If only travelling in faraway places and countries can be done navigating the globe by just directing a finger, I would have gone out on the road and just walked away. It may not be for everyone, though, especially for those who may not have enough money to defray the daily costs. However, it will be surprising how little you can spend if you know your way to people and grab a few tips here and there.
Going places overseas need not be expensive. Start by working out how much money you are going to need and be cost effective. Then you can create a distant view by polishing some incremental expenses to make the travel experience worth every single penny that goes out of your pocket.
For example, New York to Europe and back, the best airline discounted airfare can be as low as $800 for a round trip ticket, and book early. If you are with friends, $2,000 can be enough to get you a month’s stay. Once there, decide about what activities you can do. If you are visiting places, you can either take the bus passes and enjoy of the most amazing views or rent a car and splitting the cost later on.
It also pays to be friendly with travelers who may just be of the same turn of mind as you are. They can refer you to hostels if you’re staying for a few days or sleeper berths if overnight with cheaper deals and show where you can find the cheapest food and better restaurants as well.
On a lighter note, international travel gives us benefits through some unspecified means and the experience is more personal. It is different than just watching a travelogue in the Internet or in front of the television what we only perceive about the world. Travelling has more glamour and sophistication. We gain more education, relaxation and enjoyment. There may even be times it won’t go according to plans, but an open mind will always bring forth that fantastic and memorable experience.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
DSG Team Building at Fontana, July 4-5, 2011
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DSG employees would come and go by batches. It was fun, doubled with Jay Jay advanced birthday celebration. Though July 4th was declared a holiday in America, still those in the operations had to work. So bus service was by intervals according to shift schedules, 2 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. So those of us who didn't have work, on day off and those whose shift was from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. went ahead. The MTs and the LTs who were on call came in the afternoon because there was work. Unfortunately, for the graveyard shift, they were only there for a short time and had to leave for work.
The dining table and the kitchen were teeming with food and drinks and more drinks and cases of more drinks as people would arrive. Everybody had their fill. Everybody enjoyed swimming and drinking. Jonathan took charge of the games and the grand winner of 100 pesos was Raymond.
It was an overnight outing for the whole department to unwind and regain energy even if the others had very limited time. I had fun watching a group on the other end of the pool taking pictures, rapping, singing and laughing. At the corner of the Jacuzzi were a group of girls enjoying the drinks, telling stories and eating the appetizers. Oh, boy, everywhere I looked, I see them groups all over the place. In between swimming, I would join one group and had a couple of shots of either Empefaluk or Tanduay Ice and dive again into the pool.
Daisy slept it off. She missed the fun that night. She woke up at 5 a.m. and started to howler to wake us all up. Elmer cooked garlic fried rice and Raymond "recycled" the fish fillet. Jay jay, Daisy, Elmer, Raymond and I had to say until 12 noon. So the five of us went for a swim again, even though it was hot. We had no choice but to wait for housekeeping. Soon after, Jeff and Jes arrived to pick us up.
July 6, back to reality...W-O-R-K! Ugh!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Mother's Day - The Significance
The history of Mother's Day dates back in the 1600s when the early Christians in England celebrated a day to honor Mother Mary. By virtue of a religious order, the scope broadened to include all mothers and particularly honored the mothers of England. It was named as “Mothering Sunday.” It was every fourth Sunday of Lent, the forty-day period leading up to Easter. The celebration can be traced back in spring in Ancient Greece honoring Rhea, the Mother of the Gods.
During those times, most of England’s poor served as servants to affluent families and lived at the houses of their employers as these jobs were far from their homes. They were given a day off and told to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A cake called “mothering cake” was brought, offering fun and gaiety.
The spread of Christianity then changed the celebration to give accolade to the Mother Church, which then conflated with the Mothering Sunday, so people began honoring the mothers and the church as well. However, with transition and lack of time, those English settlers or colonists who ensconced themselves in America put an end to this tradition.
In the U.S., the British Day was loosely the inciting cause of Mother’s Day when a social advocate, Julia Ward Howe, appalled by carnage of the Franco-Prussian War and civil wars, tried to egress a manifesto for peace at international peace conferences in Paris and London in the 1870s. She started a one-woman campaign and made an ardent request to womanhood to rise against war. She indited a powerful supplication in different languages and spread it to a great extent, which was then considered to be the original Mother’s Day promulgation. Her idea was Mother’s Day for Peace and mainly to unite women against war. And this was proclaimed in June 2, 1872 and lasted for ten years. She made sure that this was well observed.
