Our cute little office here in Alabang recently team-up with Gawad Kalinga Las Pinas to build homes. We've pledge to build 30 houses in 3 years and the village will named after our company (conceited di ba?) Eversince i've heard the news about it thru Ate Evelyn I was so excited I nominate myself to become our department's representative! Well, ganun nga nangyari, I was assigned as coordinator and core leader of this group, even landing me the rights to be the assistant leader of the powerful food committee hahahaha!
Finally, last weekend, it was our department's schedule to build the home. The day starts very very early at 8:00AM! Again, me being a non-avid fan of early-morning-wakeup-pag-weekend have to drag myself to the bathroom at 6:30. After eating my breakfast and driving my sister to her house in Sucat little did I ralize i was sooo late! 8:30 na pala and here I am, the leader of the group still in Alabang. LOL. Di bale they can't leave without me. =P. Supringsily I was not that late, mas mas late pa pala =D.
So, we all go to the construction site, all in happy faces and very eager to help and to work. After we arrive at site and made some short briefing, introduction, teaming-up, etc. we start our work at 9:00.
Our group did a lot of work in fairness, merong taga halo ng semento, taga bitbit ng hollow blocks, nagpipintura, assistant ni foreman, taga pahid ng pawis, etc. It was hard but hey we had FUN FUN FUN! After 2 hours we had our recess break of ginataan (kulit noh, mainit na nga panahon and here we are eating ginataan!), then after eating work ulit!
After half a day's work, 2 recess break, 1 plastic gallon of mineral water, 6 bottles of POP cola, 2 liters of paint, 10 bags of sand, 2 bags of cement our work is done. Everybody was exhausted but i can see in their face (except for the emo guy) the emotional gratification of finally doing something for others. Sabi nila they we're so happy to be a part of Gawad Kalinga, and kung may chance pa ulit in the future for them to join sasama ulit sila.
Then it strucks me. Ang pagtulong ay dapat bukas sa puso hindi sapilitan sapagkat sa bukas na kalooban mararanasan ang tunay na kaligayahan.
(yikes, ang lalim nun!)
Ang sarap talagang maging bata, di ba? =D.
14 comments:
Ayos yan, basta may spare-time. maiging gastosin nalang sa pagtulong sa iba katulad ng gawaing kumunidad, kaysa magbabad sa Mall maghapon. Naalala ko tuloy si pareng Jimmy Carter.
wow!! galing naman...volunteer ka pala sa GK...hope to see u sa mga GK's events...
iba tlgang ang feeling kapag alam mong nakakatulong ka noh?
two thumbs up for u=)...
@ blogusvox
tama ka dyan pre! mabuti pang ilaan nalang ang oras at pera sa pagtulong sa mga nangangailangan kesa gastusin sa gimiks or malling buong maghapon. teka pre, meron pa ba yung habitat for humanity ni jimmy carter? parang walang balita na dun?
@ rio
wow doc! talaga? GK member ka din? try mo naman sumama sa amin, our house building is done every saturday from 9:00 to 12:00 lang..wanna join us? hehehe
thanks po sa pagbisita muli =D.
"teka pre, meron pa ba yung habitat for humanity ni jimmy carter? parang walang balita na dun?"
Humanity nalang ata ang natira. Naubos na siguro ang pondo sa habitat. : )
naku sayang naman kung hindi na natuloy yung HFH. before siakt na sikat sha pero mukhang nawala yung sigla nung namatay si jimmy carter (patay na sha right???)
HI fellow morning rusher!
Thanks for putting a link to my blog site.
Loi_Pogi
hi loi. thanks also at napadaan ka sa blog ko.
yeah i really enjoy your blog, it reminds me of pol medina's political satire before.
hi theo, new member lang ako ng GK..kagrgradweyt ko lang kasi sa Singles for Christ..ang layo naman ng assigned community nyo e..hehe...pero bakit hindi?..sige, pag may panahon ako, join ako sa inyo..
ha? may graduation paba ang Singles for Christ?
sige sige sana makasama ka sa construction namin. dont worry sunduin pa kita sa inyo para lang makasama ka sa activity namen hehehe =D.
mali mali..sori..hindi pala kaka gradweyt..kakapasok ko lang pala sa SFC..hehe..sabi kasi nila nuon sa akin..malapit na yung Lord's Day mo..ask ko kung ano meron sa Lord's day..ang sagot sa akin e..graduation..hehe..
hehe..malayo yung sa amin...pero kung mapilit ka na sunduin ako..why not?? hehehe=)...willing naman tlga akong mag volunteer e..
nagulat ako may graduation pa pala sa SFC!!?!?! parang skul lang ha hehehe...
sige, sige ayos yan. kakaunti nalang ang mga taong very eager to volunteer, kakalungkot nga eh =( pero with people like you na very eager nabubuhayan kami ng loob =D. (drama noh??)
madami naman siguro ang taong gustong mag volunteer pero hindi lang nabibigyan ng opportunity kagaya natin.
wag ka ng paghinaan ng loob...tandaan mo nalang yung kasabihan na...many are called but few are chosen..ibig sabihin nun...isa ka sa mga pinagpalang "chosen one"..hehe
have a gud day..sensya na at naging chat box na tong comment box mo...=)
doc, thank you for the encouraging words ha! i do hope we could meet sometimes.
naku ok lang yun (re:chatbox), wala naman masyadong nagbabasa dito eh
=D.
Gawad Kalinga (GK) has been known worldwide because of its mission to help the poor and to build houses for them. Being a nation building movement, GK have gathered different members from all sectors of society from the government, academe, corporate, religious, NGOs, and private citizens that shares the same goal of making the Philippines a first-class country in the near future. I'm proud that I'm a member of GK! :)
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