A STORMY DAY with a GREAT DAY waiting ahead! :)

DISCRIMINATION is the word that whenever I hear it, the natives are the first who comes in my mind. I remember my teacher when I was in elementary told us a story about a “Negrito” that story really marked in my memory. It made me think that all natives are discriminated. But as I attend my classes back then, I learned that not only the natives, but also those who have their identity crisis, overweight and many others, stated in the articles I read from different websites and newspapers.

             Honestly, I THINK I have encountered being discriminated by others, I am not that sure, because I am fat when I was a child. I always at the end of the line, sometimes second to the last, whenever the flag ceremony was held because of my height.  I also have skin asthma that would not let me play outdoors for a long time or even touch things that are used in our “lutu-lutuan” like the leaves, flowers, candy wrappers, and others. There are times that I cannot go to my friend’s house, sometimes I will just play with my older cousins whose house is near from ours.

            DEALING WITH IT is not as easy as tearing a paper. There are times that I got jealous with my playmates because I cannot go out with them in the field to play. And I felt so different back then whenever I see my fingers having severe wounds due to my skin asthma. They even called me “MATURED” because my playmates that time was my cousins who were really older than me. The first thing I did as far as I remember, I started to accept the fact that I have skin asthma and I am fat. The second is, I made a move to solve it. for my skin asthma, I took care of myself, together with my parents who were concerned a lot for me. And my cousin helped me to lose weight when I was in grade 5. I am so thankful to my “kuya Andrei and kuya Alek” because the really motivated me to have a NEW CHEN. 

            This one of a kind feeling move my life POSITIVELY, instead of being down because I am limited to do such things, I strengthened my personality and challenge me a lot to prove what CHELSI can do and I think it became a  foundation  to the REAL ME and to what I am today. I know it is not discrimination. Why? As I see my parents, it is a part on how they will protect me from those who can harm me. They wanted the best for me and they know how to handle my situation. 

            I am so thankful to God that He does not let me feel that I am different today. My skin asthma is not that visible. He healed me. He used people to take care of me and to inspire me to be a stronger person. Now, I may say that no matter how hard the situation is, there is still a blue sky waiting for me together with the rainbow that will inspire me.