Ang hindi naman kapatol-patol, huwag patulan.
Ang hindi kareact-react, huwag pansinin.
Pero hindi ko kaya eh.
Kailangan kong mag-react.
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Sa taong nagsabi na hindi dapat bigyan ng enrollment privilege ang mga anak ng PGH faculty kasi sila naman ang nakaka-afford, sana makita mo naman ang bigger picture.
Middle class kami. We don't live in an exclusive subdivision, we don't have late model cars, we don't have a driver or a maid.
My father went out and stayed in a small island the size of Metro Manila in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for three years just so he can earn money. He didn't get to be at my high school graduation.
My mother has been working at the PGH as a physician for more than 20 years. Through all of it, she has been able to send two of her kids to college at half the price (me and my brother), and is now currently seeing me through medical school and my younger sister through college at half the price.
My mother's salary at PGH is a pittance. Oo, part-time siya, pero ang nakukuha nyang sahod ay disproportionate sa daming trabaho at intriga na hinaharap niya don. Mukha na nga siyang full-time, araw-araw na lang siya nandon. It's a damn thankless job. Hindi niya sinasabi pero alam kong matagal na niyang gustong mag-quit, hindi niya lang ginagawa para sa aming 2 na nasa UP Manila pa. Kung nag-concentrate na lang siya sa pagiging isang private physician, malamang siguro mansyon na ang bahay namin, nakatira kami sa Ayala Alabang, may bago kaming kotse every few years, kaming tatlo may sari-sariling kotse, at sumisisid na kami siguro lahat sa salapi.
My mother is the main provider in our family, kahit gusto niyang maging stay-at-home mom. May trabaho din ang tatay ko, pero hindi yon sapat para mabuhay kaming lahat. She was the one who saw us all through in the instances my dad had no source of income.
She didn't come from a rich family who could afford to send her to medical school. She didn't tell me this. My grandmother doesn't know how and I don't know how she did this either.
On top of all the work she does, she manages to take care all of her kids, even in the little things that matter. Tinutulungan niya ang mga kababayan niyang humihingi ng tulong sa kanya. Hindi ko nga alam kung paano niya nagagawa lahat ng ginagawa niya.
I am so DAMN PROUD of her.
So don't you dare make jokes that a TFI won't matter much to me since may privilege naman ko, or that since I'm a daughter of a physician a TFI would just be like a drop in the ocean.
Don't you dare tell me that my mother doesn't deserve to have her kids study at UP at a discounted price. If you say that to my face, in all likelihood, I'll kill you.
Because I'm telling you, the country owes her that and so much more than that.
Sana naman hindi maging makitid ang utak natin.
