Walking around with Barefoot

I saw this kid in the bridge that connects Navotas and Malabon, walking and holding a pack of Milk. this kid bought it in “Pamilihang Bayan ng Malabon”. what I’ve notice is that he’s walking with bare foot and reminds me of the people who spared their homes and properties during the time of Ondoy. Navotas was not hardly hit by Ondoy. Many thanks to Mayor Toby Tiangco who responsibly took care our town by continuously released the water in the river using the “Boombastik” Navotas Pumping Station.

this picture left me some question about the life here in our town. I know living here is so simple. we have no hospital or a big malls around the place. we don’t need to use a car to go to the market because market is just across the street and some sari sari store is everywhere. I remember when i was a kid my dad thought me the proper way of using the footwear. i often mismatch my pair of slippers and he got angry that lead me to be bashed.. hehehe my dad is really a strict father. He told me that if you go somewhere make sure to wear shoes, because thats the proper way of presenting yourself outside. wearing shoes became a social status. But now slippers is a fashion statement that you can even wear it even in some social events. thats why Havaianas became a number 1 footwear in the country.. everyone posses a pair of this rubber slippers if not for sure they got the Havanas one.. hehehe the fake version of Havaianas.

In the Typhoon Ondoy Relief operations one thing they give to the people is a pair of slippers. Navotas was never strucked by Ondoy that bad. but this kid doesn’t have one. is this really a social status that Navotas is a poor town that most of the residents miss to wear a pair of footwear. I hope Korina Sanchez who give slippers in her show “Rated K” will see this photo and burdened to give footwear for the people in this town.