So yesterday, while I was making a module for the documentary film I watched about what’s going on here in the Philippines I watched “Pagpag: The Leftover Foods” on YouTube.
So I thought, I'm going to make this a topic because nowadays our eyes should be open, especially for children.
So what do they call 'Pagpag'?
Pagpag is a leftover foods from fast-food restaurants we eat at such as Jollibee, McDonalds, KFC or any kind of fast-food chain.
At the end of this article I will put the link, for those who want to watch about 'Pagpag.
Now, after watching the film, I just thought that we are lucky because we can eat three times a day. We eat in enough time, sometimes we don't think, "It's okay to throw it away, there's more." On the other hand many are hungry, and longing for something good to eat.
For them, this meal is already a blessing. It doesn't matter if it's dirty, or leftovers as long as they can still eat. So in this Documentary I just said:
‘I was lucky because I could buy the foods I wanted.
'I'm lucky because I can support myself.
'I'm lucky because I can eat delicious food.
‘I’m lucky because I have money to buy clean food and can cook clean as well.
So what can we learn from this film? Many, we can see how poor some of our neighbors are almost sometimes even the government despises them.
I was just wondering, why is the world unfair? We eat good food, we get what we want, we get an education, we have our own house, we have good food, fancy cars, fancy things, neat clothes. While the others are just looking at what we have.
The pain is too much in the heart and it hurts to think that there are even more of our compatriots who are poor, and then the government is blindsided when it comes to such things.
I remember when I was in Grade 9, I had a classmate who grew up in poverty. He's a man, I just can't remember his name. Her father was picking up garbage so they could have something to eat and then her mother, just a laundress.
So, since childhood, I know the feeling of being bullied. When my classmates tease him or make fun of him, I feel sorry for him, I just think that I have nothing to fight with them and I don't know how to comfort him because I'm afraid that my classmates might even stay away from me.
I never thought, 'Maybe it needs someone to tell, it might be a friend and maybe it needs someone to listen to.
Up to one time, while I was shopping for vegetables and meat at the wet market I saw him. He was picking up trash next to the wet market and carrying plastic. At that time, I really felt sad, and pity. I'm sorry I never stood up to protect him.
When I saw him, I remembered that I had some vegetables and meat with me, at that time I had an extra 1500, I approached him and called him. He was surprised then looked at me, he was supposed to leave but I chased after him.
I talked to him, I apologized to him, and then handed him the vegetables and meat I brought, I added 500, extra help for when he needed it. At that time he cried, he didn't want to accept but I didn't take it. I told him, don't think about me because I'll just buy again. Take that, and feed it to your family.
He just cried then, he just cried because he didn't expect me to help and give him something like that. He thought that like everyone else, he would be ignored.
When Monday came, I brought an extra lunch. I remember that he always had nothing to eat at lunch and was always in the corner. When I arrived at school I saw him, I called him and then told him that we would have lunch together.
My classmate even raised an eyebrow at me because of what I did, they said I was very close to our classmate, they said there was nothing to be gained.
I was angry, I said karma would take care of them. At lunch he was with me, we ate together. He thanked me and told me not to think about it. I learned that they were six siblings, and he was the eldest. Since then, we have become close to each other.
but when I was in grade 10, I didn't see him. And maybe that has stopped. I was sad then because I looked at him almost like a brother.
Many children are spoiled today, accustomed to getting everything they want even if it is too much. some parents train their children in such things, and others correct their children when they see that they are losing control of everything.
So I'm proud, of the parents who, even if they can afford it, will still do the right thing to realize how difficult our world really is.
I only learned one thing and I realized one thing, let's not be stingy. When we have, let us give and do what is right. Because in the end, they are also the ones who helped us when the right time came.
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Publish Date: 07-07-21
Originally By: OfficialGamboaLikeUs
Yes, many children today feel very privileged and do not realize there are so many who are already so grateful for scraps because their tummy would not go rumbling.