JUST ME & MY WEIRD STORY

 

Tell me why so many billions of people are so obsessed with photographs and photography? Well, including me!! To tell you the truth when I was younger, I was afraid being photographed because of something that happened to me and my female cousin. It was a very long story though.It was such a mystery that's why don't want to reveal that here. Anyway, when I was in High School seldom we get picture-taking because how much was a camera in 1977 to '81. I think the only one who had a camera was Jeanette and she seldom bring her camera for photography. It was not a trend way back then and the only picture we had was the Class picture for our batch. Then suddenly out of the blues somebody brought a camera after our CAT or Citizen Army Training wearing our military uniform as MEDIC then we all posed for the pictures. That's it. It would be nice if we also have "the formation doing the drill with our drill sergeant but you know it was not my camera so...  

Next photo session with my classmates were during our HS Graduation. Only few photos because simply the "film" was kind of too expensive for ordinary people like us way back then. Then to have it processed takes two weeks at the photo booth and it cost too much money too.I know there are ways in which you can splurge money in the Philippines to buy this and that and photographs are not that much important because thinking of the expenses in Graduation and then the tuition fees for College. My parents set  priority in having their children finish their Education. I was glad that my Father was in the Army and his salary and benefits are up to the standard of living that we can cope up. However, my Mother worked too (now retired) which help in other extra household expenses. I have five siblings and if we all have to finish College you know that would be chaotic right? How we get by is maybe a "miracle sort of." LOL. It just happened that my parents don't have a mortgage to pay because we owned the house and lot and they are fortunate to have us as "good children" who do not complain. Oh, sometimes, its me who complain most of the time because of housework! Nah, truth is most children helped their parents at home doing household chores in the Philippines. Children help run errands, cook meals, go to the market, feed the chicken and rabbits, pasture the goats (actually those farm animals were from my uncle and he asked us to have them in our yard) then the water was rationed and had designated schedule that I have to keep myself wide awake from 8 to 11 pm to fill up the drum with water or else I wont have water for bathing. I bathe everyday and I am conscious about personal hygiene so water is very important to me. Why we don't have hose to just have it on the drum? There is not enough water pressure. Actually in the 70's there is an abundance of water in our area, water runs freely on the tap and you can take a shower anytime you want  however when the population exceeded in our town, water becomes hot commodity and it becomes "ration per designated hours only." The water flows for 4 to 6 hours only in those pipes in every home per day and then the Authority shut it down after 6 hours. Next day 6 hours time allocated for you to fill up the drums. Day after day...

 

WATER is very precious in Philippines that millions of people would rather have  soft drinks and COCA COLA is the most popular. 

I don't drink that anymore. I opted to drink juice with ice cubes. Coffee with milk is also an alternative and lukewarm water. Hey, there is so much water in Canada! There is no such thing as "ration" here but who knows when it get so populated... 

JUST THE TWO OF ME is already overwhelming! 

j/k