I started writing when I was 8. My mom got me a journal where I could rant (prob so I won't be an annoying brat). I stopped writing for 8 years until the pen and then later on the keyboard called on me again. I blog because I like writing and that's just about it. Hope you get inspired though... Bite the apple!
Our HOA pinged informed us via group chat yesterday that the Paranaque City Hall was going to distribute one go bag per household. They went around before lunch today and Sweetie luckily heard them calling residents via megaphone to go out.
The first aid kit has some basic medicines, gauze, bandaid, antiseptic, scissors, and tape.
We put together our own go bag last year and this is a good time for us to check the medications we included in the bag. We also need to check the emergency food and water we included. I completely forgot to write about the experience of putting together a go bag. I'll blog about it one of these days.
#BeKind #StaySafe
I was 10 years old when the EDSA Revolution happened. Tito Ben called my parents in the wee hours of the morning and told us to stay home because something was happening. We listened to the news all day. The radio was permanently on an AM station because my parents were monitoring what was happening.
As for me, I got busy learning how to ride my bike. I was progressing, but I was told to go inside when we started to see a lot of helicopters flying around (we're just a few kilometers from Villamor). Before classes got cancelled, our teachers asked us to compile newspaper clippings. My parents had several newspaper subscriptions, so I collected a huge pile.
Kuya was the only one allowed to go to EDSA. He went with a few neighbors. We celebrated when the dictator President Marcos and his family left. I was just a child, but I remember there was so much tension leading up to those 3 days.
Things were tumultuous following the EDSA Revolution. The transition wasn't easy. As a child growing up during that time, we experienced a lot of school disruptions due to multiple coup d'etats. We had a lot of blackouts and I had to study by candlelight.
Our parents fought for the freedom we enjoy today. Gone are the days when we're required to be home before sunset. Gone are the days you had to be careful with what you say. Gone are the days when you always feared for your life and the life of your loved ones. And that's why we should never forget what led to that fateful day that led to our freedom from a dictator.
It is up to us to keep our democracy alive. It is up to us to push for progress and the best we can do as citizens is to vote for the right people to lead.
#BeKind #StaySafe
