Eat, Drink, Be Merry…

11 August 2009 – For tomorrow, they come out on Page Six of the New York Post and subsequently harangued by our countrymen for all the opulence they enjoyed.

While they are out cavorting around New York City, pretending for one night to be Paris Hiltons and Leo di Caprios and Brad Pitts (more like Brad’s pitts), our country continues to wallow in the poverty most of them have dragged us into.

$20,000 is a goldmine. Not everyone will be able to see $20,000 in their lifetime.

While they are out enjoying expensive champagne and caviar, the rest of the Filipino nation scrambles about to grab the next dinner, most likely two packets of Lucky Me pancit canton to be shared by a family of five, or six, or eight.

$20,000 can feed God-knows-how-many people for God-knows-how-many months.

While they strut around in their gorgeous, haute couture gowns, a vast majority of our fellowmen dive into the ukay-ukay or the dumpsites to cover themselves up and keep warm in clothes that have seen better days.

$20,000 can house and clothe so many people who sleep out in the cold, under the flyovers, on the sidewalks… hell, on the highways.

While they are out making the most out of their people-given power and privilege, our kids are stuck in schools without classrooms, classrooms without books, books without covers. While they move about in fancy limousines, our kids walk, crawl and swim miles just to be able to go to the nearest school.

$20,000 can send children to school and give them good education and a better shot at life.

Enough said.

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