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October 16, 2008

Poverty.

When I speak the word “poverty”, I imagine barefooted, naked, dirt-stricken and malnourished children running around, makeshift homes with thatched roofing or with only a piece of tarpaulin serving as its walls, women huddled in one corner gossiping and men who are naked from the waist up, with cigarettes hanging from their darkened lips while their hands held either a glass of gin or game cards. But then, I also imagine a Barong Tagalog-clad politician, waving his hands displaying his well-manicured fingers while his fashionably dressed and bejewelled wife clung to his other arm.
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Written by hazelrchua · Filed Under BLOG, Opinion 

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