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Friday, May 2, 2014

isang pirasong tuyo at isang bandehadong kanin

sa buhay,  ang isa sa mga pamantayan ng masaganang buhay ay kung ano ang nakahaing ulam sa iyong hapag. minsan iisang ulam na ubod ng sarap, minsan nama'y iisa na nga ay wala pang tiyak na taguri o lasang pagkakakilanlan. minsan ay may pagpipilian, minsan naman ay wala, and at times there is really nothing on the table than a table salt and a potable water from the well (tubig-poso).




it is an everyday struggle for a living individual on what and where to eat and who to eat with.. sometimes. food is a basic necessity we all know it, but it differs from different people on how they give importance and how they value food on their tables. 

today is the international day celebration of labor day, dakilang araw ng mga manggagawa, at sa mga dayuhang mangagawa iisang hangarin lamang ang patuloy na pinaiiral.... ang mabigyan ng masarap na buhay ang ating pamilya at siguraduhing may ihahaing ulam sa kani-kaniyang mga hapag.


in the far-flung rural areas in the provinces you will come to realize how hard it is to literally live everyday and to exert efforts to put  food in each tables. it is an irony that those who till the land and produce our staple food do not have even food of their own, walang isasaing na bigas, walang ulam na isasabay sa kanin, nasisiyahan na sila sa isang basong kapeng tinimpla sa pinaglumaang baso ng peanut butter at kung sakaling may bigas man wala namang ulam. it is a festive season for them if they have rice and dried fish on their tables. isang pirasong tuyo na pilit pagkakasyahing iulam sa isang bandehadong kanin, nilalasap ang bawat subo nito.

in these trying times let us remind ourselves that each and every grain of rice, each and every slice of bread or meat, each and every ounces of water we take, each and every sweets we crave for...it is a product of labor and of sweat before it reaches our pallete.

appreciate it, savour it, respect it....while stocks lasts...