Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Oliver!

I better get this out before it gets stale...:-P

Like most major cities, Manila is a hodge podge mixture of rich and poor. However, after seeing how the poor live in Manila, I'm have to be very thankful that we actually live pretty well in Malaysia, despite having our own struggles and issues.

As you stroll around the city (except for Makati CBD), you find many street kids wondering around looking for scraps to eat. Some of these kids will be exploited as laborers in construction site with very low income and no health and safety benefits.

Still, they find happiness from whatever little things they have.


Street kids playing at the fountain square in front of Manila Cathedral.


Boy bathing at a side street.


Kesian jugak tengok diorang. Happy sungguh diorang bila kami tapau makanan kasi diorang. And very polite! Siap ucap thank you lagi!

5 comments:

Honeylemon said...

kesian tgok budak2 tue kn.... simpati pulak tgok.....

wah baiknyer korang siap bagi tapau lagi...

btw, nice la pics BnW tue sume....sukakk tengok...

ginseng4desoul said...

Honeylemon: Tnx honey!!! Kesian tengok diorang tau. Nak kasi duit tuh takut lak orang lain kebas kan? So, better tapau makanan kasi diorang tuh.

oliviasy said...

i like the 3rd pic. captured the essence of the scene :)

wahdi said...

Nice pics!!!! cantek occay!!

ginseng4desoul said...

Oli: Tks! I learned quite a bit from several people that I recently knew. ;)

Wahdi: Tengkiu yer... itu pon belajar dari uols.