I just got irritated right after our CMS 100 class lately. We were talking about the massacre. I was reading a newsletter in the AS building when I was on my way to the dorm. Now I know how it did really happen.
I shared with them the news concerning about uncle bart and other mediamen who were killed. They had goosebumps.
Guada: ynnah, malapit lang di ba kayu sa Maguindanao?
Ako: 6 hours away pa ata from our city.
Guada: nge, pero ang ibang mediamen na galing sa koronadal namatay.. SABI MO PEACEFUL ANG PLACE NIYO….
Peaceful naman talaga ang koronadal because the people there are 80% Christians. Dahil ba sa word sa COTABATO that's why nabibilang kami sa mga ganon kabayolenteng lugar? Not so funny.
Ako: and exit namin, entrance na yun ng kanilang violence……
Guada: ahhh.. akala ko ba peaceful…
Kim: peaceful?! Peaceful nga! Peaceful kaya tingnan mo siya ngayon, peaceful!!! Wahahahahahahahaha!
Guada: Oy kim! Minsan talaga yang humor mo, wala na sa tamang lugar.
It was an ouch.
She is always she. Below the belt na yung sinabi niya.
Feeling ko tuloy, my batchmates are degrading me because of the fact that I come from Mindanao (from Koronadal City, south cotabato, the land of bounty) na kasing level lang ng province of Laguna sa Luzon. Mas maunlad pa nga kami compared to some of the municipaties in Luzon and Visayas, particularly in Oton! (where she lives).
This is all because of stereotyping. Kapag nasa UP ka, at taga Mindanao ka, agad nilang tanong, Moslem ka ba? I just answer, no. Born again Christian.
I remember this scenario while we were eating our lunch in the College Union Building last sem:
Ako: (was eating pork afritada)
Guada: oy, di ba may baboy yan? Okay lang ba sayo?
Ako: hindi naman ako moslem ah.
Guada: oops sorry. Akala ko kasi….
Okay. I know it's too much. I know I overreact again. But the lesson here is, instead of looking at me as I am, why shouldn't we work for good when everything else fails?
It's not between the rich and the poor. It's between stereotyping and my credibility as a UP student.
Unfortunately, some of the UP students are very inactive when it comes to this issue. Seems like they don't care about these things. Most of them pa are those who belong the science and math-related courses. We are all involved in this violence, and we must do something about it. Others were just busy solving equations and doing things that are really irrelevant for the welfare of the society.
Ynnah: kawawa naman yung mga namatay noh?
ChE student: oo nga eh..
Ynnah: alam mo na yung nangyari sa kanila?
ChE: hindi pa.. wait lang hah solve muna ko…
Ang gusto ko lang iparating ay, makibahagi naman tayo sa mga ganito ka seryosong bagay. Kung ang new moon magazine nila bella, Edward at Jacob ay pinagtutuunang pansin, why not the issue ng bayan? Akala ko ba, iskolar tayo PARA sa bayan.
At! Wag naman sana gawing joke ang issue, kim.
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