My Mother doesn't like anything from others but would like to have something from us her children. She wants a computer! Or a laptop. Too bad I was not the one who won the laptop being given by another blogger in his website. LMAO. Don't worry Nanay I will buy a notebook for you when I get back home.
I myself would like to have a "notebook" the latest cute electronic notebook so that it is accessible anywhere anytime whenever I have the urge to write. Even when all my eyes are closed, even when I was past asleep re-writing every details of my dreams. Nothing is omitted, everything is there intact in the subconscious inner realm of my senses.
What my old Mother will do with a computer at her age? She wants to search and trace her roots. Suddenly she is interested in genealogy. I myself is excited about it that's why when I went to Philippines for a one month vacation I started asking some of my elders, older cousins from my Mother side of the Family tree. Only to be dismayed about my cousin's gruntling voice of defiance. He was a little berserk voicing out in a loud voice saying, " Hindi pa ba sapat ang mga lupang naibigay ko sa mga di ko naman kamag-anak?"
I felt disgusted as what he said. I am not asking for any of his land. Jerk!
Actually, his madness has something to do with too many squatters around his rice plantation. He inherited big tract of land from his own parents. Because he can no longer cultivate other parts of his land because of old age, some people from other parts of the country moved in to his property without any permission. When he complained about it to the Mayor his voice was not heard properly besides those people wont go away nor they will fight for the land that they don't even own. Yeah it's a matter of life and death. It is more like a situation of what happened during World War II.
My Grandparents owned big tract of land, mostly coconut and rice plantation in the province. When the bombing set in in Manila, the people from the city moved in to the province and got hold of several land that belong to their family. Crucial? It was and it is. Probably not an ordinary problem to tackle with. Sometimes war and the many changing government officials in the city, town or country where you live would have new rules and implementation same impact as being segregated or land acquisition regardless of who the owner of that land is. The land claim and unequal land distribution. But hey you cannot contest about "inheritance" from your own family and clan. It just happened that some family have more land claim because they were originally the land owner and they work hard to have them for their own family and for their descendants.
Besides, land for agriculture should and only be for that kind of purpose. For housing project ? You would really have to change the weather. To change the weather or climate so that your environment will be perfect is to be your own God. It is God who can change weather unless of course you know how to provide artificial weather system to cooperate with your environmental needs. Of course staggering mind boggling financial aid for that. Who can afford such thing? Can you?
P.S. Just in case you are questioning whether I am related to Kris sad to say I am not. Hawig ko daw sya pero di ko sya kamag-anak. Thank you.
I wont pay for those plates of food that were given to hundred thousands who went to Edsa. Probably their family is still paying for those plates.
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