Love is...

being able to help other people without any exchange of money.


So yesterday I made history. In my own history book, of course.

So let me tell you a secret. In my 11 years of stay in my school, It was my first time to attend a rummage sale.  To define simply a rummage sale, it's when we sell our collected goods from It was exhilarating and very tiring. It was very unexplainable.

So this is how it went. All the collected goods were put in a place. Then, those from our adopted barangays would be given free stubs. They would spend those stubs in buying those goods appropriately. Php20 for 10 dresses, Php40 for dry goods, Php40 for rice, and I don't know how much the toys are. Of course, it was very fun to sell and to help them carry those heavy loads they had. I laughed watching some -- err -- volunteers selling the goods to them, especially at the clothes section. I tell you, they are better than some store salesladies. They can convince the buyers to buy the clothes they are holding. On the toys section part, the volunteers are those looking for toys to be given to the buyers. On the food goods and rice, we were the ones to carry them to their places -- considering the fact that majority of them are old people.

It's very fulfilling to help other people. This happy feeling of helping people is better than having been payed with money. I never needed money in exchange for volunteerism. I never needed requirements to go. It is because, some of the "volunteers" went there because of requirements. Me? NO! I came because of freewill and because of my deep intention to help. I did not give during the Christmas Drive, so this is my way to give back. Hey, it's not about the points that count anyway. Haha. next year, I'm certainly going to join again.