at damitan ang hubad. Sinabi ni Jesus ang mga katagang ito na hindi siya nakikiusap na gawin natin ang mga bagay na ito kundi ito ay isang utos. Kaya sa tuwing di natin sila napagbigyan tayo ay nakakasala, kaya tayo humihingi ng patawad sa kanila. Sobrang lalim ng ating mga ninuno di ba madalas lang natin sabihin pero napakalalim pala ng kahulugan. Sa pilipinas lang meron nito, so be proud of our nation.