It was through Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis’ Mother’s Friendship Day that Howe’s induced her concept into action. But then the realism of this important historical change of course depended in the sense that this was to be the harbinger to the present Mother’s Day celebrations. However, Howe’s noteworthy achievement proved insufficient to get a formal recognition in establishing Mother’s Day when her thrust to work for peace and women’s rights veered in other ways. Howe’s efforts were acknowledged and for her accomplishments a stamp was given in her honor in 1988.
Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis was an Appalachian homemaker who, in 1858, started to organize and gather women to work with her to heal the nation after the war between factions. She, together with these women, assisted in maintaining better sanitary conditions and they worked towards reconciliation between the Union and Confederate neighbors in 1868. She taught women in her Mother’s Friendship Clubs basic nursing and sanitation that she learned from her brother, Dr. James Reeves, at the time when most women dedicated their time strictly for their families and homes.
Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis passed away in May 9th, 1905. It was her daughter, Anna Jarvis, who reached the desired goal to introduce Mother’s Day as we celebrate it today. Two years after her mother died in 1907 that she divulged her intent to commit her life to her mother’s cause and laid the groundwork for Mother’s Day to honor all mothers whether living or dead, with her friends supporting her crusade. Anna felt children oftentimes failed to pay gratitude to their mother enough and hoped that this day would heighten respect for parents and would draw families together.
She began an all-out campaign to exhort businessmen, politicians and ministers in proclaiming a national Mother’s Day holiday. Anna’s cause proved fruitful. In May 10, 1907, the very first mother’s day was celebrated in honor of the late Mrs. Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis at the Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, which was also the home of the International Mother’s Day Shrine. Another service was held the same day in Philadelphia, more like a homage service than the one conducted in honor of motherhood.
From then on, it has become a habitual patronage and has been far-flung across 45 American states. The first proclamation of Mother’s Day was penned by the governor of West Virginia in 1910. By 1911, every state had its own custom of observing this day. The contagion leaped from the national boundary to Canada, Mexico, South America, Japan, China and Africa. And finally, in December 12, 1912, the Mother’s Day International Association came into existence to encourage and promote the observance.
May 1913, the US House of Representatives, nemine contradicente, adopted a resolution bespeaking the President, Woodrow Wilson, his cabinet, the members of both Houses and all officials of the federal government to wear a white carnation on Mother's Day.
May 7, 1914, a resolution was premised by Representative James T. Heflin of Alabama and Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas making the second Sunday in May be designated as Mother’s Day, and it passed both Houses.
May 9, 1914 was President Wilson’s first official announcement declaring Mother’s Day a national holiday to be celebrated every second Sunday of May each year as an act of showing respect to mothers and to demonstrate the flag to those mothers whose sons died in the war. In his speech below, he called for Americans to afford MOTHERS public expression of profound regard through the celebration of Mother's Day:
"Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said Joint Resolution, do hereby direct the government officials to display the United States flag on all government buildings and do invite the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country."
And since then, Mother's Day Proclamation has been a convention of honoring mothers. Celebration varies, though, in days in many places around the world, but whatever day it may be, our mothers are the greatest contribution we have in our lives, so let us make it worth for them if only for day.
I MISS YOU, MOM! WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY AND THANK YOU!
During those times, most of England’s poor served as servants to affluent families and lived at the houses of their employers as these jobs were far from their homes. They were given a day off and told to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A cake called “mothering cake” was brought, offering fun and gaiety.
The spread of Christianity then changed the celebration to give accolade to the Mother Church, which then conflated with the Mothering Sunday, so people began honoring the mothers and the church as well. However, with transition and lack of time, those English settlers or colonists who ensconced themselves in America put an end to this tradition.
In the U.S., the British Day was loosely the inciting cause of Mother’s Day when a social advocate, Julia Ward Howe, appalled by carnage of the Franco-Prussian War and civil wars, tried to egress a manifesto for peace at international peace conferences in Paris and London in the 1870s. She started a one-woman campaign and made an ardent request to womanhood to rise against war. She indited a powerful supplication in different languages and spread it to a great extent, which was then considered to be the original Mother’s Day promulgation. Her idea was Mother’s Day for Peace and mainly to unite women against war. And this was proclaimed in June 2, 1872 and lasted for ten years. She made sure that this was well observed.
