I’ve never thought I could find a Gabi (Gaway) plant at Times Square, here in New York City. Of all the places, it was planted at the center island of the most popular square in the world – with 45 million visiting tourists from around the world every year. I found this plant while I was video recording the Times Square, which is a a favorite place for me. Here, you could be alone, but you’ll never feel alone with thousands of people enjoying the place. Everytime I come to this place, I always ask myself why thousands of people come to this place everyday. The answer, ‘though, need not come from other people, but from my own thoughts: Times Square is the symbol of the “American Dream” every person from other places have always dreamt about. The glittering neon lights, the giant digital billboards, the tall skyscrapers, the Broadway shows, the beeping and honking cars, and the sea of humanity at this small triangle, called “Times Square” is like a world in itself. Only that sadness and negative elements are hidden, tried to be forgotten for a moment. Only fun, happiness, and memories are enjoyed in this place.
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From childhood, I’ve always been touched by the sufferings of people who are in the level of poverty, because my family is among them until now. Since childhood, I’ve always dreamed on every election period that one day, my family’s sufferings from hunger and deprivation, could be resolved by new leaders elected. Now, I’m already on my middle-age, people shout for the same hunger and sufferings from poverty, because we have the same problem with corruption by politicians. We have always placed the solutions to our problems in the hands of politicians.
Thanks for my decision to join the Gubat St. Anthony Credit Cooperative (GSACC) at my hometown (Gubat), where members joined together with their little investments to put up a credit cooperative. Here, members help each other in building and managing a credit cooperative union which serve as source for micro lending when they need money for their business. Through this cooperative, I’ve learned the powers of self-reliance (by an individual) and cooperation from among people in order to change your social status from poor to financially stable. The money that I borrowed from this cooperative from 1986 to 1992 (before I migrated to America) were used by me to open a sari-sari store, and later to buy equipments for my growing three grocery stores, then buy the computer that I brought here in US.
“You cannot wait for politicians. Society must save its own self,” was said by Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, in a convention of writers at the McAllister Auditorium in New Orleans, USA. He was referring to the same sufferings by Mexicans and people from New Orleans, which is considered as “third world” state of USA. Related to this, let me tell the Filipino people who could read this article that they should rely on themselves, and stop waiting for politicians to help them. These politicians have their own elite groups and small groups joining together for their own interests, and simply using the poverty and sufferings of the people as their point of entries to their corruptions. Filipinos should start grouping themselves from small clusters and build their own organizations that could alleviate their own sufferings. The revolution, the change, should start from within ourselves.
I would like to announce the birth of a new mini-eatery in the heart of Naga City, which is owned by one of our Gubatnons living now in Naga City. Si Lorna Hidea-Amilano an tagsadiri sini. Kun diri pa niyo kilala ini, an kamanghod ini san sayo nato na magayon na majorettes sa GHS san dekada 70 – si Myrna Hidea. Naka-estar sira sa harap san Facoma compound, na naging Annunciation compound sa Dangkalan.
Yaa tabi an short description ni Lorna san kaniya karihan:
“Karehan lang ini, diri restaurant. Sa Ojeda IV street ini, san likod san Fiesta Hotel. Lumaon na ini na balay na may pintura. Pero, part lang sini an occupied ko. May pintura na green, may mga bala na dingding an atubangan. Pangaran niya CHIBI-LICIOUS.
Diri talaga ako nagpapainum, kaonan lang ini.”
Chibilicious: REALLY DELICIOUS!
Dagdag pa ni Lorna:
“An mga luto dini: relyenong kasag, adobong tahong, soli na gaway, soli na langka na may bangot na kasag o kinis,mga isda, linumpan na native na manok, steamed na isda (kun pa order). Saday-saday man hamok ini na karehan an pangaran niya after sa adopted ko na bata (CHIBILICIOUS). Kun mauruli kamo nan pauli kamo sa Gubat, puwede man kamo maghapit dini. An contact no. ko 09228846952 (sun), 09209063843 (smart), 054-811-5981 (digitel).”
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