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I pushed a cart

Posted by Lauryn at 03:28 PM on September 3, 2004 in Random Babble.

Way back in 1996, Nina, from New Zealand asked me, "Don't get mad at me but do you push carts of water?"

I didn't know whether to get mad or laugh but that was the impression of most people because of media. They keep showing Filipinos , picking on garbage at the "Smokey Mountain" ( a garbage pile that's almost like a hill) or pushing carts of water. Well, this is still true to this day but heck, why would I be online chatting if I were pushing carts of water? Fortunately, the internet makes the world a bit smaller these days. Yeah, that was back in 1996.

(photo taken by me in Quiapo a few weeks ago)