" What a small but great world we have! "
Weddings is truly a great and meaningful event in a couple's life. It is also a great time to call all the family members and celebrate this wonderful occasion. Last june 14 2012, my Tita Titen and Tito Joseph got married. It took place in Caleruega, Nasugbu, Batangas. A perfect place for an intimite wedding just for the couple and family members. At that wonderful occasion, i met my ate Liway, my kuya Mickey's girlfriend.
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| My Kuya Mickey and Ate Liway |
My ate Liway formally introduced to me which was so awkward, because of the formality. She is practically my tita as well, but due to the close age gaps, i just simply call her "ate" Liway. She even offered me her hand for an handshake, but just gave her a hug. I am not that old you know. The day turned out well, the wedding was so solemn. My tita Titen looked stunning in her traditional white bridal gown, and tito Joseph in his modern look of the Filipino barong tagalog.
The day after that, me and my kuya Marc had to got back to Manila. It was a sunday, so we had to pack our things, but before so we had to drop by at my kuya Mickey's house and fetch the both of them with my Kuya Jerome, ate Jen and my cousin Yoshi. We also brought my kuya Mickey back to San Fernando Airbase because he is in training there. With all of those activities, we hit the rode to Manila at around 8 pm.
My ate Liway is a professor in the University of the Philippines Diliman, and is taking up Law in the same university. I was so impressed by her, most especially that she took up law because she wants to peaceful resolution in Mindanao. She told me as well about her peace works before, going to camps to talk about the advantages of peaceful resolution and approach to problems and issues. The camps she went to were: (1) the 61st Infantry Batallion of the AFP in Maguindanao. (2) Balay Foundation in Cotabato for the displaced civilian families. (3) the MILF head camp in Darapan, Maguindanao. She is a great woman. For me, Her contributions are so great. I am really blown away by her pure heart and caught off guard because i would never have thought that i would meet her.
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| The class my Ate Liway lectured to |
With this incident, a realizations came to me. First, is that i my contributions to achieve peace is not yet enough. I know i can be like my ate Liway, doing the extra mile in achievin the peace we all desire for our country. Second, is that we, the torchbearers of peace or simply the people who wish peace in the Philippines, are not alone. We might think that the people we know and people we see in the television are the only ones fighting for peace. There are people out their who are doing the same mission in their own little ways. We should not feel weak or out numbered because we have each other and the others that we don't know yet of. We should never lose hope and motivation because there are others out there who are still fighting even if they do not know what is up ahead. What a small world we have seeing and meeting other peacemakers in the most unexpected time and place.
Keep on pushing yourself for the peace we wish to achieve, and continue to inspire others in order to teach their minds and touch hearts. With them, Lets us all move to transform lives, not only the people of today but also the people of tomorrow, with the peace we all aim to have.
This is Neo Macatangay, making peace happen, until the next blog entry.
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*** Blog definition of terms:
1.) "tita" in filipino means auntie
2.) "tito" in filipino means uncle
3.) "ate" in filipino means older sister
4.) "kuya" in filipino means older brother
