[DAY 3 SUNDAY] SAMPU-GUITA
On Sunday, we arrived at the Church at 7:10 in the morning without Em. After the morning mass, we tried selling Sampaguita which costs ten pesos to the people leaving the Church but it was pretty hard since we are new and we still don’t have “suki”. After that, Mama Jemma told us that we will be walking to hand-out Sampaguita. I thought that we will just give portions of Sampaguita to other vendors but turns out that we walked from Maliksi 3 to Maliksi 1 giving out Sampaguita to Mama Jemma’s customer wherein we worded as Cash-On-Delivery and Door-to-Door.
The 900+ Sampaguita that Mama Jemma was holding fortunately got sold out by 10 in the morning. The walk we experienced is no joke especially in Maliksi 3 wherein we entered many alleyways. Mama Jemma earned a huge respect from me because she mastered the whole place and remembered all the places where she have customers to hand out Sampaguita.
When we were already in Maliksi 1, Sarah and I decided to buy canned goods from Alfamart so that we can eat once we are finished selling. We bought a can of luncheon meat and corned beef which cost 100 pesos. Once we’re done buying, we headed first to the house to cook for brunch. On our way, we met Em and Mama Jemma’s kid halfway. They were waiting for us and told us that they were hungry so we immediately cooked. When I’m about to cook rice, we found out that the LPG tank is empty so we decided to cook in coal with the help of a neighbour. But after two tries and two times almost starting a fire that can burn the house down, we decided to use the stove inside the house where the Champorado, for feeding, is placed.
Fortunately, we have finished cooking before 12. After praying, Eddie told me to divide the luncheon meat since there are 13 of us that will eat. I handed out one piece of luncheon meat on each plate and one spoon of corned beef. The rice we had is enough but the viand is not enough but we still made ourselves contented with it.
After eating, since we used paper plates, we don’t have anything to wash so after cleaning up we decided to leave since it was already past 12. The kids walked us up to the community’s alleyway since they will also attend to church beside the barangay hall. After bidding our goodbyes and telling them that we will be visiting again next week, we headed off home.
