EAT NOTHING, DO SOMETHING!

Last November 6, 2010, first time happened in our country a big event that surely made an impact to every individual who took part there. Who will ever think that I can join a famine event for 12 hours? LOL. I always get hungry and no one will ever think that I can survive a day without food. When we attended the orientation at our school for this 12-hour famine event I was just there because we were invited to perform an intermission number and we were asked to sign up for our NSTP but when we were already on the big day event at the Flying V Arena in San Juan, I realized that I have a better reason why I was there. A very inspirational AVP was presented when the event started and we were all in silence while watching and reading every statement in the presentation. I am sure that a lot of people who watched that was touched and now making a change. I myself wanted to do something extravagant for the people who get hungry daily and my first step was staying hungry for the whole day.

In the morning we were all doing fine not thinking of food but as time pass, our energy went down and all we want to think about is we want food. But the event was so high in energy and the people were hyped that time that is why we survived. With my friends in the backstage, we spent half of the day listening to all the celebrities performed and gave talks. It was really fun when you get all the chance to have a picture with someone in the television industry. There I realized that popular people not just look good on cameras but they all look good when you know that they use their time and effort for such event that help a lot to billion of people who gets hungry daily. At the end of the day, I was fulfilled and I cannot explain how I am feeling that night when the countdown ended and we all know that by staying until the end second of the famine, we made a difference and we helped a lot of people. I heard someone said that you cannot justify the statement that you took part of the 12-hour famine event if after that day you return to your old life doing nothing. We should continue to live up the spirit of helping each other out. Be selfless, eat nothing and do something!