Hello Wednesday walkers...
I supposed to shared this one last week but since I have already an entry so I rather to share it today. When it comes to family or even the family of my parents, I'm so affected once they are not in good situation. We filipinos are really supportive especially to our own family. I've been quite for so long that I thought that they can solved their own problems. I'm talking to my aunties, the sisters of my nanay(mother). They've been closed to me since when I was a kid. I can freely take a vacation every summer for 2 months.
Last November 23,2023 and it's Thursday. My eldest son don't have class so I grab the opportunity to travel to Hinatuan Surigao del Sur. The hometown of my nanay(mother). If your a great readers of mine, I knew you've been familiar with all the photos I've been sharing in that place. Half of my childhood moment was there, so even their dialects I know how to use it. I have also a playmates there when I was a kid.
(The PAGASA with the seawall at the right side🥰)
(The seawall....)
(The Hinatuan Tourist Assistance Center)
I just arrived at Hinatuan around 9am because it takes 1 hour travelling only from my place. How I missed hinatuan, so much🤗. I could barely remember how my life been memorable along with my aunties, cousins and friends. If I'm at Hinatuan I prefer to take a walk with all my transactions at Hinatuan. The place is not so big like a city because it's just a province but with the nice and amazing beaches was located there.
I loved taking shortcuts if I'm going to my aunties and they are the first one I'll gonna visit before my cousins and friends. So the photos above is the neighbors of my aunties. The PAGASA(Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration), the Hinatuan Tourist Assistance Center and the seawall is located at the back of the house of my aunties. I loved to hangout at the seawall and that also my spot when I want to study during exams. Isn't great right? So refreshing, the views makes me relax while studying. I was studying my College there wayback 2001.
(Auntie Teodora, the younger sister of nanay)
Story time....
They are 10 siblings at my mother's side, some are already deceased. Missed them all. Actually this is the house of my grandmother and my 3 aunties is with her because they are single as in old maid lol. The other one died few years ago, that's the owner of the carinderia. The main reason why I'm unexpectedly visit them is to disciplined the son of my 1st cousin which is Pinky that I don't know what country she's been working because she blocked us. From my cousins, my siblings and even my aunties. Don't know what's happening on her that she give a lots of problems to my aunties because she just left her son just like a cat or a dog. I felt pity to her son that he grow without his own mother at his side.
In my part I really don't want to share this kind of situation but maybe some of your kids or nephews/niece have this kind of attitude. A type of son that can manipulate the oldies at his young age. A spoiled one. Whatever he wants must be given. Until he hurt his own grandma and now she's living in our house for few weeks already. She's been afraid to going home because of that pathetic grandson of my auntie.
I cannot take it, my heart break into pieces that only this kid can harm my generous and loving aunties. I tell him Franky that I'll go to the police station to picked him up. An abusive grandson. Then I tell him also that your underage so they will bring you at DSWD. In that way you can't harm my aunties here.
However it's just a prank only so that he can realized what he really do to my aunties. It's a bad attitude that no one can accept this abusive person. My aunties don't have an stable job so as you can see their house is so messy. The only money that left is supposed to be used to their renovation but been wiped out. Don't know where it goes and I never ask my aunties but maybe this kid, demands a lot of things that he want. So disgusting.
(The park..)
(The basketball court)
(The Pamahalaang Bayan ng Hinatuan)
(The Catholic church)
(This way to school of John Joseff)
The 2nd moves that I make that day is meet his class adviser. I tell John Joseff, the son of my cousin Pinky that I'll gonna visit your school after we talked. He just quite while I'm nagging him. He don't know how to respect the elders. My aunties are the one raised him and they don't deserved this kind of treatment. His mother don't send a monthly obligations for his son, sanaol hayahay. When it comes to his father, I really don't know because my cousin is very secretive person.
I left my auntie Teodora with full of anger with that kid. She don't have breakfast yet because they don't have rice, oh my God! What time already auntie. I give her 500php for the rice and buy some eggs and fish. Auntie been very thankful with that amount but if ever I have more money I can barely give some.
