It was late in the evening when I went home from school. We had to arrange some things for the upcoming activity the following day. It is my thing to go to a place to relax myself and to relieve from stress. So I decided to walk along the path walk at the side of the Provincial Capitol. It was the so-called “Promenade.” If my mind serves me right, everyday that I see this path walk in broad daylight, I felt the sense of calm in me. But that night when I went there, an irritation kept bothering me about the area.
It seems that night a lot of Ilonggos where relieving there stress just like me. But to my surprise, I was wrong. I ventured into a place that I never expected and imagine that could exist in my beloved city. Different sets of men from all ages were there. At first, I thought they were having a party. But who was I kidding. They were doing things that only man and woman in relationship and are married should be doing. Explicit stuffs that one could not imagine were just fleeting in my eyes.
After the shock and awe, a man approached me and said that if I was there to relax it wasn’t the appropriate time. He told me that beyond the great scenic views the “Promenade” gives is the operations of different people in male prostitution. In short, what I saw within my reach were young lads who consider themselves as “call boys.”
As I continued walking on, side glances from the different lads, smirking and smiling, disrupts my relaxation. Instead of having the time to relieve off from stress, the existing reality of the area destroys my time to be in touch with myself and with nature. Every time I turn right and left, different sexual actions were seen. It was exploitation.
Where had their dignity gone? Don’t they believe in their own catholic faith anymore to be doing such heinous acts? It is a sad thing to know that my beloved fellowmen would stoop down to the level of a maggot just to survive in the world. Is this what is to be learned beyond the four walls of school? Is this the picture perfect reality that you want to live in? If so, then you must be part of those maggots who filth the world. This is just my opinion. I am okay with the fact that such things exists but if there could be a better way, the good way, then why not take the leap of faith. I went home reminiscing the things that went through there and I kept thinking what reasons they would have besides finance problems. Who knows? Maybe next time when I passed by there again, I could ask them. But for now, what I learn was enough to taunt me.
It seems that night a lot of Ilonggos where relieving there stress just like me. But to my surprise, I was wrong. I ventured into a place that I never expected and imagine that could exist in my beloved city. Different sets of men from all ages were there. At first, I thought they were having a party. But who was I kidding. They were doing things that only man and woman in relationship and are married should be doing. Explicit stuffs that one could not imagine were just fleeting in my eyes.
After the shock and awe, a man approached me and said that if I was there to relax it wasn’t the appropriate time. He told me that beyond the great scenic views the “Promenade” gives is the operations of different people in male prostitution. In short, what I saw within my reach were young lads who consider themselves as “call boys.”
As I continued walking on, side glances from the different lads, smirking and smiling, disrupts my relaxation. Instead of having the time to relieve off from stress, the existing reality of the area destroys my time to be in touch with myself and with nature. Every time I turn right and left, different sexual actions were seen. It was exploitation.
Where had their dignity gone? Don’t they believe in their own catholic faith anymore to be doing such heinous acts? It is a sad thing to know that my beloved fellowmen would stoop down to the level of a maggot just to survive in the world. Is this what is to be learned beyond the four walls of school? Is this the picture perfect reality that you want to live in? If so, then you must be part of those maggots who filth the world. This is just my opinion. I am okay with the fact that such things exists but if there could be a better way, the good way, then why not take the leap of faith. I went home reminiscing the things that went through there and I kept thinking what reasons they would have besides finance problems. Who knows? Maybe next time when I passed by there again, I could ask them. But for now, what I learn was enough to taunt me.
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