It was through Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis’ Mother’s Friendship Day that Howe’s induced her concept into action. But then the realism of this important historical change of course depended in the sense that this was to be the harbinger to the present Mother’s Day celebrations. However, Howe’s noteworthy achievement proved insufficient to get a formal recognition in establishing Mother’s Day when her thrust to work for peace and women’s rights veered in other ways. Howe’s efforts were acknowledged and for her accomplishments a stamp was given in her honor in 1988.
Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis was an Appalachian homemaker who, in 1858, started to organize and gather women to work with her to heal the nation after the war between factions. She, together with these women, assisted in maintaining better sanitary conditions and they worked towards reconciliation between the Union and Confederate neighbors in 1868. She taught women in her Mother’s Friendship Clubs basic nursing and sanitation that she learned from her brother, Dr. James Reeves, at the time when most women dedicated their time strictly for their families and homes.
Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis passed away in May 9th, 1905. It was her daughter, Anna Jarvis, who reached the desired goal to introduce Mother’s Day as we celebrate it today. Two years after her mother died in 1907 that she divulged her intent to commit her life to her mother’s cause and laid the groundwork for Mother’s Day to honor all mothers whether living or dead, with her friends supporting her crusade. Anna felt children oftentimes failed to pay gratitude to their mother enough and hoped that this day would heighten respect for parents and would draw families together.
She began an all-out campaign to exhort businessmen, politicians and ministers in proclaiming a national Mother’s Day holiday. Anna’s cause proved fruitful. In May 10, 1907, the very first mother’s day was celebrated in honor of the late Mrs. Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis at the Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, which was also the home of the International Mother’s Day Shrine. Another service was held the same day in Philadelphia, more like a homage service than the one conducted in honor of motherhood.
From then on, it has become a habitual patronage and has been far-flung across 45 American states. The first proclamation of Mother’s Day was penned by the governor of West Virginia in 1910. By 1911, every state had its own custom of observing this day. The contagion leaped from the national boundary to Canada, Mexico, South America, Japan, China and Africa. And finally, in December 12, 1912, the Mother’s Day International Association came into existence to encourage and promote the observance.
May 1913, the US House of Representatives, nemine contradicente, adopted a resolution bespeaking the President, Woodrow Wilson, his cabinet, the members of both Houses and all officials of the federal government to wear a white carnation on Mother's Day.
May 7, 1914, a resolution was premised by Representative James T. Heflin of Alabama and Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas making the second Sunday in May be designated as Mother’s Day, and it passed both Houses.
May 9, 1914 was President Wilson’s first official announcement declaring Mother’s Day a national holiday to be celebrated every second Sunday of May each year as an act of showing respect to mothers and to demonstrate the flag to those mothers whose sons died in the war. In his speech below, he called for Americans to afford MOTHERS public expression of profound regard through the celebration of Mother's Day:
"Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said Joint Resolution, do hereby direct the government officials to display the United States flag on all government buildings and do invite the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country."
And since then, Mother's Day Proclamation has been a convention of honoring mothers. Celebration varies, though, in days in many places around the world, but whatever day it may be, our mothers are the greatest contribution we have in our lives, so let us make it worth for them if only for day.
I MISS YOU, MOM! WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY AND THANK YOU!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
American Idol 10: James Durbin Too Good to be Blindsided
Bear with me for the last time. We have our own AI favorites, though. But looking back, American Idol just got a somewhat SNOOZY finale. From Wednesday night’s Top 4 performances through Thursday night’s elimination, May 12, 2011, the show became more intense. Not one pundit had seen it coming who was going to be sent into the void every week. And things had finally gotten really real as Lauren Alaina swung to the Top 3 and Haley Reinhart grumbled from a certain limbo to a safe seat. She had a glaring thumbs down that Randy Jackson harshly said “screaming” when she rendered Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song.” The look on his face said it all: Either James Durbin or Scotty McCreery was under the “chopping” block.
The AI judges had declared him as the frontrunner. Steven Tyler couldn’t help but praise Durbin, saying, “I just love that you are out of your mind beautifully so.” But America did not agree and sent him packing. The fourth-place curse continues. James was booted off fourth place, the same spot as Tamyra Gray of Season 1, LaToya London of Season 3 and Chris Daughtry of Season 5. He had never been in the Bottom 2 before and was one of the favorites to win. He may not even be everyone’s cup of tea; but it was undeniably obvious that he was really good. He had his own envelope-pushing way as the show reaches towards its stretch run.
