#christinee

I was watching The Last Song (starring Miley Cyrus) a  while ago. For those who haven't seen it yet, it was about a girl named Ronnie (Cyrus) and pretty much how she spent her Summer with her dad and brother, Jonah. Well, Ronnie has issues with her dad since he left them when she was 11. She stopped playing the piano after that, and pretty much built a wall around her emotions. She hated her dad, and was not really willing to spend the entire summer with him. But then, she met Will (Hemsworth) and they got together. She started opening up to her dad too, and well, they started talking like father and daughter again.

To cut the long story, short... Ronnie's dad collapsed when they were watching the little sea turtles go to the sea. They rushed him to the hospital and the truth was revealed. He has cancer and was dying. Of course, it hurt Ronnie, especially her little brother. 

By the end of the summer, Jonah went back to New York with their Mom. Ronnie chose to stay with her dad. She wanted to make it up to him since she fought with him ever since they got there. His dad taught her one last thing about love. he told her that it was a fragile thing and all. She also helped finish his dad's composition. And as she did, her dad died.

In her eulogy, Ronnie said these words that made me realize how important my dad is. "My dad and I, we share a different language". 

And yes, like Ronnie and her dad... My dad and I share a different language. And like Ronnie, there are times that I just fight with my dad without any reason at all. There are times that... I can't stand him and all. But he will always be my dad. He will always be that guy that will love me no matter what. No matter how mean I am. I just don't want to lose my dad. Though I don't tell him that... I just hope that he knows that. I`m afraid that, that day will come and I won't be able to tell him how much he means to me.

Whenever my dad and I are together, wandering and walking along streets and sidewalks, he always tells me... "This is what the school can never teach you... Hindi mo naman to nakikita kapag nasa classroom ka eh. (You don't see this when you're inside your classroom) But when you're outside, you see people from different walks of life." I admit it, he may be judgmental most of the time, but he has a point. Whenever we see people who doesn't have anything to eat and asks for a few coins or food, he gives them enough coins to buy a piece of bread from a bakery, maybe. Although, at the back of our minds, they'd use it to buy other stuff.

It just amazes me that those rich and wealthy people sometimes shove off the poor kids that we see on the streets, selling flowers or candies. I mean, don't they have a heart to give them extra coins? Other people throw their food when they don't like it when there are a lot of people who barely have a grain of rice to eat and yet they have a pet by their side. It's just soooo ironic for me.

Anyway, I was just touched when I saw this old lady sitting on the floor of the footbridge.. She has a piece of bread and a small plastic of soda. She broke the bread in two and gave the other half to her dog. I mean, come on, she doesn`t have anything and yet she chose to share her food to her dog. Why can`t other people do the same thing she does? Mahirap na nga sya, wala na nga siguro syang kakainin for the whole day, pero nagsshare pa din sya. Bakit kea di magawa ng ibang tao un? Yung may kaya nga, pero hindi naman nagsshare ng blessings nya?