Both Cel and I were very impressed by 5 year old Rusty’s resolve to earn money to buy rice for his family and we decided to buy some food for him, his 14 siblings and parents. We bought some food and made our way down to where we had seen Rusty
Archive for August, 2017
Eddie Boy
Edwardo was a 16-year-old boy from our village. He is widely known as Eddie Boy the Pandesal vendor. Every morning of every day routine he roams around the village to sell pandesal to every household. One morning, while I was outside, Eddie Boy passed by our house. One boy of his
Lanie the Rice Cake Vendor
I used to buy my favorite native delicacy/snack from Lanie, the Biko vendor here in Consolacion, Cebu. Biko is a Filipino rice cake made from sticky rice, coconut milk and brown sugar. Biko is often eaten as dessert or mid-afternoon snack. Lanie shared with me her struggle in earning a
Jake the Flower Vendor
This is Jake a 7 year old flower vendor on streets. He is one of the recipients of Dycom’s contribution to society. I was walking by trying to get home when he approached me and said “Big brother may you please by some flowers so I can buy myself a dinner”?
Brightened Someone’s Night
Five Hundred pesos (or 15AUD) may be of little value to most of us, but for some people it means so much to them. Jayvee Oliva was on of those who value even the junk/garbage that people throw in a Trash Drum near our apartment. He collected junk every night from 9:30-10:30PM
The Burgos Scrap Collector
The first time I met Virgilio and his wife Norma, I can’t help but get intrigued at how they are able to make ends meet. They have a large family and they recently welcomed a grandchild. Their work routine, as I found out, is that “Mang Virgilio” who works as a scrap
Money from the Sand
Last week our family went to Boracay Island to have our annual vacation. We are going out of town for a week of vacation to have some time to rest and relax after a year of hard work. This is my second time in Boracay and like what we always
There’s More than Meets the Eye
This is a story of a man who always captures my attention and my heart as well. “Manong” (a common Filipino term for a male elderly stranger) seems to be an ordinary beggar that you could commonly see in public places. As Filipino’s, we highly value the presence of our
Peping and the Pearls
We went to Taal Batangas last weekend to help my sister and her fiancé have their pre-nuptial photoshoot for their wedding. It took us 3 hours of land travel and then transferred to a boat which will take us to an island where we will have the photoshoot which took