While I'm walking I've been passing by at the park. I want to go inside and have a swing but I'm running out of time because I need to go home in the afternoon. I'll just take a walk to the school of John Joseff. The trycycle fare there is 10php also, same in my place. Better to walk and have an exercise even it's quite hot but it's okay. The place was full of trees that I can hide myself.
After many years in counting, I'm entering the National Comprehensive National High School(NCNHS) of Hinatuan Surigao del Sur. The oldest school. Some of my cousins been graduated here and some also at Father Urios Academy(FUA). I ask the guard first where I can find the faculty teachers of grade 10. After he answered my questions he tell me to sign in to their logbook.
Finally I've meet his class adviser after few minutes of waiting. I'm glad that one of the teacher there is my relative from my mother's side. Did you imagined that John Joseff had 2 faces? Wow what an innocent attitude he had at the school. So different at my aunties house. A silent student, an introvert that his teacher been shocked of what I'm revealing. Even me I'm totally shocked. I just tell the teacher what my concerns and he must be aware of what attitude that John Joseff had. They must teach him with some good manners.
While I'm outside the school the trycycle driver ask me if I want a ride then I tell him "no thanks, I'll just take a walk po kuya". I just want to see something while I'm walking. I'm not always at Hinatuan so I just want to look around. How I missed this place🤗. A peaceful place that reminds me how to be single and happy lol. My College days here is full of excitement, we go hiking and visit some beaches as well.
(Going to my house of my cousin)
(Just mhe😁 under the heat of the sun)
(The house of my cousin)
(Pork soup..., yummy🤗)
(My plate😁)
(My cousin kuya Arnelo with his wife)
The road was so quite while I'm walking to my cousin's house. But lunch is waving already then my hungry tummy is complaining hahaha. Upon reaching the house of my cousin, his wife is outside their house. She keep smiling and calling my name. After wa talked, my cousin just arrived from his work.
We were having a lunch while talking some random topics. His siblings was living already at Cebu city. The only left at Hinatuan is kuya Alvin, his eldest brother. The foods are really yummy,.especially the pork soup lol. So spicy.
(The barangay gymnasium)
(This way to Bella's house, my College friend🤗)
(The barangay hall)
(The wet market)
(The fish/meat vendors)
(The fruit vendors)
(At the front of wet market)
(The house of Bella, the apple green house🤗)
(Bella and mhe🥰)
(Don't mind my white hair, I'm full of stress lol😁)
I'm very thankful to my cousin for a free lunch and nice bonding with them. They had 2 daughters. The one studying at Cebu city then the youngest is at Father Urios Academy. Time to say goodbye to my cousin and thanks for the yummy lunch. Till next time again cous!
Next is, I visit my old friend which is Bella. My classmate in College. His married already and she had 1 son. I have 2 closed friends at Hinatuan, the other one lives at Surigao city. I always visit Bella if I could have a chance to go to Hinatuan. She was very happy when she see me😁. She's one of my closed that's why.
(Going to my aunties house)
(The 7/11)
(At the back of this building is the house of my aunties and it's facing the park)
(The old park)
(The PAGASA)
Before I go to bus terminal, I go back to auntie Teodora. I'll just tell her that I will go home. When I see her again, she had a teary teary eyes. I ask her what happened? She said that she's very tired with her situation and I tell her "auntie you can stay in our house along with auntie Susa". Auntie don't want to leave the house of my grandma. So sad but that's the only help I can give to them. I give auntie a 1000php for their foods for the next day.
We don't need to tolerate the wrong behavior of a kid because time will come they will be the one will kill us. That's the reality that we can't avoid. Children's nowadays don't have respect especially to the elders, it's very painful for me that it really happened to my beloved aunties. They stand as our parents also when we were in their place. Me and my siblings loved them so much because they treat us good as their own kids.
It's time to go home and hope you didn't get bored with the hometown of my nanay. Hope I can visit again them, this coming December. That's all for tonight and this is my entry to #Wednesdaywalk hosted by @tattoodjay. Thank you everyone and God bless us all😇.
November 29,2023
9:44 pm
Wednesday
Philippines
The fighter mom,
@jeansapphire