Who is your most unsung yet unforgettable "idol"?
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Who is your most unsung yet unforgettable "idol"?
The world loves a hero and despises a heel... yes I know but let's forget momentarily the Filipino's seemingly short memory span. Certainly there are relatively unknowns in our small community who, in their silent way, embodied the virtues of heroism, courage, integrity, and sense of sacrifice. "They" can be your neighbor who ekes out a living, taking care of children not his own but are foundlings and persevered until each one has grown and able to fend on his own. "They" can be your favorite elementary school teacher who carried out her noble task of mentoring negotiating eight kilometers daily from her home to the barangay school never minding the fickleness of weather. We can't all be heroes but we certainly carry some of the stuff of which heroes are made. One such stuff is the ability to recall the little heroic deeds of the everyday Mang Imong and Aling Inday. Let's write about their exploits giving emphasis on traits, values, and behavior worthy of our emulation. This is our modest tribute to these unsung heroes: By recalling their singular and memorable good act, we have acknowledged their goodness and thus worthy of the accolade, "My most unforgettable idol." "Consciousness: That annoying time between naps."
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Icebreaker kumbaga. Itago na lang natin ang tahimik na bayani sa pangalang Berting. Nagkaasawa siya sa barangay namin at nagkaanak ng dalawa. Itinaguyod niya ang pamilya sa pangungulekta ng bote, diyaryo at garapa. Naigapang ang mga anak sa kolehiyo at nagiging nurse ang panganay. Pumunta ang mag-ina sa Maynila upang magtrabaho, umalis ang panganay na sinuwerte namang namasukan bilang nurse sa Amerika. Anim na taon ang lumipas at bumalik ang asawa ni Berting sa barangay namin na daladala ang mga bagong anak na mga babae. Umugong ang mga nakakaririnding balita at maraming nagudyok na maghiwalay si Berting sa asawang nagtapat na hindi ke Berting ang kanyang daladalang anak.
__________________________Sa halip na ipagtabuyan ang mag-ina, kinupkop pa ni Berting at itinuring sariling mga anak ang tangan tangang bata ng nagtaksil na asawa.
Tinanong ko si Berting makalipas ang anim na buwan kung bakit. Ang kaniyang impit na sagot ay, "Tao silang kumatok sa pintuan ko at nagtaksil man ang asawa ko, kinusa ko nang kupkupin sapagkat mahal ko ang dalawang babaeng anak ko. Hindi ko kayang buwagin ang pagmamahal nila sa kanilang ina."
"Consciousness: That annoying time between naps."
Bihira ang taong katulad ni Mang Berting. Kung ako siguro ang ginanon ng asawa ko, di ko na siya kikilalanin.
__________________________Gift from excon
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