DRUMMER'S PENSIEVE

(more of an exaust from my crazy mind =p)

Sleepy head.

Why do people go tired? I mean, physically.. why do we get so tired when all that we just do for the whole day is eat, work, or go to school. and sleep? If sleeping is a physical activity, do we get tired when we were sleeping too? Being a nursing student, I should not be making inquiries such as this. It is expected of me to understand the facts of life and living. But I can not help it. haha..

Why is it that each and every day, it's like we have worked all our bodies out that when we go home, all we just want to do is sleep? If I am made a robot, I don't know if I'll still be   suffering from weariness and the longing of sleep. *sigh* I am just tired and sleepy that's all. But I should be working by NOW. I have to do lots of stuffs first.. but I am sleepy. So then, I will sleep.

by: glenbelle at September 29, 2006 18:25 | link | comments (2)

GB vs SLAM

today.. as much as i would want to call this day a very blunt one, still i had my share of laughs and things to be laughed about.. so, this day is really not that bad at all.. ^_^

i almost got late for work today.. haha.. this is what happens to people, who at the age of twenty, still haven't got herself a wrist watch.. haha.. okay then.. I still have my fil-jap tutee (dai) with me at greenbox. I have a full-filipino grade2 student who cannot add 5 plus 1.. and I have this bonjing boy at grade three, who looked like a karate kid model. Yes, I got all three boys.. darn.. Everyday, I am having a lot of trouble on how to keep them away from their toys (POGs and Playing Cards) to be able to concentrate on their assignments and reviews.. But then, thanks be to the Lord of the Highest Length of Patience, that He has inspired me to be more understanding and patient to my tutees. Even with the situation, I can still manage to keep my cool and keep a smile painted on my face. I still am Kai.

Living in a not-so-comfortable community, I always see these young kids playing around, naked and barefooted everyday. They appear as if they havent eaten for quite a number of days. They look so thin, malnourished, dirty and ungroomed. They are so hyperactive, with words that are not so good to hear at all.. Seeing these kids everyday make me always think of how fortunate are the kids in GreenBox.. They are well-dressed, well-fed, groomed.. They experience quality education from Ateneo and enjoy the services of a tutorials center. Not only that, they have their nannies and drivers who look out for them. They enjoy their 3G mobile phones and the internet, and in the other hand, the kids i see in our neighborhood everyday can hardly ever touch a mobile phone nor see a real personal computer. The kids at Greenbox always argue of who is much wealthier, who owns the best car, and whose parents have the better jobs. They don't even know that a lot of kids their age doesn't even recognize the difference of the burgers served in SpaceBurger and in Jollibee. I cannot even assure that these kids have stepped their foot inside these food chains.

Last summer, I had the oppurtunity to help Ate Veejay (VBS Directress) to conduct Bible Classes to the kids here in our community. I had the chance to mingle and play with them. Even with the intense heat and the stinky smell of these kids, we managed to pursue our classes. They enjoyed eating their snacks of bread and juice. Some them even tried to pull-out packs of it for bring home, as if they cannot eat something like it the next time around. We (My family) were never well-off when I was a kid, but we were able to hang-out, eat chocolates, watch movies, travel, go to restaurants and shop but I never experienced having no food served at our dinner table. They say it's hard to understand when you haven't been into that situation... but seeing all these kids around in our neighborhood is much more of a personal experience than a direct observation. Being here for more than fifteen years, it's already as if I have been going through what they are going through. I know what they feel.

The kids at Greenbox should have the chance of visiting communities such as this..or to drop-in centers for them to understand that not all kids are as fortunate as they are---that there is such thing as poor and pity, and not only bountiful living and materialism. So that as young as they are, they would be able to understand others, and understand and value life.

by: glenbelle at September 27, 2006 20:21 | link | comments