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Happy Mother's Day To My Late Mother

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    Remembering my late mother this Mother's Day was very heart warming, since she's gone for a long time but still I was longing for her because our bond since birth was undeniable, she was always there at my side and nurtured me until I grow into an adult. My mother is very strict and disciplinarian.     When  i finished my college while working as a janitor of Toledo National Vocational School, my mother was always there at my side and attended my college graduation without my father because he passed away when i was 19 years old. I became a breadwinner of the family and support my brother and sister when my sister finished her college that's the time I feel I became free and learned some vices like gambling and drinking. When I am out with friends for a drinking spree my mother always waited for me to come home even until dawn, but she never get mad she always advice that there is no good in drinking.       One day she was sick and diagno...

Life of The Ordinary Worker

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Osmeña Blvd. Cebu City  Cebu City, Philippines, April 15, 2021, the scene during my fieldwork and official travel to pay our monthly payment of services, loans, premiums, and other transactions, d espite the pandemic business as usual as you can see many vehicles passing by and traffic were imminent in the downtown. BIR Office The first office that I visited, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Talisay, Cebu City, to submit BIR Form 1905 to update the tax remitting agency of the newly hired employee. One down and need four more offices to transact, from BIR office I need to ride a bus to reach my second destination the GSIS Office. GSIS Building The second stop, the Government Service Insurance System ( GSIS) Regional office, to  pick up the official receipt of the premiums paid since we are advised to pay directly to the bank as  precautionary measures of the COVID 19 restrictions and to avoid long lines at the GSIS counter. After taking my lunch, heading for the next...