What will the future hold for all of us?

 

I have new found respect for forester’s and elders. As the next most senior that is city educated, I have to study and imbibe other tasks that were left in my care. I have to check on other community members who shy away with the current fast movement of commercialism that is overtaking their land. They are getting further and deeper in the forest. It is my job to educate the children so that they will be aware of what is going on outside the community perimeter. I have to understand each role of plants and fauna, all living creatures. Even help with birds and other animals that is being displaced with roads leading to resorts of land grabbers.

I am considered with healing hands by the people in the mountain so even a bird is given to me for treatment. Dogs and cats and even baby goats. I draw the line with serpents though. Being a trained first aider, I do have some basic knowledge in treating wounds, and I appreciate what the elders have taught me about herbology. The children now a days are very dependent on modern doctors that they are no longer interested to learn how the plants can help them with their aches.

I hope to influence them to go back to the basics.

How I spent My November Pandemic 2020

 

November is my mom's birth month. We usually travel and spend 3 days in the resort of her choice. She must be near the sea, even when she was already wheelchair bound, we never stop swimming. So i dont know if i will consider the disaster therapeutic because it numbed the pain and misery of her passing.

I was sashaying my way to a hanging bridge on November 1, Rolly was whistling quietly, knowing that November is the month where most destructive typhoon visit the county, (Yolanda & Ompong are the most recent prior to Rolly, Quinta and Ulysses) the community prepared itself. But Mother Nature have its plans. Now more than ever, preparedness onsite must not be prioritized but rather the paradigm shift of long term effects through mitigation and planning.

Since 2008 when I started the idea of literacy program, the plans always include disaster and humanitarian aid involving friends and acquaintances for collaboration with logistics and distribution. We always start with our community.

The last week of October was collection of food packs to give to possible recipients. We never thought our community will also be affected. This is the first time that the actual community was directly affected. I know nearby communities such as the low lying ones are prone to flooding so most of my food pack drives are geared towards them.

Now it is pandemic, most donors are also affected but it never ceases to amaze me how my former students, their parents, my acquaintances and friends who knew me would come full circle and send messages to pick up the food packs. We were able to raise 1500 food packs and distributed around Luzon and Bicol area.

It is a collaboration of same minded individuals. Shout out to each and every one who contributed to the restoration of humanity in their own capacity.

So as this month is about to end and my birth month right at the doostep, I

hope the following days will be happier and safer for the entire humanity.