Day 14- A picture of you and your family

FAMILY BONDING

What a good way to end JULY. FAMILY TIME.

Went to the nearest pool.(nearest>>LOL) It was so unplanned yet we were able to make the most out of it. We went to WATERWORLD(name of the resort) and stayed there for almost 3 hours. I had fun especially I am with the most precious people in my life, my family. <3

(youngest sis, sis-next-to-me-by-birth-order,MOM,DAD) My bro is a killjoy.or anti social hahaha.(he stayed at home)

Enjoying the Pool )

Shaytards!!

Summer means boredom for me since I don’t have to do anything but only  to eat and sleep. Good thing there’s youtube to make my life somewhat interesting(though, i don’t get it how??).

I’m always spending my time watching different youtube videos and I really like all these vloggers since most of them have different ways of connecting with the viewers and they have their own identity that is being reflected on their videos. These people can actually make my day complete  since they have been givin’ me a lot of things to ponder on whenever they would talk about a certain issue or about a particular topic.I really envy these people since they are really good when it comes to vlogging and they can produce good and hilarious videos, sometimes, on a daily basis(whoah).

I’ve been subscribing a lof of them like shanedawnsontv, kassemg, shaytards, lisanova, sxephil,nigahiga,davedays, thestation and lots of them(too many to mention). And without biases, I really like shaytards channel most since most of the videos there are about shaycarl’s life and also  about his family and his family is really awesome . Missing one of his videos is like a crime for me and I really feel good and happy seeing his wonderful family especially his children.

In the hands of greediness and injustices…Filipinos are at risk…

Foucault says “when there is power, there is resistance…” especially if that certain power is being used to exploit the rights and lives by those who are subordinate of it. Such exploitations happened in the workers of the Hacienda Luisita and Central Azucarera de Tarlac , both of which are part of the millions of properties of the Cojuangco family. The workers who spent most of their lives working in the huge sugar plantations could not anymore take the exploitations of the family on them: low salaries ,mass firings and even the lands that ought to be given away to the workers are not yet distributed but instead they used the lands to exert more profits for themselves. And even using their position in the government to ratify land reforms to make themselves sole owners of the lands.

Such situation continues to harden the lives of the poor people for the justice system of our country is on the side of the elites and instead of providing those poor farmers their rights to take control of their lands and even to have a justifiable amount of wages, they in turn serves the interests of the landlords and hacienderos to profit themselves. But who could blame them when they were put in their positions because of the money of these elites. Guns, goons and golds are still the indispensable weapons of these elites. And the sad part of it, the government or those who are in the political positions still bow and worship on them.

On the case of the Hacienda Luisita massacre, all the evidences pinpoints on the military and the Cojuangco family but still they were not punished by the law for they have the power and money to bribe the officials. With these kind of happenings, can we still grasp for the justice and truth to prevail? How long can we still dance in their tune of manipulation, both in politics and in our justice system?

As a student and concern citizen of this country, radical changes are the only hope for us Filipinos. And if those who are in the positions will never stop worshiping the money(bribe), we can never hope for a good governance for this country. And if there is only one brave person in the government that would stand and lobby for the truth, justice will be possible to achieve. For I do believe, that even a single person can change this country. Workers and labor unions are like castaways trapped in a single island, who always try to start a fire to make us be aware of their plight, but it seems nobody had ever seen the smoke. And every Filipino needs to open their eyes to seek the truth, for the truth will not just protect the worker’s rights but also every Filipino’s rights that are in the brim of exploitations from “greedy people” like of those who were responsible of the tragic Hacienda Luisita.

Five years have passes but the bittersweet journey towards justice are not yet paid off. Let’s hope for the change.

 

The fastest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach…

Cooking is one of the things I love to do especially if I am stuck in our house and there are no other things to do. My family is also a “big-eater” and we always find time to dine together especially hanging around in the four corners of our kitchen. And I do believe that through cooking I will be able to impress “my guy”(I’m a hopeless romantic).

And to be able to cook and made tasty  foods we need to have quality kitchen utensils that will not just provide satisfactory but will also make our kitchen look neat and classy. But choosing the right appliances that would fit one’s kitchen can be a bit hard for someone need to have those things that would last over the years.

But then again, no one should be worried over the matter for we can always seek for help and choose the best among the rest. And the only thing that would matter in the end is that it we have been able to make a choice and that choice is what the best for us.