You cant describe the feeling to anyone,
that you get around him, is more than anyone
could ever explain.
Hahahaha, Im in coral sec's library !
we're supposed to have literature right now, but i
guess Ms Sharifa has some oral thingy, so this relieve (relief?)
teacher says we can go in the library in do our own stuff ^^
okay update laytah.
--------------------------
The New Paper, 9 Nov 2007.
Dead Filipino girl's diary reveals family's
struggle with proverty. All she wanted was $3.
Dad had no money, so..
She was just 12 years old, but it seems she had seen enough.
The shame and deprivation of life in the slums is believed
to have driven the young Filipino girl to end her life.
Mariannet Amper had been forced to miss school
because her parents couldnt afford to pay for her transport.
And even if there was, she would have no food as
there was no money for an allowance.
The children in the village wouldnt play with
her brother and her - they were too dirty.
Her family couldnt even go to church because
they couldnt afford to get there.
So, when Mariannet's father couldnt come up with
the 100 pesos (3$) that she needed for a school project,
it seemed the young girl just couldnt take it anymore.
She hanged herself last Friday afternoon inside her
family's makeshift house, reported
The Philippine Daily Inquirer
The night before, Mariannet has asked her father for
the money for the school project.
But Mr Isabello Amper, who is out of work,
didnt have enough. He told his daughter that he would
ask his wife if she could get some money for her.
The next day, however, the 49-year-old construction
worker managed to get a cash advance for a job
on a downtown chapel.
Too late.
He rushed home with the good news but,
by the time he got home, his daughter was already dead.
Said Mr Amper: "I suspect that she did it because of our situation."
As he and his stunned wife went through their
daughter's pathetic belongings they came across a
letter and a diary she maintained.
It spoke volumes of the misery the girl endured.
In an 5 Oct entry, Mariannet, who had missed school
as her parents couldnt afford money for transport, wrote:
"It feels as if we've been absent (from school) for a month."
"They are not counting my absences in
school anymore. I just realised that Chirstmas
is just around the corner."
Mr Amper recalled that that week, Mariannet
skipped school as they did not have money for
her food and transport allowance.
"We did not have any money, and I didnt want
Mariannet and her younger brother to
walk to school," he siad.
But he clarified that Mariannet was
only absent for three days.
"For her, three days was like one month," he said.
On 14 oct, Mariannet wrote in her diary:
"We were not able to hear mass because we did
not have fare money and my dad was sick with fever.
"So, my mum and I just washed clothes"
Along with her diary, the Ampers also discovered a
letter Mariannet wrote for the GMA 7
television programme "Wish Lo Kang" (I just wish).
"I wish for new shoes a bag and jobs for my
father and mother. My dad does not have a job
and my mom just gets laundry jobs,"
she wrote in her letter.
"I would like to finish schooling and
I would very much like to buy a new bike."
That letter, apparently written while Mariannet
was still 11 years old, was never sent.
Said Mr Amper: "We never knew that our
daughter had dreams for us."
His wife works part-time "repacking" noodles in a nearby
factory earning at least 50pesos a day.
(Thats like $1.50 a day, worse than Macdonalds)
She also does laundry on the side recieving
100 pesos to 150 pesos. Mr Ampers, on the other
hand, is in and out of work.
"Im already old. No one would
want to hire me," he said.
The Ampers live in a hillside community
in Davao City. They do not have
electricity and running water.
Of the seven children, only Mariannet and her brother
are left with their parents as the other children
are grown up and have families of their own.
But even with only two children left, the Ampers
still have a hard time surviving.
----------------------------
This made me want to cry.
There're still a few more paragraphs but
you get my point.
Makes all of us seem like assholes. Complaining about
little, superficial things. I wont deny that I've been like that.
Complaining about how parents dont get us, how we cant have
the things we want, how no one wants to be friends with us,
how life sucks just because of that and what not.
In her letter, she said "I would like to finish schooling...",
I feel like an ass. How much do I treasure school?
Even though money cant buy you happiness,
it sure as hell would solve many problems.
