People on the Road: The Ifugao Girl in that Small Sari-Sari Store

10 Dec 2012

Just want to share this…

Last week, I was in Ifugao with some other travel bloggers for our G.I.V.E. Ifugao Project; we did a quick stop over at that little sari-sari store before heading to another school. While waiting for my Milo Ice Candy, I noticed that a couple of cellphones were hanging at the store’s window sill. Suddenly, a phone rang, and a local went out running to answer the phone. The girl did not get or hold the phone but just pressed the answer button instead.

I love Ifugao – It is a place where phones are not status symbol, where communication is

more on personal and heart-to-heart talks.

Me: Ate, ano po yang mga phone na nakasabit? Payphone ba yan?
Tindera: Ah, hindi, dyan lang kasi may signal sa bayan na to.

Watching the girl while she was talking on the phone made me smile, really. It was a happy moment for me. It was a new learning. Simple life, it is. I really want to live in Ifugao.I want to live in Ifugao… soon.

“Sometimes, life is not really that complicated, we just need to go back to the basics.”

10 responses to “People on the Road: The Ifugao Girl in that Small Sari-Sari Store”

Anonymous

10 Dec 2012

We need to go back to the basics to survive…when is the real start? Today.

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Anonymous

10 Dec 2012

This made me smile too :)Iba talaga dating sa akin ng Cordillera.

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Anonymous

10 Dec 2012

I remember a place in Batanes na nakasabit ang mga CP sa bintana, I think its in Sabtang…. nakakatuwang tingnan but you are right…. they do it not to show na they have a CP…. they are just waiting for an SMS from their loved ones:)

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Anonymous

11 Dec 2012

How fascinating is that. It shows how Filipinos are so relentless that even in conditions that seem impossible to get by we still manage to survive.

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Anonymous

12 Dec 2012

@ darwin | Tracking Treasure,Im glad it gave the same effect on you. My heart was really smiling when I was watching that girl. And I agree, iba talaga ang dating ng Cordillera. =)

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Anonymous

12 Dec 2012

@ Melo of Outoftownblog.com,Their life is so simple. It's very inspiring how come not all people can afford it, right?

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Anonymous

12 Dec 2012

@ special education philippines,I think it would always be on how one would look on things.

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Anonymous

12 Dec 2012

this is funny. I should do this on our cellphones here in Paranaque because of the poor signal! – Enyang

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Anonymous

17 Dec 2012

i have the same experience in the province with this one. funny but there are really specific areas where a signal is available. none the less, people are becoming creative because of this one.

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Anonymous

17 Dec 2012

“a place where phones are not status symbol” this just gets me. Back when I was a mere teen up to when I was a college student, I was perplexed as to why a person is able to cash out huge chunks of dough for a phone alone. Only for me to do the same when I started working. The phone serves its purpose but still, there's this nagging feeling that I caved in to something I shouldn't..

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