I used to look at our two sofas and think: "I wish we had a long one where I could lie down."
When I saw these two across the street, guess what I thought. I saw to it to take a picture on the way back. Taken from the second floor of our church building, it shows a previous shanty and business area some people used to occupy.
According to the news, 70 houses built in private property were demolished last August 24 in this block (Naval Street, Lapu-Lapu Avenue, North Bay Boulevard, South Navotas Navotas City, Metro Manila). The demolition was undertaken after the landowner won a legal battle. During that fateful day, five men who attempted to stop the demolition were arrested for violating the city ordinance.
The whole area is now fenced and dried fish are hung not far away from the sofas. It's just too hard to word it. I hope the story is now clear in your mind's eye. I entitled this piece survival because for some brave people, it's business as usual, only much harder than before, without any more roofs to dry their fish on.
This is almost half of a city block, now barren for months and despite the harsh environment, grass still managed to grow. There's almost nothing left aside from the sofas and whatever you can see. Somehow, these two men have found shade in a far corner of the lot. This scene reminds me of a few insightful lessons from the Bible:
Luke 12:22-25
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
A sparrow gathers materials for an on-going 'construction'.
[Canon EOS 1300D, f/5.6, 1/160, 300mm,ISO800]
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his lifespan?
[Canon EOS 1300D, f/5.6, 1/500, 300mm, ISO100]
Warning: Sobering/Violent Videos below: Please don't try this at home, even if you're going to lose it!
NBBN NAVOTAS DEMOLITION NO HOUSING RELOCATION, HARRASING UNDER AGE NAVOTEÑO
-This must be the actual demolition I mentioned above where people are in the middle of the street, begging the police to stop since somebody allegedly got hurt. You can hear the woman cursing some workers dismantling their houses.
The second video below is another incident in San Juan which is much worse: A raw footage of residents from preparing for an attack, to making the police retreat upon throwing improvised firebombs.
San Juan violent demolition 2012 - Police retreats then retaliates with teargas
What does it take to defend a house? Isn't life more important than one's home?
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Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
If ever this happens to you or people around you, Please share these lessons before a fight ensues. As much as you can, obey man's law. Leave for peace and safety if you have to, and most of all, obey God's law.
Even technically imperfect photos (and shaky videos) can effectively conveny emotions. They're much worth sharing along with the stories behind them if your audience can realate to them and feel the same emotions that made you share the photo. -This is how a single photo can be as valuable as a book.
Contest Notes:
The first picture is my entry for "Abandoned Shit Weekly #6 : Interior" contest.
The first three are my entries for "MyPictureDay" and "StreetPhotography" contests.
Location Information
This is what it looked like before the structures where demolished. Google map shows an old picture. Less than half of the whole block on the left side of the picture is now gone and the whole area must appear with a very light color on satellite view due to the evenly scattered concrete debris.
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[Credits to the Author of Life]
Please stay tuned for my favorite everyday photos and the lessons I learned behind the scenes.
I really love street photography.. and this is very inspiring! Thank you I will post mine soon :)
Thanks too for reading my blog.
It's always heartbreaking to see news like this. What's frustrating is that we are helpless most of the time. I hope the owners would rather build a housing project for them and work out about payment. That could be a win-win.
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