Treading on my Dreams

talk2meeloser:

jeffbernat:

Documentary about a London Bus Driver who goes to Manila, Philippines to experience what it is like to live and work as a Jeepney driver in Manila.

i have so much to say after watching this documentary. first off, i have to give props to josh for being able to complete his task successfully. secondly, i just want to thank him for taking the time in understanding the filipino culture and realizing how difficult it is to live in country that suffers greatly with poverty.

i would like to start off by saying that i am extremely lucky to live the life that i am living today. if i had not migrated to the united states when i was 4 years old, there is a slight chance that i would be living in the same situation as the family documented in this video. it breaks my heart having to see families go through this, and it breaks my heart even more knowing that i have relatives that are currently going through this. i have so much respect for parents who sacrifice their health in order to provide a meal for their family and send them to school. and it is for this reason why i have endless love and appreciation for my parents. 

all i am trying to say is that we should not take our assets for granted. some of those assets include clothing, a home, food, education-just to name a few and i have seen many people take all of this thing for granted. let’s take education for example. if you have no time to watch this documentary, it shows how a married couple want to send their grandchildren to school because they do not want them to deal with the situation that they are going through right now. students nowadays don’t even want to go to school just because they are too lazy to go, or it’s because they find school boring. yes i can be/feel like this sometimes, but you know what motivates me to go; it is the thought of the children in other countries who want to go to school. i always tell myself that “there are kids in other countries who wish they could get an education.”

another thing that i want to point out is that, if you think you are living such a miserable life, think otherwise because there are people in other countries who have it worse than you do. people who live out in the streets because they don’t have a place to stay, people who barely get any sleep because they are constantly working so they can provide for their families, people who do not eat and sometimes have to go through garbage just to find left over food. so if you feel that your life sucks, think otherwise.

this video makes me appreciate more the life i live today and has made me more grateful. this video demonstrates many things that make me even more proud about being filipino and why i hold my home country, the Philippines, close to my heart.