As Good As I Can Be

I can still vividly remember when I started working here at DepEd-CO and you might curse me on this story of mine.  But my decision became my choice. I am still mourning the death of my mother (a retired teacher) and since she is a member of my family and I work at the CO I thought that I was entitled (oh, that entitlement mentality) to ask for some help from employees of DepEd.  It would be a great help also.   The paperwork has begun and I sent a letter to our welfare unit requesting for alms.  Before the letter, of course, my colleagues in the bureau helped me financially and I am so elated.  Perhaps greediness was all over me at that time for I was asking for more.  Bad me. So the communication letter started to roll from office to offices and room to rooms.  After 2 to 3 weeks I made a follow-up at the welfare division I was told that I got nothing.  No one helped me.  Ouch.  I still waited for 1 more week for some help but the...

Story #2 On one of my vacations (college days) in Mindoro, dumiretso ako sa maliit na tindahan namin sa Barcenaga (my hometown) para makatulong sa Nanay ko.  Ang setting, may maliit kaming tindahan then iyong kalahati naman ay bakery.  Oo may pugon kami (gawaan ng tinapay) pero hindi naman functional kaya umaangkat kami ng mga tinapay sa isa ring malayong kamag-anak sa Dose (KM 12).  To cut the story short, our family has had a bakery but does not bake our own bread.   Isang araw (hapon na nga e) naubos iyong inangkat na tinapay namin sa Dose and there was a need to buy more bread for stock purposes for the next day and reserba na rin sa current day (surtidos, atbp) basta iyong matitigas na tinapay na isinasawsaw sa kape.  My sister, Ate Margie, rushed to KM 12 to buy goods. After 30 minutes, I received a message from Ate Margie that she was near the crossing na.  So I immediately went to the designated waiting area to wait for her.  There she was...