A Little Reflection

it's been a while since i updated my journal so here i am now. updating again.

i have many things to tell you guys. first is about this picture. this is a deviation made by

the picture is here anyway:

the very moment after i saw that picture, it made me think about what happened yesterday. yesterday was one of the best times of my life. and i'm thankful for it. just what the hell or shiould i say, what the 'heaven' happened yesterday?

in our university, we have a project, specifically in our multimedia class. we have to produce an audio visual presentation. first, we decided to make something about tourism. but then, we changed the plans and proceeded to make an AVP presentation regarding the big dreams of the poor kids. so what we did was, we went to the city dump site where mountainous garbage and trashes were being thrown.

the place was really big and i think the place can already house 100 families or even more. but, waht elese can they do? the garbage took their place and what they did was to build their homes beside the garbage dump site, just few meters away from all those stinky garbage.

we conducted an interview to the kids there.

first, we interviwed the little girl (7 years i suppose) and she said that she wanted to be a doctor so that he can help her mother and father and to help all the sick people. then i asked her if she believes that she can be a doctor someday. with some moments of silence, she didn't respond to my question and i feel that she wanted to cry. then she finally spoke and said no. why? because she knows that her family cannot handle to support her for her education.

next, we interviwed a boy. (i suppose he's 8 years already). throuout the interview, he remained silent. then when he finally spoke up, he said that he has no dreams. then i found out that he's just living with his grandmother, with no father and mother at his side..

next, we interviewed a group of young boys. one told us that he wanted to be a boxer, the other a judo player, and one told us that he wanted to be a policeman and the other one, a soldier. then i also asked them, do you think that all of you can have your dreams? all of them, said no. they also said that poverty is their hindarnce in pursuing for theior dreams. they barely have money to suffice their everyday needs. 3 out of the 4 boys are no longer studying. i also asked one of them if he believes that someone will help them in maiking their dreams. then he said with a resounding yes. and that made me feel happy.

then, after the interview, the 10 year old boy, with no mother and father, led as to the dump site proper. ther we saw many peoople segregating garbage. i also found out that for every 1 kilo of plastics they can produce, they can have 9 pesos (18 cents i guess). for every day of working there, they can produce a total of 50 pesos or $1.01.

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i then asked myself, can i possibly help them?

well this is my message to you all:

first i wanted to thank you for reading up to this far.

i know that we still have many obligations to do. our families, friends, school works, office jobs and many more. i understand if we ourselves cannot help them now. but remember, if we cannot help them now, let us accept their offers of helping us now. those poor people can serve as an inspiration to us of working hard and persevering through life. i know that even at the loneliest moment of their lives, they are doing their very est to feed their hungry stomach, and to suffice theire family's needs. with that, i knwo that it will inspire us to do more. then when the right time comes, it's time to give our helping hands to them. and maybe, or i must say, i believe that we can do great things for them and for everyone as long as we are willing and we have faith in our God and in our selves.

remember, shhhhhh.