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The Japan Chronicles p.1
It has been 56 days since I’ve been in Tokyo as an exchange student at Tokyo University for two semesters. I am supposedly in my last year back at the University of the Philippines – Manila, but I chose to delay my graduation for a year to be here. I guess, my petty-bourgeois tendency and my thirst to know and experience the world has pushed me to pursue this endeavor. I have been a national-democratic activist in the Philippines, primarily advocating agrarian reform and farmers’ rights. I have seen and witnessed that the struggle of the farmers is real, so what could have been my reason to be here? The truth is that I don’t know, or at least that’s what I want myself to believe in. I’ve actually seen this as an opportunity too hard to let go. This is an avenue to explore and know myself more at the same time. How odd is this egocentric decision for a true activist? I have no idea. As they say, the other name of the world is contradiction.
This is my first time to be in a first world country, or out of the country, as a matter of fact. I have no idea of whatnots, but I try my best to make the most out of this experience. Like I said in my application essay, I want to discover how did Japan made its way to its development. At least I can be acquainted with something related to my major.
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Cordillera in five photos.
We're currently doing our audio-visual presentation about our field work in Cordillera. :)
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Paano matalo sa sariling laro.
Why does it seems that others have the right to be happy and I don’t.
Ayan nanaman tayo.
Wala lang, it feels like it.
Baka sa maling lugar, panahon, bagay o tao mo kasi hinahanap ang happiness mo.
Baka nga, pe
ro may mga panahon kasi na sobrang masaya ko dahil kausap ko siya, pero malungkot ako after kasi alam ko na hindi naman kami pwede.
Wow, may siya. Bakit naman hindi.
Kasi hindi naman niya ko magugustuhan.
Bakit ikaw ba siya para pangunahan mo ang nararamdaman niya.
Hindi, kasi iba ang preference niya.
Ah, alam ba niya kung ano ang preference mo.
Oo.
Pero nagkakausap pa rin kayo.
Oo.
Aba matinde.
Baliw.
Paano kayo nagsimulang mag-usap.
Drunk chat
Nauna ka.
Oo.
Tapos
Ayun nagreply siya that morning.
Tapos
Tuloy-tuloy na.
Hanggang ngayon.
Oo.
Paano mo niya nalaman na iba ang preference mo.
Sinabi ko.
Bakit ka masaya ka-chat mo lang naman.
Kasi ang smooth ng pag-uusap.
Bakit wala kang kaibigan na ganyan.
Meron naman.
Pero ano, may ano sa kanya.
Ewan.
Anong ewan. Alam kong alam mo kung ano meron kaya ka ganyan.
Basta parang nung tumagal na, naglolook-forward ako sa araw-araw
Wow, bakit siya ba ang bumubuhay sayo.
Hindi.
Ang unang ma-aatach talo.
Oo. Talon na.
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Kape nalang tayo.
Gusto niya yun e.
Kailangan lahat tungkol sa kanya? Get a life.
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We have one call
OUST the president!
Make him accountable for violating the constitution he sworn to protect.
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Smoking every disappointment and heartache
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You will always be a reminder of what could have been.
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Stories from the Mountains
It was our third day in Barangay Palaquio in Abra and so far so good. I was the last to wake up and it was already quarter to 7am but it was alright because our only plan for the morning is vicinity mapping.
Today is Sunday so people are not working, most of them are going to church. If I am not mistaken most people from this community are belong to Jehova's witnesses, but there are also INCs, Roman Catholics, Church of Christ, etc. We intended to interview in te afternoon to show respect to the people. Religion has made a huge impact on them. It helped them to have a psychological fallback for their hardships and challenges. The feeling of security and in a sense, a higher being that would guide them from their daily struggles makes them cling more to their religion.
Poverty has been a widespread disease that became the norm, since. They claim that their barangay has been one of the poorest in the province of Abra. Hunger and food shortage is a daily struggle for each family. How can you think of something else, if while eating your first meal for the day, you're thinking how would you have food for the next? This was one of the statement of the household i interviewed late in the afternoon. To me, i understand that it is difficult, but one would not know the gravity of that struggle without experiencing it. Though we eat three times a day because we brought our own supplies, i have been away from my usual diet for almost a month now. I have experienced how hard it is to eat food you don't usually eat. And you can't complain because you would go hungry. I understand how petty is my dilemma between the food i want to eat versus the dilemma of a community member which is where to find food. The choice is mine and the struggle for subsistence is theirs. It is quite embarassing how one would complain about the inadequacy of the already enough and satisfactory life. However, i understand as well that realizing this fact can only do as much. It cannot lift or eradicate their poverty, it would only serve my selfish side of making myself a better person. Their stories are unfolded as a thousand pages of every Filipino in poverty. It confirms the justice of every person shouting in the streets with conviction and indignation. The state has been neglecting these far flung communities, satisfied by their dole-out projects, such as the CCT, making themsleves believe that it would lift these communities from poverty. But it would not, sooner or later the community will realize that it has not solved anything. I am towards the end of this immersion and i have learned the smallest things i would not learn in any prestigious university.
I have been thinking of the first meal for the day tomorrow, how would i take a bath and if the power will once again be interrupted... The everyday life of a community member. Luckily, we were invited by the barangay captain earlier for lunch. The tinola and fried fish was good. It felt like it was a long time ago since I ate food I have always known. But the reality is just a few days ago we ate at a fast food in Bangued, Abra. I ate golden kuhol and tuyo for dinner. I am now hungry.
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June 3 - Sama-samang labanan ang mataas na matrikula! #EducationIsARight #TuitionIncrease
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Sometimes we think that we want something or someone so bad that we want to have them in our possession or with us precipitously. Courage - a precious attribute that I am not sure of. Have I used this prematurely? Or didn't at all? I can't succumb to this feeling now. I can't yield to my weakness, my longing.
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Another day, another challenge... Contradictions, alas, caught me off guard. Sadness that slowly uncover loneliness must the least of my worries. :|
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