Finally, Ryan Seacrest dropped the bombshell. James Durbin’s face was palpable as he plummeted in a “blaze of glory.” Evidently, it will be JD’s lasting image standing on the center stage. His eyes full of emotion as he was trying to hold back the tears (when JLo could not). You could just see upon the judges’ faces the awe and the crowd booing. My eyes were glued on the show in disbelief. The turn of events had me completely shocked. All the controversies this season about the audience being biased toward male contestants, now Season 10's final three were two women and a sole man.
It was hard for James to whoop the final moments up in the spotlight. "I worked so damn hard to get here. God, I’ve done so much stuff that's never been done before. In my eyes, in my mind and what I believe is that I did what I came here to do, and that was to give metal a chance. And to bring it and give 110 percent every week!" his voice cracking, his face in tears.
James Durbin just confronted every performance and executed it head-on, and without effort those high notes gave a free rein his love of hard rock and tender ballads in one swoop and straddled the line between rock and pop and went with each song with gusto. He had baffled the odds. Despite dealing with his double devastating setback, Tourette's and Asperger's syndromes, JD is not about to let anything drag him down, much less stop him. He made a name for himself with a series of hard-rock performances, which were often against the advice of AI’s mentor, Jimmy Iovine.
James Durbin just blew the roof off the American Idol dome with his amazing performance of a musical composition of Matt Belamy "Uprising," a Platinum-certified Muse song. Another first in Idol-dom’s history, a theatrical bang, where he emerged from the audience fully costumed as James was escorted onto the stage by a marching-band drummers. He full throttled into the song and strutted on the stage in duds which were incredibly rock star. He swayed microphone scarves a la Steven Tyler. He had hang-free earrings, faux hawks, leather jackets, skin-tight jeans and boots ; you name it, he had it. He had even worn Matthew Bellamy's look, worn a long leather jacket with shoulder fringe. Boy, whatever the clothes on his back, he had worn them well.
The most uncommon notable achievement in this show was that James Durbin can sing them all and really, really well. He was not just contained in one genre. He can even comfortably “park” in any genre and sing an affectionate and muzzy narrative song of Carole King; melancholically sing Bon Jovi’s ballads; belt out a digital rock like the Muse’s and music characterized by aggressive, driving beats and highly amped distorted guitars generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation.
James Durban had the judges and the audience raving. He was electrifying, proud to do his own thing and wild, that’s why people kept wanting more and more of him. Just like what Randy Jackson said, “We are going to go out on a limb and going to make through another week of performances.” In one of those Steven-Tyler-speaks “lala-gaga-yaya,” throwing off a one-liner “rich vein of inner crazy” was his way to express James’ all-over-the-stage, bold, high-energy performances. Jennifer Lopez put it, “You know what that showed me, that you can sing anything.”
And noting yet another twist of fate in an already-surprise-heavy season in American Idol Ville, unfortunately, it was in America’s hands not the judges. It was an upset, really, on American Idol-dom. Hats off to JD and I applaud him for turning in one after another superior performance every week. Too bad, even record-breaking performances and numbers weren’t enough to save him. Well, this was just one of those rarest of feats in American Idol Ville, and one has to go.
And finally gaining control of himself, James belted out his encore performance of "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney and the Wings, grabbed a hug here and there from the audience and from his friend Casey Abrams and an embrace from his fiancée. And for the last time, he never failed to amaze everyone as he ended the serenade on a high tender note. James Durbin had created one of the most emotional sendoffs in the just concluded AI season memory on an elimination night when few boded he was even in the running to pack his bags.
The AI judges had declared him as the frontrunner. Steven Tyler couldn’t help but praise Durbin, saying, “I just love that you are out of your mind beautifully so.” But America did not agree and sent him packing. The fourth-place curse continues. James was booted off fourth place, the same spot as Tamyra Gray of Season 1, LaToya London of Season 3 and Chris Daughtry of Season 5. He had never been in the Bottom 2 before and was one of the favorites to win. He may not even be everyone’s cup of tea; but it was undeniably obvious that he was really good. He had his own envelope-pushing way as the show reaches towards its stretch run.
