Priscilla Angela Cruz
Ateneo de Manila
(This was a Facebook postal service from a friend, reposted hither amongst permission.)
After final night's rant, a floor to restore my organized faith inwards my ain people as well as to remind me that in that place are many pockets of hope:
While I was biking to travel today, I saw a sorbetero, an H2O ice cream vendor, amongst his cart of what nosotros shout to hither equally 'dirty H2O ice cream'. We were both waiting at the traffic lite as well as I noticed he was pushing the cart. I decided to strike upwards a conversation. He told me that he sells his H2O ice cream at Quezon City Circle as well as that he has walked in that place amongst his cart every unmarried twenty-four hours for thirty years. He told me it takes 45 to 50 minutes to force his cart, which was real neat-looking, as well as that he is proud to say that he sent all his kids to schoolhouse through H2O ice cream. He was also proud to verbalize near his grandchildren, who also top a part of his H2O ice cream profits. I would get got stayed longer to verbalize as well as I did thus desire to purchase about H2O ice cream from him. But the lite changed as well as all the cars behind started angrily honking their horns thus all I could deal was a hasty practiced bye. As I rode away, I briefly looked dorsum to encounter him pushing the cart equally he was crossing the busy intersection nosotros were at. His phonation floated to me, "thank you, ma'am!"
One employment amongst the Philippines is for many reasons, cultural, political, economic, historical, religious, etc., is that nosotros are a highly stratified society. Social shape permeates everything nosotros create as well as the means nosotros live. I intend this employment has made it real hard for us Filipinos to encounter other Filipinos equally people. I realize that had I been inwards my machine behind this real gentle H2O ice cream vendor, I would get got swallowed a fleck of annoyance: how could he endure pushing a cart inwards a terribly busy street? He would get got slowed downwards traffic inwards this already horribly congested street. But on this morning, the cars behind us, I am sure, were thinking the same means near both of us. In that i moment, in that place was pocket-sized solidarity, where nosotros were both Filipinos amongst our ain stories. Never necessitate heed that I saw all to strongly the fact that he had to force the cart piece I was on my big as well as rigid ii wheels.
Then I thought, this guy has worked harder than I e'er get got all the same he manages a smiling as well as a give thanks you. Perhaps what is of import is that nosotros encounter people as well as non the road, non the vehicles, non the annoyance. If we, equally a people, larn to create that to each other, as well as then perchance our streets volition top slightly improve despite the systemic issues that plague this country.
I don't know, really, the employment amongst the mightiness to suffer is the all likewise familiar upshot inwards this country. We suffer thus much that everything stays bad. But if maybe, but maybe, if nosotros larn to encounter each other equally Filipinos, nosotros volition endure an fifty-fifty greater people.
And to visitors to the Philippines, savor us! Get about muddied H2O ice cream, which isn't actually dirty. I dearest the cheese as well as avocado flavors (yes, nosotros get got cheese H2O ice cream). Dirty H2O ice cream is sold inwards scoops of three. You tin combine all the flavors yous want.
Ateneo de Manila
(This was a Facebook postal service from a friend, reposted hither amongst permission.)
After final night's rant, a floor to restore my organized faith inwards my ain people as well as to remind me that in that place are many pockets of hope:
While I was biking to travel today, I saw a sorbetero, an H2O ice cream vendor, amongst his cart of what nosotros shout to hither equally 'dirty H2O ice cream'. We were both waiting at the traffic lite as well as I noticed he was pushing the cart. I decided to strike upwards a conversation. He told me that he sells his H2O ice cream at Quezon City Circle as well as that he has walked in that place amongst his cart every unmarried twenty-four hours for thirty years. He told me it takes 45 to 50 minutes to force his cart, which was real neat-looking, as well as that he is proud to say that he sent all his kids to schoolhouse through H2O ice cream. He was also proud to verbalize near his grandchildren, who also top a part of his H2O ice cream profits. I would get got stayed longer to verbalize as well as I did thus desire to purchase about H2O ice cream from him. But the lite changed as well as all the cars behind started angrily honking their horns thus all I could deal was a hasty practiced bye. As I rode away, I briefly looked dorsum to encounter him pushing the cart equally he was crossing the busy intersection nosotros were at. His phonation floated to me, "thank you, ma'am!"
One employment amongst the Philippines is for many reasons, cultural, political, economic, historical, religious, etc., is that nosotros are a highly stratified society. Social shape permeates everything nosotros create as well as the means nosotros live. I intend this employment has made it real hard for us Filipinos to encounter other Filipinos equally people. I realize that had I been inwards my machine behind this real gentle H2O ice cream vendor, I would get got swallowed a fleck of annoyance: how could he endure pushing a cart inwards a terribly busy street? He would get got slowed downwards traffic inwards this already horribly congested street. But on this morning, the cars behind us, I am sure, were thinking the same means near both of us. In that i moment, in that place was pocket-sized solidarity, where nosotros were both Filipinos amongst our ain stories. Never necessitate heed that I saw all to strongly the fact that he had to force the cart piece I was on my big as well as rigid ii wheels.
Then I thought, this guy has worked harder than I e'er get got all the same he manages a smiling as well as a give thanks you. Perhaps what is of import is that nosotros encounter people as well as non the road, non the vehicles, non the annoyance. If we, equally a people, larn to create that to each other, as well as then perchance our streets volition top slightly improve despite the systemic issues that plague this country.
I don't know, really, the employment amongst the mightiness to suffer is the all likewise familiar upshot inwards this country. We suffer thus much that everything stays bad. But if maybe, but maybe, if nosotros larn to encounter each other equally Filipinos, nosotros volition endure an fifty-fifty greater people.
And to visitors to the Philippines, savor us! Get about muddied H2O ice cream, which isn't actually dirty. I dearest the cheese as well as avocado flavors (yes, nosotros get got cheese H2O ice cream). Dirty H2O ice cream is sold inwards scoops of three. You tin combine all the flavors yous want.
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