January 24, 2007 blog 2nd week

January 24, 2007

MILA.......

A woman was born to be a teacher not only to teach unclothed knowledge of Filipino children but also to be a good friend of everyone.This was a story of a hardworking woman who once faced a struggle in her life but she herself continued to fight for the rights of the helpless Filipino children and help them to be self-educated.
In the years where the Filipinos suffered from the enslavement of the cruel leaders of our own country, there was a teacher named Mila. She worked with persiverance every time she wrote something on her lesson plan. Every lesson she made was always dedicated to the uneducated children in the middle of their poor state. Mila has always been friendly and loving to her students, co-teachers and especially to her dependent boyfriend. She knows that she's old enough to experience this feeling like the teenagers do. But when Michael dropped on her life, she was starting to be a happy woman as some women do to themselves today. Enjoying life and get a time to be with her most important man in his life.
The time came when the Martial Law Era started. We usually observe people on the streets rallying to fight and to get what should they want to get for their own rights. Usually, teachers from different sides of the country went to Manila and started fighting there and one of them were the co-leagues of the school where Mila currently teach. She had to participate the strike of their school because of one cause. Teachers were complaining for their salaries. Salaries during their time went down due to the time where people have no more money to rely for the financial needs of their families. Mila always go home late or even everytime she goes home, she just saves the time left for her co-teachers. She goes home just to get food for her friends there suffering from hungriness and being exhausted in rallying on the roads. Mila felt tired also but she was ready to sacrifice for the nice future of the children who wants to live normally and peacefully everyday.
Once, Mila woke up early to work again. Before her was her boyfriend taking a bath. Her boyfriend gave her a sign that he would be now finish as soon as possible. She waited minutes upon minutes and there her boyfriend was done. She was about to enter the room when she found something creepy inside their comfort room. She saw a pack of marijuana stoked in the corner of their room. Mila couldn't believe that her boyfriend was using illegal drugs. She was very mad that even the guy didn't experience to explain for himself, she ran for her life and let the man leave right now. Mila went to a state where she was so lonely and dull in herself. Mila went so miserable in her life. She had never been so happy when she had that guy. She was also made to leave in their own boarding house. Now our woman just leave in the streets where she used to make coffee and sell them for the early taxi drivers running in the long rute of their journey.
In the morning, she used to be a poor vendor of coffee and what do you think she does every night before going home..... Yes, she went back again to her old work. A teacher of the poor street children who used to be orphan since they were born. She taught them good manners, how to read and write and how to communicate each other. There was a time when the children felt very close to their new teacher.
One rainy night, people in the streets started to get home. Mila had no time to keep her things. So she just stayed for a while under in her big table. She saw a woman with her baby under the big response of the rain. She called the woman and said to let her stay in her shelter so she can protect her little son. Mila decided to stay outside under the protection of her little umbrella.
After the big response of the rain, morning smells good at a time,green trees began to shed again. The children woke up little Mila under the heat of the sun. They were shocked when Mila didn't happen to wake up. She passed away already. During her burial,many people came and said that they were one of the people whom Mila helped when she was still alive. This time, many of Mila left were very sad because of what happen. They said Mila was a blessing and an angel of their life who came and saved their life.
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