Hero for a Hero

Overseas Filipino Workers or OFWs are considered as great heroes of this generation for they choose to leave their homes to serve their families. They choose to care for other people instead of their own child, a huge sacrifice a mother or a father would make. Yet, their heroic hearts are met with fists and sharp words from the same people they work for. Their rights are muddied and dirtied and yet they still continue to give hope for their families and their country.

OFWs are one of the main reasons why the Philippine economy is still in shape; the foreign money they earn for their families contribute as a huge channel. By remitting their money through Philippine's bank or giving it to a personal courier and delivering it door to door, the Gross-International Reserves (GIR) goes higher and the country's currency becomes stronger. Higher GIR means stronger foreign investments, exchanges, gold, special drawing rights and debt servicing for the country.

Yet, many Filipinos are against sending OFWs because of several poor treatment and harassment reports. They believe that the OFWs should be sent back home and given proper jobs in their own country.

Without OFWs, the country's economy will fall from a great height. There would be a huge decrease in GIR and a huge decrease in the value of our country's currency, taking the whole country lower and lower and lower. The Philippines cannot afford to lose such huge chance or they will yet be given none.

The Philippines also cannot hold more workers, and more people would lose their jobs to give slots for them. This would not help in the economy at all and will even cause more problems in the future if the unemployed decided to rally or commit crimes just to give their families something to fill their stomach.

The Philippine Labor Migration Policy encourages emigration and grants Filipino passports to allow them to enter foreign countries to work. It also institutes policies to establish higher protection and promotion of their welfare. This shows that the country is not oblivious to the cries of their own people.

Instead of decreasing the number of OFWs to work abroad, the country should instead improve their policies, acts, and monitoring to give them more assurance and protection. The country should make more moves to see to it that its people are given respect and treatment that they deserve.

The OFWs sacrifices should not be put to vain yet sending them back would not help much at all. The Filipinos must take action in order to protect those who protects them.

It is the OFWs that saves the Philippines. But who will save the OFWs? No other than the people it serves for: Filipinos themselves.

Romeo and Juliet: INSANITY

So our teacher asked us to make our own ending of Romeo and Juliet, and I thought of this after watching The Evil Within video and played some Assassin's Creed so it's totally insane!

Romeo goes to Juliet’s tomb sees Paris mourning for Juliet. Paris tells him to leave but Romeo asks him nicely to get out of his way. Paris gets angry and draws his sword. Romeo and Paris fight.

Meanwhile, Juliet wakes up. The potion Friar Lawrence gave her, the one who can stop Juliet’s heart from beating for 2 days, made complications in her brain because of the lack of oxygen. It caused her to lose all her memories and made her insane.

Just in time, Juliet sees Romeo killing Paris with a sword. She turns hysterical and grabs for Paris’ fallen sword. Romeo was paralyzed, staring at his feverish lover. Juliet stabs Romeo, then howls insanely. Romeo falls, he could not believe what was happening. He dies of shock and loss of blood.

Friar Lawrence and the watchmen came hurrying for the loud noise coming from Juliet’s howls and hisses. They see Romeo and Paris bleeding on the ground and Juliet wild. The watchmen grabbed the sword from Juliet’s hand and tried to restraint her.

Juliet was put into a cell, with the horror of the Montagues and Capulets, thinking Juliet had come back from the dead and killed Romeo and Paris. Her mind cannot be cured. Juliet managed to escape her cell and started killing people in Verona. Prince Escalus ordered the townspeople to hunt her down, and the Montagues are happy to oblige to avenge their son’s death. The Capulets, feeling sorry for their daughter and a bit ashamed, did not participate. Capulet pleaded Prince Escalus to spare his daughter’s life. The prince agreed if only Juliet would be locked in the deepest dungeons.

Juliet was caught trying to kill Rosaline but Benvolio appeared and shoved Juliet away, making a deep cut in Juliet’s stomach. Benvolio carries Rosaline to safety while Juliet lay in the ground, writhing with pain. Prince Escalus, the rest of the Montague and the townsfolk captured Juliet and locked her in the castle’s darkest and heavily-guarded cell. No doctor dared to heal Juliet’s wound, even after the Capulets’ pleadings.

Soon, Juliet died because of her wound. The Capulets grieved for the deaths, and the townspeople joined them. Even the Montague paid their respects out of pity. Rosaline fell for Benvolio. The Montagues and Capulets ended in a peaceable treaty, neither of them hated each other no more than they once did. The rest of Verona’s days were filled with peace and tranquility.