I am Yelena Victoria Jopson Lagman.
Filipina. Theresian. Iska. Wonderer.
a BS Community Development student.
I have a weakness for food, traveling and for taking pictures.
a lover of life, and everything that's in it.
well, almost everything;)
The world is my classroom.
This week, we learned from CNN that the median age of Filipinos is 22.9 years old. 22.9. We’ve just passed puberty.
Now, a median number is a midpoint — meaning, half of our population is older than 22.9, and the other half is younger. This is a really surprising statistic. It means that most…
(Source: philstar.com)
On my way home, I saw a little boy, not more than two years old, crying inside a kariton. He was holding an empty skyflakes wrapper. His cry was silent and his tears already dried up on his cheeks, a sign that he has been crying for some time. His father was going through some trash, looking for recyclable stuff. I instantly remembered that I have some skyflakes in my bag. So I gave it to the little boy. The sparkle in his eyes and the smile that he gave me when he saw the thing in my hand and when i handed it over to him was just priceless. After giving it to the little boy, I walked away. His father didn’t see me since he was busy. While walking I heard someone shout “Salamat Ate!” I turned around and I saw that it was the little boy’s father that said thank you to me. He was also smiling. His smile was sincere and heartwarming. I also noticed that he was still young, probably also in his early 20’s like me. I looked over to the kid and he was holding up the skyflakes, the way Kino, from the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck, held the precious pearl he found. It was just one pack of skyflakes, 3 pieces of cracker, 7 pesos. And yet the smile that the little boy and his father had was priceless. Their smiles made my day. I was smiling all the way home. If only our government officials would honestly serve our nation and give our kababayans, especially the poor, the service that all citizens of this nation deserve, then there would deffinitely be a lot more smiles everywhere. If only they would not the billions of pesos that they corrupt from the taxes and use the money to help the real owners of this money have better lives. If a 7 peso cracker can do that much, what more can these billions of corrupted money do to develop this nation. Oh yeah, another thought, RH. If only the RH bill is passed, there would be much less “unwanted” pregnancies and homeless children crying in the streets. (if you consider a kariton a home then maybe they’re not homeless after all) *by unwanted i mean that the conception of the child was accidental or that the parents were not prepared or capable of raising a child. all children should loved and wanted. :)
Minsan nagsasakripisyo tayo para pag-ibig… Kasi one of a kind siya, kasi sa tingin mo siya ang true love mo, soul mates ika nga. Kahit mag mukang tanga o masakatan, okay lang, para naman sa pag-ibig eh. Pero minsan, kahit okay lang, kahit kaya mo pa, kailangan natin gumising at itigil ang pagmamahal sa kanya. Hindi dahil ayaw mo mag mukang tanga o masyado ka nang nasaktan o dahil hindi nasusuklian ang iyong pagmamahal, pero dahil sa tagal ng pagsasakripisyo mo ay natuto ka. Natutunan mo kung ano ang pag-ibig at kung paano magmahal ng tunay. At naunawaan mo na na hindi ito pagmamahal. Kalokohan. Pawang katha lamang ng pusong mapaglaro. At hindi worth-it ang pag-ibig na kalokohan lang.
