Love affair. When we here that phrase, there’s only one thing that comes into our heads. Oouuy! We can see in our mind’s eyes two hands clasped together, kisses, eye-to-eye contacts and if too impatient, a baby. Oh no, let’s forget all about those. That’s not what I’m trying to say. Love affair is something whose meaning is misunderstood. This also means an intense liking for something. Like a love affair with movies, songs, or even a love affair with MV Doulos.
MV Doulos is the ship that has just visited the Philippines this late January to the middle of February of 2007. So what’s so interesting with this ship? MV Doulos was built in 1914, and that’s just two years younger than the Titanic! And what’s more with it is the fact that it is the largest floating library in the whole world. And because it is a library, of course, you can find a lot of books there. They almost have every kind of book in there- from science, fiction, entertainment books such as about cookery and magic tricks, children’s books, different kinds of dictionaries, thesaurus, and more of God’s Words. They also have CD’s in that library about worshiping God’s Holy Name.
Well anyway, I’m sure you’ll also love the ship because of some of its special features.
When it’s out there under the heat of Mr. Sun, what do you like to eat? You don’t like to drink coffee, do you? Surely, you like the cold and the sweet one. That’s it exactly! I scream ice cream. And that’s not just an ordinary ice cream since it is from Doulos, meaning it is an international one. I mean most of the people that have gone aboard Doulos, ate that kind of Doulos ice cream. Imagine ice cream from abroad, made up of creams from different parts of the world, brought here. Well the price isn’t that surprising if it’s sold 30Php for every one cup. Anyway, it’s really mouth-watering and delicious just enough for the burning sun.
Another is the crew, they are really great. They can easily get along with us. Although they are from other countries, but through English, we can understand each other. It is only there that I proved to myself that there are really black skins. Because before I thought that black people have dark brown skins but I see it myself that’ it’s really black. But the color of the skin does not affect the dignity of an individual, right?
Another else is the structure of the boat itself. Because it was still built, as I’ve said, in 1914, you can see there that big chimney at the top of the ship (whatever would that term for that thing be). When you look at it from the ground you can’t figure out how old it is. The crew took care of it as a part of their lives, I mean they really tried to maintain its beauty as if it has just journeyed the seas for ten years. The air conditioned rooms hide the real age of 93 years plus the hi-tech function rooms for visitors.
Now its mission is not to transport passengers anymore but to serve people specially the poor as they preach the Word of God at the same time.
Doulos is such a great ship, isn’t it?
Monday, March 26, 2007
can be the weighing scale ever set to zero
It was as early as I was seven years of age when I began to think about what’s the real score of this so-called “life”, the reality of living life itself. When I was still at seven, I can’t help myself but to think why there is really the ‘rich’ and the ‘poor’, like me, who is just unfortunately behind the bars of poverty. Since then I can’t almost sleep, I keep on asking, inquiring and go on thinking how did it all began, how did they come up with such situation, and what’s the roots of all of these? Why is there such a big gap between the two?
The rich and the poor – two words that are both made up of four letters, two interesting standings in the community we must explore and ask ourselves about. I think everybody wants to be rich (let’s just set aside the word friends and family from this topic)? Everybody wishes to rise up from poverty. Do you know why are the two present? Why is it that not everybody’s equal?
Rich – does it sounds like the diamonds, the bling-blings, the 3G’s – the guns, the girls and the goons - and the cars? But that’s not what I’m trying to say. We wonder how the rich ones came up with what they are right now. Were they able to get all just in a sudden, like a blink, like an instant millionaire in a TV game show like Game K N B? or Who Wants to be a Millionaire; were they born with a silver spoon on their nose; do they have a clan of corrupt politicians; or just mainly because of their own struggles?
Among the choices above, let’s stick into those self-motivated ones and has progressed because of their struggles and own efforts. There are a lot of them presently especially our proudly-Pinoy businessmen. Some of them are Lloyd Luna, who is a very successful businessman and is a fulltime millionaire at the same time at an age as early as twenty-five years old, and Kenneth Cobunpue, the great manufacturer of rattan furniture who is known in the whole wide world for his creations, even in Hollywood. Shall we blame them if they are standing at a grand majestic carpet? We should make them our inspirations instead, so that someday we, too, can be like who they are right now or could even be greater than them someday.
Let’s turn to the world behind the mirror – where poverty is widespread. Many tried to leave this world. But some just lazily stayed and waited for the good news (?) from the mouths of the politicians. Others do strive hard to have some, or even just a little bit, of progress in their lives. But although they have done their best, their best was just sadly not good enough.
Because of this, you just can sometimes say that life’s too unfair. You can see that the poor is striving too hard just for their dreams – waking up very early, saving money and their sacrifices - but still nothing has changed especially the older ones. While those who were born rich, doing all those absurd deeds – wasting money for silly internet games plus the laziness – can never be equal with those struggling poor ones.
Haven’t those bothered your mind?
The rich and the poor – two words that are both made up of four letters, two interesting standings in the community we must explore and ask ourselves about. I think everybody wants to be rich (let’s just set aside the word friends and family from this topic)? Everybody wishes to rise up from poverty. Do you know why are the two present? Why is it that not everybody’s equal?
Rich – does it sounds like the diamonds, the bling-blings, the 3G’s – the guns, the girls and the goons - and the cars? But that’s not what I’m trying to say. We wonder how the rich ones came up with what they are right now. Were they able to get all just in a sudden, like a blink, like an instant millionaire in a TV game show like Game K N B? or Who Wants to be a Millionaire; were they born with a silver spoon on their nose; do they have a clan of corrupt politicians; or just mainly because of their own struggles?
Among the choices above, let’s stick into those self-motivated ones and has progressed because of their struggles and own efforts. There are a lot of them presently especially our proudly-Pinoy businessmen. Some of them are Lloyd Luna, who is a very successful businessman and is a fulltime millionaire at the same time at an age as early as twenty-five years old, and Kenneth Cobunpue, the great manufacturer of rattan furniture who is known in the whole wide world for his creations, even in Hollywood. Shall we blame them if they are standing at a grand majestic carpet? We should make them our inspirations instead, so that someday we, too, can be like who they are right now or could even be greater than them someday.
Let’s turn to the world behind the mirror – where poverty is widespread. Many tried to leave this world. But some just lazily stayed and waited for the good news (?) from the mouths of the politicians. Others do strive hard to have some, or even just a little bit, of progress in their lives. But although they have done their best, their best was just sadly not good enough.
Because of this, you just can sometimes say that life’s too unfair. You can see that the poor is striving too hard just for their dreams – waking up very early, saving money and their sacrifices - but still nothing has changed especially the older ones. While those who were born rich, doing all those absurd deeds – wasting money for silly internet games plus the laziness – can never be equal with those struggling poor ones.
Haven’t those bothered your mind?
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