A friend of mine invited me to visit his fishpond in Tinaad. He was harvesting bangus that afternoon. We headed to the fishpond in midmorning. It was a fine day, slightly overcast, and the tranquility of the surrounding was deafening. When we reached his place, his helper was consuming the last of the Ginebra San Miguel they had partaken the night before.
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My friend immediately gave me a grand tour of the place. Since his next door neighbor was harvesting his pla-pla that morning, we headed straight to his place first. From a distance, I saw 4 human figures dragging a long net, trying to ensnare all the tilapia still present in the muddy water.
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When I got closer, i noticed that one was remarkably smaller than the rest. He was only a boy. He was doing the same thing the other 3 adults were doing, with as much strength his frail body can muster.
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Most boys his age are either playing PSP, or watching cable at home, playing basketball with friends , or for the truly lucky ones, taking a vacation somewhere in Asia or America. At his tender age, he's already working.
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Iwanted to ask him how old he was, where he lived, and if he was still studying. But i decided not to. He was busy. He didnt have time to chat.
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3 comments:
And I bet he has more character than all those "lucky ones" you mentioned. Where is Tinaad? Bulacan pa din?
tinaad is in paombong bro.parang iba ng planeta when you get there. sobrang tahimik.
Doc,
It's a fact that life is changing, that you don't have the monopoly of luck and fortune. It will easily be taken away from you...when you least expect it. If it leaves you, you can still proudly say that at least you know the feeling of having something you'd die have and wished for all your life.
Your subject, will probably awaken insensitive people who can not find contentment in life. If the subject could only speak he would have said this "Live like it's Heaven on Earth. Just do the right thing no matter what.No one has the reason for making life miserable anyway."
Mau
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