Category Archives: social consciousness

Anawim Lay Missions Foundation

What is you mission in life? What is the purpose of all your hard work and sacrifices? Yes, all this is for your family but do you have something for those who have less in life?

Ano ang misyon mo sa buhay? Para saan ang mga pinaghihirapan mo? Oo nga at para sa pamilya ito, pero me maitutulong ka din ba sa mga kapus-palad?

lola toyang

This is Lola Toyang, one of the golden ladies living in a community for the elderly. She tells a story of an adopted daughter who abandoned her. She tells of stories about Liverpool and living the high life when she was younger. Behind her is another Lola. Beside them are care giver course students having their in-house training.

Yun si Lola Toyang isa sa mga nakatira sa isang komunidad para sa mga inabandonang matatanda. Ang kwento niya ay siya ay may ampong babae na iniwan siya. Siya din daw ay tumira sa Liverpool at nagkaroon ng pamosong pamumuhay noong bata pa siya. Sa likod niya ay isang lola din. Sa tabi nila ay mga mag-aaral ng care giving course na nagte-training.

Where can they be found? Dito sa Anawim Lay Missions Foundation, Inc., sa Rodriguez, Rizal.

anawim

Napunta kami dito minsan para sa isang outreach program ng aming mga homeschooling children.

Tulay Para sa Kaunlaran

Meron kong tulay dito at dito, ang tulay na nagdadala sa akin palapit sa tahanan ng aking mga magulang. Parehong tulay it pero magkaiba ang perspective sa pagkakakuha at interpretasyon 🙂 I have two different perspectives and interpretations of the same bridge which brings me closer to home in the two links I have made.

Ang tulay sa ibaba ay isa sa mga bagong gawang tulay. Ito ay bago, malinis pa at may nakasulat na GMA SCARES, este, CARES pala  na hindi ko na isinama sa larawan. The bridge in the photo below is an almost newly-built bridge. This is new, its clean and has GMA SCARES, errr, CARES written on it.

bridge

Bakit nga may bagong tulay dito? Hindi pa naman mukhang sira ang dating tulay, sa katunayan, ang bagsik ng Pinatubo (nandun sa cluster ng mga bundok) at mga lindol ay nakayanan nito. Hindi kasi nahukay ang mga buhangin kaya ang tubig sa ilog ay nawala at nagmukhang disyerto mula sa buhanging galing sa lahar.

Imbes na hukayin, nagtayo na lang ng bagong tulay. Galing no?

Ano nga ang sabi ng mga pulitiko?

“Kapag ako ay iboboto ninyo ipagagawa ko ang mga kalsada. Kahit walang mga ilog, magpapatayo tayo ng mga tulay!”

Yan po ang tulay ng kaunlaran.

Bow.

I Can Draw But. . .

Being a teacher had me teaching myself how to draw. I can do basic drawing well enough for my students to know what these are.

Is there is one thing that I really do not enjoy drawing? Yes, there is and that would be clocks. Yes, clocks for telling time.

I have told myself countless times that I really, really need to have clocks (without the hands) made out of custom rubber stamps for easier usage but guess what, I haven’t even tried to look for someone who can make these things or asked about it in my favorite school and office supplies store.

Oh, that small bucket of rubber stamps with the alphabet, numbers, and a whole lot of noun and verb words that I have is very useful when I am too lazy to draw but no clocks there, not even one 😀

School will be starting in a few weeks and I know I have to get just ONE clock on a rubber stamp so I may not have to draw pages after pages of these clocks.

Let’s Face It!

Teenagers are going through a lot of physical as well as emotional changes at the same time that they battle a lot of scholastic and peer pressure

Some of the things they have to deal with are weight management and skin breakout

There are many acne treatments that they can avail of so it is best they they choose the different options well

My daughter has little pimples that come out every now and then so we try to have her wash her face with natural sources like honey face scrubs or egg white, at least there is less risk of getting more problems (and cheaper too) 🙂

What natural face cleansers do you use?

Bakya, the Wooden Clogs

I have a similar post about shoes here but read below for my LP entry:

Bakya used to be THE most fashionable footwear to wear.

One can hear the sound of an approaching bakya-wearing person just by the mere sound of its heels click-clacking on the wooden floor, stones street or cobbled road.

I remember having one as a child, of course i was not as comfortable as those lightweight bakya imitation pair made up rubber that I had.

bakya

Come to think of it, the bakya showcases not just our unique culture but the inherent creativeness and craftmanship of the Filipino. Who would have thought details would be seen on these pairs?

Yan ang Pinoy! If only Pinoys channel these good traits to good use, then I am positive our country would benefit from it.

By the way, fans of Happy Feet would be delighted to read this article. To those who don’t know what it is, I encourage you to click the link too 😉