‘My ultimate aim is to build a new classroom with a library in our village so that the children need not walk one hour each way to school’
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As soon as I got home from school, I’d change out of my uniform and rush outside to play with my friends. I never had a Barbie doll or any other kind of toy. We just made our own toys out of mud or plastic or invented games from stories told to us by the old folks. And our playground went all the way into the forest: the village acre, the dusty clearing, the coffee plantation, our backyard, the pavement — they were all ours.
Then one summer news came to us that the government would construct a classroom in the village. These were exciting times. It seemed we wouldn’t have to walk to school anymore. Even better, the school’s construction meant more business opportunities for us. I had my heart set on buying school supplies, which was my true joy.
The money I earned hauling rods and breaking rocks I spent on a carton of Fortune cigarettes and five bottles of San Miguel gin in town. In those days, nobody cared how old you were when you wanted to buy alcohol and tobacco. I sold these goods to the men building the classroom and made about P10 profit on every item.
Even so, along with all the other children in the village, we managed to finish school. I graduated in 2012 with a BS in Development Communications degree from Kalinga State University, and am currently an enlisted servicewoman in the Philippine Air Force, AFP, ranked Air Woman First Class. I write to inspire others to share their stories, to enrich the Kalinga culture and traditions, especially the values that we need to pass on to younger and future generations.
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