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Not Impressive Enough

Do you have an “impressive” address where you can proudly display address plaques?

We don’t because the name of our place is a vernacular term for… never mind.

Yes, if it’s economically possible, we would have a different address by now, not because we don’t love the home but because we are not fond of the neighborhood. I’ve written about this a lot of times. If only we can bring the house if in case we have an opportunity to move, we’ll probably do so but that’s impossible of course.

Just the other day, the small retail or sari-sari store across us had been robbed: teenagers went in and got three mobile phones and a PSP. They were apparently staying under one of the trees near the water meter with a metal cage beside our home before they “attacked”. These teenagers are from the slum area a block or two away from us.

Scary isn’t it?

Public Education is Free But…

I have written about some of the annoying people in our neighborhood. To me, it sure looks like a lot of these young people need drug rehab. My honest opinion, no offense meant.

They walk the streets very very late night, heckling and shouting. They write on gates and fences. They don’t go to school.They form good-for-nothing gangs, engaging in fistfights, petty crimes and disturbing the peace.

One of the reasons why young people do not go to school is because they say, their family I mean, say that there is not enough money to send them to school. Public education is free.

Sure there are bound to be expenses especially concerning about food, transportation and school supplies but parents can do better than NOT sending their children to school.

They should be held accountable. Sadly, in this country of ninety-plus million people with so many underprivileged people, these things go unnoticed by a president who can spend $20,000 on one dinner alone.

Do You Love Your Neighbors?

People are social beings who thrive with others. Even if we say that we do not need others in our lives, still we do.

Isn’t it that a saying goes: “No man is an island”?

Do you like your neighborhood? Do you like your neighbors?

My answer:

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