so will you fall back into me?

Updated this entry just because I realized I had so much more to say but too little time to say it earlier.

Today I saw how much garbage people can produce...in how many days? Weeks? Years? We're not sure where all those garbage came from, BUT THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF GARBAGE IN JUST ONE PLACE. O_O I knew these places existed but I've never been to an actual dumpsite. Okay, I've been to Smokey Mountain and Baseco, but those places are so clean compared to this place (then again, I've been to GK sites, which are relatively clean and safe).

It was...unnerving in a way. How it's all there. In one place. How it smells. How it looks. How...everything seems gray. And how people live there and make a living out of it. And how really small kids have to work instead of study, and their work is all in garbage too. We saw a really small kid dragging a big sack of trash somewhere...and it's just not right!

It's...devastating. No one deserves to live in that kind of place. :(

I realized yet again how sheltered and pampered my life has been, and how easy it has been for me. The school supplies we gave away earlier each cost P50, which is less than the normal cost of my meals...and it's such a small amount for me, but it's a big thing for the kids.

And here I am complaining about all my stress at work, and about not having some of the things I want, or how unfair some things are for me...and these people are worrying about their every meal, if it would be at their table.

Eyeopening. It's been a while since I've been slapped by social reality.

The question here now is...what am I going to do about it?