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01 Wednesday Aug 2012
take a look at this cute, innocent, little kid. (just to clarify, i mean the one on the left. you can ignore the stranger on the right). this picture was taken on our way to a resort on a different island. on our way back, this boy was on his little boat on the side of the dock, asking for spare change from tourists passing by. some girl threw coins in the water purposely far away from the boy so he would have to swim after them. she did this multiple times. the girl and her friend just watched him dive for the coins as if it were some show.
uh-uh, i don’t play dat. the audacity of some people. this is a human being. not a zoo animal, not a circus act.. this is a child. how dare you.
life is hard for a lot of people in the philippines. i’ve seen it. heck, i’ve lived it. although we were never really deep into poverty, i know what it’s like, and i’ve managed to stay humble in the different life that i live now. so when people are just that rude and that ignorant.. i can’t stand it.
driving through the poorer neighborhoods around here, i can’t help but dream of being some anonymous philanthropist with an endless supply of money, giving these people the better lives that they deserve.
maybe in a different life..
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