Eunice’s Blog

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sigh, whenever I have severe "sipon sabay ubo" i feel so depressed.

I’m getting tired of doing these researches and studies as well…

wala lang, I just recalled what Lalaine told me nung nasa sm kami, "baka kulang ka sa quiet time."

Not actually, i’ve got plenty of that, I’m just undergoing this stage in life where a person experiences alienation from the world… ang hirap i-explain eh…

Basta, siguro I’m getting scared of growing old whenever I wake up to a new morning… I wish I can simply become like Connie… have two navels… be different from everybody else in the world… if I were to be like Connie, I’d never have that other navel removed in any way possible…

But, we cannot use excuses from facing the risks and challenges of life… we cannot live in lies… we must embrace the truth, even if the truth itself would hurt us… it’s the right thing to do

We may not get what we want, but I believe everything has a reason (kaya siguro ako may severe ubo at sipon)….Love life

i have this paper for history 114… it’s a research on Filipino culture; anything under the sun…well, something under the moon, i should say, is Kuya Paul and I’s topic…

Session Road late market…

I’ve tried it siguro, twice or more na, pero the one last Sunday was far the most enjoying visit I had…

syempre, when you’re doing a research about a particular topic that involves people, hindi mawawala ang interview…Kuya Paul did most of it, tinatamad ako nung time na yun eh, well, tired actually, dahil sa papers…

aun… I knew how wonderful those cellphone pouches, wrist bands, necklaces were, dati pa… pero when you look closely, when you get to see the person inside those products, you’ll  have an alternative way of looking at them…

they’re ordinary people, most of them did not have formal training on arts, but their influences are way on the level of those who actually underwent lessons…

they say, "kailangan kasi ng pera, ito bumebenta, kapag naranasan mong kumalam ang sikmura, doon ka makakahugot ng inspirasyon." 

that’s the reality of poverty, you get to learn things that aren’t of your line of expertise just to feed the hungry mouths of your home…

sabi namin ni Kuya Paul, "hindi niyo ba ineexploit ang ethnic traditions ng cordillera niyang lagay na yan, kinokomersyalize niyo ang sacred objects and symbols ng Cordillera region."

for them, ethnicity is defined as "the culture in which they belong"

nowadays, kultura ng mga nagbebenta sa session ang ang paggamit ng bulol, butiki, at kung ano-ano pa sa mga nililikha nilang cellphone pouches, etc., they’re simply expressing themselves; their own ethnicity…

true… although these objects are being transformed into aesthetic purposes, we cannot blame the struggling artists of the session late market. this is the culture they belong into; a culture that is basically led by poverty…

i never bought those accessories with bulol or lizard images; i always had a negative thought on them. "pangaabuso" kasi yun para sakin… pero when i take a look on people buying imitations of girbaud wallets, or even those signature bags over our very own products, hindi ba "pangaabuso" din yun?