u/Severe-Pilot-5959

Wala na kaming bahay. Parang yung bahay sa Pampanga na tinangay, pero sa amin nakatayo pa sa lupa, pero yung isang dingding nahawi ng flashflood. May titulo bahay namin, mataas ang bahay namin. First time na may parang tsunami na tumama sa mismong likod ng bahay namin dahil sa lakas ng daloy ng tubig.

Hindi ako humihingi ng financial help sainyo, gusto ko lang humingi ng emotional help. Gustong-gusto ko umiyak pero hindi lumalabas. Sobrang bigat na ng pakiramdam ko. Naka 1/4 rice nalang ako per day. Biscuit lang kinakain ko, nasusuka ako dahil sa sama ng pakiramdam ko. Puro tubig nalang ininom ko para hindi rin magkasakit. Tuwing umuulan parang gusto ko nalang magtago.

Sa mga binaha na d'yan, paano kayo naka move on?

Polar opposites ang parents ko, pero sila pa rin, nagmamahalan. It's very clear my mother is a narc, and my father is an emotionally regulated dude. Minsan naiinis ako sa tatay ko dahil sa dinami-daming babae sa mundo, pinili n'ya nanay ko.

Last week, I had to go to the hospital because my appendix burst. Hindi pa ako sure na appendicitis 'yun pero the symptoms were saying it was. So I asked my mom, who was fully dressed dahil kagagaling lang sa palengke, to accompany me to the hospital. Sabi n'ya, susunod nalang daw s'ya. My dad, who was on his way to a work meeting, had to be the one to accompany me. Sumunod nanay ko, naka-full make-up, putangina. My dad had to fill-up the forms and bought hospital supplies with his own money, kahit may work naman ako.

While I was in so much pain, namimilipit sa bed, sumunod nga nanay ko sa ospital pero ang una n'yang sinabi was how much na abala sa kanya ang nangyayari sa akin, at sabi n'ya pa, next week daw ipagdrive ko s'ya sa lugar kasi magkikita-kita sila ng mga amiga n'ya.

I told her, "Ma, not now" while I was in pain. Tapos she proceeded to tell me how unhealthy I was, at that point the doctor was also already thinking appendicitis, so clearly, it's not about how 'healthy' I am. My dad's client was calling him and was already waiting for an hour, 'yung nanay ko ayaw pa paalisin tatay ko kasi mag-isa daw s'ya. Dafuq. Eh ako nga gusto n'ya mag-isa pumunta sa ospital earlier.

Tapos hindi pa s'ya nakuntento, sa inis n'ya nag-eskandalo s'ya sa ospital, sumisigaw kasi my dad had to leave. I told my dad to leave dahil we work in the same business and I don't want us to lose our clients. Sa sobrang inis ko, sabi ko sa nanay ko, umalis na s'ya, I'd rather call a friend to accompany me. Aba 'yung nanay ko, ang inisip n'ya image n'ya, baka daw magmukha s'yang masamang ina. I don't know mom, ako 'yung in pain, in the hospital, tapos you managed to make it about you all the time.

She stayed for my surgery pero after that she left again. My dad, after meeting all our clients, s'ya pa nagbantay sa recovery ko. While my mom was at home at nagmalling pa nga. Nung nakauwi ako sa bahay wala s'yang ginawa kundi manumbat na para bang kasalanan ko ang appendicitis. Wala naman s'yang ambag, pati doktor kitang-kita ko 'yung irita sa kanya.

Feeling ko 'yung katabi ko sa ospital naawa na rin sa akin dahil sa pagiging self-centered ng nanay ko despite me having the emergency.

Wala, galit ako sa nanay ko. Ganyan s'ya ever since. Everything should always be all about her.

As a lawyer, while I support Kiko sa marami n'yang endeavors, the law really needs to be amended.

While 15-17 year olds can still be held criminally liable if they acted with discernment, there must be a criteria sa batas, like, the depravity of the crime and the number of victims.

For example, a 14 year-old serial rapist or a 14 year-old mass shooter.

Kasi I'm all for justice, pero anong mararamdaman ng biktima at mga pamilya nila sa ganyang sistema na ang lala ng ginawa ng minor pero hindi makukulong. The intervention program might help but the level of depravity of the crime talaga ang usapan eh. What if hindi ma-rehabilitate? A sociopath walks among us? Hintayin natin after 18 para makulong? Causing the trauma of more people muna?

Hindi pa rin ako agree sa criminalizing offenses ng minors regarding crime against property pero sa rape and murder, something must be done.

Anong thoughts n'yo, fellow lawyers?

Paano po mag commute from Olongapo City to San Juan La Union?