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limitations by carrying their basic needs during
their hikes to Barangay Poblacion.
Having finished a two-year vocational course,
he had the guts to apply for construction works in
Manila but as he was starting his own family he
decided to settle at his hometown.
He now makes ends meet by working as a
carpenter in his municipality and other neighboring
municipalities. The slap he received when he was
rejected in his application for a work abroad just
bring him smiles now.
be the start of bringing out the great carpenter
in him.
I do not claim to be great in judging carpentry
works but I know what is excellent when I saw
the walls, the corners, the chairs and everything
about the classroom he led to build. I hope that
the children who will use the building will take
care of it and be inspired by the story of Manong
Floro whose family even donated the lot for the
construction of the building.
He embraced the reality of having a physical
disability in this discriminatory world and lived
an earnest life up to now. That time when he
was rejected for the job he applied, he kissed his
passport goodbye, put it aside and thought he
could just master a skill and then make a living
out of it.
True to his plans, he mastered carpentry. He
never imagined that his horrible experience will
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