September
By: Tyra ‘nell E. Pille
He hates writing, but it’s quite ironic that he was able to write this much after an unforgettable experience they had at Barangay Lorega where they made a lot of children smile with their feeding program and grocery-packs giving.
Darwin narrated not just about what happened on the day of their activity, but also included the group’s preparation with a little romantic twist and turns in life. Such narrative and descriptive stories all surrounded their charitable and generous activity. Find out what inspired Darwin to write this much words in just one sitting.
July 31, 2009
Friday
It was during after the Jobless Society’s philanthropic activity held at Barangay Carreta when couple, Joel and Zyra, two of the organization’s members went on a meaningful date at a grocery store.
I called it “meaningful” because such date wasn’t at all for romance purposes but for a good cause, as well. They were out on a date to do their task for tomorrow’s grocery packages distribution and feeding activity. Thus, they were out not on a romantic date but to shop for the list of goods needed for the groceries to be given away.
Despite the couple’s undertakings during the day, which I chose not to mention here, they were still able to accomplish their goal before the grocery store closed at 9 in the evening. It was a relief for the two to get out of the store while double-checking on all the items on the list. They were ready to call for a cab, when suddenly, an angel knocked on Joel’s head. It’s when they realized they had forgotten to purchase a 50-kilo sack of rice. It was supposed to be one of the most important items on the list. How could they ever forget it! “Damn,” was all Joel could ever say, but thanked the angel of memory for calling their attention to it, anyway.
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August
Is Erik Ugly?
By: Tyra ‘nell E. Pille
The sun was almost high in the morning sky, signaling the fast movement of the clock’s hands towards 10:50.
“They should be here by now,” Erik Tuban impatiently said to himself as he tapped the public cemented bench in the V-hire (Shuttle) terminal in Ayala where he was sitting at. For a self-professed impatient man, waiting for more than thirty minutes surely pisses him off. His excitement for their well-planned activity was slowly fading away as boredom slowly took over his senses.
The Jobless Society (JS) members were supposed to meet at 10:00 in the morning to catch a van heading 73 kilometers away from the city, towards the northeastern part of the province. However, Erik couldn’t spot another JS member around the area yet, but it’s a good thing, the shuttle was still empty, as if waiting for them to get in first.
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August
Little Carlo’s First Nutrition Month Experience at the Cemetery
By: Tyra ‘nell E. Pille
Instead of attending classes like most of the children around his age, Carlo’s usual day involves working in the cemetery, cutting and pulling out weeds from the grassy graveyard, cleaning the tomb area and planting flowers and ornamental plants in its surroundings for as low as five to thirty pesos per service. He couldn’t go to school because his parents can’t afford to send him to one. At eight, he’s already exposed to earning a living within the cemetery premises to help aid in the family needs.
Carlo was born at a little tattered and dingy place inside the Cebu Chinese Cemetery where he lives with his family. Despite his challenging youthful years, he still manages to play Patintero, Buwan-Buwan, Pulis-Dunggab and Bahaw-Bahaw among other Cebuano traditional games and have fun with his friends who, like him, live within the cemetery.
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The JOBLESS SOCIETY’s Real Essence of Christmas
By: Tyra ‘nell E. Pille
Having grown up with my devoted Catholic grandparents, I always think that Christmas is for kids to enjoy every party with something new to wear, something delectable to munch on and something nice to receive from exchanging gifts. I used to think that all children in the world are as lucky as I am. Having to eat the best food on Christmas Eve while laughing and blowing paper horns with my relatives; what a life it was, thinking Christmas was the best time of the year.
Having grown up with my grandparents with a silver spoon in my mouth, I realized that I was blinded with the harsh realities of life. I was so unmindful of what the lesser fortunate children eat, receive and sleep on during the final month of the year when the air outside is chilling. For me, having all the things I asked for and eating the food I only wanted to eat was so fulfilling and thus, made me happy then. However, I realized that such happiness was empty and locked within my ignorance of what life really is and what makes it even more fulfilling.
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July
JOBLESS SOCIETY Feeds People on Streets During the Sinulog 2009 Festival
By: Tyra ‘nell E. Pille
NOT a lot of people recognized how lucky they are for the clothes they wear, the four walls and roof of their house that shelters them from the unpredictable mood of the weather, and most importantly, for the food they eat. In fact, a lot of these people complained for what they currently have, even unmindful of how the lesser fortunate ones strive even harder to get the things the more fortunate ones possess. Moreover, notwithstanding the nonstop struggles of those who are living along the streets for survival’s sake; others still want more. They just can’t seem to get enough of life.
Nevertheless, in the midst of the world’s selfishness and competition, there are still those who rejoice over the happiness of others and who exalt in sharing their blessings to those who have lesser in life no matter how small their possessions may seem. True to such statement, five benevolent volunteers from the JOBLESS SOCIETY (JS) continued their generous acts of sharing their blessings to those who have less financially in life. Jobless as they may seem, it never hampered them from extending a little generosity to the children, vendors, beggars and families living and at the same time making a living along the streets of Jones Avenue to the corners of Sr. Santo Niño church located at the down town area of Cebu.
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JS Pioneers Extended Blessings to Street Children
By: Tyra ‘nell E. Pille
A sincere statement of “daghang salamat,” an uncomplicated Cebuano translation for “thank you very much,” coupled with the children’s warm grins of appreciation and gratitude pays off all the challenges the five volunteers had to go through to feed the street children begging and selling something along Mango and Jones Avenue in the heart of Cebu City.
During the Sinulog Grand Parade on January 20 last year, while other people were so busy chit-chatting with their friends, joining the parade, clad in their best outfits and enjoying the feeling of being in the crowd to show themselves off, pioneers of JOBLESS SOCIETY were also busy with a philanthropic activity, giving away Mac Donald hamburgers to the children on the streets, with or without their parents, but with preference to those who couldn’t afford to buy some for themselves.
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