i know what you did last saturday... mwahahaha

Our group went last Saturday to MBC to continue our computer literacy program. After a bumping ride of jeepney to MBC, we waited until 11 am to initiate the endeavor. While waiting, we decided to interview some of the boys, who will be the beneficiaries of our solicitations. I haven’t decided at first who will I pick because Toni, our group leader, said that all the boys in the room where the kind lady has offered to us were already been interviewed. So, I decided to pick the first boy who entered and to have a one-on-one, intimate chat with him. That lucky boy was Dennis.

Dennis V. Lingganay, a 15 year-old lanky boy from Ormoc, Leyte was my interviewee. He seemed nice and quiet, because he didn’t talk that much. I remembered him from the February 24 Computer Literacy Program that we have implemented. Yes, he smiled, but he seldom talk. He laugh, but he never mingled. So I was bothered. Even to my interview with him.

When I asked why he is now in MBC, he replied “Kasi wala kaming bahay po. Dito na lang kami pinag-aral ng nanay ko”. I was shocked and amused, for their parents (he has a brother with him, his name is Danilo) have risked the distance just to give them education. I told him, “Bakit kayo lang dalawa, ilan ba kayong magkakapatid”? He replied, “Kaming dalawa lang talaga e”. With that, I inferred, with the poverty obstructing our rights, our freedom to choose what we want, is really a big issue. Now that there are political issues continuing to emerge, the Philippine politicians should give emphasis more to the marginalized and poor Filipinos. The irony of life is really bemusing. What they have promised to their platforms, well, is not emerging now.

When I asked about his dreams, he really wanted to soar high: “Gusto kong maging engineer, kahit anong klase. O kaya maging NBA or PBA player”. That gave me an assurance that despite of his financial ineptness, he has dreams which he can pursue and continue to live on.

We just have a short time to talk. Maybe I don’t look approachable. Blame my genes.