Trying Hard Kasi

Trying hard was such a negative word when I was growing up. Back then, it meant that you're trying hard to do something, to have something that is way out of your abilities, way out of your reach.

It's so sad that it's been a part of our culture to look down on someone who is trying hard. This phrase has a negative connotation. Hurtfully, it became an negative adjective. You are a 'trying hard' if you are poor and trying to get something that they think is only for the rich; if you are someone who looks like someone who can't afford something but finally gets it.

But if you really think hard about it, don't we all have to try hard?

We try harder to get what we want. We try harder to have what we have always dreamed of. There is nothing wrong in trying hard.

Sundays

Last weekend was uneventful(again!!!!). Spent the rest of the week waiting for a feed of an essay that I was to try making. This meant a lot of internet time than the usual Tuesday-Friday visits.

Lacking any interesting movie at the movie channels on cable, I opted to rummage through my collection which I decided to leave when I left for Dubai. This was consisted of the movies from last year's Oscar's. And the movie of the day was "BABEL."

The story evolves on decisions we make which affects the life of the youth, not temporarily but permanently. It is so sad to think how the guardians' decisions change the life of the youth that depended on them. Adults are role models of the youth and they looked upon us to make decisions at their early age.

It was also clearly stated there that a lot of things that we overlooked might affect their lives forever. We get to be carefree a lot of times that we don't really take time to think how it's going to make or break their lives.

Access to a gun at an early age is not a thing to do. A child at play is a child at play. A gun is not a toy, whether it is made of plastic. It affects them physically and psychologically. This movie is a firm reminder of how we handle our responsibilities to the youth.