Domestic helpers. Mail-order brides. Exporters of human labor. Scammers.
These are how people the world over have come to know us, Filipinos. And sometimes, I can’t blame them. For though it’s not completely true that these are what constitute us as a people, it’s not completely false either.
Our main export product is our people. A big [...]
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The Face of Peace: A Picture-inspired Poem
Posted in Family & Relationships, Life, Love, Poetry and Verses, Spiritual, tagged baby photo, creative writing, emotional, free verse, inspiration, inspirational, Life, lullaby, musings, peace, photo, picture, poem, poem for a baby, poem for a nephew, Poetry, poignant, reflection, scrawls, sentimental, sleeping baby, Spiritual, surrender, verse on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The voice of worry reigns over
my jaded soul’s fitful attempts
to rest my eyes from the landscape
of my broken dreams in the forsaken
sky of busted wings; its discordant tune
humming a boisterous music that knows
no melody; chanting lyrics
that cut through the hope that resides
within me.
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Conquering Poverty
Posted in Life, MuZings, anecdote, point of view, tagged anecdote, belief, blog action day, change, Culture, daily living, dreams, existential, existentialism, filipino family, filipino life, hope, human nature, idea, Life, living, making a difference, musing, musings, non-fiction, opinion, personal philosophy, philosophical, philosophy, Pinay, pinoy, poor, poverty, reflection, rumination, social commentary, social problems, social relevance, society, survival, survivor, testimony, thought, voice on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For someone who had always had everything he needed, even if he had to work hard for it, imagining how it is like to be poor in the real sense of the word would be very difficult. It requires one to experience getting on in an empty stomach to know how it’s like not to [...]
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