yesterday, OMW to my training station, i saw a mother carrying her child sick of hydrocephalus (i think, coz his head is strangely big) seated on the stairway to the MRT station. and we all know this is what we call nanglilimos, she's asking for donations. (cash, perhaps) well she didn't really ask as in talk to each passerby, but i think that thought registers to anyone else that sees them.
you know what made me admire her though? she's no stereotype beggar, she's not wearing pitiful dirty clothes to show people how needy and homeless and hungry she&her son is. instead, she brought the things that her patient might need while their *working* like a bottle of water, towels and extra clothes too. i thought she's not the poorest of the poor, but i find that heroic because she's doing even the least way to save her son and send him to the hospital. maybe she got no one else to run to, maybe her family can't afford to help her financially or she has used all the resources possible and her last choice would be this, beg for people sympathy.
filipinos grew tired of this scavenger and stuffs, and sometimes they are skeptic to help because they've heard a lot of stories before that was all a lie. like, "pwede po bang makahingi ng pambili ng gamot blah-blah" or "nasunugan po kami blah-blah" or "pang-ospital blah-blah". but there are few times where we just feel the sincerity from the act and no matter how being strict we are, we can't help to help? i think our culture of bayanihan tells this all. plus we are naturally matulungin though we've been fooled by the mean slash syndicate people deployed in the country.
on the other note, i encountered an entirely reversed situation. OMW home from the office, while waiting for the bus to come over, a woman and her kid came up to me and said "miss, pwede bang makahingi ng dise-otso pesos pamasahe lang namin?" and i replied "ay sorry ate, wala po akong pera eh." hahaha. i just thought that story has been overused at hindi na talaga bumenta sa'kin. baduy lang kasi she demanded for a specific amount of Php18, and i really hate beggars who set quota to people whom they're are asking for. parang, "bakit pag ba nagbigay ako ng 20 pesos bill, susuklian mo ko ng 2 pesos?" DI BAAAAAAAA? okay, ang babaw ko. haha.
so talk about being manipulative, some who're seeking for help usually tells you "ate, akin na lang yan...(pointing on the food you're eating or to things you're holding)" and sometimes when you don't give them what they want, they hit you or say "ang arte mo naman" or they'll shout "damot!" kids, even adults, are getting worst! they seem to blame us (people who lives not like them) of their suffering and oblige us to help them on a certain way they want. i don't say that they are not worth helping, but sometimes you come to a point where you're got used to this charade and you'll realize these people (beggars) are depending their life to others. and worst, abusing your generosity. oh how tragic.
remember the saying: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
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