The Place to Be

Article 8

I didn’t want to miss those beautiful spots but somehow I got sleep. When we got to the province of Sorsogon, we ride in a ferryboat. There I saw dolphins swimming and I appreciate the beauty of our nature. We went to an island of Samar , again, we ride in a bus. While seating on the chair, I saw beautiful beaches that can be compared to Boracay. I want to go down but unfortunately it is not our destination. A few hours came, we passed to the well- known bridge in our country, that is the “San Juanico Bridge”. I proved that it is too long because I personally passed on it. The sun was already sets when we came to the house of my grandparents. I feel happy because I saw my grandparents, aunts, cousins and many more that gathered together and prepared a simple dinner to us. On the following days, we went to the much known shrine in our province. There I had a great experience seeing the coastline and the whole province. But we need to go back to Manila. It is hard to say goodbye to my relatives but we need to go so we prepared our things and food for our trip in going back to Manila. I will treasured those precious moments especially together with my grandparents and cousins. I hope to see them soon. “All for One” Helping others makes me feel happy, that’s what I feel when I voluntary help those families who were greatly affected by the typhoon “Ondoy”. Even though I help for a small thing, I’m proud that I become a part to lessen their sadness and gave again hope for them to continue to live. Seeing their faces smiling encourage me to continue helping them. They express their appreciations even in a simple thing you gave to them. Unexplainable emotion surrounds and you will feel grateful that you’re not belonging to those people who were unfortunately affected by the typhoon. Bringing some clothes to them that are not usually used is one of my responses in helping those individuals who evacuated in our school which serves as a temporary shelter for them. On our first journey in giving the clothes, I noticed that most of the people especially the children had no extra clothes except the clothes that they wear during that time. I feel pity for their situation. I remember that some of my clothes are not usually wear. And sometimes I become meticulous in choosing clothes. But when I see those little children, I realized that I’m thankful and lucky because I didn’t experience what they have suffered right now. When I got to a small room, I saw a six days old baby. My heart melted. So I personally give some clothes, blanket and other things that I think can for the baby. Seeing the angelic face makes me happy and I think the baby also smile at me. What a great feeling! When we finish giving clothes, I decided to help my classmate to record those individuals who want to leave for awhile in our school. There, I got a little discussion with them; I noticed that they can smile even though they experience a unforgettable tragedy. That’s what I ‘m proud to be a Filipino because they can smile although they have problems in life.