Finally, Ryan Seacrest dropped the bombshell. James Durbin’s face was palpable as he plummeted in a “blaze of glory.” Evidently, it will be JD’s lasting image standing on the center stage. His eyes full of emotion as he was trying to hold back the tears (when JLo could not). You could just see upon the judges’ faces the awe and the crowd booing. My eyes were glued on the show in disbelief. The turn of events had me completely shocked. All the controversies this season about the audience being biased toward male contestants, now Season 10's final three were two women and a sole man.
James Durbin just blew the roof off the American Idol dome with his amazing performance of a musical composition of Matt Belamy "Uprising," a Platinum-certified Muse song. Another first in Idol-dom’s history, a theatrical bang, where he emerged from the audience fully costumed as James was escorted onto the stage by a marching-band drummers. He full throttled into the song and strutted on the stage in duds which were incredibly rock star. He swayed microphone scarves a la Steven Tyler. He had hang-free earrings, faux hawks, leather jackets, skin-tight jeans and boots ; you name it, he had it. He had even worn Matthew Bellamy's look, worn a long leather jacket with shoulder fringe. Boy, whatever the clothes on his back, he had worn them well.
The most uncommon notable achievement in this show was that James Durbin can sing them all and really, really well. He was not just contained in one genre. He can even comfortably “park” in any genre and sing an affectionate and muzzy narrative song of Carole King; melancholically sing Bon Jovi’s ballads; belt out a digital rock like the Muse’s and music characterized by aggressive, driving beats and highly amped distorted guitars generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation.
James Durban had the judges and the audience raving. He was electrifying, proud to do his own thing and wild, that’s why people kept wanting more and more of him. Just like what Randy Jackson said, “We are going to go out on a limb and going to make through another week of performances.” In one of those Steven-Tyler-speaks “lala-gaga-yaya,” throwing off a one-liner “rich vein of inner crazy” was his way to express James’ all-over-the-stage, bold, high-energy performances. Jennifer Lopez put it, “You know what that showed me, that you can sing anything.”
And noting yet another twist of fate in an already-surprise-heavy season in American Idol Ville, unfortunately, it was in America’s hands not the judges. It was an upset, really, on American Idol-dom. Hats off to JD and I applaud him for turning in one after another superior performance every week. Too bad, even record-breaking performances and numbers weren’t enough to save him. Well, this was just one of those rarest of feats in American Idol Ville, and one has to go.
And finally gaining control of himself, James belted out his encore performance of "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney and the Wings, grabbed a hug here and there from the audience and from his friend Casey Abrams and an embrace from his fiancée. And for the last time, he never failed to amaze everyone as he ended the serenade on a high tender note. James Durbin had created one of the most emotional sendoffs in the just concluded AI season memory on an elimination night when few boded he was even in the running to pack his bags.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
How a Pizza Hut Pair Deal Promo Turned Out to be My Unexcitingly Unflavored Encounter, SM Taytay, February 27, 2010
I had posted the PROMO AD alongside my story for a better view of what I will be talking about. Of note is the catch phrase “Buy any 2 of these exciting flavors,” Deluxe Beef, Hawaiian and Pepperoni, Salami & Garlic. If you are a Pizza Hut pizza lover and craving for it, you can never go wrong, especially if you're a group. At least that's what I thought.
So I ordered my two choices, Pepperoni and Deluxe Beef. The Pizza Hut lady crew who was in charge of the promo told me that I can only pair the Pepperoni with Hawaiian. Quite surprised that I must have misunderstood what the AD says, I took a second look at the cartolina-sized AD they had on the stand right in front of the table where she was at and read it once more. There’s nothing in there that said Pepperoni goes with Hawaiian. Nothing.
I got back to her asking how she understood the phrase “buy any two” to be. She only said, "I’m sorry, ma’am, I can’t give you what you want. Pepperoni can only be paired with Hawaiian." I asked her again the same question a couple of times yet the same answer. Annoyed and irritated, my frustration had elevated. Standing in front of her with my arms akimbo, I freaked out, “I am not going for Hawaiian! I want the Pepperoni and Deluxe Beef! Your AD says ANY TWO! I just ordered this VERY SAME PAIR at SM Clark last Monday -- that was February 21, 2011 -- and I got no objection from them with the choices.”
I berated her with more questions: How come yours is different? What makes this promo any different from your branch at SM Clark?” She was still insisting on the pair. “No,” I said, “I want my choices. In America, you can easily be slapped for false advertising.”
