AYUUHAAAY! GD EVENING RAMBAKLANDIA!
------OF LIFE'S PAINS AND ITS POSITIVE EFFECT-------
--Since i was a kid, i had been a creature of suffering. Being sick and in pain was normal to me then. As a 6 year old boy i had a dislocated Left ankle joint as a result of riding along with my brother in a borrowed bicycle. My foot got stuck in between the wheel and the Bike frame.i had to be in crutches for months.
--Being able to walk later did not spare me from the pain of bleeding feet as a result of going to school barefoot in Sabangan's road spread with Razor sharp crushed gravel. Gad dil (Ringworm), Durek (Infected Ears) as a result of Bathing in the Chico River was common to me then.
-- Migrating to Baguio City at the age of 9 did not end my pains as we lived then at the City camp Lagoon and it was flooded for the first time. My mother and i had to swim out literally since the house went underwater so fast within half an hour. My ears took infected water and There, i got Durek again.
--I got hospitalized twice after. first when i and my friends ate,"Wildberry" at the then un housed Upper Rock Quarry. It turned out to be Poison berry pala. Then Joseph my newly arrived friend from Kiangan asked me to drink "GATAS"- straight from the faucet. It is what we call the water coming out from the Faucet back then. It is so white like milk that you have to wait for a while before the whitish consisteny evaporates. We had a contest to drink so many glasses at that time. Result: We were both hospitalized for Chlorine Poisoning. A chemical used as a disinfectant by the BWD.
--Later on, i had to contend with Mumps, Pigsa (as a result of Riding on the wet back of a Carabao in Apayao. My whole inner legs were lined with them,i couldnt walk.) A fractured right knee bone came as top prize as i engaged in motocross racing in my mid twenties. I had to wear crutches (again!) for more than a year.
--Ulcer, Painful flu and other unexplained illnesses later, i found myself in Hospital later with a gunshot to my right leg (again!), this time i almost died from loss of blood. A result of an ambush as i campaigned against Corruption in my locality. What a price to pay.
--LIVING A LIFE OF PAIN pushed me to believe that i'm born so unlucky. For this week despite my having mellowed an having aspired for a peaceful life,i was struck again by my ever loyal- Painful flu. Everytime this friendly flu strikes me, im flattened.Unable even to carry my body up. Even just to sit up is impossible with the general weakness that i feel.
AMA PALPALDONGAY, OUR WIZENED OLD KARAMBAK CAME TO VISIT ME.
PIOWLO: Thanks for the visit Ama Paldy, You know, I believe i'm so unlucky.
AMA PALPALDONGAY: No, Don't say that Piow, Rejoice because you are Blessed in reality. Your Pains and ilnesses are just factors to make you appreciate your good health and make you utilize your time to good use.
PIOWLO: Uhumn, Thanks Ama paldy, Yes, i think you're right. Since i noticed that everytime i recover from pain or illness, the more that i'm inspired to achieve something. Thanks for making me aware of that.
---Well, it seems i'm not so unlucky after all. After all the pain and miseries i've been through,it served to inspire me more to strive harder in life. So that when i get sick, i won't worry of where to get my sustenance... Now,i can live comfortably as i please. I can choose to sleep when i like and wake up anytime of day with no boss to reprimand me.
-- Being in pain all of my life made me instinctively put up some businesses that will survive even if i'm down and sick as usual. Now at my age, i can smile even though i'm sick again,,,, as usual.
---So Rejoice Karambaks, If youre in pain or you are sick, that is a blessing. Use it as an inspiration to strive more, to gain something. Spiritually for your well being, Physically for your good health and economically for your family not forgetting us your Karambaks too if things come so plenty.
-----------For Good feeling, Shout-AYUUhaaay!-With your tongue sticking out in the -HAAAY part. Try it, it works. ------
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