Aired (December 6, 2024): Mag-isang binubuhay ni Michael ang kanyang mga magulang, mga kapatid at ilang pamangkin na nasa Nueva Vizcaya habang siya naman ay mag-isang nagta-trabaho sa Maynila.
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00:00I can't imagine how you laugh, how you cry. Are you happy? Are you still happy?
00:07Do you still laugh?
00:09In the good days up to now, not really.
00:14Because I haven't been able to sleep for a few days because I always think about my family's needs.
00:27It's getting worse.
00:30I don't have a job. My father and mother don't have a job.
00:36And I still have to prepare for my illness.
00:40That's why I don't know if I'm still smiling.
00:45Maybe it's because I'm still in school.
00:47Because as a teacher, you have to play your role.
00:50You have to show the students that you're okay because PE requires energy.
00:55Physically, mentally, emotionally.
00:58You have to show them that you're okay.
01:01But what makes me smile is when I see my students
01:07who are able to achieve their objectives within the day of the lesson.
01:12Or they learn a lot from me.
01:16That's why my feelings are heavy.
01:22I'm sure.
01:29How are your family? Do they know what you're going through?
01:35Actually, when they called home, I always tell them that I'm okay.
01:43I don't show them because I cry at night.
01:47This is my situation.
01:49I watch them now.
01:52Now they know that this is how heavy my feelings are.
01:58Sometimes, I want to let them rest, but I can't.
02:01Because I'm the only one who's being relied on by our family.
02:07Especially when I have my nieces and nephews.
02:10My brother, Bunso, who always gives me strength.
02:14My parents.
02:17You said that you can't cry, but do you ever cry?
02:24Because sometimes, it's just a release. You'll cry.
02:27Instead of bottling it up inside you, you should release it.
02:33She says that when her family calls, she's okay.
02:36I'm okay is one of the biggest lies we hear every day in the world.
02:43That I'm okay.
02:44And most of the people who say that I'm okay, they're really not okay.
02:50That's why I hope that we become more sensitive, especially to our families,
02:56especially to our breadwinners.
02:58Because they won't say that they're not okay.
03:03We have to make sure that we take care of them while they take care of us.
03:09Because they also need to be taken care of.
03:14What is your dream for your family?
03:17My dream is that our lives will be better.
03:21Since we've been through a lot.
03:24Since elementary, high school, and college.
03:30I want to see that everything is okay.
03:33Financially stable.
03:35Good health.
03:37And all of their basic needs, I can see that they're being provided.
03:43I want to see that.
03:49Because when I was in elementary, I was in grade 4.
03:54That was the time when our house caught on fire.
03:57Almost all of the crops that my mom and dad planted,
04:01they lost everything.
04:02Everything was burned.
04:04Then when I was in high school,
04:07that was the time when my father was attacked by a heart attack.
04:10That was the second time that he was under maintenance.
04:15Then the next time, after 2 or 3 months,
04:20that was the time when I called my cousin, Miracle, baby.
04:26Because she couldn't find the last drop of blood in her body.
04:32As in, in the ICU, 50-50.
04:35Then the doctor scolded us.
04:37That was the time when you don't know that your child is gone.
04:40But because of our faith in the Lord,
04:46that's when I got my last breath.
04:50That's why she was able to live again.
04:53That's why I'm always fighting for them.
04:57That's how it is.
04:58It's like the heavens and the earth are cursing you.
05:00It's like, one after the other.
05:01Their house was burned.
05:04Her father was hospitalised by a heart attack.
05:07Her cousin almost died.
05:09Then one after the other.
05:11It was so heavy.
05:13Until now, they are still trying to rebuild the house that they lost.
05:18All of their belongings were burned.
05:20Until now, they are still trying to rebuild it.
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