Hi everyone! I am now here on the Hive. I should be extremely excited since this is my first time to share my stories here and be one with my original Steemit friends who are also now in this platform. Starting all over again just like during the first time I posted a blog and published it on the steem blockchain.
Yes I was sad and felt a little guilty that I need to share it or talk it out to some people who will really understand how I feel. I don't even have any tinge of pride with this. I usually don't spend a lot of money for food and be able to get contented with a meal worth $1 alone. This time I felt kinda odd when I spent almost $10 for a Shakey's Pizza delivery from a GrabFood Menu which is the only Food Delivery Service allowed to operate during this #LockDown period Mainland-wide (Luzon, Philippines) - because of this COVID-19 Pandemic.
The reason I felt guilty is not because of the unusual extra money spent for a snack because sometimes I really spend a lot more than that when I craze for something to eat. What makes me feel bad is because I have seen a lot of posts from the City-Forum that a lot of families are already getting hungry because of the stay-at-home policy / mandate from the government to all its citizens. No means for them to provide a source of living to buy food. In which at this point the Local Government Units (LGU's) are already disbursing relief-goods for each of the households they govern.
It breaks my heart because I can feel what they are feeling because I have also been in their situations not too long ago when I was trying to recover into something which is really personal. Instead of rant and blame them, my heart so full of compassion is really wanting to help them out but then we are all restricted of doing so because there are really NO-MEANS to help.
It was a pizza which is kinda pricey for me. I used to order two boxes of 11"-sized Domino's Pizza for the price of $13. What I got was one small box of Shakey's 8"-sized pizza just for me and my mom. Actually, I just wanted to try if I could start my first order using GrabFood Delivery from the Grab App. It turned out I was already waiting for the driver at the Gate of our Village - the only place where they can meet their customers and drop off the items ordered, I sat on the bench and had a chit-chat with the guard on-duty. First time to do this in my life to just hang out feeling like a by-stander within the premises of our subdivision. We talked about the lockdown, the corona virus and everything there is to talk about those stuff. Kinda led me into thinking that even though we were stuck at home without any means to provide any income, have made me realized that I am still feeling lucky because our organization where I was working has somehow provided us with a little something for us to get through our daily expenses. The security guard I was talking to is earning like not even close to half of our daily income and completing a 12-hour shift, sometimes even longer hours than that.
When everything was settled and the pizza has already been given to me near the guardhouse, I have seen a facebook-live of a friend who is showing the life of how they get their food from the lake. They are gathering clams there and felt uplifted because this is really a good way to provide food for their families from that area without spending anything at all. All came from mother nature.
My mom and I still ate the pizza and distributed the slices evenly for the both of us.
It also led me thinking about this thought:
The rich people now would be hesitant sharing their blessings and give donations to the poor just like what they used to do because they have kind and compassionate hearts. They would now secure all their funds to protect themselves if ever this pandemic and crisis get worse in the future. Unlike before, if they share their blessings, it wouldn't even be a big deal because they have already secured their future from their extra funds.
At times like this worsening situation, I am now anticipating there would be a prolonged lock-down period because the virus could not be treated and people are hard to make them just follow direct orders. *Knocing on the wood and hoping this won't really happen".
**Let's all take extra bunch of care and keep ourselves healthy. **
It is true that a slice of pizza could generate a thousand of stories to tell. What more if it is a full box.
Keeping myself busy and making myself a responsible person during these times of quarantine.
It's me 
See you on my next blogs where I hope the ones I will share here in the future are photos with my mom travelling and our Team at work having our super-fun lunch-out. Looking forward to more team-buildings too!