Anyway, i felt irritated throughout today.
i dont know why. Maybe cause i was forced to
complete my stupid chinese compo/letter
before i can get my phone back.
And when i asked people what the letter
writing question was, no one knew for sure !
wtf, i was super irritated pls. Its actually my fault
for not doing my homework in the first place,
BUT STILL ! ugh, idk lah, I kept getting that kind of
Im-so-angry/frustrated-i-could-cry kind of feeling.
i dont know how to explain lah.
And I (and clarissa) paid for our bucket bags
like ages ago and we still havent received it.
i texted cherie's friend who was supposed to pass us
our stuff, and she said she alr had our stock,
when can we collect it ? I said, can we meet up today ?
and she didnt even bother to reply ! Jeeez, if you
cannot/dont wanna meet can you at least
reply ? Im sick of waiting alr okay ! I dont pay
22 frigging bucks for nothing okay. Your responsibility
does not end once we pass you the money -__-
Things i want now (in order) :
1. _ _ _ _ ( sorry, i cant tell you guys, haha)
2. My phone back.
3. Bucket bag (that i ordered online)
from cherie's friend.
4. My hair curler i ordered online.
5. My hoodie i ordered online
6. A messenger bag.
Okay, i realised i havent received all the stuff
i bought online. haha, the rest i can understand
cause i bought it when they just started capping the
items, so i alr knew then, that i had to wait a damn
long time before i could get my stuff.
But the bucket bag thing is too much alr.
-______________________-
i paid like 2 months ago leh.
& i still havent received it.
i dont care leh, i will pester cherie until
i get it. hahaha. IM DETERMINED!
Oh, and i bought the most gorgeous hoodie
yesterday from this online livejournal shop!
haha, i was like so happy when i bought it.
cause i have a new hoodie to wear during exams!
(when we have papers in the hall/auditorium lah, duh)
And i still want my messenger bag.
But really, i would give all these up (okay,except my phone)
if i could only have the first itemperson on my wishlist.
Mmkay. Bye.
Spiderpig, spiderpig.
He is a spiderpig.
Can he swing, on a web?
No he cantttttttt...
He's a pig.
:D
--------------------------
The New Paper, 9 Nov 2007.
Dead Filipino girl's diary reveals family's
struggle with proverty. All she wanted was $3.
Dad had no money, so..
She was just 12 years old, but it seems she had seen enough.
The shame and deprivation of life in the slums is believed
to have driven the young Filipino girl to end her life.
Mariannet Amper had been forced to miss school
because her parents couldnt afford to pay for her transport.
And even if there was, she would have no food as
there was no money for an allowance.
The children in the village wouldnt play with
her brother and her - they were too dirty.
Her family couldnt even go to church because
they couldnt afford to get there.
So, when Mariannet's father couldnt come up with
the 100 pesos (3$) that she needed for a school project,
it seemed the young girl just couldnt take it anymore.
She hanged herself last Friday afternoon inside her
family's makeshift house, reported
The Philippine Daily Inquirer
The night before, Mariannet has asked her father for
the money for the school project.
But Mr Isabello Amper, who is out of work,
didnt have enough. He told his daughter that he would
ask his wife if she could get some money for her.
The next day, however, the 49-year-old construction
worker managed to get a cash advance for a job
on a downtown chapel.
Too late.
He rushed home with the good news but,
by the time he got home, his daughter was already dead.
Said Mr Amper: "I suspect that she did it because of our situation."
As he and his stunned wife went through their
daughter's pathetic belongings they came across a
letter and a diary she maintained.
It spoke volumes of the misery the girl endured.
In an 5 Oct entry, Mariannet, who had missed school
as her parents couldnt afford money for transport, wrote:
"It feels as if we've been absent (from school) for a month."
"They are not counting my absences in
school anymore. I just realised that Chirstmas
is just around the corner."
Mr Amper recalled that that week, Mariannet
skipped school as they did not have money for
her food and transport allowance.