Our argument would not have ended had I not blurted, “I am going to post this in my Twitter!” There I’ve said it. Now I got her attention. I said, “Obviously, I am. I am going to have this blogged in my Facebook, in my Blogspot and in my Twitter.” She retaliated, “Okay, I’m giving you what you want. I just don’t like you telling me about posting in Twitter.” The MAGIC WORD! “Gotcha,” I thought, and it really felt good.
The thing is, it’s a promo, a printed AD that clearly says it all. Anything contrary to what it says will mean deceiving the customer. The cliché “Customer is Always Right” does not even come into play here. I was right. What I don’t understand is employing a little finesse in their AD to bamboozle people. It’s implicitly misleading, as if it had a “fine print” in there, a silent stipulation, so to speak.
I may not have the Pizza Hut Party Deal Promo receipt with me anymore. Don't let the same thing happen to you, too. If it does, confront them all at once. Make a stand. If it’s printed, you can’t miss it. It's your money and it's your right as a customer.
Friday, January 7, 2011
A Repost: A Brother's Challenge by Clarence Fernandez
My brother’s disability has affected my family so much for the past 12 years. Shortly after his birth on July 30, 1998 in Manila, Philippines – where our entire family was born – the doctors announced he was born with Cerebral Palsy, a disorder that affects the brain and body and makes him unable to do things that normally functioning people can do. He can’t walk like us, he can’t talk and he even has to eat from a tube that connects to his stomach since he can’t eat by mouth.
It really hurts my family because of his condition and since we have to pay additional money for things like special equipment and medicine that he has to take on a daily basis. Otherwise, he’ll have a seizure, something which has occurred multiple times. We have to buy other equipment like bath chair, wheelchair w/c has to be replaced every 5 years and stander that help my brother stand and build muscle strength and mobility so that he doesn’t have to stay seated on a wheelchair or lying down. Another expensive thing that we had to buy because of his disability is the wheelchair lift on the car so that we can easily put him in.
An effect that it has had on me is that I don’t really experience things which most kids with brothers do. I can’t take him outside and play football or basketball with him and I can’t play video games with him. My schedule is affected as well. Since I’m in sports, I have to stay after school to practice and sometimes this isn’t possible. My brother arrives after me and I have to be there to carry him upstairs to his room. Although there are a lot of negative things to it, I still love my little brother.
My entire family is much shorter than me. While they all stand five-foot, eight-inches or shorter, I tower above them comparatively at six feet. I believe that God made me like this because He knew my brother was going to be born with a disability, so He made me big and strong to take care of him when my parents can’t.
My parents have also been affected by my brother’s disability. My mom can’t get a job because she has to take care of my brother when I’m busy and when I’m out places for school activities and church youth activities. My dad had to carry him up the stairs at times and it has really affected his back since my brother is big.
Even though my brother’s disability is a huge obstacle for my family, it won’t stop us from loving him and caring for him. We will never give up on trying to make his life better.
It really hurts my family because of his condition and since we have to pay additional money for things like special equipment and medicine that he has to take on a daily basis. Otherwise, he’ll have a seizure, something which has occurred multiple times. We have to buy other equipment like bath chair, wheelchair w/c has to be replaced every 5 years and stander that help my brother stand and build muscle strength and mobility so that he doesn’t have to stay seated on a wheelchair or lying down. Another expensive thing that we had to buy because of his disability is the wheelchair lift on the car so that we can easily put him in.
An effect that it has had on me is that I don’t really experience things which most kids with brothers do. I can’t take him outside and play football or basketball with him and I can’t play video games with him. My schedule is affected as well. Since I’m in sports, I have to stay after school to practice and sometimes this isn’t possible. My brother arrives after me and I have to be there to carry him upstairs to his room. Although there are a lot of negative things to it, I still love my little brother.
My entire family is much shorter than me. While they all stand five-foot, eight-inches or shorter, I tower above them comparatively at six feet. I believe that God made me like this because He knew my brother was going to be born with a disability, so He made me big and strong to take care of him when my parents can’t.
My parents have also been affected by my brother’s disability. My mom can’t get a job because she has to take care of my brother when I’m busy and when I’m out places for school activities and church youth activities. My dad had to carry him up the stairs at times and it has really affected his back since my brother is big.
Even though my brother’s disability is a huge obstacle for my family, it won’t stop us from loving him and caring for him. We will never give up on trying to make his life better.
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