"As Poverty Strikes..."

Dear Diary,

By now, poverty already strikes to our country. Out of one hundred, I think ninety-nine point nine-nine percent are on this state. The main reason is because of the graft and corruption made by our government, who do not have enough pity for us who need money to support our daily needs. And out of the people who experience poverty, I am one of them.

At an early age, I grew up with just a better life. My mother and my father could even sustain my needs in financial and in physical. But as I grew up and time came that I need to go to school, our life, gets poorer and poorer. Before, my father receives a meager salary. But now that there are already many school fees to pay, my father's salary gets lesser and lesser. Graft and corruption gives injustice to Filipino peoples. The tax we pay which we think would help our society and living status, goes to the pockets of the government. Nowadays, people need to work more harder and harder to earn more money, so that they could sustain on what there family needs. In terms of food, clothes and shelter. On the other side, these governors who lacks pity to us, are living on a very luxurious life. They could even buy anything they want for themselves and their family without caring nor' thinking of some Filipino people's situation. Now, there are only few government officials who cares for us. Because of graft and corruption our country had so many credits to other countries. And because the president needs to pay them, lack on sustaining school for some pilgrims, lack on salary increasing for Filipino workers, lack on books and chairs for public schools attacks to the list of problems of our country. When will time come that our country will experience a life living without credits and a complete sustainment for the children and Filipino workers? This could maybe never be happening when we see some graft and corruptors in our society. When will people learn to have pity for us pilgrims. On our situation, we sometimes lack money to buy our food we can eat daily. Plus, we need to pay our rental fee to our land lady. And another for my school fees and allowance. So, because of this I save some of my money, so that someday my family and I will have something to get when we need money. This is another way or technique to help you yourselves in improving your living status. We should learn to be thrifty. We need not to buy things that are not in need. When we buy something, we should decide very well. It should be useful to the whole family. In this way, our money that we kept on saving will get bigger and bigger. So for some kids like me who experience these situations will help there families by saving money. Poverty need not to be a hindrance to us and our goals in life. Indeed it serves for us to be a challenge for striving hard in our life. Well Diary, thanks for having me a little time on sharing with you some of my feelings all this time.

Leslie ; )