"We did not have any money, and I didnt want
Mariannet and her younger brother to
walk to school," he siad.
But he clarified that Mariannet was
only absent for three days.
"For her, three days was like one month," he said.
On 14 oct, Mariannet wrote in her diary:
"We were not able to hear mass because we did
not have fare money and my dad was sick with fever.
"So, my mum and I just washed clothes"
Along with her diary, the Ampers also discovered a
letter Mariannet wrote for the GMA 7
television programme "Wish Lo Kang" (I just wish).
"I wish for new shoes a bag and jobs for my
father and mother. My dad does not have a job
and my mom just gets laundry jobs,"
she wrote in her letter.
"I would like to finish schooling and
I would very much like to buy a new bike."
That letter, apparently written while Mariannet
was still 11 years old, was never sent.
Said Mr Amper: "We never knew that our
daughter had dreams for us."
His wife works part-time "repacking" noodles in a nearby
factory earning at least 50pesos a day.
(Thats like $1.50 a day, worse than Macdonalds)
She also does laundry on the side recieving
100 pesos to 150 pesos. Mr Ampers, on the other
hand, is in and out of work.
"Im already old. No one would
want to hire me," he said.
The Ampers live in a hillside community
in Davao City. They do not have
electricity and running water.
Of the seven children, only Mariannet and her brother
are left with their parents as the other children
are grown up and have families of their own.
But even with only two children left, the Ampers
still have a hard time surviving.
----------------------------
This made me want to cry.
There're still a few more paragraphs but
you get my point.
Makes all of us seem like assholes. Complaining about
little, superficial things. I wont deny that I've been like that.
Complaining about how parents dont get us, how we cant have
the things we want, how no one wants to be friends with us,
how life sucks just because of that and what not.
In her letter, she said "I would like to finish schooling...",
I feel like an ass. How much do I treasure school?
Even though money cant buy you happiness,
it sure as hell would solve many problems.
Anyway, i felt irritated throughout today.
i dont know why. Maybe cause i was forced to
complete my stupid chinese compo/letter
before i can get my phone back.
And when i asked people what the letter
writing question was, no one knew for sure !
wtf, i was super irritated pls. Its actually my fault
for not doing my homework in the first place,
BUT STILL ! ugh, idk lah, I kept getting that kind of
Im-so-angry/frustrated-i-could-cry kind of feeling.
i dont know how to explain lah.
And I (and clarissa) paid for our bucket bags
like ages ago and we still havent received it.
i texted cherie's friend who was supposed to pass us
our stuff, and she said she alr had our stock,
when can we collect it ? I said, can we meet up today ?
and she didnt even bother to reply ! Jeeez, if you
cannot/dont wanna meet can you at least
reply ? Im sick of waiting alr okay ! I dont pay
22 frigging bucks for nothing okay. Your responsibility
does not end once we pass you the money -__-
Things i want now (in order) :
1. _ _ _ _ ( sorry, i cant tell you guys, haha)
2. My phone back.
3. Bucket bag (that i ordered online)
from cherie's friend.
4. My hair curler i ordered online.
5. My hoodie i ordered online
6. A messenger bag.
Okay, i realised i havent received all the stuff
i bought online. haha, the rest i can understand
cause i bought it when they just started capping the
items, so i alr knew then, that i had to wait a damn
long time before i could get my stuff.
But the bucket bag thing is too much alr.
-______________________-
i paid like 2 months ago leh.
& i still havent received it.
i dont care leh, i will pester cherie until
i get it. hahaha. IM DETERMINED!
Oh, and i bought the most gorgeous hoodie
yesterday from this online livejournal shop!
haha, i was like so happy when i bought it.
cause i have a new hoodie to wear during exams!
(when we have papers in the hall/auditorium lah, duh)
And i still want my messenger bag.
But really, i would give all these up (okay,except my phone)
if i could only have the first itemperson on my wishlist.
Mmkay. Bye.
Spiderpig, spiderpig.
He is a spiderpig.
Can he swing, on a web?
No he cantttttttt...
He's a pig.
:D
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