It's Showtime: Teacher, mag-isang binubuhay ang pamilya sa maliit na sahod! (And The Breadwinner Is)

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Aired (December 6, 2024): Mag-isang binubuhay ni Michael ang kanyang mga magulang, mga kapatid at ilang pamangkin na nasa Nueva Vizcaya habang siya naman ay mag-isang nagta-trabaho sa Maynila.

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00:00I can't imagine how you laugh, how you cry. Are you happy? Are you still happy?

00:07Do you still laugh?

00:09In the good days up to now, not really.

00:14Because I haven't been able to sleep for a few days because I always think about my family's needs.

00:27It's getting worse.

00:30I don't have a job. My father and mother don't have a job.

00:36And I still have to prepare for my illness.

00:40That's why I don't know if I'm still smiling.

00:45Maybe it's because I'm still in school.

00:47Because as a teacher, you have to play your role.

00:50You have to show the students that you're okay because PE requires energy.

00:55Physically, mentally, emotionally.

00:58You have to show them that you're okay.

01:01But what makes me smile is when I see my students

01:07who are able to achieve their objectives within the day of the lesson.

01:12Or they learn a lot from me.

01:16That's why my feelings are heavy.

01:22I'm sure.

01:29How are your family? Do they know what you're going through?

01:35Actually, when they called home, I always tell them that I'm okay.

01:43I don't show them because I cry at night.

01:47This is my situation.

01:49I watch them now.

01:52Now they know that this is how heavy my feelings are.

01:58Sometimes, I want to let them rest, but I can't.

02:01Because I'm the only one who's being relied on by our family.

02:07Especially when I have my nieces and nephews.

02:10My brother, Bunso, who always gives me strength.

02:14My parents.

02:17You said that you can't cry, but do you ever cry?

02:24Because sometimes, it's just a release. You'll cry.

02:27Instead of bottling it up inside you, you should release it.

02:33She says that when her family calls, she's okay.

02:36I'm okay is one of the biggest lies we hear every day in the world.

02:43That I'm okay.

02:44And most of the people who say that I'm okay, they're really not okay.

02:50That's why I hope that we become more sensitive, especially to our families,

02:56especially to our breadwinners.

02:58Because they won't say that they're not okay.

03:03We have to make sure that we take care of them while they take care of us.

03:09Because they also need to be taken care of.

03:14What is your dream for your family?

03:17My dream is that our lives will be better.

03:21Since we've been through a lot.

03:24Since elementary, high school, and college.

03:30I want to see that everything is okay.

03:33Financially stable.

03:35Good health.

03:37And all of their basic needs, I can see that they're being provided.

03:43I want to see that.

03:49Because when I was in elementary, I was in grade 4.

03:54That was the time when our house caught on fire.

03:57Almost all of the crops that my mom and dad planted,

04:01they lost everything.

04:02Everything was burned.

04:04Then when I was in high school,

04:07that was the time when my father was attacked by a heart attack.

04:10That was the second time that he was under maintenance.

04:15Then the next time, after 2 or 3 months,

04:20that was the time when I called my cousin, Miracle, baby.

04:26Because she couldn't find the last drop of blood in her body.

04:32As in, in the ICU, 50-50.

04:35Then the doctor scolded us.

04:37That was the time when you don't know that your child is gone.

04:40But because of our faith in the Lord,

04:46that's when I got my last breath.

04:50That's why she was able to live again.

04:53That's why I'm always fighting for them.

04:57That's how it is.

04:58It's like the heavens and the earth are cursing you.

05:00It's like, one after the other.

05:01Their house was burned.

05:04Her father was hospitalised by a heart attack.

05:07Her cousin almost died.

05:09Then one after the other.

05:11It was so heavy.

05:13Until now, they are still trying to rebuild the house that they lost.

05:18All of their belongings were burned.

05:20Until now, they are still trying to rebuild it.

05:33For more UN videos visit www.un.org

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